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 …

So I'm going to take the California Basic Educational Skills Test� (CBEST�) as insurance of a sort against unemployability. Substitute teaching, much like temping, would provide flexible employment and income, but I'd be teaching, which …

Now I have to update my weblogging software (NewsBruiser). I should be glad that Leonard added functionality. And I am. But upgrades. Grrr. I have to reply to a lot of email. I will be …

I am getting by with a little help from my friends. Specifically, Jeana, Steve, Zack, Angel, and Leonard have given me precious email, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I recently found that, because of my own family-friend commitments and commitments my mother made for me, I have to call or e-mail four different males: Manoj, Ravi, Raffik, and Giri, for purposes of giving …

A necessarily rhetorical question: Do parents who argue in front of their children realize what they're doing to their kids?

Finished The Gift of Fear and will have to talk more about it later, especially regarding de Becker's pet peeve: local TV news. de Becker warns us that one indicator that signals danger is a …

Who else wants to go to a sketch comedy festival?

I am responsible for the meeting of Seth and Leonard (at some party of mine a while back), and Seth is responsible for Leonard meeting me. One day three or so years ago, I watched …