The Snail Shell

belting out "Lady Picture Show." What. Showing up somewhere with only the bags on your back is a challenge! I've been on a re...

It's over! I'm tired! That's why I'm sitting in my apartment this Friday night. And I have a flight tomorrow morning. Oka...

Okay, I'll agree with this . Partially. He was the high-profile athlete who had the most fun. And in a world of hypercompetitiveness,...

Today, I played volleyball with my new team. And I learned deep dark Google secrets! No, I cannot tell you ANYTHING. Nope. Sorry. Then ...

It's been a day! A not so interesting day! Orientation, what do you expect. A lot of talks, some paperwork, and some great food. You...

Yow! This is it! The single biggest change in my life ever! Rivaling college, I guess. Whoo! Splendid. I'm in Mountain View, CA, ri...

It's true! "Mr. Daniel Tasse", the new President and CEO of Ikaria, Inc., now gets the top spot when you search for Dan Tasse...

Found an apartment! It was quite easy! It took one day. Jared and I looked at 9 places. It turns out that he cared more about space (in ...

I'm done with this game! Whoo! I beat Sin, Seymour, and Jecht! (spoiler alert: those are the final bosses. another spoiler alert: ye...

to quote Ultimate Donny . Epic battle with the monkey mind last night, which I lost. I can't even quiet all my competitive, rank-base...

Thinkin' bout sponsoring a kid via Children International . They seem good by the Better Business Bureau , Charity Navigator gives them...

So I was buying a plane ticket to San Francisco on August 24 so I can start training, and then one to Seattle on August 30 so I can start wo...

Just most recently, at Sarah's house in West Virginia last weekend. Fun time! And I discovered that my recipe archive unintentionally ...

I could start talking about West Coast people are like this, East Coast people are like this, or maybe Northern Californians are like this, ...

Meant to blog this but never did and I have like 15 minutes so gonna do it now. Part two of my trip (actually part 1) found me in West Virgi...

I kind of wanted to get my dad one of those shirts, because we both think it's great. But you could never wear it! Which is too bad. I...

Sorry I haven't been around. I went home for the weekend, which you'd think would mean more free time, but it really means a lot le...

I mean, I've sort of half-admitted it for a while, danced around the issue, joked about it, tossed it aside. But it's serious busin...

Long-term Snail Shell aficionados may know that I've tried a few times to make the best nutritional bar out of fruits and vegetables. ...

but I am anyway, and maybe it's a bad idea, but maybe later I will be less outraged and I would kind of like to get this thought out the...