Relevant authorities (I assume) at UC Berkeley recently installed a cheap paper portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the lobby of the MLK Student Union. The eyes of this picture are such that …
You may have Tolkien on the brain if: I saw some textbook by an author named Aragon and I thought it said "Aragorn."
My logic professor, Daniel Warren, is adorable! He has unruly hair and a distant gaze exactly as a philosophy prof should. He is so precise with his speech, and he makes little errors and then …
The other day I experienced a shock. I heard a radio ad that used the second person and at some point it referred to "your eighth-grade boyfriend." I thought the ad was using the male …
About two weeks ago, my sister told me of some incident in her personal life. Attempting to console/reassure her, I found myself saying, "Well, that's its own thing." This may be the most empty phrase …
I packed too much stuff to go to my new place, so now I have to consolidate and tuck away and figure out what can go to Stockton. Example: the flat already has eight saucepans. …
I gave away my black lamp to a person who turned out to be a Russian. I sold my dresser to another Russian man. As Leonard put it, "you're gaining a reputation [in the Russian-American …
First of all, I've moved. It's done. It is not possible to give madder props to peeps than I would like to give to Zack, Steve, Laura, and Nandini. Second of all, I'm exhausted. I …
I'm really glad someone in my Basic Musicianship class turned me on to the musictheory.net Note Trainer. I may actually be learning! Only problem: I still find myself thinking the mnemonics every time I have …
I ate lunch with Adam the other day and he wondered what had caused me to mark Alan Alda's birthday. I just want to make it clear that I don't ordinarily keep track of celebrity …
