True Berkeleyans want to not only save the whales, but to free them and to organize them as well. Took some finals today. Watched Seventh Heaven. Agreed with Leonard that 1980s-era shows, such as The …

It would be just like Salon to exaggerate a perfectly reasonable policy in this article about a commencement requirement in the San Fernando Valley of California. I hope that such a process has happened to …

I think one reason I yearn for watching Star Trek: The Next Generation regularly is that it was something I was enthusiastic about, and I need something to be enthusiastic about. My own life sure …

I'm siiiiiiiick! Well, maybe it'll lend some pathos to my last Russian final, today.

I listened to Billy Joel's album River of Dreams a hundred times when I was younger. I listened again today while driving Nandini and me back to Berkeley. Some of the devices I liked now …

A year ago I was visiting Bakersfield for the first time. Right now I'm in Stockton. The heat is the same. A year ago Douglas Adams died, and Rachel went to the prom, and I …

Google is better than IMDB.* Leonard and I spent about 20 cumulative minutes futilely searching IMDB. One Google search for "french film lost cat" got me this reference to When the Cat's Away. Finally! *Okay, …

I like listening to choral music, especially faster-moving and non-religious stuff. I've known for a long time that I like a cappella of the doo-wop and arrangement-of-pop-tunes varieties, but I also like a bit of …

Reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Amateurish and annoying with too many puzzles. But I'll finish it. Even though she, at 16, made a much more efficient algorithm than the RSA's or whatever, at least …

If you live around Berkeley and have twenty minutes to spare, I recommend that you take part in Lily Liaw's linguistics experiment involving answering machine messages. She can make an appointment with you anytime during …