Two Listsof Complaints. BY STUART ZEHNER - - - - 1. ComplaintsMy Middle-School Studentsin Korea Had About OurSchool's Food. "The rice is cold." "The kimchi is dry." 2. ComplaintsAmerican Middle-…

My grandmother (God grant her eternal memory!) once told me that as you grow older 1) time moves at an ever-increasing rate, and 2) birthdays become less something to look forward to with each passing year. She was righ…

Katy Elizabeth tagged me.The Rules: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog OR share the top five places on your “want to see or w…

Today is my fifth anniversary here on Xanga. Honestly, I never dreamed it would hold my attention for more than two weeks.

People frequently mispronounce my name. This does not particularly bother me and I seldom take the time to make the correction; however, the error sometimes bothers others. Today, an administrator who happens to sh…

Today, they needed someone to run down and check a device in the morgue. The senior engineer says to me, "Will you be alright going alone with all those dead people down there?" "The dead kiss well, I will not be a…

Sunday, October 17, 2004 UPDATE: The entire article from below can be found here. Taken verbatim from Bill Gibson's blog: "In the summer of 2002, after I had written an ar…

"If I've ever trusted a state to set the stage for the presidential election, it's the one that leads the country in per capita sales of alcohol."-The Onion

"Empire Records" is a stupid movie. Its plot is hackneyed, its characters are thin as tissue, the theme is cliché, the acting is mediocre. And, I never get tired of watching it. I'm in love with the film.