General
To the tune of the Gin Blossom’s “Found Out About You”
Original lyrics here. Found Out About YouTube All last summer in case you don’t recall I had a laptop, barely ran, and often stalled Is there a line that I could write Sad enough to make you cry Complex websites make the whole thing die The months roll past, my data disappears Wish I had … Continue reading
Our troubles are all the same
I miss having an office sometimes. (Well, no. My offices were mostly not places anyone would miss. But my memory of working in an office has been replaced by episodes of The Office. I am nostalgic for that televised camaraderie that I rarely experienced in real life.) I work with and for people, yet I … Continue reading
He also wrote No Country for Old Men
The Road This book, about a man and a boy traveling through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, scared the pants off me. Cormac McCarthy never makes the mistake of addressing why everything fell down, so you never get the chance to think “Well, that’s unlikely. The world won’t end. I’ll be fine.” You’re stuck thinking “This could … Continue reading
Supercalifragilisticexpiali-delegate
Last week, the nation’s talking heads were abuzz with speculations as to how the superdelegates would cast their votes in the upcoming Democratic election. But that speculation really is so last week, according to major news publications such as the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Hayseed Journal of East Shitbar, Illinois. … Continue reading
Some things I need help with
I need a little help with chat etiquette, which I guess could be called “chatiquette,” but that seems annoying. Is there a standard salutation required to see if someone’s free and their boss isn’t standing right behind them? Or can you assume that if they’re online then they’re available? Basically, is it a) ok that … Continue reading
Void Androids
I have been watching the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I had forgotten how much I love it. However, one thing is distracting me: the writers are getting Data completely wrong. Living with Gene gives me a unique perspective on a supremely analytical mind, so I know how Data ought to be … Continue reading
More tales of the stupidness of me
I got a manicure yesterday. I saw a sign for $15 french manicures a couple of blocks from my house and Gene likes it and it was V Day so I figured, what the hell? Even though I knew that getting a manicure on my nails, which are resistant to all forms of polish and … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day hazing rituals
I really hate being pinched. The idea of it absolutely terrifies me, I don’t know why. As you can imagine, this made grade school St. Patrick’s Days into scary times for me. Many of my girlfriends saw it as a courting ritual, willfully refusing to wear outward signs of green. They would wait for a … Continue reading
Random confessions
For many years, I thought saying “Stamford” was just a lame way of mocking Stanford. Because you are a Cal fan, and mispronouncing Stanford’s name is maybe funny for you. I also briefly believed “gubernatorial” was maybe a mocking way to say “governatorial.” In my defense, “Berzerkly.”
The midnight disease
Wonder Boys It took me a long time to come back to Michael Chabon’s early books after reading Kavalier and Clay. I had in my head that Wonder Boys was frivolous and overly modern, possibly because I get the movie mixed up with the book. However, on re-reading it I remembered that this is actually … Continue reading