I have considered getting a second pair of sunglasses for bike riding. I love the brand I have now (ic! berlin), and wanted a second pair. However, this brand is very expensive, so I checked out eBay to see if I could find cheap used glasses. I only found new ones, but some were reasonably […]
Just how sick is the economy? This morning, while walking home from La Colombe, I approached a crazed woman sitting on a bench. “Got fi’ dolla’s?!” she snarled at me. Back in the day, bums used to ask for a quarter.
I don’t have cable, so I am spared most of the ridiculous politicking that occurs this time of year. Just now I was sitting here working on a paper when my cell phone rang. It was a recorded message from “the Barack Obama campaign” with a dire warning that John McCain is gearing up to […]
There are a lot of things that have been written, and I only have access to a small portion.
Today I was reading an academic paper, and wanted to read one of the papers it cited, published in 1996 by a well-known academic publishing house. I looked the journal up on my university library’s website, and […]
I saw the new Indiana Jones movie last night, and was impressed. After George Lucas thoroughly destroyed my interest in his other franchise, I was not expecting a whole lot. This movie was on par with the originals, which I re-watched a few months ago. It had plenty of action, cheesy dialog, and cool mechanical […]