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  • Faaaaame (FAME), Lets Him Loose, Hard to Swallow

    So I don’t know if all y’all know this, but I’m kind of a big deal. My other blog, Putting Weird Things in Coffee, continues to soar in popularity, bringing me the sweet thrill of hollow attention. Today it’s featured on The Seattle Times’ coffee blog (of course the Seattle Times would have a whole…

  • Book Review: Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

    I’ll keep this short, because Freakonomics is a pretty simple book. It takes a look at various topics—the effect of names on success, drug dealer salaries, cheating in sumo wrestling, etc.—through the eyes of an economist. This book is a few years old (and has a sequel out now), and it took me a while…

  • Best Comments Ever, Volume 1

    This blog is all about me. Even if nobody read it, it would still exist due to my pathological need to turn thoughts into words. However, the fact that you are reading this is a gravy-like bonus, and when you take the additional time to comment, well, that sort of interaction one of the best…