The most intellectually stimulating part of Jesus is Magic (that's not saying much) is now available on YouTube: Silverman's song "Jewish People Driving German Cars". Also on YouTube: videos from Square One TV, specifically Mathnet. …
More melancholy. I can glean no pleasure at all from memories of indiscretions that were fun at the time. I made wince-worthy mistakes with booze, boys and writing. Yes, writing. A moment of bombastic self-indulgence …
I watched the overtime and the penalty kicks at a crowded cafe near my house, where the crowd ran very pro-Italian but gave good sporting cheers to French goals too. The pro-Italian folks celebrated for …
Today some del.icio.us poking-around led me back to the Voyager. Would you rather be a girl named Adah or a boy named Adan? A boy named Carmine or a girl named Princess? A boy named …
"A hope that we can live with one another in a way that reconciles the beliefs of each with the good of all." From a speech that I he wrote specifically for me, it seems.
Do you know anyone to nominate for ICANN? As long as they're not villains.
Things I sort of wanted to do today: work on an essay, start reading The Baroque Cycle, rewrite a humorous play about Indian-Americans that my sister and I wrote ten years ago. In fact, I've …
When your religion is someone else's tourist attraction. I once told my mother that I was becoming a Buddhist and renouncing worldly things. This was fine with her until I declared that this also applied …
Some leftover chunks of text: I get irrational if I'm trying to go to sleep alone. I need a light on, and music, and no windows open, even if it's dadblamed hot. Otherwise ninjas with …
Do you remember that great Vampire Domestication PowerPoint? The creator has a bunch of free short stories for you to peruse. "Mayfly" is creepy. Also: EFF is looking for a Staff Technologist to join Seth …
