Worried that I was being too productive with my free time, I “decided”* to buy a PlayStation Portable today. When it comes to irrational behaviors, spending chunks of money on things I don’t need is one of my favorites. Here are my initial thoughts after playing around with this new toy for half an hour. [...]
April 16th, Double Door, Chicago. April 28th, Dakota Lounge, LA
I just came across this quote of Giuseppe Zangara‘s alleged last words as he was lead to the Electric Chair. Not bad. I’ll have to think of something to have handy if I get the chance to deliver some dramatic last words. “Get to hell out of here, you son of a bitch [spoken to [...]
I had a really great dream about Dan last night. I was conscious enough during the dream to realize I was dreaming, and to know that he is dead, but also quickly reminded myself that it was still real as well as that this was a true communion with Dan’s consciousness, as far as I’m [...]
I’m taking a trip to New Orleans between April 29th and May 4th 2009. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to pull off New Orleans this year … until I remembered that it is totally mandatory. ADP 2009.
Check out the video for a slide show of my drinking habits and tastes (in 2008). Not every six I drank at home is included, but most are. A few 4 packs snuck in there, but I left out all the 12 packs and cases for balance. Lots of IPAs this year, especially from big-shot [...]
How about if the debates were filmed and broadcast in black and white? I was just looking at some photos (here) from the first Presidential debates that made me realize that I really love Obama as a person, even though I still intend to vote for Ralph Nader on principal. Holy Jesus, I hope Obama [...]
Found a great post: How to be Creative (via Steve Olsen)
Read this today, it’s connected to the way my point of view has been evolving lately. There’s also a nice bridge here between “the nature of things” part of it all and the “why are we in this predicament” view of society at large. I’d been thinking mostly about the first half recently: it’s in [...]
I just moved a number of posts here to “private” status, just to make sure I don’t cause any stupid issues for myself. Pretty lame, but I’m shy anyhow so I hardly needed the excuse.