My friends always wonder what we Jews do on Christmas, and since I had a pretty standard Jewish Christmas yesterday, I thought I would tell you about it.
First rule of thumb: fly on Christmas day. The day has no special meaning for Jews, but for everyone else, Christmas is a time for family, not travel. [...]
Here are two facts, which each seem obvious and inconsequential at first glance
the longer you work at a place, the more you deserve a nice office
the longer you work at a place, the more meetings you have (1)
Let’s assume that a person’s meetings mostly don’t happen in his office, since at least 1 participant will not [...]
Howdy. I’m sitting in Salem Oregon right now trying to recover from an absurd Thanksgiving meal. I can barely move, and it is safe to assume that the top button of my jeans is not done up (whether I want it to be or not).
So in case you didn’t notice, not only did I not [...]
I just woke up in my apartment here in Seattle after a trip back to New Haven. I went back for the Princeton vs Yale football game, which, as the last home game of the season this year, has become an alumni tradition. Many of my friends came back for the game, from as far [...]
I have an enormous day today, starting with 8 hours of a course on Advanced Windows Debugging (day 2). After that I will run home and pack for my weekend trip back east. I fly into NYC, where I will see my mom real quick, and then head to New Haven at night.
I’m gonna leave [...]
I notice that some of my readers have been confused by the difference between commenting and contacting, so let me explain the difference.
If you want to write me a personal, private note, use the contact page. This does not have to be in reference to any specific post, though it can be. It is similar [...]
Today is my sister’s 25th birthday. Last night I took her out for a night on the town so she probably hasn’t woken up yet. Still, just wanted to give here a shout out.
Speaking of 25th, I told a friend that she was turning 25 was surprised when my friend responded “is that a good [...]
It’s Friday, so I thought you might be look for some light reading. I need to introduce the characters quickly. My sister is Julia and Mom is Trisha.
So I get an email from Julia Strasser that is a reply to a thread that my Mom had sent a few weeks ago, and that I had [...]
I ordered groceries online on sunday. It was a long weekend and I couldn’t possibly have gone to the grocery store. So I watched football, sat on my couch, and ordered my groceries.
I used a newish service from Amazon called Amazon Fresh, currently available only in the Seattle area. I get to walk through the [...]
So far I have taking the bus to work most days. I like taking the bus. You get to watch people or read or hang or talk on the phone. It is a good way for me to wake up in the morning and get ready for the day, and it is a good way [...]