Perspectives of a Canadian in the Old/Deep/New/Geographic South: This is where I ramble on about nothing in particular and post a few nice pictures.
Thanks to the folks at the Lowcountry Innovation Center, the first BarCamp Charleston has a place, and also a date!
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If you’re planning on coming to Barcamp Charleston, sign up here.
Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other peoples’ needs. Very sad life. Probably have very sad death. But at least there is symmetry
No one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. Has even grown to like it. Ah yes.
Took another step towards PhD-dom yesterday when I registered for 3 courses and paid up tuition for them (ouch). Started with two courses for 4 credits, and then ended up adding a third 2 credit course when I learned that it was a required course only offered in the fall. I was originally only going to start with one class this fall to ease my way back into student-hood, but I figured since it’s only offered once a year, I might as well get it over with and add the third course.
First courses on the docket: BIOE 800 (Seminars in Bioengineering), BIOE 801 (Biomaterials) and CGS 710 (Responsible Conduct of Research). I’ve heard CGS 710 (offered by MUSC) doesn’t require a lot of work, so BIOE 801 is probably the one that I’ll end up spending the most time working on.
Now to find the textbooks for the classes.
My new favourite thing to wind down the week with is the Friday night dinner at Ted’s Butcherblock.
The best deal in town: $12 for for a hot, home-cooked, gourmet meal. Each Friday, Chef Eva prepares a creative, restaurant-style meal, including dessert
Ted’s has been around for a few years now, but aside from the occasional trip there to ogle at all the neat meat and not-meat items, I hadn’t gone there too often. A few weeks ago a few CSCLUG members gathered there for a Friday night dinner. It was my first one and the food was pretty phenomenal. I’ve made it a regular Friday stop for the past few weeks now, and each time the food never fails to put a smile on my face. It’s a nice place to relax with some good food and to indulge the inner foodie.
After dinner (and the wine tasting should you choose), it’s also hard to walk out of Ted’s without picking up something else, like the house roasted Wagyu beef from the deli, the very tempting hunks of meat in the butcher case, or all the goodies in the freezer.
So after a long week, head over to Ted’s Butcherblock for a nice relaxing dinner. Then bring something back home with you to throw on the grill for the next day.
View from the cobblestones on Chalmers St
