My Former Hero: Scott Adams
I was a big fan of “Dilbert” as a teenager. With its minimalist artwork and focus on office and technology jokes, it was utterly unlike the other comics in the newspaper. Soon I found...
Category: Life
Reinvent Yourself Often
On the day of my college graduation, my parents gave me a greeting card. I don’t recall what the card said. I don’t even recall all the words may parents wrote. But three words...
Falling Out of Love with Orange Juice
I used to drink orange juice everyday: a big old glass with breakfast. And since I often eat breakfast foods for dinner, I would have some OJ in the evening a lot too. Growing...
Vertigo: A Roller Coaster Ride of an Ailment
A couple of weeks ago, I slept in on a Saturday morning, got up, and had some breakfast and coffee. Then it hit me. As I got up to do the dishes, I completely...
Working Out with a Personal Trainer
I’ve been working out with a personal trainer for over a year and a half now. My progress has been slow and difficult, but I’m impressed with the results. When I got a new...
The Oatmeal on Inspiration
I’m a big fan of The Oatmeal, an online webcomic/blog by artist Matthew Inman. It’s a hilarious website with original comics. It’s not a regular webcomic like xkcd, but more of a random assortment...
A Spartan in Texas
When you’re in college, you’re surrounded by people wearing your school colors, and living on campus makes you feel like you’re at the center of the world. This was true for me at least,...
Depleted Uranium and the 1990s Internet
In my 10th grade physics class, we spent a good chunk of the spring semester talking about radioactivity. For our final project, our teacher assigned a range of essay topics about radiation and nuclear...
My Austin Area Code
People sometimes get confused when I give them my phone number. You see, I have an Austin area code, but I’ve never lived in Austin. This blows some people’s minds, even though it’s not...
Turning 35 Years Old
Another birthday has come and gone, and I find myself 35 years old. It’s s significant number in more ways than one. First off, it’s a multiple of 5. Since we use a base...
