"Somewhere around 2nd grade I decided that I didn't like jeans. 'The fabric's too thick!' I thought. 'I must distinguish myself from everyone else! Blah blah blah!'" Is this quintessential Adam or what? I can …
Adam, at a laughter-filled and inside-joke-saturated lunch today, suggested that I should name my computer-tutoring business "Your Geeky Friend."
I miss Russia. And the East Coast.
After finishing it, I realized that John's retelling is probably better than mine, so read it too/instead.
"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." -- Voltaire "The secret of being annoying is to chant in singsong, 'I know something you don't know! I'm not gonna tell you!" -- me …
Sydney Omarr reaches new heights in today's "Daily Horoscope." "Colin Powell: He is an Aries who is secretary of state. Some political observers exclaim, 'It is wonderful!' Others, perhaps bring cynical, declare, 'It is about …
McWhorter endorses the new play Urinetown. In contrast, he couldn't stop apologizing to me about the "pallid little affair" of Strike Up the Band!
I think so well these days that it's incredibly difficult to get inside the mind of a zealous anti-Semite. And the suicide bomber -- religion, psychology, military strategy, game theory only sort of help me. …
Leonard has written a whole lot of very interesting essays and essaylets lately, and posted many of them at his weblog yesterday. I've laughed even while rereading them! Example: "Relevance, the yang to authenticity's yin, …
In the OCF: Me: Hey, it's almost four! Not five! I have to meet someone at five, not four! I have an extra hour! Woo-hoo! Steve Callahan: And the Academy Award for faking interest goes …
