I passed out last night about ten, the stereo on and notepad in hand. I sat up about eleven, said the name of a friend, then passed out again. This went on at roughly half-hour intervals until one. Strange.
Category Archives: Asides
on al-Gebra
Forwarded without comment. 🙂 At New York’s Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, Attorney general John Ashcroft said he believesContinue reading “on al-Gebra”
The sound! The sound!
That sound you hear is the sound of me flailing my head against the wall. Don’t worry. I do this when I get annoyed. I don’t think of myself as being easily annoyed. I roll with the punches fairly well. But sometimes… The reasons are trivial, and I won’t bore you with them. Sometimes peopleContinue reading “The sound! The sound!”
Monkeys
We’ve all heard the line about how an infinite number of monkeys banging away at a keyboard will in the fullness of time produce the complete works of Shakespeare. A group of college students in England decided to put the theory to the test. Infinite monkeys? No, only six. Infinite time? No, only one month.Continue reading “Monkeys”
Five questions
I’ve seen this feature on several other blogs, and out of curiosity I decided to give the Friday Five a look. Five questions, nothing probing, but that may illuminate unique personality aspects. But it’s Monday, not Friday, so aren’t I a bit late? Timeliness has never been one of my strong points. The most recentContinue reading “Five questions”
On Random Weirdness
I’m milling about Barnes & Noble after work, two paperbacks in one hand, a Caffe Mocha in the other. I don’t have anywhere I need to be, I’m in no rush to go home, so I’ve been wandering aimlessly through the store. Up at the front there’s a display of Christmas cards, a whole tableContinue reading “On Random Weirdness”
Weird as Hell
An e-mail message I received. It reads like spam, but if it’s from a spam-master, it’s from the most fucked up spam-master ever…. Hello, If you are a time traveler or alien and or in possession of government or alien technology I need your help! My entire life and health has been messed with byContinue reading “Weird as Hell”
On My Dad
There’s an article in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer about my dad, a special collections librarian at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He’s got a nice color picture in the paper, but on the web, no picture. Oh, well.