Whilst cleaning out my room, I decided to go through a set of drawers I have and throw out what I don’t need. Among the things I found (besides a spork given to me by my ex for reasons I can’t remember, a fork, an Israeli shekel and a Canadian ten cent piece, and manuals ...

I was awakened this afternoon by a rather large, loud, and angry peace march winding by my front door. It appeared to consist of most of ETHS (Evanston Township High School) marching down the street, shouting the following chant with a bullhorn: What do we want? Peace! When do we want it? Now! Being cranky ...

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine freaks out because she finds out that the Today Sponge is no longer being manufactured, so she buys the last remaining case of them in New York and doles them out sparingly, only to the Spongeworthy? Well, Seinfeld fans and contraceptive fans alike can rejoice this week, because ...

I know homeowners.

I made it back from Atlanta in one piece. Hooray. I think the interview went well. The one thing that surprised me was that it was only about half an hour long. I had been expecting at least an hour’s worth of grilling, but it was fairly standard and short. I’m not really sure whether ...

Looks like I kind of misplaced my blog for a couple of days. Let me briefly bring you up to speed: I felt much better Thursday, so I worked Thursday and Friday. Friday kind of sucked because there was a “Trashy Prom” being held upstairs for a couple sororities, and since alcohol was being sold ...

Everyone’s already blogged this by now, but Mr. Rogers died today. I used to love Mr. Rogers. When I was younger, my folks only let me watch PBS and the news until I was about eight, so Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, 3-2-1 Contact, and Square One were pretty much the only shows I watched. I ...

WARNING: Do not read this if you are at all squeamish. I’m trying to keep the more disgusting details out of this because, well, they’re really disgusting. But yeah, some of the less disgusting details are still really disgusting. Remember how I thought I had bruised my tailbone? Turns out I didn’t. Instead, I have ...

Eric, the Bar Manager (and the about-to-quit other bartender where I work) called Joey, the Head of Food And Beverage, and asked why we hadn’t been restocked on various alcoholic goods we’ve run out of. “Well, the liquor distributor refuses to deliver until (company that owns the place I work and the restauraunt that Joey ...

Jeb Bush? Actually a live version of Beaker, from the Muppets.