Since the weather has cooled down a bit, i've done some more exploring here in Ann Arbor. This weekend i hit up most of the college bookstores in town looking for a copy of a particular text. You see, there's not one official textbook store for the college, there are a bunch so i did quite a bit of walking. I ended up not finding the book i was after (it wasn't for a particular class, it was just to be used as a reference) and just ordering a used copy from half.com when i returned home. The trip wasn't a total waste because i did scope out the best deals and selections for Michigan apparel and gifts. I think the oddest thing i found was a Michigan pizza cutter that automatically plays the fight song when you use it - "no need to push buttons!" the box informed me.
And then on Monday the database server where all my data is stored was down because it was being relocated to a new high tech facility. Since i couldn't really work without it, i took the afternoon off. I ended up wandering up and down Main St. They have a bunch of cool gifts shops such as 16 Hands, Peaceable Kingdom, Falling Water and The Thousand Villages. I concluded my northward journey at the Kerrytown shops. I think Christmas shopping will be a lot easier this year.
This morning campus safety sent an e-mail to the department informing us that one of the labs in my building had been "compromised" by two men late last night. Also mentioned in the e-mail was that earlier this month some man had tried to gain entrance to a restricted lab by claiming to be a member of a "bomb detonation unit" before being sent off. I had no idea the School of Public Health would be such a dangerous place to work.
Posted by Matthew at August 14, 2007 10:26 PM