January 2011
6 posts
December 2010
18 posts
The difference between a flash mob and you looking...
“Dad, I don’t want a Bob Marley t-shirt!”
– Overheard in the Haight
Tar drying is making my house smell like poo poo. Must evacuate the casa.
WatchI realize I really like this song “The Time” by the Black Eyed Peas more so because it is a reference to “Time of My Life” and Dirty Dancing. The song activates a set of associations in my mind that make it enjoyable and inseparable. In talking to my roommate about the song, it came up that she didn’t know the song or hadn’t seen Dirty Dancing so “The...
Hiking in Joshua Tree today
Microsoft Word is a devil’s game. It looks so easy to use until you have to put words on the page.
Radical Change for Weight Watchers →
I am fascinated with this article about Weight Watchers overthrowing its well known point system in favor of a more science-based and mathematically complicated approach. It’s remarkable for a number of reasons. WW is choosing to move away from its established product to something unknown and taking a huge risk. At the same time, the change is almost a variation on a theme since...
This anthro paper will be written tonight. I will will it into existence!
“You’re a grad student?”
– Said not by just one, but two, of the undergrads in my group for my Spanish oral exam. It’s good to know that I can still pass for 22 among 22 year olds.