Monthly Archives: June 2004

So the voters of Canada have spoken. I’m not perfectly pleased with the results, but in my opinion there’s more good than bad there. Some comments: Looking right now like a minority government, which I think is a good thing … Continue reading →

OK, this pleases me. This is a depiction of all of the states that I have visited in my life. (The scare-quotes are because the website in question seems to be counting DC as a state.) Click on the image … Continue reading →

Seven and a half months since the initial theatrical release, and I’ve finally watched The Matrix Revolutions. Two hours that I’m never, ever getting back. Not even if I gave up smoking, since first I’d have to start smoking which … Continue reading →

Dr. Orbifold is facing a fundamental crisis of identity: is he is or is he ain’t a computer geek? (He didn’t phrase it quite that way — he was grammatical, for instance — but we all know what he meant.) … Continue reading →

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 →