Author Archives: matt

Anyone know what the standard period of mourning for an ex-president is? It’s been over two weeks now & still almost every flag in town’s flying low. Y’know, not that long ago the governor of this state died — and … Continue reading →

Gah. Sitting in my office waiting for a student who may or may not show up, and once again I neglected to do anything about breakfast this morning. Like, say, have any. My problem with breakfast is this: I like … Continue reading →

I’ve noticed numerous commenters on the political blogs that I follow make very strong statements about the results of the presidential election this fall… usually along the lines of X has no chance or sometimes just plain old Y will … Continue reading →

It’s looking like I get to vote in two federal elections this year, one for each of my citizenships. In an attempt to be a good little citizen of a democracy, today I investigated the websites of the four declared … Continue reading →

You know what would be even better than having a recently-renovated stadium seating cinema right across the road from my apartment complex? If they’d included proper sound insulation in the renovations.

As soon as they get around to indexing either this year’s Congressus or the current JCMCC, I’ll have more publications on MathSciNet than Ahmad Chalabi. I’ve still got a couple to go before I can compete with Ted Kaczynski. OTOH, … Continue reading →

When it comes to gas prices, I’m torn. Speaking as a consumer, they’re rather high these days. On another level, they’re not high enough. In the interests of full disclosure, it should be said that I drive a lot. How … Continue reading →

I’m a fan of the post-modern propaganda posters that various people have been designing over the past few years (for instance, the ones in Bill Maher’s book). If you are too, then go check out The Diebold Variations.

I have joined the few, the proud, the innundated with automatic advertisements. I have a GMail account. I’m not sure what I think of the idea, actually, but it’s new and shiny so I figured I’d give it a try. … Continue reading →

Ponder with me for a moment: what does it mean to link to someone in a blog? An immediate and naive answer is that linking is an endorsement. One links to a site that says something cool, or something that … Continue reading →