Monthly Archives: October 2007

Red Sox Schnation

On saturday night, we had dinner at a restaurant in harvard square with our friends ben and kate. It was a somewhat fancy restaurant: great food, friendly service and an interesting decor.
It was the exact opposite of a sports bar. No tv’s, no frat boys, no sticky floors. So I thought.
At around […]

Preying on fear

I just got an email from Baby Center.  Here’s what the subject line said:
“17 Dangerous Infections During Pregnancy”
What a ridiculous subject line!  I can’t believe they prey on people like that.  If you’re pregnant, and you don’t open that email, you’re basically saying that you don’t care about your child. They also try to […]

What exactly is my problem with religion?

Last night I posted a couple of cheap shots against religion.  They were not well thought out, or well written.  They were not particularly entertaining. 
Since I’m no longer a crazy graduate student, I feel I need to actually back up my rants with some sort of civilized reasoning.  I cannot afford to have my […]

Cool interview on Ayn Rand…

Last summer, on one of my last nights living with Tim & Ania in New York, I read a book that inspired me to be an anarchist. I think I was an anarchist for about a week, which is a pretty impressive length of time for one of my little passions.
The author was a […]

Anne Rice is a Christian!!!

I am disgusted.
I just finished “The Vampire Lestat” by Anne Rice.  It is the second book in the Vampire Chronicles.  Yes, I know, elite intellectuals scoff at Anne Rice.  People think she writes soft porn fantasy.  People are wrong.
The Vampire Chronicles are fascinating psychological journeys.  Imaginative and going straight to the heart of the most […]

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