I looked this up because we have a combination lock that I’ve forgotten the combination for. I remembered that this brand of MasterLock was trivially cracked in Stuyvesant — … Continue reading »
This is (once again) the first post to the blogged cjc.org. New server: why not a new content management system (I mean, beyond a bunch of files on the … Continue reading »
The greatest voice mail message ever, and part of the folklore of everyone who was at Columbia in 1990.
ch’io non avrei mai creduto che morte tanta n’avesse disfatta … Continue reading »
I can see it now: a strong-chinned, chisel-faced hero, saying, “Mayor, you should cancel the Times Square celebrations; there’s a bomb, and we don’t know where it is.” The mayor, … Continue reading »
Dental adventures for the week: I had my six-month cleaning on Wednesday. While there had been flossing lapses in the past half-year, like all of December and January, I had … Continue reading »
The second day of jury selection for the robbery trial was on Thursday, but since I’d already been selected, I didn’t have to show up to the courthouse. This meant … Continue reading »
I’m now officially one of those people who are too dumb to get off a jury. I’m sure, with the surety that comes from the paranoid belief that civic virtue … Continue reading »
May 6, 1998 I realize the Dylan lyric is overused in these situations, but it still seemed appropriate. So, here’s the story: This all started Friday morning, I think. I woke … Continue reading »