Garrison Keillor's monologue on tonight's A Prairie Home Companion -- on Passover and Seder -- made me cry just now. This is why I listen. Just when I worry that he's getting repetitive, he surprises …

I visited the Anarchist Bookfair and hung out a great deal with Steve and met up with Anirvan and Seth. I also saw people whom I knew (sort of) had not expected to see: namely, …

Yes, I'm visiting the anarchist bookfair at Golden Gate Park this afternoon. I'll probably be there from 2 till 4 or 5.

The myths and the realities of jobs at Google. "MYTH: It's too late to join Google. REALITY: We have a jobs page, you idiot." Unfortunately, that's not how they actually answer the "myth." "MYTH: Google …

I traveled to San Francisco, got my first shoeshine ever, and took the Graduate Records Exam. [Is that still its official name? Or did ETS change it, as they changed "SAT" from "Aptitude" to "Assessment"? …

My flatmates seemed very amused last night. "I'm taking the GRE tomorrow...I just decided/found out today..." Thank goodness Steve came over and helped me remember y=mx + b and all that. GRE prep books are …

Just registered to take the GRE tomorrow somewhere in San Francisco. Now to figure out how to get there. TripPlanner, here I come!

I find it rather amusing that my logic homework includes schematizing and translating into English such sentences as "Every self-respecting student who adulates no professor is respected by some student whom no professor respects." I …

I've signed up to take the LSAT, even though I have neither the grades nor the motivation to attend law school. Now I sign up to take the GRE, even though ditto for graduate school. …

I feel only slightly exalted as a newly licensed driver. If I were younger, I might feel as though this were more of a milestone, but as it is, I feel more tense about career …