I always find it strange when airlines ask you for your reason for travel.
I always find it strange when airlines ask you for your reason for travel. Would it change anything if I answered “revenge”?
I feel like I just keep hearing about the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon everywhere I go.
I feel like I just keep hearing about the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon everywhere I go.
Conceptual Methodology
I read this today: What matters is to be right, not nuanced. Again, sometimes the right position is nuanced, but there’s no reason to assume that from the get-go. And I fully agree. But it inspired me to develop a…
I text “I’m here” a lot.
I text “I’m here” a lot. Because it’s always true. Not very helpful, but always true.
Sometimes I think we’re just trying to create superheroes.
Sometimes I think we’re just trying to create superheroes.
Episode 2 starts off wit Jamal saying, “He’s writing to us, maybe we should write back?” Yes, that is the premise of the show.
Episode 2 starts off wit Jamal saying, “He’s writing to us, maybe we should write back?” Yes, that is the premise of the show. J: “Who are you?” GW: “I don’t remember” J: “Where did you come from?” GW: “I…
“A diverse group of kids in New York gets written messages from the ‘Ghostwriter,’ an enigmatic spiritual entity who communicates by using
“A diverse group of kids in New York gets written messages from the ‘Ghostwriter,’ an enigmatic spiritual entity who communicates by using …found letters and words to provide clues to mysteries for the children to solve. This popular PBS series…
It’s so strange.
It’s so strange. You would think UNC would have shown up for that game, but they were nowhere to be found.
Back in the saddle
So I was going to post a link, but didn’t want to do it on Facebook or Twitter and then I thought: “*sigh* I wish I had a blog or something.” But then I realized: I do! What?? Okay, let’s…
I’m a very important person.
I’m a very important person. Every decision I make is life or death. I always choose life, but it could go either way.
All of the weight machines have weights on them.
All of the weight machines have weights on them. Either people forget to unrack or somebody is doing the mother of all supersets.
I would like to thank everyone that helped me with this article.
I would like to thank everyone that helped me with this article. It has changed so much since it started as a recipe for gazpacho soup.
2014
My god, this is the future. I wish this blog were more useful for past versions of myself that happened to make their way to the future somehow. Get back to my 2010 weight and muscle mass. Finish my dissertation.…
2013 Redux
Things I have accomplished this year: Get into shape, damn it. But like, a pretty bad ass shape. Fail. I blame the girlfriend. And the job market. And anybody who isn’t me. But really, it’s my own fault. I stopped…
All the Assets
Last post, I wrote what I perceive to be my major flaws. Given the advice to ‘think positive’ and ‘write positive things about myself,’ I’ve recently received, I’m going to try the opposite today. Maybe I can learn something in…
All the flaws
I remember when @narfna and I were applying to graduate school (years and years ago). And I remember thinking that it was pretty horrible. “It’s like putting all of your flaws on paper and asking a stranger to love you…
Report Card
The aim of this game is to grade your life. A perfect 10 is being in the best condition you ever have or will be. A 0 means that you’re at rock bottom for your life. My own grades are…
Can the Rock make a God so big even he couldn’t lift it?
Can the Rock make a God so big even he couldn’t lift it?
I just saw Pacific Rim.
I just saw Pacific Rim. It was only 1 hour 25 minutes long, but I want two hours of my life back.
DOSE, the Designated Drinking Game
Five years ago, I wrote a post and made an illustration for it. I was fairly proud of that illustration, even though it was purposefully made to look like a Crazy 8s knock off game from the 1980s. Well, jump…
I’m at a gay wedding right now.
I’m at a gay wedding right now. I wish gay marriage opponents could be here now. They would wish every wedding was a gay wedding.
The story of my life: Too irrational to do well at cards, too rational to do well at relationships.
The story of my life: Too irrational to do well at cards, too rational to do well at relationships.
I think I owe interest on my sleep debt.
I think I owe interest on my sleep debt.
“At a fraction of the cost” is a meaningless statement.
“At a fraction of the cost” is a meaningless statement. Fractions can be improper.
I pretend to have impostor syndrome a lot.
I pretend to have impostor syndrome a lot. I hope nobody catches me…
That feeling when you run into a friend at the gym and they’re curling more than you’re squatting.
That feeling when you run into a friend at the gym and they’re curling more than you’re squatting.
I can’t tell if that’s a cricket or a grasshopper.
I can’t tell if that’s a cricket or a grasshopper. Quick– somebody tell a bad joke!
I would laugh if this weren’t so funny.
I would laugh if this weren’t so funny.
Still stuck at JFK.
Stuck at JFK. I hate JFK now. I’m glad they shot him.
The Terminal is a 2004 RomCom in which Tom Hanks must live in JFK.
The Terminal is a 2004 RomCom in which Tom Hanks must live in JFK. Having just spent six hours here, I bet it’s a torture flick.
I’m glad the TSA is finally relaxing air travel rules.
I’m glad the TSA is finally relaxing air travel rules. You’re now allowed to keep one shoe on, but you’re not allowed to choose which.
Pepé Le Pew cartoons are basically stories of the most charming date rapist.
Pepé Le Pew cartoons are basically stories of the most charming date rapist.
It’s the Summer Solstice.
It’s the Summer Solstice. Which means… Winter is Coming.
Every celebrity page on Wikipedia should have a “Rock Bottom” section.
Every celebrity page on Wikipedia should have a “Rock Bottom” section. Everybody would scroll to it right away.
Digging #AbGradCon, but I strongly suspect that this building was designed with neither form nor function in mind.
Digging #AbGradCon, but I strongly suspect that this building was designed with neither form nor function in mind.
11100
Yay! I had a surprise birthday cake! Also, I am at the beach! And then my girlfriend flew out from LA and drove five hours to get here! And she got me sooo many tequilas and mezcals! Yay life!
The Metaphysics of One-Hit Wonders
Wikipedia classifies Hoobastank, Panic! At the Disco, Lonely Island, and the Gorillaz as One-Hit Wonders. Obviously whatever formula they are using is wrong. Here is my proposed reclassification scheme: 1. Artist has to have one song that is responsible for…
The No-Calorie Hypothetical
If you could have one type of food not count for you, what type of food would it be? By ‘count,’ I mean in terms of calories, nutrition, hunger, or anything but taste.
Did Facebook kill the blogosphere?
Because if so, that is sad. For most of us, the two serve very different purposes. I actually think I thrive differently in different media. I love the pseudo-anonymity associated with blogging. What killed blogging for me was becoming a…
A brief history of time travel
Last week, I interviewed a bunch of high school seniors for a very prestigious scholarship. About 50% will get it, which includes about $250,000 worth of funding. The other 50% will have to content themselves with going to Harvard.1 My…
I don’t teach my students Leibniz’s Law.
I don’t teach my students Leibniz’s Law. Instead, I teach them an identical law that is indiscernible in every respect.
Everyone here is vacantly staring into their smartphones.
Everyone here is vacantly staring into their smartphones. But I’m an optimist. I like to think they’re being very clever on the Internet.
I really wanted to include two arguments, but I only have space for one.
I really wanted to include two arguments, but I only have space for one. #nerdworldproblems
We have a real Oedipus thing with Mother Nature.
We have a real Oedipus thing with Mother Nature.
New pope! Please let his name be Pope Popey the first.
New pope! Please let his name be Pope Popey the first. There have been 21 popes named John. If we hurry through them, we could all live to see Pope John XXX. … or at least the movie. At least…