September 9th, 2006 by mdI read yesterday that Stanford’s service employees union approved the new proposed contract by 95% Yes vote. Does it strike anyone else — no pun intended — that the University cleared the bar by a little too much? If I were the union, I would not have released the voting figures. It weakens their position […]
Category : Work 
0 Comment » September 9th, 2006 by mdI recently read a positive review of a book called Severance by Pulitzer Prize winner, Robert Owen Butler. The book is a collection of very short stories in the voice of famous and not so famous people who have been decapitated. An interesting subject.
When I was in 10th grade, I wrote an essay about the […]
September 3rd, 2006 by mdHave you read A Confederacy of Dunces? If not, you really should read it. I named this post after the Night of Joy, a bar featured in the book. Anyhow, you should read it. It’s the funniest book I have ever read.
I’ve decided to post more regularly and to open this up a bit. Take […]
Category : Books