The Devil is in the Details

I haven’t slept well in three nights now. It’s the dreams I keep having, each more upsetting than the last. I don’t know if I’m sick, and they’re fever dreams, or I’m just capping a bad week last week with bad dreams from stress. I don’t know. But my brain has decided to dredge up […]

Mr. Wizard on Letterman

Oh That’s Some Bad News

Man, nothing worse than hearing that one of your childhood icons has passed. 8( Apparently Mr. Wizard, AKA Don Herbert, died today. Bill Nye was a pathetic amateur compared to Mr. Wizard. I used to watch him all the time as a kid. (That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who knows me)
This guy was […]

Was this supposed to be uplifting or comforting?

Because it’s just downright depressing. Oh, were I to be so lucky.

I have to say

All this hubbub about The Sopranos finale is pretty amusing to me. I have never seen a single episode of The Sopranos. And I feel no great compulsion to do so.

Win, Lose or Save?

The Problem
Wins, Losses and Saves are possibly the most arbitrary statistics in all of baseball. At times, wins are given to pitchers who had poor games, but were saved by their offense driving in high amounts of runs. Other times, pitchers throw gems, only to be penalized by their offense’s poor output. And saves are […]

VORP Visitor

I noticed in my logs that someone was searching my site for VORP. I think perhaps you were looking for this page.

I swear I didn’t do this on purpose

Which Programming Language are You?

Just Another F*@#%ing Post

What is profanity? And furthermore, why is it profane? And should it be?
A little post on Slate today asked, “How does a dirty word get that way?” The short answer is, they’re born that way. I know, somewhat anti-climactic. Personally I take a pretty apathetic view towards profanity. Why is “fuck” any more awful than […]

Dining in the Dark

No, not completely pitch black like in some restaurants, but pretty close. Especially when your dining companion puts out the candle providing the only light at your table! (In her defense, she did prevent me from buying books earlier in the night. Barely.)
Saturday night I went with said friend to see Laura Veirs at a […]