There is no sincerer love than the love of food. — George Bernard Shaw I did a calculation of my finances recently and I made a startling discovery: It is really easy to spend money. So in response, as any graduate student would do, I tallied up my purchases, coded them into one of nine categories, and…
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. – Benjamin Franklin Have you ever wanted to be a sommelier? Or if you’re like me, have you ever wanted to know what the term “sommelier” meant? For those of you unfamiliar with the term (or maybe even the pronunciation—those damn…
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike the least. – Robert Byrne If you were a good Ohioan, you recently voted in the presidential primaries. If not, you’re probably dealing with cognitive dissonance (use trivialization to resolve it; that’s the easiest). But still, even with this politicking passed, we only have more…
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust The return to graduate school after winter break is always tougher than I expect. From being treated like a prince at home, I return to the stables where memories of grand feasts, shoulder rubs, and encouraged…
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein And like that—[I just snapped my fingers at the computer screen]—the summer is over and school is back in session….
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. — Bertrand Russell Sometimes, I get bored in class. All right. Often, I get bored in class. But rather than simply sit there and let my brain leak out my ears,…