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Tuesday, September 17, 2002


Totally unrelated subjects...

I'm proud to say I fixed my toilet the other day. Went to Home Depot and got a replacement for the drain cover and chain in the tank, which had broken. Home Depot is one of the most crowded megastores around here in Silicon Valley, along with Costco (the huge store that sells everything in bulk.) In this down economy, people are either staying home, selling their home, or patching the holes in their homes more than ever!

Big trouble in the world of "Big Physics" (Salon.com): "Six months ago, Jan Hendrik Schön seemed like a slam dunk nominee for a Nobel prize. Then some of his colleagues started to take a closer look at his research."

Love in the age of irony (Part 1) (Salon.com)
Love in the age of irony (Part 2) (Salon.com):

"Readers weigh in on what it's like to be young and searching for love, sex and a way to make sense of the boomer generation....Attention, baby boomers: We are sick of you."


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