Monday, February 26, 2001
I am now the proud owner of an Aquaframe. An Aquaframe is one of an increasingly diverse line of products which feature little plastic fish which, as if by magic, swim around in a plastic tank. Apparently it has something to do with magnets, although I have seen huge freestanding tube ones which are bubble-powered. [...]
Sunday, February 25, 2001
With the long-distance help of my dad, I am fixing a lamp which was a New York street find. This follows in a peculiar tradition of long-distance repair between the two of us, the most notable moment being the time when my dad accurately diagnosed the ominous scraping sound coming from the wheel wells of [...]
Saturday, February 24, 2001
When did Paul Simon and David Byrne switch personalities without my noticing? A review of Simon’s “You’re The One.”
Monday, February 19, 2001
Pat Boone and Eminem, sittin’ in a tree…
Sunday, February 18, 2001
I discovered that I’d written the following down in the back pages of an old wallet calendar. Sometimes in college a situation or discussion seemed so important I decided I must write it down right then and there for a later assignment or personal project. It bothers me no end that I have no idea [...]
