A sensical-in-context quote from a friend: "I feel like Milton in Office Space, but people are piling staplers on my desk." More Miltonage.
Saw The Devil Wears Prada (intriguing) and Rushmore (sort of slight, actually, after all the buildup) for the first time this weekend. Saw Brick for the second time (still awesome). Saw Rock And Awe: Countdown …
"It's usually difficult for vegetarians to vindictively order the most expensive thing on the menu." Also: Remember that bit in the Mahabharata where Yudhisthira makes an opponent believe that the opponent's son has died by …
Tips on small talk and my experience seeing "The Daily Show" get taped. Mildly entertaining.
Kevan Davis has set up an online game that I inspired. John Donaldson is the awesome prof who gave us a lecture on Black-Scholes option price modeling. Incidentally, despite what some may tell you, neither …
Today I ate most of a small can of sliced pickled jalapeno peppers. A colleague commented that I looked flushed. Yes, I'm fine. Hoo boy.
Woke up today grumpy and Leonard cheered me up by making up songs and playing them on the guitar. Then I bought four cans of Herdez Salsa Ranchera and ate the whole thing with bread …
I've been hanging out with people and going new places recently and you can read my husband's site for details if you so choose. Not feeling so hot. "Does anyone have anything worth saying anymore?"
This week's MC Masala advertises neither alcohol nor tobacco nor firearms nor fish nor game. It's just a consumeriffic "offbeat holiday gifts" tip sheet. Soap might seem old hat, but it's new to me. Lots …
Possibly the new Googlewhacking! One person looks at a Wikipedia entry that's in several categories and reads them off. The other person has to guess the person, place, or thing. Example: Articles with large trivia …
