Sarah invited me to hang out this weekend. One suggestion: "I could come by and watch the Simpsons. Or vice versa!" Of course, I immediately thought, "In Soviet Russia, The Simpsons watches you!"
I'm heading to the East Coast next month. Leonard will speak at PyCon in Washington, DC, and I'm traveling with him to sightsee and cheer. If you live around DC and would like to meet …
Two recent exchanges that have left Joe saying, "You're such a freak, but in a good way": Joe: So you know about the Tibetan monks' tradition of ritualized debate? Sumana: I was just reading about …
A long time ago, Saturday the 8th, I was puttering around my house when the phone rang. I whimsicoracally accepted, sauntered over to Memorial Glade, and started tossing the old disc around. Just as my …
I, a guest, stepped into the well-appointed bathroom. I prepared to shower. I stepped inside the tub, noting corners and a wall caddy flush with bathing product bottles. And then it came time to soap …
The other day, Leonard and I were doing some research on various US government web sites. I felt more rage than usual at whitehouse.gov, especially when I discovered that the White House dog's name is …
Last night Joe and I went to Cobb's Comedy Club and saw Bill Santiago, Greg Proops, and Dan somebody. Lewis. Dan Lewis. We had a ball and laughed our teeth out, and I recommend the …
DJs complain that techno-loving youngsters just tune into FM92.7 ("The Bay Area's Party Station") instead of hiring DJs at parties. I complain of the between-song segues that end: "Ninety-two seven. Party!" It sounds like a …
Tonight's open mic went well and badly. The audience actually came with me when I started, "I'm reading a self-help book. It's called The Prince." However, later I was a jerk and partially enabled an …
Man, I wish these class schedule generators had been around and well-known when I was at UCB! So cool! Like Google, or Bookfinder, or NewsBruiser -- easy-to-use applications that help you enormously when you only …
