McWhorter quote of the day: "Okay, as long as you don't be gettin' all prescriptive."
Today I conversed with John McWhorter, my Linguistics professor. I surprise him, it seems, since I use "whom" and enjoy the odd bit of Gershwin. He surprised me by not knowing that online journals even …
Last night Anirvan came over and I discovered that Anirvan : me :: me two years ago : Seth two years ago. Anirvan reads this journal "religiously" (hi, Anirvan!), and he has no weblog at …
SHOCKER OF THE CENTURY! I passed the math and reading portions of the CBEST with much-higher-than-adequate scores. Now let's see how my essays did.
My roommate Paulina made a dynamite pasta sauce last night with eggplant, tomato, garlic, and I don't know what all. It was spicy and thick. I loved it. In other Paulina news, when she doesn't …
"A bizarre piece reports that the owners of a crematory in rural Georgia were stashing bodies (almost 300) all over their property and passing off potting soil or concrete dust as mortal remains." Is the …
Leonard and I saw The Muppets Take Manhattan on Saturday evening. We borrowed a copy from Michelle when we serendipitously hung out with Seth, Andy, and Michelle that same day and we noodled on guitar …
Possibly Steve's best-ever diary entry. Very funny.
I only recently realized that I got some of my interest in political science from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Many of the Hard Questions raised in TNG concern government policy! The Prime Directive is …