I’ve come to conclude that very little of great interest happens in my life. Or rather, each day in my eyes seems more or less ordinary. Thus, when I sit down to update my forlornly neglected blog, my head goes completely blank, and all that I’m left with is a nagging feeling of guilt that [...]

I’ve developed a new obsession. I want to make tofu — no, not dishes containing tofu. I’d like to make tofu itself. It doesn’t appear to be overly difficult (buy some soybean, set aside a few hours, and voila you have beautiful homemade tofu). But it turns out that it’s not quite that simple. Essentially, [...]

As a native Washingtonian, it’s easy for me to say, with an air of boredom and disdain, “I hate politics.” But it’s impossible to deny that I do have some interest in the topic… after all, for better or worse, politics does make the world go-round. Here’s a little round-up of some recent political happenings: [...]

Happy 2008 everyone! Amazingly another year has past again, and we’re now entering the second part of winter and edging slowly but surely toward spring. Characteristically, a cold front has descended on DC, and the temperatures have fallen to into the 20′s. Whispers of “snow” are on everyone’s lips, and those in favor and those [...]