Last week, I got into TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8 about the Christian couple from Pennsylvania that has twins and sextuplets. I just found this amusing. From the “Jon & Kate Family Movie Night” episode, they’re hanging up new blinds and Kate says, “When I want privacy, I want to be able to pull… Continue reading Privacy on a reality TV show?
Category: Life
In Praise of Captions
Maybe chalk it up to how, when I was a kid, my mom used to walk up to me as I was watching TV and just start asking me things (at which point, I would miss whatever was being said on TV, because I was hearing my mother instead), but I’ve really grown to love… Continue reading In Praise of Captions
Eating at Ubuntu
As a user of the Linux operating system called Ubuntu, I’d been wanting to eat at the Ubuntu restaurant (and yoga studio, too, apparently) in Napa for a while. Well, this week, I finally got to go. It’s in the Napa downtown area, and it has a little sign outside. Here’s the menu and yoga… Continue reading Eating at Ubuntu
The right-in-front-of-me phenomenon
I used to do something funny to my parents when I was growing up. I’d ask one or both of them, “Do you want to see this movie _______ with me? It’s good.” And whomever I was asking would answer “I’m too busy” or “We’re too busy.” They also generally have a pretty low interest… Continue reading The right-in-front-of-me phenomenon
I understand why White people are nolstagic for the 1950s
Every so often, you’ll hear White Americans over the age of 60 (or even under… I guess by their imagination) long for the “good old days” of the 1950s. To me, they’re just the racist old days… or the sexist old days… or the repressed old days… or the red scare old days… or anti-comic… Continue reading I understand why White people are nolstagic for the 1950s
Non-tourist guide for San Francisco tourists
As someone who’s lived in San Francisco for several years now, I get saddened seeing hordes of tourists come and get sucked up by the tourist traps. They’ll go to the Golden Gate Bridge, see the crooked street, visit Ghirardelli Square, hang out at Fisherman’s Wharf, shop in Union Square and maybe eat at the… Continue reading Non-tourist guide for San Francisco tourists
Oral surgery is crazy and simple
I just had gum surgery. It was a bit scary. I don’t mind the pain. I am afraid of complications, though; for example, when you have to sign a disclaimer that says you won’t sue them in case there is (though it occurs only rarely) permanent numbness. I do wonder at surgeons (oral or otherwise),… Continue reading Oral surgery is crazy and simple
Percentages aren’t the same as random chance
This is a follow-up post to my More likely to die how? post from four years ago, because I still keep hearing people equating percentages with chance. Look, people shouldn’t get flipped out about whether or not their marriage is going to fail or not. You don’t have a 50/50 chance of getting a divorce… Continue reading Percentages aren’t the same as random chance
Raping 13-year-olds is now okay. Thanks, Roman!
The New York Daily News recently published this article: ‘Wanted’ man Roman Polanski dodges legal bullet. Let me translate some chunks for you. Polanski was, and remains, a brilliant film director. But to many people, particularly in America, he is most famously remembered for fleeing the country after pleading guilty to “unlawful sexual intercourse” with… Continue reading Raping 13-year-olds is now okay. Thanks, Roman!
I’ve always been a sucker for military time
I’m not the main person in charge, but every now and then I help out with our school’s a cappella group. When the person who is in charge announced the other week that we would be having an additional rehearsal at 6:30, most people understood that meant 6:30 PM (since the performance was in the… Continue reading I’ve always been a sucker for military time