no I haven't finished the installation and other troubling news

But first! good news! I did my taxes and got a huge refund coming my way! Yes, for 2012.  LOL. Also, I finally confirmed yes I was going to be a TA this fall, sent the invoice for my dino shiz to my grant disbursement -- the parts it pays for at least, and a few other paperwork thingies.  Yes, 30 min of work today and I felt AWESOMELY productive.  I suppose this is both good and bad.

I also went to the gym, and did some light cardio.  My real goal was to sign up for a personal trainer but they told me to wait more to see if I get a reply from my Internet form inquiry.  Apparently, that IS the correct way to do it, and it just takesz foreverz.

Been reading the hell out of food blogs.  Well, that China Study book seems biased as hell is what I'm reading:
http://rawfoodsos.com/the-china-study/
Through that debunking came into a lot of paleo-diet blogs. Well, I have to admit that my impression of the paleo diet was liiiiiike very very poor.  Mostly because I have been reading up on and researching a lot about that time period... however, it seems as if there are actually quite a number of sensible people associated with this diet who do not believe in the 'Grok' story per se (the bizarre idea that paleolithic humans enjoyed this like near awesomez state of health). The more one delves into diet and nutrition the more deflection, ideology, and non-answers one finds, I think.

In the shower, I started thinking about ideologies in general and how in some ways they can be so destructive. But then, in moderation, I think they can be helpful.

Then, I started thinking about the worship of rationality and science can also be similar. Mostly because I was thinking how much easier if there were a clearer metric of 'good work' in my life. But then, I started thinking that in practice (not in ideal) I had seen several scientists struggle with artist-like uncertainty about the value of their work and career.  Still, grass is greener. Also, I started thinking about the critique of rational thinking, which is quite meta. Anyways, I'm convinced that our Western society, in general, overvalues this.  Of course, certain sections of the population severely undervalue science (though probably not rationality in the same way)....

More later I have to give someone a ride...