Doxory Choices (lakmiseiru)The latest public Doxory choiceslakmiseiru: One of my temporary advisors (the one whose research I'm less awesomely thrilled by) has suggested that I attend a MORPH minicourse (http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/MORPH/grants/minicourses/minicourse2009.html ) about plant evolutionary development and homology. She's also suggested a conference on the evolution of plant development. I'm not super-into development (it's neat, but not my thing), but plant evolution is cool. Should I go? (nb that MORPH will pay for the minicourse if I'm accepted, but I'll need to draw on departmental travel funds for the conference)...lakmiseiru2008-11-12T00:27:45ZYes! Go to the MORPH minicourse and/or conference. Could be a valuable experience. vs. No: don't go to either. Not quite your field, you don't have enough research to present, and it makes more sense to spend your travel funding on a more appropriate conferencelakmiseiru: I'm thinking about getting a black leather corset - desired uses: clubbing, general wear, wearing with dresses, etc. Both of these corsets cost the same, it's just a question of style....lakmiseiru2008-09-22T01:58:26Zhttp://tinyurl.com/corset-1 - simple black leather, standard design vs. http://tinyurl.com/corset-2 - more elaborate design with leather and brocadelakmiseiru: For internets at the new house in Seattle...lakmiseiru2008-07-02T16:07:02ZClearwire (housemate already has a station and contract) vs. Something with an actual physical cable running to the houselakmiseiru: Thinking about digital cameras. I've never owned a digicam, only film cameras. I'm a landscape/outdoors photography person (not portraits/indoors stuff), and when on trips have tended to shoot 3-4 rolls per 1-2 week trip (and generally been sad about how little I could shoot). Problem is, I need a camera... and testing by carrying one around only sort of works given my desire for landscape photography in Boston :^)...lakmiseiru2007-11-18T18:31:03ZGet a cheap point-and-shoot to use until I figure out exactly what I want vs. Do some serious research, save up, and get something more expensive (SLR, different lenses, etc)lakmiseiru: When referring to deities using pronouns... (comment with an explanation, please)...lakmiseiru2007-04-26T07:45:41ZHe/She/They vs. he/she/theylakmiseiru: We both want a snake. We both like racer snakes....lakmiseiru2007-03-27T05:55:34ZGreen racer snake (http://www.snakespecies.info/Philodryas-aestiva-1.jpg) vs. Black racer snake (http://www.kentuckysnakes.org/snakes/blackracer-full.jpg)lakmiseiru: Sometimes I think I have too much stuff, but sometimes I think getting rid of it would be a mistake....lakmiseiru2007-01-25T06:30:39ZLive simply - less stuff means less hassle and more space vs. Keep the stuff - you need it often enough and it's nice to have it aroundlakmiseiru: The newest edition of a very comprehensive text that I've found very useful in the past is coming out next month for $125....lakmiseiru2007-01-01T00:00:00Buy it - the topic goes out of date fast and the old one was damn useful even so, so this is totally worth it vs. Skip - the old one can suffice for now, or at least the library's copy canlakmiseiru: When considering DMing D&D games for people whose gaming style I don't know...lakmiseiru2007-01-01T00:00:00Dungeon-crawler smash-in-the-door monsters and lots of loot type vs. High-intrigue plot-heavy with lots of thinking typelakmiseiru: He or she is brown with a red tail, has a wingspan of 4 feet, weighs about 2.6 pounds, eats rodents/reptiles/birds, and lives to around 15 years....lakmiseiru2007-01-01T00:00:00Spend 15 years of my life with him/her, dealing with raw meat and occasional injury and interesting federal/state law vs. Screw this, it's not worth the time, money, and emotional investment