Gavin de Becker can't stand local TV news. In The Gift of Fear, he rails against its sensationalism and fearmongering and faddiness and generally low standard of reporting on about three separate instances in the …
Thanks to a very pleasant and helpful DMV employee named "Dan," I have made an appointment to take my driver's license behind-the-wheel exam this Thursday afternoon. Observation: I could have gotten an appointment for the …
In Jalalabad one can get bootlegged LOTR tapes. Dubbed or subtitled? Letterbox or reformatted? Where's the Afghanistan branch of Consumer Reports when you need it?
Dave Barry Does Windows. I met Josh Brockman via alt.fan.dave_barry. And now he goes to Washington University in St. Louis and I have no reason to learn about golf or racing cars and passionately wish …
With my current haircut, I resemble the character of Anjali (Kajol) during the first half of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, before she dons Indian garb and gets boring. Tomboy Anjali, critics (Leonard and me) agree, …
Leonard: "If you have a big enough lever, the whole world looks like a fulcrum."
"They gave me some money back for not using bags, but it was only six cents, which sucks, because it's the two stupidest coins ever, the penny and the nickel. The nickel just weighs too …
Suzanne R. and I have been corresponding. If you'd told me four years ago that the Sumana of 2002 had been to Russia, didn't have a driver's license, regularly performed stand-up comedy, and could correspond …
The weather is good for driving practice today. And today I'll probably get a haircut. I have been growing my hair out for almost a year, waiting and waiting for my bangs to grow long …
This morning I was reading Hofstadter and I realized that one thing in this book that annoys me is his wordplay. I mean, as you all know, I am heavily in favor of wordplay in …
