Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Category: Short Reads

Updates that are comfortably bite-sized.

  • Working From Home

    I have been relatively quiet of late due to the looming deadline of the paper I’m writing for my lab. I’ve spent a number of afternoons working from home, where I find myself utilizing a comical amount of different tools simultaneously, from duel-wielding Windows and OS X systems to handwritten notes. For no particular reason,…

  • Soda Fountain of the Future

    Wow, Five Guys has the soda fountain we have been collectively imagining for generations. Dial up one of dozens of choices with the touchscreen and push the button to dispense. Yes!

  • If You’ll Permit a Bit of Self-Congratulation…

    …I am rather proud of myself. Yesterday I spent a number of hours hacking on the computers comprising our home theater setup. When Rachel came home that night and wanted to watch TV, it “just worked.” Over the course of those hours I tweaked some motherboard settings to significantly reduce the fan noise (and hopefully…

  • Canadian Thanksgiving

    I don’t have any photos of Thanksgiving this year. We opted not to cook and instead ate with some local friends, spending the rest of the time hanging out around the house with our friend Liz, guacamole, onion dip, and movies. I do, however, have some photos of the Canadian Thanksgiving party we threw together…

  • Looking Scruffy

    After delaying shaving and cutting my hair for the Hallowe’en costume, I let it go for a bit longer in solidarity with Mark, who has been doing No-Shave November. Of course, Rachel hated it with a passion, and so her passion for kissing me was significantly cooled. I finally got a haircut, which left a…

  • Sgt. Donny Donowitz

    For Hallowe’en, I decided to try going as Sgt. Donny Donowitz from the movie Inglourious Basterds. I planned on procuring some suspenders and a baseball bat from one of the local thrift stores, but they proved impossible to find in time. From now on, Rachel and I are going to attempt to acquire costume pieces…

  • Welcoming the Fading Season

    A few weeks ago we welcomed SoCal’s fading season (the time of the year many of you call “Autumn” and “Winter”) by going back to Oak Glen, an area high enough in elevation for there to be apple trees and snow. Re:Live had a haystack potluck there, complete with obligatory apple pie for dessert, which…

  • Do you have one of these items?

    I am looking for a few items that are proving surprisingly elusive. If you have one of these and could help me out, I would be extremely grateful! Suspenders Wooden baseball bat Some kind of medallion or metal disc hat could be hung from a string