I watched the Northwestern University episode of Trading Spaces that aired this weekend, and I feel a need to defend the honor of my alma mater a bit. I swear to god, we’re not all that annoying and/or dumb! At least Paige Davis made everyone participating look smart. That was kind of her.

I’ve been getting up early to work out, since I’ve needed to do that for about, oh, 10 years. But I realized something as I was dragging myself out of bed this morning at 6:30am. I’m now getting up at the same time I was falling asleep two months ago. I just have to keep ...

My pants are evidence of technology run amok. I’ve always had a tendency to carry an unnecessarily large amount of crap around with me, but technology has done its part to make that crap both more plentiful and heavier. With my recent purchase of an iPod and return to work, I’ve brought the amount of ...

I’m back at work as of today, and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to be back. It’s sickening. I wasn’t initially supposed to go back until the 16th, but my in-date got a couple changes, and I wound up going back to work for good today. I always dreaded going back to school, ...

You know it’s going to be the DVD that finally completes my collection.

So, a brief recap of my vacation: Vegas I stayed with friends at the Golden Nugget; I broke even playing blackjack, stunning even myself; and I drank too much. Idaho I went hiking; I went biking; I went to a big Jewish picnic at a fake Tuscan villa; I went fishing and caught three tiny ...

I’m finally back from my roadtrip, further details of which will come in a bit. Right now, gadget whoredom is taking precedence, since I’ve now joined 2001 and bought myself an iPod. There’s nothing more fun for a gadget whore such as myself than fighting with a new gadget. Let the battle commence!

My dad and I went fishing today, and the results brought up a question in my mind. Perhaps the comments section would like to duke it out on this: I caught three fish, but they were all tiny. My dad caught one big fish, larger than all my fish combined. Who had the better day ...

I got dragged to a picnic tonight for the local Jewish community (believe it or not, with over 200 people there), and I was sick of getting asked when I was going to law or medical school. So when the 5 year old granddaughter of one of the participants came up and asked me, “Wanna ...

After a few days of biking and hiking, my vacation can be summed up by the reactions of two parts of my body. Brain: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… Legs: You BITCH! I thought we were going on vacation!