10 Apr 2002, 0:53 a.m.

I have a few very interesting entries to write up…

I have a few very interesting entries to write up in the next few days. Shocking! Provocative! Actually, I'm not joking.

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09 Apr 2002, 14:38 p.m.

I had never noticed until Professor McWhorter pointed it out…

I had never noticed until Professor McWhorter pointed it out today that the word "Malayalam" is a palindrome! (Malayalam is a language of Southern India. It's in the Dravidian family, along with my parents' tongue …

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09 Apr 2002, 10:57 a.m.

Kevin Maples makes the infrequent error of updating his weblog…

Kevin Maples makes the infrequent error of updating his weblog too seldom! You won't disagree after you read this sample of his work: It suddenly occured to me that what I have been assuming are …

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09 Apr 2002, 10:50 a.m.

The ASUC is gratuitously incompetent. Today's the first day…

The ASUC is gratuitously incompetent. Today's the first day of the student elections. And the Voter Info webpage is still under construction!

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09 Apr 2002, 8:47 a.m.

As it turns out, the way you interpret a polyadic…

As it turns out, the way you interpret a polyadic schema is a combination of the way you interpret a monadic schema and the way you interpret a truth-functional schema. Polyadic logic has everything you …

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09 Apr 2002, 8:43 a.m.

Earplugs are innovation itself! Last night people were watching…

Earplugs are innovation itself! Last night people were watching a movie in the living room, loud, but when I inserted my earplugs (which I got at the GRE test facility), I couldn't hear it at …

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08 Apr 2002, 22:21 p.m.

I found myself watching The Full Night of Seventh Heaven…

I found myself watching The Full Night of Seventh Heaven tonight. Matt got married! To a Jewish girl! Her father's a rabbi! And their families don't know yet, and think they're just engaged! Next week: …

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08 Apr 2002, 22:15 p.m.

Guess what: ETS automatically sends out various materials to people…

Guess what: ETS automatically sends out various materials to people who register for ETS exams. Therefore, even though I said "no" to the relevant question over the phone a few weeks ago, today, via US …

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08 Apr 2002, 22:11 p.m.

Benoit ran out of real food so he's using Chef…

Benoit ran out of real food so he's using Chef Boyardee something-or-other as a dinner component. I threatened to out him. "They'll take away your French citizenship!"

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08 Apr 2002, 15:45 p.m.

"The man who fell to his death from Evans Hall…

"The man who fell to his death from Evans Hall Thursday has been identified as 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Kevin Hogue-a junior in the College of Letters and Science." OCF staff members tell me that …

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