My neighbor and coworker Susan McCarthy has a new book out on how animals learn. Many funny examples. As The Religious Policeman illustrates in his Saudi weblog, the Saudi royal family needs some reform. My …

People of the world! If you are not resourceful, or if you plan on being a nuisance in some other way, please do not interact with me today. As Alice said in a slightly different …

I got to see Steve and Alice this weekend. Man, their ceremony will be three and a half hours (including the reception) and I am going to cry the whole time. Related: a coworker's planning …

Sometimes I think it's useless to write boring letters to soldiers I've never met; ginmar reassures me. Update: one of them wrote me back!

I'm looking for a backup stage manager to train for "I Look Like An Egg, But I Identify As A Cookie", the show I'm stage-managing. Heather is extending the run and I may not be …

Jon Carroll, like me, is thinking about Ralph Nader. I overheard David Talbot's phone call with Nader in the office a few days ago. As I see it, the cycle of marginalization and radicalization has …

For future reference, here is a list of my favorite Achewood strips. Caution: some require context. I have felt this way except for the Computer Science. One reason I now eschew slogan tees (although I …

Make A Cost-Per-Wear Chart and embarrass yourself into wardrobe reasonableness!

An okay Dinosaur Comics reminds me that Bill Nye has a "consider the following" shtick. I spent many pleasant hours in front of Bill Nye the Science Guy. One year of high school I had …

Happy birthday to Leonard. He had a great party with acres of food. I really need to face up to the fact that Leonard enjoys homemaking more than I ever will. My parents predicted that …