Perhaps the best thing about buying books from independent dealers through the internet is the bubble wrap envelopes they typically come in, and how happy the Dude is squeezing himself inside of them.

I miss you, Z.

Z and I went to Powell's as part of our Friday date night. Z wanted to check out the Latin books, so we went to the foreign language section only to discover that Latin books were, curiously, kept in Classics, a couple floors down. While we were in Foreign Languages, though, I decided to see if they had any of the great books of the French canon, ( Read more... )

Z is now through with college, clutching in her figurative hands a BA in History! Go her!

We're not making any solid post-college plans, as we may have an opportunity to go to China early next year.

Which segues nicely into this: How to make a Beijing Left Turn!

Life is beautiful. Especially when it's diagrammed.

Friday I bought a 1985 Fuji Absolute 10-speed bicycle off of craigslist from a couple who were selling their home. They'd planned to offer the bike at their moving sale the next day for $35 but posted it to the bike listings (describing it merely as "Fuji, men's ten-speed" and "well-maintained") as a sort of heads-up. I saw the listing in the ( Read more... )

I'm finally eligible for vision and dental insurance through my work! I'm dying to go to the dentist, and I'm hoping to get contacts. And maybe some spare glasses. Mine are relics that I bought right before I dropped out of my life in Austin. They've accompanied me through all my trials since then, but they've fared worse than I: the lenses are a ( Read more... )

Not only are they home to more shit bogs than any other state, they also have the embarrassment of representation by Patrick McHenry, who gave a speech today ridiculing the notion that bicycle use could reduce US dependence on foreign oil. Streetsblog kindly posted the entire speech. Perhaps it loses something in print (I haven't watched the video ( Read more... )

I love selling bikes. I forget that it actually makes me feel good, so I put it off and put it off ( Read more... )

I have been on the computer too long this afternoon. Proof: I was just contemplating my future, as I am wont to do (particularly at times when the present doesn't serve), and the question of what my kids might be like popped into my head. Particularly, whether Z and I might in fact have two boys and be stuck with no other option but to name Boy #2 ( Read more... )

I just beat my 9x9 computer go game at 3 kyu. That's a record for me. W00t!

(And that's my second "w00t" in the last three minutes. Life must be good.)

Edit: I just beat it at 2 kyu! I must be a genius! Or this wasn't worth posting about in the first place. Sorry.

I often hear how the worthwhile things in our society came about as a result of those in power recognizing their duty and fulfilling it. For instance, when people are discussing the current administration's lack of respect for returning veterans, the treatment of soldiers coming home from the Middle East is often compared rather unfavorably to the ( Read more... )