Monthly Archives: April 2008

Last night I went to a “gathering” in support of KIPP Academy Lynn, a middle school whose philosophy is to take kids from bad neighborhoods and keep them in school as much as possible, so that they spend as little … Continue reading →

I recently watched The Punisher. Normally, I would not subject myself to this sort of thing, but as I was about to turn away I realized that the lead character was, in fact, the same guy from The Mist. I … Continue reading →

Last night I dreamed a new programming language: vector python. It’s a graphical language whose key primitive is the ability to take a group of values at the nodes of a cycle and “spin” them through one step of the … Continue reading →

It’s been an extremely busy week, mostly because myself and the other TA are giving the lectures, and also writing the problem set. I spent today writing up my lecture, since my notes were hand-scribbled and students wanted a copy. … Continue reading →

Whole Foods is on my way back from work, and today I went in for the first time. I knew I needed peanut butter, and I was curious what their selection looked like. I eat rather a lot of peanut … Continue reading →

Traditional Jews use Passover as a convenient excuse to do a complete spring cleaning. The tradition calls for Jews to get rid of all their bread and wheat products, including every last crumb that might have fallen into any crack, … Continue reading →

Guys love it: war. Girls love it: love. Critics love it: meta. Atonement is carefully calculated to hit all targets.

I’ve been holding “section” for MCB199 every week since the beginning of term, but on Monday I’m giving the main lecture itself for the first time. It should be fun. I also have section scheduled for an hour later, and … Continue reading →

I need a new roommate, starting August 1st. It’s a great apartment, and the room (biggest one in the apartment) is only $633 a month. Moving to Cambridge? Looking to live in the most convenient apartment in the Greater Boston … Continue reading →

My roommate was watching Law & Order, and there was some sardonic guy who was supposed to be a drug addict and … oh my god it’s Daryl Wein! I’ve known Daryl Wein since we were like 7 years old. … Continue reading →