things i have done today instead of writing my thesis

made tea.

read the rest of the new yorker that i bought for the train ride yesterday.

checked e-mail about 40 times. surfed internet. read a story about the "bennifer" wedding.

spent a good hour looking up some readable version of the classic 1952 Chase & Hershey paper w/o success.

cooked pasta. including sauce.

talked on the phone.