The Header

I thought now would be as good a time as any to explain the header at the top of this site (as of July 25, 2008).
My freshman year of film school involved a course in still photography that was a prerequisite for classes involving motion picture. Now, ironically enough, I entered film school without ever [...]

Adult-Sized Ball Pit

The creator of XKCD, my favorite webcomic, is officially living my dream.
Le sigh.

Guitar Lessons

I wish I could play guitar. Not because I have any rock star dreams (I’ve got my mediocre abilities on the keys to satisfy that), but because my next-door neighbor sucks and I would like to give him lessons as an investment in my own ears’ happiness. In my wildest dreams, I knock on his [...]

The Manhattan Monarch

This morning I was walking my daily route to the library via Washington Square East when in the Northeast corner – far from the siren voice of the man who plays Oasis on an upright base or the startling rattle of the shaggy woman’s spoon across a washboard – I saw two monarch butterflies slumming [...]