Lila Prime

 I: "Every online lecture is like a seance: Steve, can you hear me? --- give me a sign!" Z: "This two-minute hazard distracti...

 I forgot to write attributions so here are some more-scrambled-than-usual quotes: "Thank you! You've been sucked into the trap alo...

These have accumulated for awhile and I might've missed some as there is currently a "scratch notebook" infestation throughout...

Inexplicably, people keep talking around me and my brain keeps latching on to the strange ways they arrange words and ideas. K: "96% of...

I jotted down many quotes in this time interval, because every. single. social. interaction. now feels deeply meaningful and like a carefull...

WHEREAS the ongoing pandemic and various other elements of environmental, social, political, economic, and biological disaster loom large, a...

We've passed 100 days of self-isolation but, in the tradition of this blog, I missed it exactly and will just post some half-finished th...

I usually write notable quotes on the whiteboard in my office, which over the course of the semester accumulates a border of these snippets ...

Swarthmore College Lab Orchestra 's presentation of Sergei Prokofiev 's Peter and the Wolf was delightful --- playful, cute, fun, ...

'Tis the season to ritually retreat to the place of your birth (or at least wherever your strongest familial anchor is) and Spend Time T...

Gather sufficient clever and verbose people together, and the resulting tumult of verbiage will dazzle and astound. And, I hope, amuse. Here...

I revisited the royal   chapel today with my favorite PhD tour guide. The usual flair for historical detail and neat technical observation...

My mother, this morning: "Lila, this [gift] you gave me has improved my quality of life tremendously!" My response: "... and ...

Why be nice to your mother? Mother: "It's interest on the uterine rent!" Father: "I don't think you're paying dow...

I'm visiting. Here is the welcome I received: Lila, you know I love you, so in preparation for your visit, I bought mint chocolate chip...

In partial repayment of many years of delightful Easter egg hunts in childhood, A. and I arranged a hunt of sorts for D. How many eggs can ...

Happy birthday to me, Google , and Scott Pilgrim ! Also B. Thanks to the parents who (1) conceived me, (2) birthed me, (3) raised me, and ...

Happy Mother's Day! Be nice to a mother today. Don't wait! Belated wishes just aren't as good: This post's theme word: ho...

I went to see a roller derby match last month with A. and co. It was fun, and reminiscent of rugby -- lots of falling (on pavement! with h...

I've posted them on facebook. This one summarizes the whole vacation: Chocolate. This post's theme word: ineluctable, "impossi...