Charts & Graphs

Real Life Math! Part 1: What Do I Order?

Real Life Math! is a new series of posts which will hopefully provide some useful formulas that people can use in their every day lives. These formulas have been rigorously tested in real-life scenarios and have been found to be correct. Today’s Real Life Math! stems from a problem many of us face: we like…

June 28, 2013 Dan 0

Self

The Time A Future D-1 College Football Quarterback Accidentally Knocked Out My Front Tooth

This is part of a series of posts in which I recall a random experience which I will probably never do again. Full disclosure: I’ve definitely told versions of this story before in a variety of arenas, but hopefully this will serve as the most comprehensive (and final) version of this story. When I was…

June 27, 2013 Dan 2

Television

What If… “The Class” Had Never Been Canceled?

In what will probably become a new series of posts about television, I explore a short-lived show I enjoyed that, had it continued to run for years to come, might have changed television dramatically. Or at least, you know, a little bit. The Class (CBS, 2006-2007) All the way back in the Fall of 2006,…

May 17, 2013 Dan 0

Self, Sports

The Dangers Of Self-Diagnostic Statistical Analysis, Part 3

This is the third in a multi-part series of short insights that occur to me when I take a look at my life from a statistical point of view. The Statistic: As a life-long fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers, I am, nevertheless, a harbinger of bad luck for them; they lost the first twelve games…

May 8, 2013 Dan 0

Improv, Television

A Pretty Good Example Of Letting Your Scene Partner Get His Initiation Out, via Community

Note: This is a post about improv. It also might spoil some plot points of last week’s episode of Community, if you haven’t seen it yet. On last week’s Community, Troy and Abed lived out a body-switching movie (like Freaky Friday), except, of course, in this universe, things generally have an explanation that sort of makes…

May 2, 2013 Dan 0

Self

The Time Gavin And I Got Into A Car Accident

This is part of a series of posts in which I recall a random experience which I will probably never do again. In this case, I certainly hope never to. In 2003, I took a short weekend trip to Seattle, Washington, to hang out with some friends from high school who were going to college…

April 29, 2013 Dan 0

Film

The Nightmare Future We Envisioned Has Arrived

I noted a little while ago that the successful Veronica Mars Kickstarter was setting a dangerous precedent, although I will admit that I foolishly focused my attention on how the conglomerates could exploit us, the poor working humans. But now, an even greater threat has emerged from the wilderness of the internet. I’m talking, of…

April 24, 2013 Dan 0

Self

Time Management

So I feel like I’m actually not terrible at time management – for the most part, I tend to get what I want done on time. (Especially the important things, like watching Parks & Recreation, or drinking heavily.) Still, most days, even highly productive ones, I often think about the other things I could have accomplished,…

April 11, 2013 Dan 0

Self

Thoughts That Went Through My Mind As I Ate Panera’s Asian Sesame Chicken Salad

At my office, our lunch is paid for by the company, which is great, although it also means that we generally have to stay pretty close to the office/order from a nearby restaurant. Today we ordered from Panera Bread, which I guess people in St. Louis will tell you should actually be called St. Louis…

April 9, 2013 Dan 0

Rotting My Brain

One man's attempt to explain it all before his brain turns to a delicious gelatin-like substance.

HIMYM And Why #HowIMetYourRacism Is Wrong

January Is The New September

This Is Not Actually About The “Breaking Bad” Finale

“You Have To Laugh. That’s How You’ll Make It Through.”

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