The Snail Shell

I will go from the not-so-good to the really good. 1. Mulch. My dad got 5 cubic yards of mulch delivered today, as he does every year. We...

I was in the shower, you know, down time for the ol' noggin, so I decided to create more of my world by naming, categorizing, applying v...

but you can't take the video games out of the kid. Something like that. This week, I've realized why it's fantastic that I hav...

- Most things are arbitrary. Pro sports doubly so. How ridiculous is it to have an event in which a team represents your entire city, and ...

My friend Erik was talking about his hoity-toity ivory-tower professor, who said that about David Copperfield , I think. It sounds like a s...

This. Not because of it being Zacarias Moussaoui, but because of the dynamic that must have been in that room. ... "We all agree. Exc...

And I'm done with another year. Halfway done with college. Possibly about 20% done with life as a student. Entering my third decade o...

I got the job as a TA, for 21-127, Concepts of Math. I got the 9:30 section... but if you're taking Concepts, for whatever reason, sign...

India Garden is very good. If you want to go to the lunch buffet there anytime this week, give me a call. Or, if you'd rather try the G...

I thought the board sleepover/Ritter's was a lot of fun. Something about having an unusual group of people and doing something unusual....

"You're a sophomore? I took you for a senior!" However, this contributes to the problem of inward focus in social situations....

On Friday, I participated in part of something that's pretty great: Critical Mass. This biking group, it's not even a group, they j...

See, there are days like that, and then there are nights like last night, when everything sort of works out right. When I realize that all ...

I just keep telling myself that... two more weeks... For all the good times I'll remember about college, there's a lot of crap that ...

City of Angels was a lot of fun. I'm no theatre critic, but I think we did a great job. I was really feeling it during the last run, r...

I'm done with malloc. For those of you who haven't taken 15-213, it's the toughest (of 7) homework assignments in the course. ...

I will probably not last very long because I will keep going down hills, and eventually plop right back down on Earth. I realized the other ...

In a week: City of Angels. It'll be good. I'll sit backstage for a long time and possibly come out with a bucket on my head. Soon:...

I need 9 hours of sleep to function properly. And probably an hour dedicated to exercise. That's 10 hours. Even discounting ridiculou...

Today and yesterday are superlative! I want to stand on top of Warner Hall (or better yet, on top of a 100 foot pole at a 70 degree angle) ...