Monthly Archives: September 2014

Return of PSL Challenge (Day 7)

Posted on September 26, 2014 by acorwin

I wasn’t feeling up to PSLs this week, so it took me until today to get one – I apologize. I also don’t feel up to blogging about them. What more is there to say? I have gotten over the … Continue reading →

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PSL Challenge – Guest Post!!

Posted on September 20, 2014 by acorwin

My attempts, such as they were, to drink pumpkin spice this week were stymied by my local shop being out. Well, in all truth, I drank a reasonable amount of Shipyard Pumpkinhead beer, but that’s a different story. In any … Continue reading →

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An update to the PSL Challenge

Posted on September 18, 2014 by acorwin

I am sorry for no updates this week. The Starbucks I frequent by my office has been out of pumpkin spice all week. This has been a source, oddly, of some frustration to me. I was beginning to grow a … Continue reading →

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On Children

Posted on September 13, 2014 by acorwin

A discussion at work yesterday led to a somewhat interesting sort of problem. The original statement was something like: Given N children from the same parents, if one child dies, how accurately can we reproduce that child’s genome given the … Continue reading →

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Update to Day 6

Posted on September 12, 2014 by acorwin

Pumpkin Spice Latte does not go well with trail mix. Perhaps no coffee does, I cannot attest to that. Rest assured, though, that the PSL is not something you want to drink along with your trail mix breakfast. This is … Continue reading →

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Return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (Day 6 of the Challenge)

Posted on September 12, 2014 by acorwin

Today I went back to my routes. No more frozen drinks. Just a good old-fashioned Pumpkin Spice Latte. It is uneventful. It is unremarkable. It is unclear to me if I am less disgusted by today’s PSL because it is … Continue reading →

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The Pumpkin Spice [Frappuccino] Challenge, Day 5

Posted on September 10, 2014 by acorwin

Yesterday was not a PSL day. The first Starbucks I went to was closed for renovation (note: this is the same location as day 2, so they closed pretty recently!). Then my bank wasn’t open yet because i have become … Continue reading →

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The (Iced) Pumpkin Spice Latte Challenge, Day 4

Posted on September 8, 2014 by acorwin

I hate these fucking things. This weekend, while relaxing on the beach (or, more likely, relaxing in a bar), I received a notification from facebook. It turns out that a friend of mine (and I use “friend” lightly here) wanted … Continue reading →

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PSL Project, Day 3

Posted on September 5, 2014 by acorwin

This is my last PSL update until Monday. Whatever else I am willing to bear, I shall not sully my weekends with the “Pumpkin” “Spice” of this drink. Today’s ordering went much more smoothly. I am beginning to feel like … Continue reading →

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The Pumpkin Spice Latte Project, Pt. 2

Posted on September 4, 2014 by acorwin

This morning I am working from home. Home, notably, does not have a Starbucks on the way to it (since the way to it is merely the walk from my bedroom to my “home office,” as I like to call … Continue reading →

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