actuality.log

Due to “weather trouble” (read god damn incompetence at United Airways), my holiday begins tomorrow, and not today as planned.
Thank you for your patience, not turning homicidal, and have a pleasant […]

But this time it’s supposed to be fun.
I’m heading off for the UK tomorrow. Plans have been screwed with and rescrewed with over and over—and now I haven’t a clue as […]

In a remarkably odd sequence of events, I ran into a math teacher of mine from undergrad at the conference I was just at. I thought I saw someone who looked vaguely familiar a day before, and the next day I walked up […]

I’m in Vail, Colorado at the moment. I want to find something horrid (and funny) to say about this place, but I can’t. It’s just ridiculously gorgeous. If you’ve seen Dumb and Dumber (set in Aspen I think), imagine something similar, but in […]

My face has been, oh, what’s the technical term for it?, breakoutey since just before MIT, and it hasn’t gotten any better since then. There have been no substantial changes in my diet, sleep patterns, exposure to dust, … . I’m beginning to […]

I know what you’re wondering. Just what is this guy doing with his life? Why does his web log suck so much? Has he lost the ability to be funny? Should I stop showing up and wasting my time?
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Your Visa will cover the UK, i.e. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but you may need a seperate[sic] Visa […]

As you might expect, an elaborately worded, picture filled, profound exposé evoking much emotion and starring great acumen is in the works.
This is not that post. Make room for another run-of-the-mill […]

The more hectic things get, the bigger my need to goof around gets. I’ve been working on characters for the comic again, and here’s part of a potential, to be based on Scooby’s Daphne Blake.
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There has been much confusion over the past few days. (Apart from being randomly assaulted by Mac zealots over my I told you sos, I mean). Since you’re all paying attention, you know my family is looming hereabouts, and occasionally request my presence […]

You probably want to read part 1 of this monologue.
» What is the appropriate course of action when you accidently walk in on a “patron of the pornographic arts” really into […]

My family is around, and my tiny home surprisingly fit everyone for a few days. But this post doesn’t exist to talk about that.
While almost everyone, and definitely all the mac […]

Not like you care, but as usual, I’ve uploaded my talk slides, as well as the source files used to create it. If it matters, they have embedded videos in them.
The […]

I got back yesterday from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The talk went off well, and I got to run into some interesting people. (And obviously, many more uninteresting ones.) Now if you thought Ann Arbor was some hick town, you clearly haven’t been […]