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First of all, the new Scientiae is up at Faraday's Cage is Where You Put Schroedinger's Cat. Cherish did an excellent job putting it together in a most creative way, so go see it. Second, Silver Fox has an explanation for why many blogs aren't loading right today (if you're lame like us and use Internet Explorer).

Anyway, I'm wound up tighter than a tick (as my dad would say) preparing for Big Meeting, mostly because I'm not settled with my talk yet. So, a list.

• Finish talk (nearly there).
• Email talk to Academic Advisor. We had a great meeting on Thursday; he made many helpful suggestions to improve the structure and flow. I want to send him the completed presentation so he can make any last comments if he wants. Research Advisor, who knows the work I'm presently much more intimately, has been away on vacation without her computer for the last week and a half (good for her!) so I haven't been able to benefit from her guidance.
• Practice, practice, practice. It's the only way to reduce nerves.
• Obtain quarters for laundry, do laundry, iron.
• Review the meeting program so I can figure out what I want to see and when I'll have free time.
• Visit Walgreens. Need toilet paper (the cats have shredded some of my stock); clear-ish nail polish (to try to prevent biting. It's unbecoming in so many ways, not the least of which are annoying the person seated next to you by making disgusting chewing sounds and offering to shake someone's hand with a hand that's just been in your mouth.); travel size hairspray and toothpaste; gel inserts for the cute shoes I really want to wear but are just slightly too big and rub blisters.
• Pack suitcase with clothes and backpack with proof of registration, bus ticket, supporting info for my talk in case people want to discuss it later, etc.
• Cat stuff. EGM won't be back from Canada until Wednesday, so I need to leave them with enough supplies for a few days alone.
• Tidy up. But not very well.