I have to go to Leonard's place to watch Last Comic Standing on NBC, as I don't get Channel 11, and Enterprise's new season on UPN hasn't started yet. So the worthwhile channels that I …

I'm back from Colorado. The train was excellent, and the scenery beat the band. I took the California Zephyr from Northern California to Denver, then poked around Denver for a bit with Nandini and her …

Colleague: "That would be hard!" Me, in JFK accent: "We do things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..."

Checking out Denver-things-to-do. Blogging & email light to nonexistent over weekend.

"She said that if the woman just came into the store, she would take her and her two kids into her own home and help them get back on their feet so they wouldn't have …

A very interesting history and analysis of "irony." (via Electroside)

Mathematicians in action (via Zed) and someone needs a kidney. Also, I can't stop thinking about Tranquility Bay, a re-education camp in Jamaica where parents pay to have their children's souls erased.

Some people misspell "Salon" as "Solon," which makes me think that we're writing a magazine for Greek lawmakers of antiquity. But the other day my colleague performed an accidental transformation cipher and thanked a reader …

Tonight is the last big load. After a bit more net I'll disconnect the computer and load up the last of my belongings here into my car. Goodbye, internet at home. See you again someday.

A Letter to Now Todd from Future Todd. As you might expect, your life has not gone according to 'Todd's Life Plan.' Everyone who ever loved you, up to and including Jesus, has either died …