Three of my friends and I went up to Tulalip Casino this weekend for a little Friday night fun. I only play craps, even though I don’t really know how to. It is fun to me, especially talking to the other people at the table. I did pretty well last night, leaving with about 3 [...]
Digital Music is Not Where it Should Be
That was the title of a draft of a post I have been meaning to write on this blog for more than a year. I haven’t had a chance to formulate my thoughts on digital music clearly yet, so I did some research. It seems that no one [...]
I had outlined a post detailing the minutia of my first Yom Kippur away from home, and even begun writing much of it. I could not finish the post though. Usually that means I have either lost interest or misinterpreted my own thoughts originally. So, here are the highlights.
On Rosh Hashanah, Julia and I got [...]
I just spent a few minutes adding 6 weeks of appointments with a physical therapist (I hurt my shouder…again). I have done this now a few times in a few cities, and I basically know the routine.
This is the way it is now. After my first appointment, having already filled out many forms, I go [...]
the curious incident of dog the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon (On Amazon)
I just finished the curious incident of dog the dog in the night-time. It tells the story of a boy who has “developmental issues” which I took to be autism. The autistic boy authors the book, telling what might otherwise [...]
At my job, I am about to start working on something that requires me to draw a little bit on a legal pad. I went to the mail room to pick up a pen, but out of the corner of my eye, saw a box of pencils just begging for attention. So, I picked up [...]
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill
ISBN: 0-385-49554-4 (On Amazon)
Cahill takes you through 5 pillars of Greek life as it has shaped the way we as Westerners live today in this history of all of Greek civilization.
He talks about current Western culture and only occasionally talks about the U.S. He takes [...]
I complain about grammar issues all the time. How can fluent and natural speaker of English speak so poorly?
Example A: I am on an Amtrak train right now and occasionally we come to a stop at which some of the train’s doors will not open. Without fail, the conductor says “all doors will not [...]
Ask any senior in high school that is considering college and he will tell you that the college application process is opaque and often entirely arbitrary. Some students get accepted to a school that rejects a seemingly equally qualified student, and the process seems downright unfair. Data mining could provide just the answer to the [...]
Cell phones are contagious
When I was 10 or so, I fractured my wrist playing soccer at camp.[*] As my counselors drove me to the hospital, one yawned, then the other, and then I did. We couldn’t help ourselves, as if we were physically forced to follow suit. One counselor remarked that yawns are contagious, and we all agreed.
Checking [...]