- May 11, 2014Am I subconsciously thinking of myself as the one capable of administering the blow that brings the other to his…
May 7, 2014My oral defense is on Monday, and because I'm terrified of revisiting my comps answers, I'm (productively?) doing nothing and…- March 18, 2014Somewhere between life and academia lies a sinkhole comparable to what is, in Internet parlance, produced when you divide by…
- August 22, 2013Last year, a 20-year-old man named Michael Israel committed suicide after battling addiction to painkillers. His father, Senator Tim Kennedy,…
- June 29, 2013Lately I've been thinking about a horizontal eyebrow piercing. It's an idle thought. I doubt I'll ever modify any part…
- July 9, 2012I offer this disclaimer: I acknowledge that I have a reputation for being a bit of a purist, and mildly…
- June 30, 2012Bedridden as I've been with pain, I'm stuck with a view of my cluttered room to my right and apartment…
- June 21, 2012I've recently been obsessing over the 1997 film Event Horizon, a sci-fi/horror flick described by its director as "The Shining in…
- June 17, 2012In my life as it was prior to my diagnosis, in the course of my usual exploration of the Internet,…
- June 5, 2012This was my overarching impression of my first year as a Ph.D. student: too much reading, too much coursework, too…