Monthly Archives: September 2004

The other week I ate at an Amherst Noor dinner funded by the school through the Cadigan Center and prepared by dedicated volunteers. Of all those who arrived roughly on time, only a small handful were first-timers, and it seemed … Continue reading →

Last night I performed some of my poetry on the theme of motherhood at the weekly Marsh House event. There were a couple hiccups, like the fact that I couldn’t pronounce the words “protein slurry” without cracking up, but overall … Continue reading →

I spent way too long in the SMUDD computer center today cruising from computer to computer trying to perform a very simple 1-minute printing task. (The proportional contribution of my incompetence to my wait was much smaller than you think. … Continue reading →

Am I hypersensitive because William Safire was a Nixon speechwriter, or is saying the Bush-Guard forgery scandal is “no mere ‘dirty trick’” part of a subtle campaign to rehabilitate Tricky Dick? At any rate, all this forgery hoo-ha has got … Continue reading →

Mark Frauenfelder on BoingBoing! found this most fitting way of memorializing Johnny Ramone.

I saw (on BoingBoing) a link to this neat gallery of poorly captioned komike cosplay photos. The first picture, of a big gundam who was rejected by the convention, is excellent. The rest is pretty cool, and I found this … Continue reading →

Plucked from a classmate’s away message, the following appeared in a recent Times Metropolitan Diary: Ellin J. Cohen was at a Hunter College High School reunion reminiscing with fellow graduates of the class of ’46 when a man entered the … Continue reading →

A wonderfully worded window into Amherst admission policy: Link.

I just know there’s a huge boss in here.

We conducted our demonstration debate last night with a minimum of screw-ups. While I feel last year’s round (on the same topic, by the way) was a bit better overall, I was pleased with my own performance, and I think … Continue reading →