Author Archives: Mark Egge

Well, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. It’s a little bit late, I suppose, but I passed a generally happy Thanksgiving, so … consider that to be more of a statement of condition than a recommendation. I had a happy thanksgiving. That’s what … Continue reading →

Ah, my love/hate relationship with Dell continues. Wednesday afternoon, my power adapter randomly broke. Which made me hate Dell. But then, I called Dell’s technical support, spoke to a very nice and exceptionally woman named Kalpana, and by 10:00 the … Continue reading →

Hoary frost. My window, this morning, was covered with hoary frost. Granular crust. My eye, my left eye, this morning was covered with granular crust. Functional literacy. It’s amazing how many college students can’t figure out how to work the … Continue reading →

So. I just cleaned my laptop screen. Which is blog worthy because, well, this is the second time, in two and a half years of ownership, that I’ve actually cleaned my screen. I mean, I used Windex and a paper-towel … Continue reading →

So… I realize that I drank two Red Bulls and the better part of a pot of coffee this morning in a span of about three hours. THEN… I tried to play my guitar with my teeth. Uh, yeah. It … Continue reading →

today:2:10am – bed6:00am – shower6:30am – reading8:30am – on-campus. library –> work11:00am – class12:45pm – econ mid-term2:00pm – class3:00pm – work12:00am – off-campus –> social? objectives:-submit uh400 questions-econ re-cram session-finish 100 pages: Amusing Ourselves to Death, 90 pages Understanding Popular … Continue reading →

Firefox 2 is now available. Based on my first ten minutes with it, I’m absolutely thrilled. It’s packed with awesome new features– features that I’ve been wanting, such as better RSS handling (I can now add RSS feeds directly to … Continue reading →

Catching snowflakes is such a singularly beautiful human endeavor… (Especially when it has just started snowing–) Thick, heavy flakes– that fall with a certain, profound serenity, in a thick and muting deluge… Mmm. To live in Bozeman is such an … Continue reading →

Every time I go to the gas station these days, I’m possessed by an unshakeable feeling of being cheaply used. As the gas prices fall precipitously (which, curiously, doesn’t quite make the news, with detailed analysis, quite like the prices … Continue reading →

Background information on Kennewick Man is available here. — When two men, watching boat races on a lazy July afternoon along the Columbia River, happened upon a set of exposed bones, it’s unlikely that they could have apprehended how important … Continue reading →