1. What song they’ll play when I come up to bat when I become a professional baseball player.
Seriously, so many things to work out on this one: classic rock or something trendy? what genre? with vocals or just something with a good beat? And even once I find the right song, I then have [...]

At some point today, I:

picked my outfit, not based on the weather or on the fact that my boss’ boss was in town, but rather due to my recent lack of shaving and ironing activities.
listened to Oil and Water by Incubus excessively. As in at least 7-8 times over the course of the day. Maybe [...]

Have you ever had a moment of clarity, one when you realize that the thing you are most insecure about is exactly what you should be most insecure about?
One of my biggest fears is that I sound like the ill-fated offspring of Kerri Strug and Karen from Will and Grace. I can’t really hear [...]

I almost always have a song stuck in my head, especially when I’m at work. Most people seem to complain about having their mind play songs on repeat, yet somehow I don’t seem to mind too much (usually my mind has pretty good taste in music, I guess.  um, wait.  nope.  not decent [...]

Today I went to the opera for the first time. Here are some observations and thoughts about the whole experience:

The average opera attendee is probably eligible for AARP.
The people who cart their children to the opera either have kids who are extremely cultured, kids who are extremely bribed, or parenting skills of the extremely [...]