(Hey guys: I’m trying to come back slowly into the Internet. Here’s something silly.) I was just asked for money in a parking lot outside of a Burger King. The man, ‘Jared,’ wanted $5 to ‘call his mom.’ I slowly…
I usually don’t use my blog as a repository of feelings. So rather than do that, I’ve decided to present to you another adventure in my anti-life. In case you don’t know, an anti-life is the exact opposite of the…
I’m going to Europe in two days, and it occurs to me that I haven’t considered what I’m going to bring people back yet. *ahem* Here are the ideas I have come up with so far: Moof – Socks. Everyone…
As part of our program here, every year we have to convince a new gaggle of prospective first years (‘Prospies’) to come to our program. The program sets them up in a nice hotel, treats them to good food, shows…
Please don’t be mean. I can usually take criticism really well, but this is a new medium for me and I’m still self-conscious. I know people need noses (I’ll learn how to draw those soon enough) and my handwriting is…
If you could lock any two people from history in a room indefinitely until they came to some sort of understanding, what two people would you choose? I ask because it bothers me that every philosopher1 has been attacking Rene…
I get in trouble all the time whenever anyone asks me where I’m from. “New Mexico,” I say. “Ahh, Mexico!” they say. “I love South America! Have you ever been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa?” I should rephrase. I…
Dear World, I am going to Europe! Now, I’ve never been, so I don’t want to hear any disparaging remarks from all of you people with silver spoons in your mouths (whether this is a recent acquisition or a congenital…
“Little Mary walked to school one day. She stopped to pick up a pretty daisy for a moment, sniffed it, and continued skipping on her way. “La, la, laaa, la, la-la, la laaa!” She sang. There was a shadow ahead…
The first answer is always ‘no.’
Happy New Year All! Write a novel Write another hundred or so microfictitious stories Ride my bike more often Keep a continuous log of the works you’re reading/have read. Move somewhere cheaper and closer OR get a roommate. Get all…
The goal for this year was, of course, to go back over the previous years and work on all the resolutions I never managed to complete. Here is the annotated list: Go back to Australia… even if I have to…
At the end of the year, I usually write a post in which I go over the previous year‘s resolutions and compare whether I’ve achieved them or not. Back in 2005, I wrote a post I still think about called…
‘Tis I, once more, that loveable rascal who hijacks the blog of a friend who’s on the other side of the world (in other words, unable to stop me in doing so) for my own malicious purposes. Well, not ‘malicious’,…
Raise taxes to crippling levels Cut spending to destitute levels Legalize drugs/gay marriage/slavery/super porn/the hunting of humans and tax it Sell Alaska back to Russia for 50x what we bought it for Declare war on China, acquire them, and forgive…
When I started grad school, Angelaboration made up a list of some 50 or so resolutions. I liked a few, so I stole them. I’m going to see how I did now. Care to join? Try not to make the…
So, I survived my first semester of graduate school. I’ll do a retrospective post pretty soon. But for now, I just want to say hi and that I’ll be back posting again pretty soon. So how are you? Answer yes…
“I really want her to not hate me, but I also really want her to shut up. You can understand the bind I’m in.” — Me to my friend Frank