I don’t really like the idea of New Year’s resolutions, because it seems silly to wait until January 1 to change your life. If there’s something you want to do, then do it now. If there’s something you want to stop doing, then stop now. There’s never a perfect time to do anything, because there’s …read more…
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Really Simple Curry Paste
I have always been intrigued by those jars of colorful curry pastes I have seen in the store, but have always been turned off by the price. So I decided to try making my own curry paste.There are lots of recipes for curry paste on the internet, but they are all pretty complicated, and seem …read more…
My Mighty Mouse Won’t Scroll
Seriously, I love my Apple Macintosh Mini, and the Mighty Mouse that came along with it. But there are times when the scroll button just won’t work. Turns out I’m not alone: Turns out that it’s just dust in the scroll ball. Here’s one solution, here’s another, and here’s a video that shows you how …read more…
Why I Use a Macintosh
Uh, seriously… see more Very Demotivational
Something I did that made my mom think I’m crazy
I bought a pair of slippers. That’s right: slippers. But know the history: I’ve always been a barefoot kind of guy. One of my main joys in life is going barefoot. When I get home, I take off my shoes. If it’s warm enough, I take off my socks. I just hate having anything on …read more…
Busy working on a paper…
Tentative title: “Emersonian and Du Boisian Double Consciousness and Assimilation: The Formation of Dual Characters in the Works of Sherman Alexie and Gene Luen Yang.” Eight pages down, with about another eight to go. It’s due by December 10 (at 9 pm?), so I’m spending all of my free time on that for now. Everything …read more…
First real snow of the season
I took my mother into Portage today, and drove through the first real snowfall of the season. We’ve had a few flakes here and there but until today, nothing really accumulated. But today we had maybe an inch or so—which, compared to what we can get over the course of the winter—is hardly anything at …read more…
