http://heike.vox.com/library/posts/2007/07/page/1/ A welcome distraction from life's responsibilities en Vox Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:30:01 -0400 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/tasty-herbs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/tasty-herbs.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/tasty-herbs.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:30:01 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898e8620004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898e8620004-50si" alt="Look at my BASIL!" /></a> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898d8240002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898d8240002-50si" alt="Basil, Dill, Oregano" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> For a few weeks now I have been meaning to share my "green thumb" story. Turns out I have one!!! For the past few weeks we have been using home grown basil, dill, and parsley when we cook.... salads, ministrone, herb-crusted salmon -- It's so r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/tasty-herbs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898f5980004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gardening http://heike.vox.com/library/post/life-is-exhausting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/life-is-exhausting.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/life-is-exhausting.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:23:05 -0400 Tonight, I got home from a busy day of work at 6pm; caught up with email, played on the computer (uploaded photos - finally!), and futzted around the house until dinner. After about an hour of TV with Adam, we "hit the books" for about an hour (... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/life-is-exhausting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898f5200004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work exam heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-weekend.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-weekend.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-weekend.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:18:33 -0400 Had a thoroughly enjoyable birthday weekend. Two nights of drinking and a fabulous afternoon/evening at my mom's..... been so busy, barely have had time to Vox -- still having that problem with the webpage at work... such a bummer... I'm workin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-weekend.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e39898ac720005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-painful-start-to-my-cfa-journey.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-painful-start-to-my-cfa-journey.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-painful-start-to-my-cfa-journey.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:31:53 -0400 Last night was my first "exam" class - figure I would stay out of trouble by not referring to it by name. Using one word to summarize: Painful. The topic was Ethics - extremely straightforward and relatively short in comparison to some of the m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-painful-start-to-my-cfa-journey.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e3989764650004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> exam http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-just-cant-stomach-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-just-cant-stomach-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-just-cant-stomach-it.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:07:03 -0400 Today, I read an article in the NY Times about the CNN/YouTube debate and decided it would be something worth watching. Adam was surprised in my interest, since I can only stomach about 10 min of Meet the Press, and excited that we would watch t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-just-cant-stomach-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00cd974359d24cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-love-my-lil-sis.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-love-my-lil-sis.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-love-my-lil-sis.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:58:38 -0400 My sister Nicole moved to Colorado in early June. This weekend we got a letter/bday card for Adam from her... in it, she gave us her Top 5 Things she misses about NJ. It has been cracking us up for days. Here's her Top 5: 1) Pork Roll (aka Tay... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/i-love-my-lil-sis.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d414516d873c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> random musing http://heike.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-unfortunately-mia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-unfortunately-mia.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-unfortunately-mia.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:21:18 -0400 Not being able to post from work has really slowed down my ability to share... I have lots of fun/random/quirky stories to share from the last week and a half, but haven't had the energy when't I've come home from work. Last week I was in NYC fr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-unfortunately-mia.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144a951a685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work exam http://heike.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-practical-joke.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-practical-joke.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-practical-joke.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:01:14 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225279d8e604a00e398997e230004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225279d8e604a00e398997e230004-50si" alt="Scan0003" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What's the best practical joke you've pulled or had pulled on you? Submitted by Mike Schwartz. In high school, we had two friends in our close-knit group that were a year younger than us. The year they graduated from high school (so I was done... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-practical-joke.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144de5573c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd http://heike.vox.com/library/post/book-club-bummer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/book-club-bummer.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/book-club-bummer.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:55:07 -0400 I had been looking forward to this book club meeting for weeks now. I thought the book was intense and was looking forward to discussing a variety of topics with others.... well, there were 7 or 8 of us, and about half of the group had read the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/book-club-bummer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d4144b7d716a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> book club http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-long-way-to-fall.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-long-way-to-fall.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-long-way-to-fall.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:54:49 -0400 We offered to cat sit for one of my work friends... he and his wife were over for fondue last week and mentioned that they were taking a vacation soon. That night I shared the story of another cat we took care of - Basil. We had a scare within ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-long-way-to-fall.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00d414467a85685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work