...my ass. Holiday travel and year-end cleanup to do. So, I'm on strike today, and will probably be so for the next couple of days. I'm watching videos...1via Warren Ellis2Strindberg + helium--yes, as in that Strindberg. Apologies, but I forgot where I ganked this from.3And, if I don't get to chat with y'all before Christmas (There, I said it! What're you gonna do about it?), then you can sing...
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Ike Turner, a Rock 'N' Roll Pioneer, Dies at 76The best I can do for a tribute is this McSweeney's bit. If only our country's foreign policy was this advanced...OK, America, you done fucked up again. Things got a little out of hand, and you went and blew up another country. Now you got everybody all mad at you, and you don't know what to do. Well, don't worry, America. Ike's been down this road before,...
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
This blog's definitely been thin on entries, and even thinner on actual life updates. You can blame, in part, life at The Big Red School on the Hill.I can, however, offer a quick breakdown...1Work: Job is still good. It has its days of course, but thus far the major benefits (steady pay, insurance, and a golden ticket to a lot of community activities) still outweigh the occasional pain in the ass....
Finally, I have time to blog because I took this piece of advice...So it dawned on me to group my feeds by the way in which I want to read them, not by topic. If there were some feeds that I didn’t mind missing, and some of which I wanted to read every single word, I should organize them that way, not by their putative subject are...
Monday, November 26, 2007
...wait, wrong one.You're Cat's Cradle!by Kurt VonnegutYou believe quite firmly that free will deserted you long ago and far away. As a result, it's hard to take responsibility for anything. Even though you show great potential as a leader of a small 3rd world country, the choices are all made ahead of time....
Monday, November 19, 2007
Yes, I've got a short respite until I'm back in the academic diamond mines. And, like an absentee parent who shows up out of the blue once every other holiday, dispensing money and presents before disappearing for the next few milestones of your childhood, I leave you this...Yes, that's them.Via Warren El...
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Norman Mailer, Author and Social Critic, Dies at 84Weekend Edition Saturday, November 10, 2007 · Norman Mailer, who burst on the literary scene in 1948 and published his most recent book just last month, died Saturday at the age of 84. Co-founder of the Village Voice, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award, he was nonetheless a controversial figure who lived life lar...
Monday, November 05, 2007
Because why should Vinnie the Loan Shark have all the fun?Person-To-Person Lending Flourishes on Webby Jessica SmithMorning Edition November 2 2007 · Known as a nation of borrowers America at last count had a collective $2.5 trillion in consumer debt. But it could fast become a nation of lenders as Web sites that enable ordinary people to lend to each other flourish. Welcome to the era of coffee...
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
For all of you who knew the Rat Pack wasn't just Frank, Dino, and Sammy...'Rat Pack' member Bishop dies, 89Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's 'Rat Pack', has died at the age of 89. Bishop died of multiple causes at his home in California late on Wednesday, according to his friend and publicist, Warren Cow...
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Again, E and I headed to the first weekend of the twice-yearly Friends of the Library Book Sale. It was one of the worst lines I've ever had to stand in at all. We stood around longer than an old Soviet Union toilet-paper line, for pete's sake.Supposedly, the local fire marshall didn't like the way people were...
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Apparently, when this essay was passed around and dissected a couple of years ago, I missed the memo. Bears thinking about, though...From A Heritage of SmallnessAre we not confusing timidity for humility and making a virtue of what may be the worst of our vices? Is not our timorous clinging to smallness the bondage we must break if we are ever to inherit the earth and be free, independent, progressive?...
I've been clearing out the massive amounts of saved links, snippets, bookmarks, RSS posts, etc. of various types I've been accumulating off of teh intranets over the past few months. Hey, I've been busy! Anyway, here's a gem I found back in July (I ferget where, sorry): An interview with Alan Moore on Lost Girls. Yes, that's an interview on Lost Girls on SexTV--you figure out if it's safe for...
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Anyone know the number of a good ambulance chaser? I'm kidding! I kept those jokes to a minimum, as I could tell people were nervous around me at work. A tempered glass window shattered and fell on me, resulting in superficial cuts to both my hands. It sounds worse than it is. After a few minutes, the cuts didn't even warrant a Band-Aid, although I got one.That's the nice thing about working...
Friday, August 17, 2007
Jazz World Mourns Loss of Max RoachLegendary jazz percussionist Max Roach is dead at 83. Having been associated with greats such as Duke Ellington and Dizzie Gillespie, the self-taught musician wowed audiences throughout the world.When I was busy worshipping jazz trumpet players in college, I didn't pay too much attention to the non-trumpeters with a few exceptions. Max Roach was one of them. When...
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
I know I've passed this video around to some, but I can't help it. I've been watching it at least every other day for the past month. It's the Tower of Power at the 2006 Montreaux Jazz Festival playing their signature tune "What Is Hip," featuring Carlos Santana on guitar. Now, Carlos isn't a funk guitarist. You'll notice he goes 8 bars trying to play in the style of the tune; it was a'ight. ...
I'm playing hookey from work today. Hey, it's been a hard week. Summer's usually a cakewalk, but I've been de facto covering for my boss. Not officially, mind you. But with the boss on vacation for two weeks, all of a sudden I've supposedly turned into the answer man. Hey, I'm not bitching. I kept trying to tell people that it's like those old Star Trek episodes where all the senior officers...
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnateJane Macartney in BeijingTibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.As Neil Gaiman said, "That trick never work...
Jimmy Olsen: Ass constantly saved by Superman.Harry Potter: Ass constantly saved by Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, Lupin, Moody, Tonks, Hagrid, Dobby, Kreacher, Oliver Wood, Colin Creevey, Stan Shunpike, the bartender at the Leaky Cauldron and this guy he just met down the pub last week.ADVANTAGE: Ols...
Sunday, August 05, 2007
You scored as William Wordsworth, You’re poet is William Wordsworth. English Romantic poet and poet-laureate, whose “Lyrical Ballads” (1798), first published anonymously with contributions by his friend Coleridge, marked an important turning point in the history of English literature. Other works include “I...
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
powered by frazy.comSome of you are looking as some of those latest acquisitions and saying, "Oh, he's finally moved into the 21st century...but wait...is that CHICAGO XI? Jeeze, that album is almost as old as he is. And, doesn't he have that one, 'cause he damn sure has all the others?" Actually, a CD copy...
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Been meaning to share this bit from Dar KushThe strangest thing. The more you need to meditate, to journal, to do the internal stuff, the more the external world will collaborate to convince you you don’t need to do it. All of the inner voices will rise up like a chorus and scream at you that anything, anything, is more important than that inner work. Cutting your neighbor’s cat’s toenails seems more...
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Via Horizon, the Blake's 7 Appreciation SocietyPETER TUDDENHAM27 November 1918 - 9 July 2007I'm sorry to have to share the sad news with you that Peter Tuddenham died on Monday 9th July after a short illness, aged 88. Dear husband of Rosemary, and much loved father of Mark, Julian and the late Jamie. We know you will all want to join us at Horizon in offering them our deepest sympathy at this sad...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Now that I've had a long weekend, taken an extra day off (with another coming), and let go of my feelings of entitlement, I'm a much happier person than I was this time last week. I'm actually ready to go back to work (for a three-day week...two-and-a-half if you don't count the seminar I'm scheduled to fall asleep in attend tomorrow morning.The camping trip was fun. Sure, it meant leaving a whole...
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Jesus H. Christ, it's 4:30--why can't I fucking go to sleep. Man, to add cosmic insult to cosmic injury, I can't even be in the best shape to make use of the limited time I have to get shit done because I can't even fucking sleep. I'm going to be one pissed off firecracker tomorrow. The only thing for it is to drink as many red eyes and Red Bulls as I can get my hands on.This isn't right, I tell...
Between today and Monday, my sole mission statement is to recapture my vacation to which I'm entitled because of all my hard work. I haven't been able to take it before now because of circumstances beyond anyone's control. But I've decided that (a) no one can return lost time and (b) no one will ever care for my time off as much as I will. Therefore, my response to everything and anything--pleas...
Saturday, June 30, 2007
...right?Iranian cartoon pulled from film festival | The Australian:From correspondents in BangkokJune 27, 2007THAILAND has caved in to pressure from Iran and withdrawn the animated movie Persepolis, about a girl growing up and feeling repressed under Islamic rule, from next month's Bangkok International Film Festival.'I was invited by the Iranian embassy to discuss the matter and we both came to...
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
E and I spent this morning at the local farmer's market. There was a stall with a merchant selling wooden furniture and cooking utensils. Amid the spatulas and spoons, these jumped out at me...I picked one up and thought, "With that curvature? Utensils my ass." But they were exactly the right size and shape...
Friday, June 22, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Bones could allow data swaps via handshake:YOUR backbone's connected to your shoulder bone, your shoulder bone's connected to your neck bone - and your neck bone's connected to your cellphone.Something along these lines is what Lin Zhong and Michael Liebschner at Rice University in Houston, Texas, envisage. They want to use the human skeleton to transmit commands reliably and securely to wearable...
A quick smoke? It's good for the wings:Birds are picking up discarded cigarette butts and using the smoke to fumigate their wings of parasites, experts said yesterday.Hitchcock's THE BIRDS was prophetic! Mother Earth is getting ready to rise up and beat us like J-Lo in that movie where she learned Krav Maga and kicked her abusive husband's ass. Just five more years, wat...
Saturday, June 09, 2007
My plan for the day was set back a bit. I got caught up in BookTV, random Saturday morning lingering, and this video I got via 3:AM Magazine. Have a seat and educate yourself for about twenty minutes...I've been keeping a list of various good reads, but am I now going to have to start a new one for documentary videos on YouTu...
Friday, June 08, 2007
Once again, someone says something I always knew but never knew how to put into words. This is why you are your own worst enemy.From Dar Kush:Your ego identifies itself with whatever your “steady state” is—usually your current self, but if you are in a state of flux, whatever your most stable condition might have been.... Whatever your automatic habits would turn you into? That’s your ego. Take your...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Blogger unmasked, court case upended - The Boston GlobeBy Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | May 31, 2007It was a Perry Mason moment updated for the Internet age.As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman sat on the stand in Suffolk Superior Court this month, defending himself in a malpractice suit involving the death of a 12-year-old patient, the opposing counsel startled him with a question.Was...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
I know I should make fun, I really do. But this actually looks interesting on a couple of levels.WARNING: This is definitely not for the kiddies!via The Engine and other places.EDIT: And then I read the (supposed) plot. Most of it you could glean from the trailer, but "With five young and highly diverse mercenaries at his disposal..."? Is this going to be like that last season or two of WALKER:...
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Not much reading or scribbling done so far today. But what I have done is dumped my brain. Most of it, anyway. Between that and moving a couple of major projects forward today, I’ve been feeling a lot better.This is why I’m going to try to get back into some habits I’ve let slack lately.I bought a discount copy of POWER SLEEP by James Maas. I need to get my sleep habits back on track.My days have...
It had to happen eventually.Variety.com - ABC developing 'Cavemen'"Winner for most unusual piece of development this pilot season goes to ABC, which has turned a series of quirky Geico commercials into an actual half-hour comedy project.'Cavemen' will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings in modern Atlant...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
For those in the I-town/607 area code...Saltonstall Workshop"ONLINE PUBLISHING: BEYOND BLOGS"Saturday, May 19Presenters: Michael Orthofer, NYC; Mark Budman, Binghamton; Robert Colley, Syracuse2:00 pm – 4:30 pm$15 registration fee, includes light refreshmentsTompkins County Library’s Borg Warner Community RoomLimited to 50 participants. Please call 539-3146 to reserve your place.I reserved my space...
Monday, May 14, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
...that since I last said anything, I've had two more pieces put up on SIX SENTENCES.I've forced myself to go back and work on some of the longer things I've been neglecting though, and I've told myself that I won't submit any more free fic until I've got those things sent out. Of course, who am I fooling. What's this blog called aga...
Saturday, May 12, 2007
I haven't even seen these movies... You scored as Jigsaw. You are Jigsaw. You dont enjoy killing people at all. You instead love to see how far people will go to live. However if it ends in a bloody death, you still sleep with a smile on your face.You are intelligent, and know how to outwit just about anyone....
Sunday, May 06, 2007
...then I can at least take stuff with me that's usable by any OTHER computer with a USB port and internet access.Based on this article on USB thumb drive tricks, I put my 1 GB drive to use by cramming Firefox (complete with all my settings) and Wordpress into it. This way, I can use Firefox from anywhere with all the bells and whistles of my Google account so long as I have a net connection AND...
I decided that after posting about a rather violent video (Which is nonetheless effing sweet!), I thought I should put up some light-hearted fun things passed to me by friends and people at work.Natalie Imbruglia lets someone have fun with her wonderful one-hit......and (as I'm sure most of you have seen by now; so sorry to have come late to the party), Alanis's slam on the song "My Hump...
Saturday, May 05, 2007
One of the pitfalls of steady income is the ability to go to the first and most expensive weekend of the twice-yearly Friends of the Library Book Sale. While E and I spent more on this booksale than the two previous ones we went to combined, we still made out like bandits.My haul alone was easily worth every...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Digg the Blog » Blog Archive » Digg This: [numbers redacted]But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.Of course, I'm a big...
Geek To Live: Getting Things Done with Google Notebook - LifehackerFans and followers of the Getting Things Done personal productivity system have hacked all sorts of ways to GTD in different applications, from Microsoft Outlook to plain text to Gmail. But one of Google Labs' less-hyped applications, Notebook, is very well-suited to instant capture and easy processing of your GTD lists.This article...
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Not only is this a week late, I didn't necessarily click all the links here to get the full story. But on the face of it, doesn't it just feel wrong somehow? Kind of like when you see someone picking on a handicapped person. The handicapped person may have even started it, but still.Boing Boing: Mayor of Boston bans Boing BoingJake tried to access Boing Boing from Boston's free WiFi network and...
Guccione Jr. Has Omnivorous Appetite: Wants Omni, Travel Title Tooby Joe Mandese, Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 7:00 AM ETOPENING A NEW CHAPTER IN one of America's most storied publishing dynasties, Bob Guccione Jr. is in talks with his father Bob Guccione Sr. to acquire Omni, the seminal science and science fiction magazine that spawned a new category of consumer magazines, including Discover, the publication...
Because it's been too long since the last one, and you know you've wanted it...Your Personality Is Like EcstasyYou're usually feeling the love for the world around you - you want to hug everyone. And while you're usually content to sit back and view the world with wonder... Sometimes you're world becomes very...
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
I'm irritated right now. I'm finally situated in a coffee shop that makes the back room of Donkey look bright and sunshiney by comparison (i.e. I love this place!) only to find that I've left two of the projects I wanted to work on at home! But it's all good. I've got lots of other To Do lists to go through....
8 Habits of Highly Ineffective EmailingMy biggest peeve is #3Send an Email that’s Completely Unnecessary - These are probably my biggest pet peeve of all. Emails that consist of reciprocal greetings or acknowledgments that are just a waste of server space. For example, Ted emails me asking if I can send him the latest office phone list. I send it to him and 10 seconds later I get an email that contains...
John Rogers said it best about allegations of a double-standard between reactions to Imus and reactions to others who may have said similar things.America loves a rebel.America loves a bad boy.But America hates a fucking bully.(This post brought to you by Google Notebooks ;)--god, it's almost too easy n...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
This makes the fact that I haven't gotten around to reading SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE yet that much sadder.Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84Thursday, Apr. 12, 2007 By AP/CRISTIAN SALAZAR(NEW YORK) — Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
...where once again, the jocks stand to put one over on decent people geeks.Doctor Who threatened by footballThe next episode of hit sci-fi series Doctor Who will be shelved for a week if Saturday's FA Cup semi-final runs into extra time.BBC One is showing Watford's clash with Manchester United before the drama, and says it will postpone the show to make way for any extra play or penalties.A spokeswoman...
Monday, April 09, 2007
I read this article a few days ago and the possibilities astounded me.Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive & Software are ObsoleteImagine not needing to sort through a damn hard drive (which in my case includes the 40GB on the laptop, 15GB on the backup laptop, my 250GB external drive, as well as 3 USB flash devices--4 if you count my old mp3 player that I use as a flash drive--to add another 3+ GB)....
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
And now, another post for Blog 'Til You Drop Sunday.March 5th through the 11th was Filipino Week at the Big Red School on the Hill. I wormed my way out of work early on the day they had an FMA workshop conducted by a very respected and well-known instructor. To him, I was probably just some random Filipino until he picked me to demonstrate some empty hand disarms. He stripped my stick away, went...
Part of Blog 'Til You Drop Sunday...God, I love YouTube. These are clips from a show on BBC Three, featuring the grandmasters of two different Filipino arts."...and if a Filipino is fighting you, I'll have somebody engage you. I watch. And when you focus on him, I'll hit you. It doesn't sound nice, but morality comes before and after the fight. When you kill a guy just be sure, if you can help...
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