So I'm finally starting to feel better! Yesterday I slept in until 11:30am (12 hrs sleep) and was still a wreck all weekend, but feel like I've broken through this mad cold sickness. Still have a nagging cough, but nothing slowing me down too much. Got a grant submitted last Friday afternoon (with 3 mins to spare) - no fun having to work while sick all week. I did celebrate by seeing Ladysmith Black Mambazo - and even though I was sick, it was an amazing concert. Inspirational, fun and just a great site for the ears! But due to being sick, I also missed the Nebraska Democratic party caucus on Sat (I'm actually registered as independent, but I'm unsure if that would really stop me from participating). Was rare to have Obama here. Also Chelsea was here, too (wonder if she remembers me from Stanford? :-P ). I seriously think I've bruised one of my ribs from coughing so much...

I've been slow with my internet surfing of late. But here were a few highlights.

NYTimes business article on the effective (Red) campaign for charity.

So I was sick for the Superbowl, but I did laugh out loud for a few commercials. Here were a few of my favorites:
Talking Stain ad for Tide
Contest winner for Doritos
Will Ferrell - Jackie Moon - for Bud Light - original, and a longer different one
Pepsi Stuff (extended) with Justin Timberlake (ok, here's the Chris Kattan Pepsi one as well)
E-Trade w baby and clown

And for a mix, here's Hollywood physics - they didn't put on some of the more horrendous refutations of natural laws (The Core, Real Genius, and Back to the Future come to mind ), but still some bad ones (and credit to 1-2 for doing it well!).

A good friend of mine is looking to recruit fellow math-geeks for a 1-2 year adventure of teaching in Kenya. See here for more details. She says the recent violence is isolated and has not affected expats or this group at all.

Here's to being healthy again! (and not catching up with mail, email, work... ack!)