(i want to start off by noting that 98% of the time, I love the food at my school. there is a wide variety of soups, entries, salads, and desserts. it’s tasty, and it’s free. this post is in no way meant to criticize our food service, which truly does a tremendous job.)
however, about once [...]

i think facial hair is coming back. 90% of the men in the meeting this morning had some sort of beard/mustache/etc thing going.
i found the tape adapter for my car. hello iPod. mpr, I love you, but you’re bringing me down. with the iPod re-hooked up, i heard aimee mann, gnarls barkley, aphex twin, wilco, [...]

I found this over at kottke.org. It is an amazing presentation given by Jill Bolte Taylor. She is a neuroanatomist who suffered a stroke, and with amazing insight, retells the experience.

We’re back on Comcast. The decision to go back was precipitated on the fact that Sonja bought me an AppleTV for my birthday. Very cool device. It deserves a whole blog post all by itself. But anyway, the thought of renting movies with this device is very tempting, until you begin to consider the length [...]

Left-Hand-Turn Elimination
It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn, is minutely wasteful — of time and peace of mind, for sure, but also of gas and therefore money. Not a ton of gas and money if we’re talking about just [...]

An incomplete list:

Catch up on Super Mario Galaxy
Search for a lost multi-tool
Do the laundry (colors first)
Eat some chips and salsa
Have some peppermint tea with honey
Listen to music
Let the dog curl up on your legs
Read the new Monocle
Try to clear out my newsreader

I’m up north, sitting in the cabin by the fire. It’s raining outside, and it’s one of those early fall nights where the cold is just beginning to seep into your bones. I just spent an hour reading/writing/sorting/filing some email. To some, this would be a useless waste of time, but there is a strange [...]