An alternative (of sorts) to Personal MBA. Of Mr. Spolsky's tentative list, I've read:part of The Mythical Man-Month The Design of Everyday Things (a.k.a. The Psychology Of Everyday Things) Microserfs Ben & Jerry's: The Inside …
MC Masala this week recounts the tale of the one and only hickey I've ever gotten. I gibbered that it was a bug bite and looked, pleading, at the nurse. She saw the desperation in …
Last year, I received a holiday present from an person I'd never met, sent to my work address. It was We, a dystopia by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was a great gift, catering to my interests …
I can report, not just advise, a happy Thanksgiving. Food and fun, as the saying goes. The fun included Taboo, Once Upon A Time, San Juan, Settlers of Catan, Illuminati, and the film Hitchhiker's Guide …
Jon Carroll's Thanksgiving column, as annually reprinted.
Sumana: Should we dress up for Thanksgiving at your uncle's? Leonard: No, we don't need to dress up. Sumana: OK. I'll put on my ripped Poison t-shirt, then.
I just mailed a package and bought stamps (American Scientists) at the post office, just an ordinary Salon customer/holiday card-sending transaction, and I felt nervous and dry-mouthed as though I were going on a date. …
Sometimes Steven Frank draws women in a way I find charming. Examples: "she likes peeping on girls" and "if you only had this years ago".
Immigrants learn the meaning and traditions of Thanksgiving.
I still find it surprising that Christmas is on the exact same date every year.
