I saw John Oliver’s takedown of Donald Trump a few months ago. I thought, “heh, I once designed a game that had a Trump card. I should change it to a ‘Drumpf’ card as an election-year joke.” Then, a few weeks later, Drumpf accused Hillary Clinton of playing the “Woman Card.” I thought, “heh, my…

New road trip scheduled for July 2016. This will be my (hopefully final) cross-country move. I made a map (again). I almost want to skip visiting all of my friends in order to visit the last few states I’ve not seen (outlined in dashes). By my calculations, this is my nth road trip. And it’s…

This is a sort-of-sequel to this post. It is all-but-decided that I will be joining the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno in September. This blog has been going since I was a junior in college, it’s strange to think about how I’ve completely turned the tables and am now a professional academic. I…

This is my third, and probably final year on the academic job market. I have been doing extremely well: I applied to 16 jobs, have been interviewed by six departments, and been offered fly-outs to four of those. My former adviser sent me a single-word email, “wow” when I told him. I’m super nervous, but…

Last time, I talked about my 10-point rubrik for public bathrooms. Now, I’d like to share my Coffee Shop Checklist. If you are thinking of starting a coffee shop, these items are essential (and listed in order of necessity). A Perfect 10 Coffee Shop is one worth planning a trip around. The Guglhupf scored a…

I had a choice:

1. Remove all of the information about this interview out of my life, computer, and mind
2. Get my hopes up.