Oct 08 2002
blondes have more fun…
Or maybe they don’t. The BBC recently reported on a German study:
Erm. Right.
Update (thanks, L): story debunked
at Washington Post. Gotta love part of their headline: Media Fail to Check Root of ‘Study’. Ha! Root!
As for *this* natural blonde, things haven’t been that fun lately. I think I broke my new toy. 
Picking up stuff last weekend resulted in my accidentally dropping it on the floor. It now refuses to turn on, even with freshly charged batteries. Alas. Turns out there *are* times when I kick myself for not buckling under sales pressure and purchasing the extra warranty from Best Buy. Anyone know of a decent Nikon repair shop in the Boston area?
Fortunately, I still have a cache of pics on my hard drive.
Word of the week: dysphoric.
On another somber note, my college advisor passed away last week. He was one of the primary reasons I decided to go to Colby and was a *wonderful* instructor and a wonderful person. He was remarkably patient in the classroom, and I found that he was equally so outside the department - I did some house-sitting for him one summer when I was working on campus and he was on vacation, and it was from him that I first learned to drive stick, well enough to use his old car to get between my campus job and his house. He took an active interest in our education and our all-around campus lives - he was often seen in attendance at our basketball games, and frequently made a point of saying hello to my family when they were there. He cared.
He will be sorely missed.
