Music Notes
In the song “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy”, am I the only one who hears “I’m hurt, she’s mad, wedding bells are gonna chime”? Mahler No. 5 is pretty damn good. It took me about 5 years to get around to…
It always seems to happen
Every time I have a few days off and say to myself that I will do a bunch of writing, I try to write and then am stuck. To be fair, this shit is depressing. Other news: Nice performance by…
New Year’s Resolutions 2011
A set of goals that I want down in writing so that maybe I will adhere to them. Accomplishing all of them is almost surely a probability zero event. In approximate decreasing order of possibility: Save $X from paychecks. Enroll…
2010 Retrospective
They say time makes everything seem better. Overall, it seemed to be a good year, possibly the best year ever. Not everything was puppies and rainbows, but I don’t wish to dwell on the perpetual sadness that is my life.…
Thoughts on pants
I feel like it’s a design flaw that I can’t take off my pants when my shoes are on. (This is w.r.t. changing clothes for the gym.) From Wikipedia: The word “jeans” comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes,…