Tag: Personal Life

  • Grrr…

    If you know me, at all, then you know that one of my greatest pet peeves is incompetence in any form. This afternoon, though, left me wondering which I find most infuriating: Incompetence in combination with apathy, Incompetence in combination with racism, or Incompetence in combination with raw stupidity. I had the charming opportunity to…

  • Skepticism and Faith

    I was a Religious Studies major as an undergraduate. I loved my field and my department, and I would not change my major, if I could go back to that time. I have to say, though, that a major like RELI makes it very hard to take any group – religious or otherwise – at…

  • Trying to Find a Church

    I’m looking for a good church, preferrably not an incredible distance from my apartment. If anyone knows of a good one in Hyde Park, please let me know. Oh, and if anyone can explain to me why, in broad terms, “theological diversity” in a single congregation that is supposedly committed to certain core beliefs is…

  • Wrigley Field – First Visit

    I went to see the Cubs play, tonight, with some of my fellow 1Ls. It was pretty cool to finally see a game at Wrigley – it’s kind of sacred ground for baseball fans. Too bad the Cubs blew a 3-run lead and dropped 3 more runs in the 11th….

  • How NOT to Assemble Furniture from IKEA

    How NOT to Assemble Furniture from IKEA Rule #1: Do not assume that the instructions for your furniture correspond to the furniture you bought. My desk came with assembly instructions for about 30 desks. Half a dozen of them are lumped into one section, which supposedly includes my desk. If you follow those directions, you…