Author Archives: Benj

More pics of Daniel and family are now up on Facebook. Thanks for all your well-wishes!

Introducing Daniel Joseph Giffone, born 7/25, 12:51am, 8 lbs. 0 oz., 21 in. Mother and child are fine. Corrie was so fast that they didn’t even get a chance to get the epidural in, so she was all natural. We … Continue reading →

I’m at Barnes & Noble with my lovelily pregnant wife, enjoying a cool java on a scorching day. Did you know that you cannot use a Starbux gift card at the Starbuxes (Starbuces?) within B&N? There’s something paradoxical about that–is … Continue reading →

I just added some new links on recycling: Mike Munger:“Think Globally, Act Irrationally” John Tierney: “Recycling is Garbage” (New York Times, June 30, 1996) Articles like these remind us just how gullible we often are as a public, and how … Continue reading →

Thus the wise man, at all times and on every road, carries a mind ripe for acquisitions that ordinary folk neglect. The humblest occupation is for him a continuation of the loftiest; his formal calls are fortunate chances of investigation; … Continue reading →

A recent report has revealed that Pete Rose probably used a corked bat during his quest to unseat Ty Cobb as Baseball’s all-time hit king. If you know about baseball, you know that Rose received a lifetime ban for betting … Continue reading →

HT: The Onion.

On Friday, I received word that my paper entitled, “A ‘Perfect’ Poem: The Use of the QATAL form in the Biblical Acrostics,” will appear in the fifty-first issue of Hebrew Studies, the annual journal of the National Association of Professors … Continue reading →

Next Tuesday, Californians will vote on Proposition 14, a ballot initiative designed to restructure the electoral process in the country’s largest state. The essence of Prop 14 is to eliminate party primaries by 1) opening up the primaries to registrants … Continue reading →