One of the reasons I’m so busy right now is that I’m trying to find a place to live in Washington DC. Finding a place is annoying enough generally, but it’s especially aggravating this time because I’m not in DC, and can’t actually see these places in person. So I’m spending a lot of time [...]

Posted in Life

Okay. Here are the dates I will be in these places. Please let me know if you want to hang out with me in these places, and if you want to give me a place to sleep in these places (except Seattle, Boston, and DC, where I already have a place to stay).

July 31-August 1:
I [...]

Posted in Life

I just read a really good piece in Slate: Is This Tantrum on the Record? The ground rules for writing about your kids. Emily Bazelon describes her qualms about writing about her son:
What are the ground rules for writing about your kids, especially on the Internet, with its freewheeling meanness and permanent archive? Will my [...]

Posted in Life, Media, Tech, Writing

Well, not fishin’, exactly. More like… studying for an incredibly important test that I really don’t want to fail. So I’m going to take a little time off of blogging to focus on preparing for the bar exam. Knowing me, I’ll end up posting occasionally over the next couple of months, but for the most [...]

Posted in Life

A little less than three years ago, I was in the last few months of a job that I knew I’d be leaving. I didn’t have a lot to do (it was quiet—the doldrums of summer—and since I was on my way out, I hadn’t been given much work), and I spent a fair amount [...]

Posted in Life, Sports

So, I went to England and Ireland. I did a lot of stuff and took a lot of pictures. Here’s a rough chronological summary of what I did, along with some of the photos I took (whole set available here):

Posted in Life

Hi, computers! I know, it’s been a while. I wish I could say I’ve been really busy, but I don’t think that would be strictly accurate. I have been pretty busy, but I’ve been on my computer pretty much without cease that whole time. I’ve been twittering and google reading and scrabulousing; I just haven’t [...]

Posted in Life

I’ve been growing a beard since October 2nd as part of a competition with Mike. Here’s how it turned out.

Here’s the Cliffs Notes1 version:

1 First I thought it was “Clif’s Notes,” then I thought it was “Cliff’s Notes,” before I finally got it right.

Posted in Internet Hi-Jinx, Life