I work at a science museum, so my job is almost always strange. But this weekend I helped to host the 2006 U.S. National Rubik's Cube Championship. We've had several other Rubik's competitions at the museum, but this was bigger and more exciting than...

I waited until laundry day to document my outfits... the process of laying them out on the floor to photograph them made me realize how similar many of my outfits' shapes are. Also, since it was so bleeding hot last week, I noticed that I tended towa...

I have to admit: I am not afraid of the public. But that didn't stop me from feeling nauseous before I got on stage to tell a story at PorchLight last week. I tried uploading a screenshot of the web page, but it doesn't work. So until I scan the p...

As soon as I heard about sf0, I knew that Robyn had to join. So I invited her (via e-mail, so not exciting, but it worked), and she joined! And she's been busily completing things so far. Robyn is awesome. You should hang out with her. Here's her ...

The Wombat Bloodhound Kookaburras convened with the rest of the intrepid journeyers a bit after 7. I kept having flashbacks of the last time I was in that patch of grass, when we screened “A Trip Down Market Street” last September. Since we had...

I wanted to get from Jessica Simpson to John Cage, by way of A Minor Forest... Jessica Simpson Spice Girls Robbie Williams Blur (this took fewer steps that I would have imagined) Stereolab Oval Fennesz Mogwai Tortoise A Minor Forest Tran...

I went to Babelfish. I started with: The platypus is a strange animal, but I like it. to Spanish El platypus es un animal extraño, pero tengo gusto de él. to French Le platypus est un animal étrange, mais ai goût de de lui. to Greek platy...