My Fortune Cookies
I got a new wallet last week. I’m very excited about it because though I loved my old wallet, it was ten years old (bar mitzvah gift) and falling apart. Getting a new wallet meant cleaning out my old...
View ArticleThe internet turns people into monsters
Of course, the conclusion above is already well documented, and it was even a discussion in a class I took entitled “Computers and Ethics.” Because of its anonymity, the internet prevents the social...
View ArticleWhy are there pins in shirts?
I don’t want to risk becoming a fashion blog because I’m not female, not a hipster, not boring, and, frankly, annoyed by the sheer number of fashion blogs filling the tubes. However, I do have one...
View ArticleI am not a real blogger
I have a “blog.”And I update it five days a week, a schedule I sometimes find difficult to maintain yet one I have not failed yet.But I am not a real blogger.At best, you could call L’histoire de sa...
View ArticleWhat does blogging say about our future?
Yesterday I began a manifesto of sorts to define, for myself, why I continue to update L’histoire de sa vie five times a week, in a “blogosphere” that promotes laziness, banality, and insipidity.It’s...
View ArticleScope Creep
I keep doing this.For today's blog post, I set about trying to answer a question and the next thing I knew, I had begun a ridiculous sum of research that probably won't be finished for ages. This is...
View ArticleBlog changes are in the works
The NewsStarting this week, L'histoire de sa vie will no longer be updated five times a week. The new number will be closer to a soft three. Soft meaning there may be weeks where I have four or even...
View ArticleUnsolicited advice from strangers
And when I say strangers here, I mean people with whom you have had either no interaction or interaction so limited you would not by any means consider even saying “hello” to them as you pass them by...
View ArticleWhy you should use Bing
I love Google. They revolutionized search, online documents, video (well by acquisition), maps, and so many other things. They are an amazing company. And I wouldn't ever suggest using a direct...
View ArticleI took a week off
Last week my blog went quiet, for the entire week. I've been keeping to my three-a-week schedule and haven't missed a post yet, but last week I needed to go dark, for the first time since I started...
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