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Feeling Vaguely Important
Last week was not my first time giving job interviews. I've given a few job interviews, occasionally to people that we hired. However, last week was my first time giving a job interview to someone...
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124th post!
Wow, 124 posts! And as you know, 124 is a really nice round number, so this is usually when you stop and talk about how much you've posted, right?The prime factors of 124 are 31, 2, and another 2, you...
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We ran out of candy
It's a little late, but are some random snippets about the Halloween party.Nearly everyone showed up late. Most of the food did, eventually, get eaten (and the barbecue turned out amazingly well), but...
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Debating Health Care (Poorly)
I've been hearing a lot about the state of health care in the United States. Since I have some strong opinions in this area, I present you with my own rant on the topic.Before digging in, I wish to...
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Zeno's paradox
One of the more famous Greek puzzles is called "Zeno's paradox," named after the philosopher who conceived it. The problem goes something like this:"Achilles, the great warrior, was to compete in a...
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Holiday specials and tacos
There's an hilarious xkcd post about bad movies in general and the Star Wars holiday special in particular. "How," I wondered, "could anything possibly be that bad?" So I asked YouTube.At first, I...
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Height = prosperity
I found this article a while back, and thought it would be fun to share. It has some relevance to my earlier post about health care--specifically, how do you measure the quality of a country's health...
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Article 17
Greetings, oh vast public.Ever had one of those nights where you don't sleep much so you end up falling asleep really early the next day and then you wake up around 10 PM and you can't sleep at all the...
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I have no idea for a post
This post is largely free of any intellectual content whatsoever. I just dropped by and noticed "wow, it's sure been a long time since I last posted!" So I figured I'd just type something out, stream...
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Almost Democracy: The Death of Hukou?
If you read the title, you may be wondering: "What is hukou?" In China, there is a system where everyone is classified according to where they are supposed to live: In the countryside, or in the city....
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I'm Engaged!
I proposed today, so it's official -- I'm going to be married sometime this summer. Precisely when this summer, and precisely where the marriage will be taking place, and precisely what kind of...
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A New Post
At the encouragement of my wife, who is a good person, I'm posting another blog post. I don't know that I really have anything especially interesting to say. I suppose I will just sort of blather and...
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Spanakopita, games, etc.
I made spanakopita today. Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture, so you'll just have to believe my claim that it looked nice. It didn't really look like the photo on that Wikipedia entry; ours was a...
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A new word for you: Shokuchuudoku
Here it is in kanji: 食中毒. It's pronounced shoku-choo-doku and the literal meaning of the word parts are food/by means of/poison (food poisoning), and it's a pretty good summary of my flight over the...
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Doing business in Japan
I'm going to lump days 2 & 3 of our Japanese trip into a single quick post, because it's getting late and I need to get to sleep.On Wednesday, Rachel and I went to Nagoya to get ready for the...
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Lots of Ramen and a Castle
It's pretty late, and I don't want to miss church, so just a quick update. I've gone through and added photos later, so if you read the original post, just scan for pictures this time...First thing in...
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Aquariums and Sundays
Despite it being the single most- photographed thing I've done on the trip so far, I somehow managed to completely miss mentioning the Kaiyukan in my last post. We've been going at a pace of about two...
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We're in Kyoto!
First observation about Kyoto: It is much easier to find coin-operated laundromats here. I am not sure why this is, but there are lots of them. Next observation: There are these large, amazing shrines...
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Yet Another Japan Post
It occurs to me that travelogues are primarily interesting to the person giving them. This is one of the things I find so fascinating about travel--you can't really share. Photos and videos are nice, I...
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Democrats and hamburgers
Hello, what's left of my followers. All two of you? I don't know, really.Anyway, there are two items of news, as my headline so cleverly notes. Firstly, I went to a caucus meeting, for the first time...
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Navajo Food for Lunch
I had lunch at the Black Sheep Cafe in downtown Provo recently. It's on University Ave., right next door to the old Los Hermanos building. The theme of the cafe (really, more of a restaurant) is...
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The outside world
I've been trying to figure out a way to more quickly transfer pictures from my phone to the blog. This post is an experiment; if Koko shows up in it, then it worked.
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Organic chicken is superior
Claiming that organic food is somehow "better" is frequently given the same sort of raised eyebrow that accompanies a claim that "snake oil cures cancer." There is something somehow luddite about...
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Birthday thoughts
I recently had another birthday. This brings to mind that posting on my blog that I recently had a birthday makes it somewhat easier for complete strangers to answer my security questions, particularly...
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Pork-bone ramen: Successful
We had pork ramen today! We had some sliced roast pork loin, and we made our own pork-bone broth. We also used bits of fish cake, soft-boiled eggs, some chives, and seaweed & sesame seed for...
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