Two monks walking through the countryside came upon a tiny puppy. There were no dwellings for miles around, so it seemed clear that the poor little creature was lost. It greeted the monks happily, licking their outstretched hands and yipping at them in an excited fashion.
The first monk suggested that they carry the [...]
Doesn’t the term “treasure” (as in, “the cost of Iraq in blood and treasure”) seem kind of… weird? Like we’re fighting dragons, or something? Paying for our bastard swords +3 with gold pieces? Having our gemstones stolen by orcs?
I don’t know the history of the term, as it’s now applied. I guess the idea is [...]
My old (young) comedy pal Eliza Skinner has a funny blog that I read, along with other funny things that I watch or listen to, as appropriate.
Today her blog was mentioned in one of New York’s free daily newspapers, the Metro. Hopefully she will get a lot of new readers/fans from that. She [...]
Last night I finally attended a screening of Channel 101: NY (formerly “Channel 102″). It was fun, and free, and I’ll be going back.
It took place in the back room of a bar on the Lower East Side, a neighborhood I used to visit more frequently in my long-ago youth. Back then everyone seemed slightly [...]
10 skills I would like to have; in descending order of preference, followed by the approximate percentage chance of me actually picking up the skill at some point in the future.
(The percentage is based upon a complicated proprietary equation which factors in difficulty, desire, accessability, perceived utility, and various semi-intangible snippets of self-knowledge.)
1. Reliably being able [...]
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Well, not so much I, as my band.
Well, not so much my band, as my a cappella rock band.
And not so much prestigious, as prestigious within the a cappella community.
And not so much prestigious within the a cappella community, as prestigious within the small fraction of the a cappella community that cares about professional groups [...]