Garbanzo-Tomato Curry
Apr 30, 2004 in Food
If two recipes from the Best of Sunset magazine worked, well, I’m just a sucker for a third. The Garbanzo-Tomato Curry struck my eye, so I decided to make it… Read on…
A Confession About Rice
Apr 27, 2004 in Food
I love to cook. I know all sorts of tricks. But I just can’t cook rice, at least not the usual way…. Read on…
Bill Belichick I Ain't
Apr 25, 2004 in Spurts
Apparently there’s a reason I’m not an NFL General Manager. My draft predictions were, well, worth every penny you paid for them. Denver took a linebacker in the first, then… Read on…
Mmm vacuum-packed
Apr 24, 2004 in Food
I love to cook, but I don’t cook every day. Believe it or not, even a food snob like me needs to eat packaged food. I picked up this vacuum-packed… Read on…
Belated Draft Predictions
Apr 24, 2004 in Spurts
Now, I love football. And I have draft predictions! Now, I know the draft has already started, but I have been at the Marshall admitted student weekend and haven’t seen… Read on…
USC Admit Weekend
Apr 24, 2004 in B-School
Admit weekend: a chance to get to know a school or an emotional roller coaster? Find out in today’s episode!… Read on…
Spam Spam Spam Wonderful Spam
Apr 23, 2004 in Meta
Some of you may have noticed the Phentermine spam in the comments. Don’t you love spam? Comment spam like this is designed to improve another site’s Google rank by linking… Read on…
Response: Waitlisted by NYU
Apr 23, 2004 in B-School
I’ve been waitlisted by NYU as well. I’m going to hit the e-mail hard and maybe see if I can’t get an extra recommendation sent there and turn this into… Read on…
Decision: No UNC
Apr 22, 2004 in B-School
After some obsessing, I’ve decided not to fly to Raleigh-Durham and try to get off the Kenan-Flagler waitlist. It’s really because of my visit to NYU that I’m doing this…. Read on…
The Passion of the Dream
Apr 22, 2004 in Dreams
Somehow, I’ve managed to miss everybody’s favorite new movie, The Passion of the Christ. I actually considered seeing it over the weekend, but, instead, I ended up seeing “Goodbye Lenin”…. Read on…
Malaysian Tamarind Tofu
Apr 19, 2004 in Food
That Malaysian Tamarind Shrimp recipe works well with tofu too. Mmmm! Just brown the tofu a little bit before throwing it in the sauce so that the tofu is firm… Read on…
Good Bye, Lenin
Apr 19, 2004 in Reviews
Good Bye, Lenin goes far with a simple, but absurd, plot. Alex Kerner, his sister and mother live an idyllic existence in East Germany, until his father defects to the… Read on…
Dear Person Driving a Large SUV
Apr 19, 2004 in Dear So-And-So
Please make your left turn quickly, as I cannot see around your massive vehicle to determine the existence of oncoming traffic that might interfere with my left turn. Surely, with… Read on…
Rear-View Mirror
Apr 18, 2004 in Werk
Like many in todays modern fabric wall-oriented culture, I work in a small cubicle. My cube is along a main aisle, and there’s a lot of traffic past my desk… Read on…
Chicken Piri-Piri
Apr 18, 2004 in Food
Since the Malaysian Tamarind Shrimp went so well, I decided to try another recipe from my Best of Sunset magazine (I’ve always found that a cookbook that gives one good… Read on…
Response: Rejected by Stanford
Apr 14, 2004 in B-School
I have learned that I did not get into Stanford. This is really not much of a surprise, as the school was a big reach — my GMATs and GPAs… Read on…
Bird Walk
Apr 11, 2004 in Junior
When I first got Junior, my then-girlfriend and I used to take him and her bird out on walks with us. We’d go to Starbucks or even to the Rancho… Read on…
Being The Entry In Regards To The NYU Visit
Apr 9, 2004 in B-School
The Stern school at NYU invited me to interview. How could I possibly pass up a chance to visit the Big Apple and catch the tail end of winter? Plus,… Read on…