Congratulate me! I finished my first semester of graduate school ( Read more... )

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 Now that I have a job of making something and using my brain, I'm convinced that the only way this generation is going to fix anything is to realize that they're not kids, that they are not just PART of the world but MAKE the world what it is, and therefore it is important to make things and use your brain.  Unfortunately I don't think this ( Read more... )

 Just got off the phone with my boss.. talking about solar energy, wind power, etc. The term "raising awareness" came up. This term has always repulsed me and I think it was the first time I said it voluntarily. I mentioned that this term was no good, but wasn't sure why. It's a cliche, I heard it a lot at Berkeley..

the reason it's a bad term is ( Read more... )

 The Lady's Dressing Room
JONATHAN SWIFT
1732
EDITED BY JACK LYNCH

Five Hours, (and who can do it less in?)
By haughty Celia spent in Dressing;
The Goddess from her Chamber issues,
Array'd in Lace, Brocades and Tissues.

Strephon, who found the Room was void, [5]
And Betty otherwise employ'd;
Stole in, and took a strict Survey,
Of all the Litter as it lay;
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I was compelled by the "@cal" enforcement to delete my berkeley email account, which I did with much nostalgia. I saved all messages of sentimental value - from dad, from aaron, funny exchanges with professors.. going back to 2006.. and the rest perished forever ( Read more... )

I'm busy brushing up on the contexts of literature of the middle ages and the 16th century.

Christopher Marlowe, the "lesser Shakespeare" has an interesting, unfortunate story, but now we can laugh about it.

Christopher Marlowe was killed at age 29 in a tavern, stabbed above the eye with his own knife. His killer was briefly detained, then set free. ( Read more... )

Everything was falling into place. The mailbox key works. The Iron Horse survived the airplane trip to Denver. The AC adapter arrived from the UK. All prescriptions filled. The boxes arrived from Korea ( Read more... )

One of the hallmarks of this generation is its belief that it is wiser, more intelligent, and more progressive than the previous generation, including its own fathers and grandfathers who worked hard and learned so much along the way ( Read more... )

Time is the master, I am the slave. Each Sunday night a whip zings through the air and on Monday I am sliced again. By Friday the sting has become a dull throb and on Sunday night it begins again ( Read more... )