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The Curmudgeonly Professor: He's a professor of Philosophy who's been teaching here for as long as anyone can remember. Over the years a few (or a bit more than just a few) nuts has come loose, and the old prof can often be seen walking on campus in...

Ever feel like your brain is going on overload? By that I do not mean your garden-variety, generic onslaught of information we are mercilessly assaulted with from every direction on a daily basis. Your brain instinctively prioritizes and sorts through...

Seriously folks, how difficult can getting my name right be? During the three weeks I've been here, my name has been repeatedly modified, mispronounced, and played with at will. Its mention triggered random interesting but unsolicited inquisitiveness...

The Acerb Student: The girl in my Tuesday class is cynically obnoxious. She sits at the back, one eyebrow cocked in a perpetually inverted "V" and a single unchanging facial expression of scornful contempt for what is to her the shallowness of opinion and...

"I am bored" Ever had someone say that to you? Probably yes. It is a very generic and common statement made by people when they get sick of the dull, tiresome, or uncongenial proceeding of the general state of affairs of their lives at any given moment...

This is going to be my last post on this topic. PROMISE! A few days ago I revisited the argument on the country counting criteria, and wrote about Lee Abbamonte, who is trying to be the youngest world-most-traveled person. Lee read my post and...

Not to stir up the dust already settled around the country counting criteria conundrum , but you can blame this guy . He is trying to be the youngest person to visit all 315 countries in the world, which is cool, but I wonder what his take on the counting...

I got linked to this list of most annoying airplane habits via Gridskipper. While the "Incessant talker" is certainly a frequent annoyance, I personally think that the 'Rapid Recliner' and "Crying Baby" should top the list of most infuriating in flight...

The fall semester is over, my grades are out (which were not exactly what I hoped for but still fine), and I have a short vacation. So I went to the Red Sea for a few days of R&R. I spent 3 days loafing around Naama Bay, snorkeling, reading and drinking...

I just hate the thing, and regret the day I got one. Becuase the minute you buy a cell phone, you instantly give up a huge chunk of your privacy. Example: Friend: "I called you 5 times and you didn't answer" Me: "I was in class" Friend:...