I live in a city with as much charm and allure as a gravel parking lot. I, therefore, often have to spend week nights with alcohol and blogging. After blogging, I read the aforementioned blog to my dog, and I feel that the world (well, the 1.2 people who read the blog) is now much more informed by my special contribution. After all, I'm a special, little snowflake, too. In seriousness, these are just excerpts from some of my journal articles and conference papers that I've added to the blog for the hell of it.