I think they should fix it.

I had a dream about Frank Gehry. We were touring his studio, and he ignored all my counsel and advice. How rude is that? I mean, it was my dream.

There is an urban ur-fantasy for adolescent boys (now, get your mind out of the gutter, briefly) that involves discovering priceless artifacts/baseball cards/comic books/tchotchkes in a grandparent's/uncle's/neighbor's attic and/or basement, resulting in untold riches/status/envy-of-peers. I myself confess to having such fantasies, but now find ( Read more... )

I was at the gym this morning, and they have something like nine televisions opposite the stair climber machines, each tuned to a different channel (news, sports, TNT, MTV, etc.). Usually I'm just overwhelmed by the crap tsunami this represents. Today, however, something, er, someone caught my eye. In a startling display of the groupthink of old ( Read more... )

Hey! R got an article accepted in French Historical Studies, which I understand is the journal in her field. H is taking her first steps. I keep injuring my legs playing tennis. C'est la pomme de terre.

So I'm a little behind in my web culture, and just downloaded Google Earth for the Mac. Sweet. GIS finally has a GUI. Almost as cool as the first day I saw a web page from Eastern Europe, back in the day. I get the feeling that the Googledudes are so rich they just buy up whatever tech they think is cool, like SketchUp. I haven't spent enough time ( Read more... )

God knows I never finished reading Dante. Well, if God doesn't, then for sure my Western Culture TA knows, er, knew. Whatever. In any case, if Dante were writing today, he would reserve a special circle of hell for designers of children's toys that make noise. Especially those which make a noise (I am not making this up) as you turn them off. And a ( Read more... )

What good is Google if it can't tell me the origin of the phrase, "negatory earthbird." I figure the kind readers (and you know who you two are) of this blog can. Is it maybe Space: 1999 or perhaps the original Battlestar GalacticaAlso, what is "knick-knack" that it can be played my thumb, my shoe, my knee, and my door ( Read more... )

"Just cuz you're head is pointy doesn't mean you're sharp." And I thought Aggies had no sense of humor. Actually, I've been meaning to take photos of the sign at the tattoo parlor (it's on the way to daycare), and make a little log, but of course I'm always behind the wheel cursing at the traffic ( Read more... )

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