Mapparium

Sports thought: I'm still not sure what the Utah win will stand for in the long run. I think a really convincing Texas win over OSU and a one-sided National Title game (especially if it's an OU win, however likely that is), will be more playoff fodder, because this will be the second year in a row that none of the BCS bowls were really competitive. I don't think Utah should be national champions, as some people are semi-facetiously arguing, but I do think a lot of people would pay a lot of money in tickets and ad space to see them (and SC) keep playing.
Food find: Ate at a Harvard sandwich shop called Z Squared today, and I got a curried chicken salad sandwich. This is the second time now (prepacked sandwiches on campus being the first) that I've seen this combo, which is essentially chicken, mayo, curry powder, celery, raisins, etc, and I think it's awesome. Hopefully more 'artsy' sandwich places will start to pick it up.
Currently: How do east coast people live with radiators? And seriously, wtf is going on. It sounds like someone is beating on the window. This is horrifying.

If you're ever in the greater Boston area and have a passion for Christian Science, cartography, or stained glass, then you should check out the Mapparium. It was actually one of the cooler places I've visited; it was a huge globe that you could walk inside, entirely made out of stained glass. There was a long glass bridge along it, a lot like the one Obi-Wan had to go across to shut down the Death Star core in Episode IV. What I found the most interesting was that since the globe had been constructed in 1935 or so, all the countries were still in that configuration, including the massive USSR, a single Korea, and like fifteen countries in Africa.

Then we took a tour of the gigantic Christian Science church next door. The guide did a good job of blending facts about the actual church (the organ had over 13,000 pipes!) and the religion (they don't believe in medical treatment...). The church itself was this massive building (actually two churches fused together), with huge stone walls and cool roof domes, that for the most part, hasn't been modified since 1904. Definitely worth the visit.