This weather is terrifying! @douglasgresham and I are trying to get to Toronto airport. It's insane! http://t.co/8egb1Jt # Nice selection of liquor, helps when your flight is over an hour late! (@ Maple Leaf Lounge – US Departures (YYZ)) http://t.co/q8c95Lk # Flight supposedly departed one minute ago, and yet we are all still here. Don't…

I have the best views in the city of lit up signs telling me to re-elect some politician. As a non-Canadian non-voter, this is wasted on me. # As I dream of the day when politicians are disposed of in order of corruption until we have a cost-effective system… It makes me grumpy. # Checking…

Funny and horribly true – the public perception of science .. vs.. science – http://dld.bz/akctc /via @_Dark_Archon_ # OH: I have to use Facebook, it's how I hear about funerals. # Funny 'cos it's true – the war between developers, designers and pm's – http://twitpic.com/60str2 /via @TerreChartrand @dorothyblack # Good point here on opportunities for…

Something about being in a city makes me more willing to spend time on my hair. # Looking for good mexican food in or near Mountain View. Any recommendations? # With three grown men – @spizzy @warthog9 @douglasgresham – who are having a detailed argument about the smurfs. Disturbing! # In other news, it's @douglasgresham's…

Amusing but sadly true – Sneaky Hate Spiral, explanation of a bad day – http://j.mp/nKRnqB /via @ben_fry # Another charming picture from Anton Tang – Too Heavy – http://dld.bz/ahQf2 # Every so often I see a piece of "journalism" that makes me say, "newspapers becoming obsolete is a bad thing, really?!?" # This is cute…

4th day spinning. I wake up all "it hurts, I'm not going anywhere!", get out of bed and it's "I'm up, may as well spin". Now I feel AWESOME! # This week has kept oscillating between "this is awesome, I'm so lucky", and "why the f*** do I bother". Urgh. Now for more paper writing.…

Yay good progress on journal paper… Sent to supervisor for review. I have such exciting Saturday nights. Tomorrow: conference paper edits. # Close to selling out @GirlGeeksKW so I made some more tickets available! Hurry before they are gone too! http://bit.ly/nq1eyp # 14-page paper down to 5. Has to be down to 4. Suspect that…

Paper accepted! I'm going to Singapore! /cc @michaelweissca # If you didn't see it already, Organizational Charts – love it! http://dld.bz/afzDT # As ever, I'm in favor of anything that means less email – LOVE The Email Charter – http://emailcharter.org/ # Awesome article about Sheryl Sandberg in the New Yorker – http://dld.bz/af6bz # This is…

Criminalization of pregnant women in the us – this is disgusting, uncivilized – http://t.co/M5BSyXr /via @jearle @holdenpage @trojankitten # Utter genius – making old bumper cars street legal – http://flpbd.it/Zi9Y /via @chrisbrogan # Love this – Athene Donald on Women in Science: inspire women to pursue careers in science bit.ly/jEuIIa /via @ghc @virtualagent16 # Forever…