Poor Benoit. He just got back from a nice vacation and the first thing he hears from me is that -- thanks to the splitting of the leftist vote among too many candidates -- Le …

If you reload Leonard's exposition page enough, you'll see a range of photos of my dear friend, and one of them has him laying atop my old futon, on a blanket, in my old apartment, …

I lay on my bed after my nap. The CD of Russian choral music had run its course. My roommate was away, writing a paper on campus. The sun had set, or almost. The blinds …

I did find the person who had dropped her ID cards. I emailed her Friday morning and we met up on campus. She brought me flowers to thank me. Isn't that sweet? She's a sophomore, …

I wrote another melody for music class, seeing as I have to write two minor-mode melodies by Monday. It needs editing, but the idea is that it's the old theme to Sesame Street transposed into …

I found a student's driver's license, Cal ID card, and Blockbuster membership card on a bus yesterday. I'd rather give it to her directly than put it in the Lost and Found, so I emailed …

Okay, Margaret Cho had a particular history and has a particular personality, and that's part of why people like her. But to me, that gag gets old fast. I worry that I can't be a …

I envy Shayna her good fortune and her medal, but I also know that I don't have anything approaching a 3.96 GPA, nor such a deep and wide array of achievements, so there's no way …

I met Shayna Parekh my freshman year at Cal. We took a history class and a seminar on women in leadership together. We hung out sometimes, and she reminded me of the best aspects of …

I won a free drink at Tully's today because I guessed that Victoria Falls sits on the river Zambezi and I was right. I finished watching Margaret Cho's performance recording, which satisfied me more in …