Welp, it’s the time for school to begin for elhi to college students alike. And, perhaps feeling the vibes, I’m actually thinking about taking a class or some classes myself. Part to learn something new and cool and part, if I’m being honest, in the hope of meeting new people. Though, really, hard to do in a 3-hour one-time class…hmm…
Still, classes! As a resident of Fairfax County, I’m looking over the Fairfax County ACE courses. I’ve looked at them all, and most of them sound cool, but FC is a big county and I’m not really looking to have to drive 1 hour in rush-hour traffic after work to get to a class. So, I’m focusing on ones near me (Annandale-ish area, the Plum Center is ideal).
To that end, I’ve identified two courses that I might do. First is Lebanese Cuisine: Vegetarian and the other is Indian Cuisine: Vegetarian. Very veggie of me, eh?
I’m also looking at Thai Cuisine as well, but it conflicts with the Lebanese course. I suppose right now I’m trying to decide, do I do Lebanese or Thai?
So, my two or so readers and my 5603242237 Russian spammers, which one should I choose? (I thought about doing a poll, but polls on WordPress aren’t as easy as I thought so I said screw that. It’s relaxing weekend time!)
Yours in student,
Matt
Been thinking about what to do this weekend…if Danny doesn’t decide to wash it out here in DC. The models generated at my work seem to be a bit conflicted at the moment.
However, I am going to assume the best! And what might my weekend entail? Museum! Yay! In fact, two museums! Double yay!
The first one I want to hit up is the National Geographic Society Museum. They currently have two exhibitions I want to look at. One is “Lions and Leopards” by the famous Jouberts. Maybe you don’t recognize the name, but you’d recognize their photos, I bet! The other exhibition is “Kodachrome Culture” which celebrates “the American tourist in Europe” and their photos using Kodachrome film. It also is a bit of a tribute to Kodachrome which Kodak recently stopped production on.
The other museum I plan to visit is the OAS’ Art Museum of the Americas. They have an exhibit on Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, master of the red brick. I’m a bit of an architecture nut, so I’m excited about this one.
In fact, it isn’t my first architecture exhibit at the OAS. They had a Niemeyer exhibit there last year which was great as well. But then, I love love love Niemeyer. One of my current goals in life is to go to Brasília and view all of Niemeyer’s works there. Ahh…perchance to dream.
Other than the museum, the weekend is probably normality. Library, grocery store, Trader Joe’s…
Yours in weekend,
Matt
There was a book review in this week’s Nature that I had to pass along (link, sadly, for subscribers only, but you get the first few lines of it). It reviewed a book, Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences.
If you like, the whole of Lilavati’s Daughters can be found at the IAS’ website here. Some of the autobiographical essays that I’ve read–and I haven’t read them all–are just great. So good, in fact, that I’m thinking I might buy the book (available from Scholar Without Borders). Sure there is a slight (okay, whopping) premium over the base price of Rs300 to get it here, but $25 is worth a great book. Plus, I suppose I see buying a book like this as a show of support for women in science.
Even if they are all usually smarter than me. Damn you, nerds of the fairer sex!
Yours in women in science,
Matt
