My mom and dad have okayed my proposed move to a new apartment. I hope the people there call or email me back really soon so that I can give my current landlord a thirty-day …

One reason that Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs: a minister of his, Miliutin, pointed out that serfdom interfered with the making and maintenance of a good military. Russia's army was too big to support, …

In less than twelve hours, I will be done with the seventh semester of my college career. Today isn't nearly as wrenching as the last day of my sixth semester was. I only did one …

I can't wait for the Self-Made Critic to critique the Lord of the Rings movie. As it is, his Vanilla Sky review amused me: The sad thing about the film, aside from the idea of …

I studied for about fifteen minutes before I had to put the book down and converse with Dan for an hour and a half. This is plus the two and a half hours we talked …

I just discovered ESheep, a comic site I like.

Last night I conversed with my sister on many topics. She came over to discuss Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress, which I had lent her, and which had set her head abuzz. (Kress and …

Adam told me that Guster is not only hip, but good. Wow, I really have no idea what Carol Lay is going to do next. Nor, despite Kris's fears, do I have any idea what …

If I didn't have a final on Wednesday night, I'd attend Dmitry's freedom party. At first I thought the name of the venue was the "22nd Amendment," which doesn't make nearly as much sense, unless …

Leonard once evinced amazement that some bit of human knowledge was unavailable on the Web. Now it's my turn. Where, sweet civilization, where are the lyrics to "Insomniac," originally (one site alleges) performed by one …