Emantable

I should probably include a photo, but I’m too exhausted to spend even five minutes looking for a picture and uploading it on here. The reason for my exhaustion is this bright pink room left behind by the previous owners that will take a few coats of primer and paint to fully conceal it. Thankfully,… — read more

Throughout different posts in this blog I have talked here and there about how shy I used to be and really did not like interacting with people. In college during my undergrad years I worked in a microbiology lab. There were only a handful of people who had access to the lab and most of… — read more

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I love stories of science fiction and find the idea of travelling faster than the speed of light to reach distant worlds in little time fascination. I am far from being the only one who dreams of travelling among the stars, but it is pretty much certain this will never happen. Our present understanding of… — read more

I have been busier than usual lately and I’ve spent the last fifteen minutes unable to come up with an idea of what to write about. So this will come out more like a stream of consciousness. Today I was trapped in meeting after meeting all day long for both jobs. In my main job… — read more

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I was invited to learn about an internship opportunity with United Airlines at their headquarters in what was formerly Sears Tower in Chicago. I packed some warm clothes and boarded a red-eye to Chicago. Despite my love of cold and being dressed “warmly”, the cold was the most bitter cold I’ve ever felt. I made… — read more

It is a little earlier in the night, but it somehow feels much later, much deeper. I have always loved the night, the cold, cloudy weather, the far north. Most people seem to flock to the sunshine and the heat of the tropics if given a choice. Winter and darkness drives people away. I’m the… — read more

Coordinating remodeling of a new home takes up quite a bit of time and has me bouncing around quite a bit between tasks at work and talking to contractors. I have no idea how people can manage this during non-pandemic times. If we had to be in our office every day, it would be impossible… — read more

The day finally arrived where they’ve started demolition! Today they started with the two upstairs bathrooms, cabinets were installed in the laundry area, and they hauled away all the kitchen appliances and the washer and dryer. I spent most of the day at the new place coordinating the different contractors and it couldn’t have been… — read more