The Archives: Random

I got back yesterday afternoon from my trip to Cedar City for that archivists’ conference. Fun times. We stayed in the Eccles dorms at SUU, and wow, they …

My ten-year-old cousin told me tonight that my hair looked like a toupée. Maybe it’s time to get a haircut. :) Then again, when your hair is on …

Cleaning checks are tomorrow morning, and I find myself doing everything possible to procrastinate it. Heck, if I’d started a few hours ago like I planned, I could be …

It’s warm out, and as the wind was dancing around me on my walk home, I remembered once again how much I love spring. :) (We’ll see how long …

O the irony: University of Texas at San Antonio has, ahem, plagiarized their honor code:

Akshay Thusu said he took over the project a month ago and inherited a draft …

When I walked in to the stake offices this morning for stake presidency meeting, I found the counselors and other executive secretaries clustered around the wall. The wall that’s …

My cold-from-Styx is nocturnal. It’s still awful during the day, mind you, but around ten o’clock each night it flares up into a hideous, shrieking banshee with blood on …

I thought I was getting better. Bzzzt. Last night my health rappelled down to a new depth — then the rope snapped. I don’t want to say …

While Facebook statuses (stati? :P) are admittedly useful in keeping up with the goings on in my friends’ lives, they (along with Twitter) seem just a bit…well…too much. A …

My mind is a bit slow at the moment, so instead of struggling to pull together a coherent post, here are a few really short tidbits:

1. For the statistically minded, …

At the moment I feel like something Death hacked to bits with his scythe and then kicked through the streets. Nasty cough (the feds could land me in the …

I got home from Vegas about half an hour ago, and mmm, it’s good to be back. I wish I had all sorts of juicy stories to tell — …

Everyone seems to be doing end-of-the-world posts. I mean end-of-the-year. And I was planning to write one, but I was thinking it would be part of my beginning-of-the-year …

Time for another potpourri post.

1. Here’s a bit on eye contact from the SIRC flirting guide which puts into words something I’ve been thinking about for a while but …

One week down, one and a half to go. This library power outage is tormenting me — almost every day so far I’ve gotten excited to go up to …

It’s always kind of weird coming out of a holiday, like emerging from the womb out of a surreal floating kind of dreamlike stupor into real life. And this …

Every Christmas, as the Big Day draws nearer, I live in fear that someone will bring by a gift. Someone I wasn’t planning to give a present to.

It’s not …

I try not to post anything too disturbing, but here’s something which came through the feed today and caught my eye. If you’re going to be eating anytime soon, …

Last week one of the Internet jacks in our bedroom died (there are two). It was the one I was connected to, so I decided to start using wireless, …

It’s Thanksgiving, I’m full, and it’s late. Since I don’t really feel like writing a full post, I’ll link to the series of “my favorite things” posts that I’ve …

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been waking up — inexplicably — between 3:55 and 3:57 almost every morning. I don’t know why. I thought that maybe …

My roommate (who’s studying to be a veterinarian) showed me a book last night. It’s a book about the weirdest creatures on the planet, and he’s rather fond of …

Time for another random scattering.

First, I was walking through campus yesterday and overheard a guy on a cell phone saying, “I’ll give you her phone number. Do you have …

Recently I’ve noticed that when I pass by people, my attempt to smile somehow freezes my mouth so that my “Hi, [Insert name here], how’s it going?” comes out flatter …

Yes, yes, I know, three posts in one day is a bit much. But I read Katherine’s post a few minutes ago and realized it had been a …

I like to cry. But that’s not exactly the sort of thing one brags about in the locker room, so I generally don’t go around telling everyone. Except …

My first winter after returning home from Thailand, I didn’t care much for the cold. (Translation: I hated it.) Two years of nice, hot weather where the coldest …

First off, can I just say wow to the power of StumbleUpon? Yesterday’s post about square watermelons got over 14,000 views within 24 hours. That’s insane. …

From NorthTemple:

A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves.

Japanese farmers have forced their …

I never thought I’d blog about shoes, since I’m, you know, a guy. But here I am with this post. (Still a guy, don’t worry.)

Since I wear …

From Bart’s blog, check out this guy who thought he was going in for a job interview and instead found himself on live television, mistaken for someone else:

Guy …

I woke up this morning at 5 (as usual) and took my shower (also as usual). When I got back, though, my iPod wasn’t where I’d left it the …

One of my roommates brought home a water gun the other day. Luckily I’m not on his hit list. But my luck only goes so far — my …

Something I’ve realized in the past month or so is that grownups are just like us twenty-somethings in so many ways. I used to see them as different creatures …

So, I could be wrong, but it seems like swimming promotes immodesty. It’s a socially acceptable way to wear clothes that would be sooo inappropriate anywhere but the pool. …

My laundry luck ran out today. I washed a megaload of clothes — all my usual stuff plus the new purchases — but apparently it was too much for …

Hell hath frozen over. Indeed, verily, the end of the world is nigh, when the earth will reel to and fro like a rocker at the hands of a …

Well, I don’t think I’ve gone a week without posting since I began this blog. It wasn’t just blogging that I gave up, though — I didn’t check my …

After a seven-hour reading stint, I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I’d borrowed from a friend. Someone else was in the queue to borrow it, and …

I don’t really like Saturdays or holidays. I mean, I do like having oodles of free time to use however which way I want, make no mistake. But …

When you have a website that’s been up for over seven years, you get used to getting random e-mails from people who’ve stumbled across it. Now, for some people …

It seems that when I’m really tired, my blog posts end up being the diary sort rather than the essay sort. (”What I did today” vs. “What I think …

Today has been a wee bit of a rollercoaster. It started well, with an illustration of the sort that would go in a children’s book:…

You know, you can say, “I’m telling the truth,” but you can’t say, “I’m telling the falsehood,” or, “I’m telling the lie,” or even, “I’m telling the untruth.” Anyone …

Got this e-mail a few minutes ago:

FROM MR DANIEL MAN
DEAR PARTNER
This message might meet you in utmost surprise however,it’s just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me …

I live on the bottom floor of a three-story apartment complex. The first four apartments, including mine (#1), are in a separate ward from the rest of the complex. …

One of my pet peeves (and as I write this I’m thinking to myself that I really ought to wait till I cool down, since there’s nothing I can do …

As I mentioned the other day, I went horseback riding over the weekend. First time ever. I’ve seen horses in movies, of course, and read about them in …

An hour or two ago I opened Gmail and happened to notice this news bulletin above my messages: “Liz Taylor can keep Van Gogh painting.”

My first thought was, “But what …

I think I’m gradually picking up the ability to see the future:

Exhibit A: Twice I’ve been thinking about someone as I walk up the hill to school, and when I …