Even before I knew consciously how absurd most marketing tactics and political rhetoric sound to a conscious ear, The Tick made me laugh very, very hard. Today's IMDB quote:Tick: Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. …

It would seem that John Searle got picketed at one of his public appearances. We in the OCF made great fun of this. "People who protest John Searle are just making him feel more important …

Alexei and I discussed a while back the myth-motif of The Woman Who Has A Secret And You Can't Ask Her About It Ever. Examples abound. Usually the man falls in love with the woman, …

At Balboa Park BART station I often see an ad for Contentville. The poster's background features several -- maybe forty -- words and phrases which ostensibly represent subjects one could research via Contentville, e.g., snowboarding, …

Before I turn in for the night -- Rick Starr has returned to campus! He's a lounge-singer type what hangs around Sproul Plaza -- usually nearer Bancroft Way than Sather Gate or Ludwig's Fountain -- …

Today I had lunch at a house with a Silicon valley couple and its tot. I played with the kiddie's Tinkertoys, the first time I've ever played with Tinkertoys that I can remember. I wish …

From Leonard's favorite philosophical tract this week:Then we replicate in drama what we were spared in history. Darn, and I got a hall pass, too!

Oh, the last thing that Kavalier man said to me before we parted ways was, "Have you read Siddhartha?" Yes, I have! Siddhartha and Steppenwolf, I think, are the two Hesse works I've read. Right …

It would be completely unscientific to conclude, on the basis of one evening's anecdotal evidence, that people who ride the BART on Sunday night tend to read more highbrow material than the average BART rider. …

An incomplete list of stuff I've lost. my little red notebook in which I wrote notes from St. Petersburg, Frankfurt, D.C., and Stockton and Berkeley the Macy's gift card my parents gave me for my …