McWhorter endorses the new play Urinetown. In contrast, he couldn't stop apologizing to me about the "pallid little affair" of Strike Up the Band!
I think so well these days that it's incredibly difficult to get inside the mind of a zealous anti-Semite. And the suicide bomber -- religion, psychology, military strategy, game theory only sort of help me. …
Leonard has written a whole lot of very interesting essays and essaylets lately, and posted many of them at his weblog yesterday. I've laughed even while rereading them! Example: "Relevance, the yang to authenticity's yin, …
In the OCF: Me: Hey, it's almost four! Not five! I have to meet someone at five, not four! I have an extra hour! Woo-hoo! Steve Callahan: And the Academy Award for faking interest goes …
I bought a pack of Double Bergamot Earl Grey Tea (from the STASH Co.) at a 99-cent store in Stockton. I often enjoy Earl Grey (thanks, Star Trek!), and the extra-Bergamot (Brr-guh-moe? Brr-guh-maht?) kick -- …
From Logic discussion: Peter, the TA, already had put up on the board a predicate for "x is even," but then created an entirely new predicate for "x is odd." I pointed out that, since …
I think it would be really neat if I found out that "school resumes after spring break on April 1st" were an April Fool's joke, and that I actually get another day off. But I …
Oh, okay, she was the Queen Mother Elizabeth I, not Queen Elizabeth II. Sorry for the confusion.
Queen Elizabeth died and nobody told me!
Garrison Keillor's monologue on tonight's A Prairie Home Companion -- on Passover and Seder -- made me cry just now. This is why I listen. Just when I worry that he's getting repetitive, he surprises …
