John McWhorter spells "doppelganger" as "doppelgaenger". Since he knows German, I'm inclined to think that this spelling is not a mistake, but rather a choice.

I Was a Victim of the 2002 World Cup! Ordinarily I don't mind my flatmates cheering and yelling in the next room over while watching soccer matches at 4 am. I wear earplugs. No big …

Leonard and I saw Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings twice in late December of 2001. And it is still playing! Today Adam and I passed a theater on College Avenue that …

Just for the benefit of those of you finding my site through search engines: Ursula K. Le Guin did not write "Harrison Bergeron" -- Kurt Vonnegut did. Also, I can't help you find Sydney Omarr's …

Last night, I hung out with Zack, and tonight I hung out with Adam. Very necessary, these visits. I'd go insane if all my social contact were school and home and a bit of Leonard. …

Ruthie is the Seventh Heaven equivalent of St. Alia of the Knife, Paul Atreides's younger sister, in Frank Herbert's Dune. If anyone else in the entire world has ever made that comparison before, I'd really …

I wanna be a columnist like Jon Carroll, because he can rationalize like so: I could, of course, do something. I could take steps. I could make a plan and follow it. Or I could …

According to Seth, People who don't mind living in Washington (and travel all over the world) have a fantastic opportunity to get a free software job with the Science and Human Rights project at the …

There is a coffeeshop on Shattuck near Alcatraz named "Jump'in Java". They knew there was an apostrophe somewhere, but misplaced it. Sort of cheery, really. Still looking for a place to live and a job. …

Last night I dreamt, among other things, that I was a sub-intern-level staffer at Slate, that I was treated badly by the other staff, that Michael Kinsley was a stumbling drunk who couldn't keep his …