Friday, December 5, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
F*#@bird!!
I just had to watch Californication with the sound off and closed captioning on because of repeated blasts of my sonic nemesis. Like brussel sprouts, I have never acquired the taste. How in the world did that ever become an iconic song? It's so terrible.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
where are my posts??
Really late to this damn party.
I saw some great fucking shows the first half of that decade.
Anyone use last.fm? Got suggestions of others like that? My eyes are open to the coolness now.
Anyone know what's in it for them? It's not hugely ad filled.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Hands free to be an even bigger idiot.
You have a hand free now. Use the turn signal!!!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Farewell olive.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
I am now...
Friday, February 15, 2008
Political protest idea
Who doesn't love cake? Offices everywhere prove daily you can bring any group together with a cake. You get to fill the gobs of angry mobs with the best of your arguments. Give the biggest and angriest one the corner piece where all that is left of a once huge glacier retreats at alarming pace.
Anyone good with frosting? Even if they don't come around, it shuts them up for a bit anyway!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The first bit of something I'm writing.
The storm announced itself a few hours ahead of the precipitation by darkening the horizon and electrifying the living things. The old man climbed to the roof unnoticed amid the flurry of preparations. Folks made hurried choices. Home or duck into the coffee shop? Pick up the kids or call and tell them to stay in the school? There were a couple of spots to check the forecast in town. Hanley’s bar had cable with an all day weather channel, and the hardware store always had the radio on. A small group gathered in the bank vestibule as the wind started to pick up and the first chilling drops hit hunched over figures under whatever makeshift cover they held overhead. The bank manager had locked up the interior door, but left the outer door for anyone who needed cover, and then made his own dash to the coffee shop.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Gag Me with a Spoon
P.S. Don't even get me started on the whole "douchebag" retro-revolution.
Monday, January 21, 2008
after the code book
that however is merely the groundwork for the revelation that it is all material to me personally and to everyone who believes in privacy, or in truth. there is a political issue at the root of cryptography. who has a right to encrypt in a digital information age? 200 years ago to privately share information, all two people needed was legs to move them away from ears and a common language. the government seemed to operate just fine without access to those conversations.
communication now is more complex, and we use computers to communicate, but the government doesn't want citizens to have the right to use strong encryption without giving them an access key, because criminals would have an advantage over their investigative techniques, which in return they promise not to use without a court order. yea right. as the author points out, fingerprints are the most relied upon technique by law enforcement, criminals can simply wear gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints, and as of yet there has been no call from cops to stop the general public from wearing gloves just in case.
this book is over five years old so i'll be doing some follow up reading for sure, but it's a very interesting thing to know the power to be secure from government prying is available and downloadable for free. unless of course they already have the quantum computers needed to decode the PGP and they just aren't telling anyone.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
new books
ballad of the whiskey robber - a true story of bank heists, ice hockey, transylvanian pelt smuggling, moonlighting detectives, and broken hearts.
the code book - the science of secrecy from ancient egypt to quantum cryptography.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
time to evolve
The selection mechanism may have evolved but the result is the same animal structure. It's time to evolve. We need some deep thinkers. I know philosophy is still a college major. Where is all the radical thought? I'm on a mission to find some new ideas. When I first heard about that Kid Nation show I thought it was a pretty wild idea. Kids have to build a society with no adults and no rules. Boy was that wrong. There were tons of rules and an established societal structure. Not interesting anymore.
I'll post anything cool I may find.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
about the title
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
from pearly
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? some years i do and some i don't. didn't last year. this year... write more.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? no
4. Did anyone close to you die? yes
5. What countries did you visit? none
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? solar panels.
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? june 2nd, money, run, etc.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? promotion
9. What was your biggest failure? couldn't save my sisters house.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? none, but the dog tore her acl.
11. What was the best thing you bought? my new computer rules!!! or the roomba.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? bah.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? many family members bickering over a four year old boy.
14. Where did most of your money go? nowhere yet until the house closes, except for the dog acl surgery. for 4k i expected bionic but it's just a normal leg.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? hd
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? dead even b) thinner or fatter? same c) richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? going to movies, seemed like a good year.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? worrying.
20. How did you spend Christmas? visitig my sister with her kids in prison, surprisingly fun.
21. Did you fall in love in 2007? no
22. What was your favorite TV program? dexter
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? no time for hate although i think i'd be really good at it. i have great concentration.
24. What was the best book you read? willie nelson's bio diesel book.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? little steven's underground garage on sirius.
26. What did you want and get? promoted.
27. What did you want and not get? release date for the chevy volt.
28. What was your favorite film of this year? still catching up.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? probably nothing and 37
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? an example of good justice.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? three websites and warehouse vintage store.
32. What kept you sane? superfood
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? drawing a blank, but i reserve the right to amend this.
34. What political issue stirred you the most? all constitutionality arguments.
35. Who did you miss? bay area people since i really haven't been back.
36. Who was the best new person you met?
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. small towns can be supremely corrupt.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.