How is it that we can so easily and frequently become furious with the people we are most certain would never intentionally do anything to hurt us, but we bend over backwards to ingraciate ourselves with total strangers?
Archive for May, 2004
The perfect chip
21May04While snack-hunting earlier tonight, the jar of salsa called out to me from the fridge, “Erik, you must make tortilla chips so you can drink down my spicy goodness on a toasty crisp chip!” Being 1:00am, I was hungry and slightly delirious, and no match for the salsa’s charms. “Tonight, salsa, we quest [...]
UNIX is beautiful
18May04I just want to say that UNIX is beautiful. This probably looks like a geek entry, and every non-geek who reads this weblog is probably thinking “oh well, this is just a geek entry. I better get back to work”, but THIS IS NOT A GEEK ENTRY.
See, UNIX is beatiful because it means [...]
Update
16May04So a week ago I finished my job at the library and rode the bus down to Penn State to help Niamh pack up her apartment. Now she is in Connecticut (more or less) which is totally wierd. And awesome, though I’m not really sure how much I’ll get to see of her.
There’s [...]
Us
07May04“Hooding a detainee with a bag, sometimes in conjunction with beatings thus increasing anxiety as to when blows would come.”
“Handcuffing so tight that they caused skin lesions and nerve damage; beating with pistols and rifles; threats of reprisals against family members; and stripping detainees naked for several days in solitary confinement in a completely dark [...]
Joining the club, because I’m at work, bored, trying to stay awake:
Ten Bands/Artists I’ve Seen Live:
1. Dave Brubeck
2. Phish
3. Guster
4. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
5. Bela Fleck
6. The King’s Singers
7. The Swingle Singers
8. The Dave Matthews Band
9. Lauryn Hill
10. Ben Folds
Nine Things I’m Looking Forward To:
1. Seeing Niamh
2. Kissing Niamh
3. Grocery shopping with Niamh
4. Cooking for Niamh
5. [...]
Wasting time
04May04So was sitting at work, bored, reading The symbol grounding problem, when I thought I ought to
check my email. Before I could type in the address, I had an idea for a fun game: let’s see if I can get there through the web! Here’s the path I followed to navigate the 19
degrees [...]
Rrg.
03May04rrg. petrifying… baseless.. fear… can’t… get… up…
ahhh, there we go.
Poor writing
01May04I don’t claim to be an excellent writer and I rarely write anything that demands to be edited to a fine luster. That said, I do think I have a good critical eye for theoretical argument and this fragment jumped out at me:
“…the involvement of thought with plans is manifestly obvious.” (from here)
It’s not [...]
