Science Fastbreaks
SCIENCE FASTBREAKS: A Monthly Report on What’s New in Sci/Tech Last month our “Computer” column compared several new software programs that enable you to monitor your diet and … Read more
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Lost Journal: Thank Goodness for Gobbles
Journal entry: November 19, 1990 (age 21) There’s a sense of exhilaration when a college freshman gets his own phone line and his own answering machine. (The typical … Read more
Lost Journal: Happy Thankslisting!
Journal entry: November 29, 2009 (age 40) – Thanksgiving Thankslisting In honor of Thanksgiving week, this is my annual reflection on the things we (or at least I) … Read more
Lost Journal: Blacklisted by the Red Cross
Journal entry: December 2, 1988 (age 19) – Red Cross I care to belong to any club that won’t accept people like me as members. That’s why I … Read more
Lost Journal: Epic Film — Going in the 3rd Dimension
Journal entry: January 24, 2010 (age 40) – Epic Film I think I’ve forgotten how to go to the movies. Due to the joys of Netflix, and the … Read more
Lost Journal: A Pair of Psychos and a Scared Au Pair
Journal entry: February 27, 1996 (age 26) – Au Pair What’s worse than living with a psychopath? Immediately moving in with another psychopath. Even for a single guy … Read more
Lost Journal: Wan Man Plans for a Halloween Tan
Journal entry: October 30, 2009 (age 40) – Halloween Tan While deciding on a Halloween costume this year, the most frightening image I could conjure was of me… … Read more
Voter ID: One Man, One Vote
Voter IDs — because nobody said democracy was supposed to be convenient Whiners. Bounders. Ingrates. Talking about the incessant griping and sniping currently buzzing over long overdue Republican … Read more
Lost Journal: The Halloween Costume Piece Accords of 1973
Journal entry: October 31, 1973 (age 4) – Halloween Costume Accords As I admired my new Halloween costume in the mirror, I said, “Ri ruv Ralloreen.” To play Scooby-Doo, … Read more
Lost Journal: First Impressions of a Third-Grade Talent Show
Journal entry: February 18, 1977 (age 7) – Talent Show Tiddly, winky, winky, winky Tiddly, winky, woo I love you. This kind of groveling before the judges was … Read more
