Lila Prime

 I have been hunted --- in my own home --- for three days. By a mosquito. It buzzes my ear at night trying to fall asleep, or when I am on t...

"It's a machine learning paper, it can't be that  hard." "She just seemed totally unhinged, like a swivel-eyed loon....

 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...

K. J. Parker 's How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It  is the sequel to Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City  and begins approximat...

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

The wide-open, glistening white expanses of floor-to-ceiling whiteboard in my office beckon; now there is a regular practice of students (ma...

'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...

I have no particular, publicly-declarable goals to commemorate the incrementing of our calendar year, except that --- as always --- I want t...

Dear readers, If you can read this, then an incredibly unlikely sequence of steps has succeeded. Huzzah! There is currently some sort of...

From Gaby Dunn's podcast, "Bad With Money", episode "Get Rich or Die Vlogging" @ 19 minutes: Youtubers are allowed...

I take attendance by having the students answer a question. What is the title of your autobiography? I've expurgated names below to ...

'Tis the season to review the year and my performance. What skills have I improved? What lessons have I learned? What have I achieved? W...

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

It's still weird and novel to me to have  a car, specifically associated with me, for my own personal transport needs. I find it especia...

There is a homework due this morning. The single most popular post on the course message board occurred last night. 1:10am: "do we h...

I take attendance by having the students answer a question. What is your personal motto? The earnest take several forms, the positive ch...

I take attendance by having the students answer a question. What is your greatest victory in life (so far)? The physical accomplishments...

We all know that I am magnificently interesting and lead a charmed and wonderful life. That's why we're here, reading this self-in...

Yesterday a student asked me, "What is the meaning of life?" This was unexpected, but because it occurred during office hours, I...