I'm playing Michael's Bach CD (solo violin; sonatas & partitas). Maybe I understand why Bach is so cool now. Or maybe I'm just pulling the KDFC easy-listening trick on myself. Lots of odd social interactions …
I'm enjoying the drawn-out pleasure of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. I usually hate tone-setting narration, but here it's great. And Pasternak's swift and cutting depictions of the Revolution clearly say, "Censor me!" and/or portray …
Leonard alerted me to an Antarctic weblog (use a graphical browser -- neat pictures!), and an Indian reports on his country. Yesterday Adam interviewed me for items of folklore, e.g., superstitions, myths, jokes, etc. I …
I took a deep breath today and filled out an application for the Apollo Amateur Night audition, which occurs in ten days. I also devised some new material. If I look through my old stuff …
Finally, the vague recipe for yummy soup. Chop slices of carrot. Warm some brown sugar and a little bit of water in a pan. Dump the carrot in the sugar and cook until tender (and, …
Have you ever wished you could call in 'Waaah' to work?
The other night I dreamed that I was taking a shower. When I was woken up in the middle of the dream, I fended off my waker-up, thinking that I needed to finish the shower. …
From my referrer logs' search requests, I learn that one can unclog one's toilet with Coca-Cola. Also, some soul has searched for information on the Shroud of Turan, which all film critics covet.
Yesterday, I met Michael Parenti when he bought something from my register. Neat! Also bought at my register by someone else: a copy of Adbusters. Why would you buy Adbusters on Buy Nothing Day? I …
John Rawls, author of A Theory of Justice, died recently. Vaguely, vaguely related, thanks to a conversation I had with the ex-vegan brother of my flatmate last night: Why Honey is not Vegan, and the …
