I dated a gamer, Dan, for almost three years. (Ga'mer; n.: one who uses tabletop, live-action, or computer role-playing games for recreation. Connotation: usu. to excess.) His gamerness was virtually dormant for the first few …
A million years ago, back in the nineties, I applied for a job writing ads. I would have written seductive proposals that would open the wallets of corporate clients and lure them into contracting with …
Congrats Susanna from one newly inducted bike-rider to another. As per the suggestion of my neighbor and a woman at the Berkeley Farmer's Market, I have constructed a moat around the catfood dish. Also, store …
I have to wash my hands every few hours when I work the register. I guess that's what happens when you handle filthy lucre. Primary reading, about fifty pages per day: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. …
At some point in the future, Leonard and I are going to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Not this one in New Orleans. Best quotes: Ten aquarium visitors, including four children, fell into a shark …
The September Cody's Events calendar is out! Jeremy Rifkin, Sarah Vowell, Tom Hayden, and David Edmonds (author of Wittgenstein's Poker) are among the luminaries making author appearances.
I had dinner with Anirvan and dessert with mutual friends Michelle and Christina. Anirvan told me, among other things, that BookFinder now has a company weblog ("Information Week had a cover story on weblogs [for …
Having pets inures a petowner to gross icky work, smoothing the path to successful reproduction and care of offspring. I guess this is good for society as a whole.
I am assuming that Susan Calvin did not believe in robot predestination, as per her behavior in the story "Robot Dreams."
I wrongly remembered some song lyrics and couldn't remember the title or artist. Me: Something something, always getting faster, something something, like a roller coaster... Leonard: Is that a TV theme song? Me: No! Leonard: …
