Leonard and I jumped on the ocean bandwagon today and walked on a beach of the Pacific Ocean. We sang Steve Robertson's adaptation of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean": My ocean lies over the …
The UC Berkeley news site also gives you a handy list of experts at the campus for various topics -- Census, California Governor's Race, Earthquake, Energy, Enron, Fire, and Terrorism. A great set, as per …
Finally, some information about what happened at Evans yesterday. Another death, a man plunging several stories. The article says that the police consider it an "unnatural death" but haven't labeled it a suicide yet. Why …
Why does berkeley.edu have no news about today's incident near Evans Hall? I have it from several sources that there was another suicide there today.
Today I found myself invoking the 2000 movie Pay It Forward to explain to my logic tutee the difference between "x and y help each other" and "x helps y who helps z." Yesterday's Daily …
"Somewhere around 2nd grade I decided that I didn't like jeans. 'The fabric's too thick!' I thought. 'I must distinguish myself from everyone else! Blah blah blah!'" Is this quintessential Adam or what? I can …
Adam, at a laughter-filled and inside-joke-saturated lunch today, suggested that I should name my computer-tutoring business "Your Geeky Friend."
I miss Russia. And the East Coast.
After finishing it, I realized that John's retelling is probably better than mine, so read it too/instead.
"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." -- Voltaire "The secret of being annoying is to chant in singsong, 'I know something you don't know! I'm not gonna tell you!" -- me …
