I went to Florida recently to see Bear's family. Our trip included being there on a Monday night, which is when I watch Mr. Personality. Shut up, I don't want to hear it. Anyway, that Monday we were at the house of one of Bear's cousins. Bear's father was in a room watching TV by himself, so I joined him and we started watching Mr. Personality. ( Read more... )

Through Rosefox I've found the Small World Research project and it's helping to feed my fascination with the six degrees of separation theory.

Looking around online, it turns out that Columbia is not the only place trying to recreate the original experiment. You can also volunteer to try to connect yourself to strangers here and here.

For those of you who haven't heard, I got a new job a few months ago. I am now an SAT teacher, tormenting high school students all over the city ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to write a real entry, but I'm constantly distracted.

In the mean time I give you this, a cute little reality show parody. I promise it's short. In fact, it isn't even animated ( Read more... )

As a couple of people have pointed out to me, my last entry should have said that "Anyone causing a problem for us is going to SLEEP with the fishes."

My apologies to anyone who thought that Bush was encouraging terrorists to go scuba-diving.

I'm just impressed that my proofreading roommate was not one of the people who noticed the error.

To quote GWB: "All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way -- they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies."

Anyone causing a problem for us is going to swim with the fishes, understand?

This upsets me a lot. To quote one of the first paragraphs: "Whether the [Women's Resource] center can protect the privacy of those talks, though, is uncertain. It was held in contempt of court this month for refusing to turn over the counseling records of a 16-year-old girl to lawyers for the man she says raped her. The court imposed a fine of $ ( Read more... )

I assume that most of you have seen (or at least heard about) the anti-drug ads that have pot smokers taking the blame for terrorism. The ads feature people saying things like "I helped terrorists to blow up buildings, I helped kill a judge" et cetera. Another one ends with a screen saying "Where do terrorists get their money? If you buy drugs, ( Read more... )

When I was a kid I wanted a Barbie, but my parents wouldn't get me one because my mother felt there was something inherently sexist about them. I remember calling Santa (I don't know if this is still done, but there used to be a 976 number you could call during the holiday season where you heard a pre-recorded message from Santa that changed every ( Read more... )

I went to see an allergist recently since my doctor thought I might be reacting to something. So I went, and he did tests and told me that I'm highly allergic to dust mites. I'd thought that for years, but also figured that I probably wasn't really allergic and had just built the whole thing up in my mind so that I could avoid cleaning things. This ( Read more... )