I think the new one-game wild card preliminary round of postseason play has broken me. I'm actually wearied by the idea that there are three more rounds of playoffs after this. Seriously ( Read more... )

This is the happiest night of my life as a Mets fan. Thank you, Johan Santana!

I finished this biography of Sigmud Freud last night, as part of the novel research, and I can happily say it's given me a lot of insight into Freud's personality, his strengths and his shortcomings. The book is by no means perfect - the writing rubbed me the wrong way in spots, and the chronology gets fuzzy in the latter part of the book, after ( Read more... )

Congratulations to the Mustache of Understanding, Thomas Friedman, Eschaton's Wanker of the Decade!

For more on why this is such a well-deserved honor, check out one of the best takedowns of an inexplicably popular author since "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses."

I also want to recommend James K. Galbraith's The Predator State, which I'm a few ( Read more... )

Off to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in a bit. My goals are to break the top 200 finishers, and to finish Puzzle 5.

I'll report back soon.

My mother Josie, brother Ric, and I are profiled in today's El Diario (the local Spanish daily paper) for participating in the crossword puzzle tournament. It's nice to be recognized.

My translation of the article follows: ( Read more... )

So let's see, what's up?

I had a relapse of some of the crud that's been plaguing me this winter, so a bit enfeebled. I expect to be under the weather to some extent till the weather warms up enough to knock the crud out of me. Probably some time in May - even though it's warm for winter, it's not actually springlike.

I registered again for the ( Read more... )

I set up a Twitter feed for my employer. I can access the account from the iMac desktop at work and from my Windows machine at home. My boss cannot log into the account from his Mac laptop, no matter how he tries ( Read more... )

roadnotes brought to my attention The Challenge: A Month of Letters, where one writes a letter to someone every day the USPS delivers mail in February. Sounds like an excellent idea, and an excuse to reconnect with some people I've lost touch with. My first letter will be to a guy I worked with at the rickshaw place for a while who I grew rather fond of, ( Read more... )

I just replied to an ad from Craigslist looking for part-time and full-time translation specialists. I don't have a resume set up for translation yet, and no real portfolio, but what the hell ( Read more... )