I'm Fairly Often Just Completely Happy

DOUGLAS: Oh well, come on, no one's truly happy. ARTHUR: I'm truly happy! MARTIN: Oh God. DOUGLAS: No, Arthur, you are cheery. ...

We Live on Avenue Q

Last weekend, I joined some G & S friends and Bri and her friend Robert for a trip to Leeds to see Avenue Q . Doo doo doo ba da baa, d...

Guest Post: Eugene's Story

I'm excited to announce that I have some guest posts lined up! After I posted my untestimony , one of the things that struck me was how ...

Academic Silliness Makes Me Grumpy

"Gilbert and Mulkay adopted the term 'discourse analysis' to describe the kind of empirical work they were advocating. However,...

Be Kind, Have Fun, and Carry a Lemon

In my last post , I spent a little time fangirling about John Finnemore . In this post, I'm going to spend a lot of time fangirling abou...

Ukulele, Banish Evil

So, you remember my ongoing war with the ukulele player upstairs ?* Oh, the fun we had! He played at midnight, and I sent him notes, and I c...

You Are Very Welcome to Have a Dishwasher

I'm mostly back to this being my life. But today I've used every excuse from "but I'm hungry" to "but my shoes ar...

Greater Love Has No One Than This

Wow, you guys. I'm pretty overwhelmed right now. In the words of the great philosopher Arthur Shappey , "other people are great!...