The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. — Philip Roth I have been sitting here, now, for 30 minutes, trying to think of what to write. And still, the best thing I can come up with is something about cats. Typically, I turn to my everyday life for inspiration. Winning streak in basketball recently? Discuss…
Time moves in one direction, memory another. – William Gibson If you haven’t heard me complain about my big and impending candidacy test (the three-part exam that determines whether I’m “worthy” to pursue a PhD), then you have that opportunity now: Ah! I have a huge test—that covers everything in social psychology!—in just over a…
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. — Andy Rooney I’ve been known to be an expressive guy—telling a story last night, I accidentally karate chopped a friend’s face. But I mean, come on—when has good gesticulation ever hurt a story? But not everyone is so wantonly wavy with…
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta I’m back, baby. After two weeks in Peru, wading through a city of stray but domesticated cats, believing we were stranded in the middle of endless sand dunes, taking rickety planes over ancient ruins, hiking through mountains by moonlight, eating guinea pig,…
Those who command themselves, command others. — William Hazlitt It’s not easy having a brother in the Naval Academy. It’s even less easy when that brother is graduating this Saturday, your parents are falling all over him (even though you just got your master’s degree), and he’s twice the muscle size as you as your…
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,…