Monthly Archives: September 2004

I’m writing this post on my new office computer, the much-heralded G5 iMac. So far it’s pretty sweet, in that it runs much better than the decrepit Windows PC it’s replacing, and is prettier to boot. It’s a little slow, … Continue reading →

Another weekend of geting little enough done behind me. The seasons here have gotten to that stage where it’s cool enough outside that running the air conditioner at night seems like a waste, yet still enough that opening windows doesn’t … Continue reading →

One of the perqs of being an academic is that every now and then, textbook publishers send you free texts. Apparently they’ve decided that the best way to get profs to select their books rather than their competitors is to … Continue reading →

So it’s been nearly a week for me without a working laptop, and four days since I dropped her off at the shop. It’s cliche, but I really do feel like there’s a part of me that’s missing. This whole … Continue reading →

Some weeks ago, the Vice-President of the United States told a Senator of the opposition party, while on the Senate floor, to go fuck [him]self. This was excused by various pundits as being unimportant since the Senate was not actually … Continue reading →

Milady Powerbook is causing me problems right at the moment. Problem 1 is an inability to accept discs in the SuperDrive; problem 2, which manifested spontaneously while I was taking the recommended steps to solve problem 1, is that it … Continue reading →

There’s a cricket in my apt. It’s drIVinG mE MaD…

You know, my life would be a lot more fun if I got more enjoyment out of seeing confusion on the faces of others. Because it seems to me that significant parts of my job result in the confounding of … Continue reading →

Normally I try and arrange matters so that if there’s a long weekend, I’m off doing something with it. The way things have fallen out, though, has left me in the Midwest for this one. And if I had anything … Continue reading →

So suppose that you’re the leadership of a political party. Your party has done fairly well for itself in recent years, to the extent that you control not just the executive, but both branches of the legislature of your country. … Continue reading →