Saturday was the last day I was an occupant of my old apartment; I am back to being a one-dwelling guy. The living room/home theater is coming together well, all of the switches and outlets have been replaced, the painting is done aside from minor spot touchups here and there. The work progresses slowly, as there is a ton of it and I live alone. But I'm still enjoying it.

I now have 27 days left on my postdoc appointment and still have not been converted. As a result of the new hiring system here at the lab, my paperwork has to be signed by the lab director himself, and every manager between him and me, which (because I'm in the lowest-ranking non-student echelon of the lab) is a lot. Last week, my group leader told me that it was at the Principle Associate Director level, which is one step down from the big enchilada. I've been saying this for about 11 months, but... Any Day Now.

And here's some more content stolen from Penny Arcade: The trailer for 300, re-cut for 10 year old girls.