As a youth I devoured books about Star Trek. The local library held several reference works about Trek by one James Van Hise, the referent of this title. My mom always knew what gifts to …
Finally, a real weblog page instead of one I hand-edit from a Google cache! The technical story: a few weeks ago, the Open Computing Facility upgraded its install of Apache and prohibited the use of …
Guy walking into building lobby, all confident cheer, to guard: "Woo! Three-day weekend, man!" Guard: [noncommital nod, possibly a "yeah"] Me, five seconds behind Guy: "You don't get a three-day weekend, do you?" Guard: [slight …
Are you aware that StarTrek.com hosts a Ferengi and a Klingon advice columnist? Klingon concepts of honor and strength, sort of a Worfian view, suit the advice-column format well. The Ferengi stuff is just funny. …
I am really enjoying this whistling thing. Such an entertaining novelty. I whistle "Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt, Sousa marches off my Greatest Marches CD, probably Asian pop off Dance Dance Revolution audio, and stuff …
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Saw Urinetown last night with Zack. I enjoyed the story, especially the audacious twists, and the meta dialogue (very funny), and the choreography. However, the songs were on the whole not memorable, and I have …
Daily Californian article on weblogs mentions me for no good reason.
As the Salon Premium support rep, I get the verification requests. "This is John, and I'm protecting myself from spam. Click here once to make sure your letter goes through." And I go to the …
"At J. J. Hospital, about 200 people, Hindu and Muslim alike, lined up to donate blood." A couple falls in love, marries, and divorces.
