Grandeur

When I was young, my dad asked what I was thinking of becoming when I grew up.  I said I wanted to be a librarian.  I liked reading books very much, and thought I’d be good at leading story hour. My Dad said if I wanted to be a librarian, I should be a librarian … Read more

Movies this Weekend!

We have tickets to see Prometheus.  I’m excited.  I haven’t even watched a trailer for it yet–so it will be completely new.[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU] I’m also excited to see this move, because I am a big fan of anything Duplass.  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jSnAs7mq8]

I Work Out

A couple of weeks ago I got on the scale and for the first time weighed ten pounds more than the top weight I’d imagined not too long before (which at the time I’d considered seven pounds above my ideal weight) and realized it was time to get real with exercise.  I spent a week … Read more

Jobs for Philosophers

Yesterday at the office we got a call from the mother of a recently admitted student.  He wants to major in Philosophy, but isn’t ready to commit to law school yet, having just graduated from high school. The mother wondered if philosophy majors got jobs after graduating, and wondered what kind of jobs they got.  … Read more

Commencement Rehearsal

Sea of chairs.Standing around in our spots. Time feels long and a little boring, but not unpleasant.Tomorrow, when the kids (graduates!) walk off the stage, my job is to give them a gift. No one knows what the gift will be. It’s a mystery.But probably it will be a pen.