So today the streak of cold looks like it’s breaking. That’s a good thing. Locals have grumbled at and/or made fun of my perverse enjoyment of extremely cold temperatures, but I don’t want to romanticize it too much. The cold is hard on machinery as well as people: –after leaving it for a week, the …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
update
Strangely enough, this morning’s cabdriver was even more upset about the Steelers’ loss than I was. And he’s never even been to Pittsburgh.
Steelers Letdown
Now THAT was a disappointment. Time to watch a movie.
Bad Television
I’ve been saving up the TV comments, so they’re all coming out in this entry. You will learn that I generally a) watch crap and b) am happy watching crap. OK, let’s begin. American Idol is now completely boring and lame. It was always boring once they got rid of all the bad people. Competent …
Cold
Yesterday, according to the weather channel’s website, it got down to -17F/-27C. According to my cabdriver, with windchill the “felt” temperature was -45C. If this was actually the case (cabbies have been known to exaggerate), that would be a new personal record for me. Last year, on this very weekend, I interviewed for the job …
Languages are Cool
I was doing my usual search on MovieTickets.com in preparation for our Movie Nite. Just for kicks, I like to see what’s playing at the Star City Theater, which is closest to our apartment, though always in French. I love the translations of the titles. Spongebob Squarepants is, simply, “Bob the Sponge.” In the “isn’t …
Bloglect
is what you, dear reader, must be suffering from. I’m suffering from not writing in it, so we’re even. I wrote a good entry last Friday about lunch at the Office of Technology Transfer and my original business idea (no I didn’t disclose it) that they seemed to like. I must have accidentlally deleted it …