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Thursday, January 30, 2003 We've been on a Jeeves and Wooster kick. Fry and Laurie are hilarious. posted at 1:32 PM Monday, January 27, 2003 Come on in and look around. Have a beer. Search for relevance. I just removed the 'no robots' tag from my blog. I put it in there when I was looking at the stats for this site and felt sorry for people hitting my site looking for information on various things that I mentioned in passing and that probably didn't help them in the least. But what the heck. Come on in, looking for Lennon and learn all about what I don't have to say about the president of this country. posted at 9:13 PM Sunday, January 26, 2003 Also found Professor Harbottle's Encyclopedia, which has some wonderful trivia, like where certain rock bands got their names -- did you know that Husker Du was named after a Scandinavian board game - it means; 'Do you remember?''? -- and what certain rock stars did before they were rock stars. Did you know that Rod Stewart was a gravedigger and Jon Bon Jovi worked at Burger King? I didn't. Fascinating. posted at 3:06 PM "I Dig a Pygmy by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids . . . Phase one in which Doris gets her oats." Hmmm. I never knew what the heck ol' Lennon was saying on Let It Be, or who Mr. Hawtrey was. Now I do, thanks to Google (well, it was only the 'deaf aids' I didn't catch). As a kid and Beatles fan, not knowing the meaning troubled me not in the least. Raised on Lewis Carroll, I loved nonsense and expected things to have no meaning (even if they did). posted at 2:59 PM Saturday, January 25, 2003 Speaking of punk movies, we've been on a roll in that department lately. Jenni bought The Clash documentary, Westway to the World, on DVD. We just wanted to see the recently deceased Joe Strummer again. (We've been listening to a lot of The Clash recently.) Then we rented the Manchester pseudo-documentary 24-Hour Party People, a hilarious re-tellling of the early days of Factory Records (Joy Division, et al) and the Manchester music scene. And last night we watched the Sex Pistols documentary, The Filth and the Fury, which is a great film, whether or not you're a Pistols fan - though it probably helps to like the music. posted at 11:04 AM Friday, January 24, 2003 Note to self to see if Decline of Western Civilization is available on DVD (and get it if it is). (The image is linked to an interesting review of the movie.) posted at 7:11 PM Wednesday, January 22, 2003 politechbot.com: Google reveals Bush administration's astroturf campaign? It looks like the Bush Administration is astroturfing, trying to artificially create the appearance of a grassroots movement supporting their policies. A Google search on the phrase "demonstrating genuine leadership" returns a number of nearly identical letters sent to the editors of various newspapers and publications this month, each one with the name of a different individual attached: A number of other identical letters dated last October and November can be found by searching for "taking a courageous stand against Saddam": Apparently the propaganda machine is in full swing. -- Jules Agee via Cult of the Dead Cow posted at 10:07 AM Thursday, January 16, 2003 Groovy. While on Time's site, I find that they've discovered the mind/body connection. Speaking of which, I was so tired from yoga Tuesday, that I didn't do at all well at biofeedback last night. I'm just glad I have a massage appointment this evening. When I say or write something like that, I feel like I should be living in California. But then, there was a time when psychoanalysis was just for New Yorkers (mostly Woody Allen characters). posted at 2:40 PM Two links from Volker Weber: The results, so far, of Time Europe's reader poll: John le Carré on America's madness As Volker Weber says, "This is by far the best written piece about the upcoming war I have seen." posted at 2:01 PM Oh, no! Frodo has failed! posted at 11:16 AM Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against the petitioners in Eldred v. Ashcroft (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which extended by 20 years both existing copyrights and future copyrights). (See [main lawyer and Stanford professor] Lessig's blog and the Eldred site for official news and responses.) That's the bad news. For the good news, "Here are free, accessible books. Read them and go in peace." Thanks to AKMA for breaking the news (to me at least). posted at 10:18 AM Wednesday, January 15, 2003 Happy Birthday, Dr. King. posted at 12:48 PM Tuesday, January 14, 2003 Went to yoga class tonight... for the first time in over 10 years, I think. My old teacher at her new place. New to me, not to her. I just had to get back to yoga, as I've been doing extensive breath and posture work as part of my biofeedback training. It was ridiculous not to. I liked it better tonight than I did 10 or 11 years ago. Damn, I was just a kid then. Makes more sense to me now. I had to go away and come at it from a completely different angle. The idea of relaxation was offensive to the young punk, but to the stressed-out worker bee, it ain't so bad. And it was a freakin' workout, too. posted at 9:10 PM A WEAKENED WORLD CANNOT FORGIVE US: AN INTERVIEW WITH KATHLEEN DEAN MOORE 'We don't lead lives of "quiet desperation," as Thoreau claimed. We lead lives of relentless separation....' Nice (yes, nice, and very interesting) interview with a philosopher with a heart, to go along with the brain. via ::: wood s lot ::: posted at 2:46 PM Monday, January 13, 2003 Streetmap.co.uk- grid location Totally cool. Aerial views of London with maps. I love maps, and I especially like the style of British city maps. Just 'cause they're different from ours. posted at 9:10 AM Saturday, January 11, 2003 Show me, you say (to my bragging that I had taken good pics of Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona. Here's a self-portrait there. 1986.) posted at 4:40 PM Friday, January 10, 2003 You may not miss poor Lightnin' now You gonna miss poor Lightnin' when he gone -Lightnin' Hopkins, 'Take It If You Want It' posted at 10:14 PM Spittin' on the governor's carpet I'm lost in room The exhibition stops the moment I enter The artists refuse to talk about their work -Alternative TV, 'Lost in Room' posted at 9:42 PM Thursday, January 09, 2003 "Gadgets for God" (and my never dying love of this sort of thing. Waning, but not dying.) via boingboing posted at 4:27 PM Holy shit. I have never heard of this hobby. Little helicopters! I want one! Be sure to check out the videos. posted at 10:19 AM Incredible. The amazing Gaudi had designed a hotel for the location that eventually became the location of the World Trade Center, way back in 1908. There are folks (including me, now that I've heard about it) who'd like to see it built. I made a pilgrimage to several Gaudi locations in Barcelona, way back in 1986. I think I may have to dig up some of my photos and post them to that greatbuildings site, since they have none of Parc Guell. I also took some great shots -- if I may say so -- at Sagrada Familia. via texturl: /WTC rocket/#000155 posted at 9:43 AM Geocaching. Interesting use for a GPS unit. Nerdy fun. I borrowed a GPS unit from my Dad to see if we could get exact coordinates when we go kayaking, or measure our exact speed and distance, but haven't figured out if a waterproof container would inhibit satellite detection. The units aren't as robust as I thought they'd be. Glad I borrowed instead of buying. posted at 9:30 AM Tuesday, January 07, 2003 Saw a tree full of Cedar Waxwings at lunch today. They are such cool looking birds. I even dreamed about them last night, so it was a nice synchronicity to see them today. posted at 12:46 PM Monday, January 06, 2003 Saw the Frida movie finally. I enjoyed it, but I think I'd have to agree with Tom at IMproPRieTies in regards to the Hollywoodization of her story. I've been a Frida Khalo freak since way back when -- 1982 or so? -- when I first saw a tiny reproduction of one of her paintings in ArtForum. I read the Herrera book that the movie was based on 10 or so years ago when it came out (1991). (I guess I'm just bragging that I've been into the art of Frida Khalo since before it was cool and before it became almost trite through oversaturation. I take that back -- her art is not trite. But it has become as mainstream as Andy Warhol's soup cans.) I find it disturbing that the new edition of the book has the actress' portrait on it rather than the real deal. Tom also has a link to a cool Frida site. They have a section on the cult of Frida. They oughta have Frida Kitsch section. The keychains, t-shirts, etc. The Frida cult and the Frida industry or marketing niche. posted at 10:36 AM Pepys’ Diary This is great. Pepys in blog format. A seventeenth-century blog. Site visitor's annotations are quite informative. For NPR's introduction: NPR : The Online Diary of Samuel Pepys posted at 9:11 AM Friday, January 03, 2003 Flatulence Filter Seat Cushions by GasBGon "You no longer have to be embarrassed by the untimely passing of intestinal gas among your friends or family...." Hallelujah! posted at 1:22 PM There is nothing wrong with Michael's face "Uri is laying his hands on your crystal" posted at 1:08 PM ESP Disco (AKA Psykick Dancehall) by The Fall When I'm dead and gone My vibrations will live on In vibes on vinyl through the years People will dance to my waves posted at 11:12 AM Thursday, January 02, 2003 Building human strength: psychology’s forgotten mission "Psychology is not just the study of weakness and damage, it is also the study of strength and virtue. Treatment is not just fixing what is broken, it is nurturing what is best within ourselves." posted at 2:04 PM I really have been on a birding bonanza lately. Just about every day of the holidays, I added a bird or two to my list. Very fun. I got the truck stuck deep in mud trying to get a better glimpse of my first Caracaras on my way down to Houston. Very striking birds, indeed. posted at 9:47 AM New Year's Day (yesterday), Jenni and I (not hungover!) went for a hike along Barton Creek and Gaines Creek. About 4 miles, some of it straight up. We saw another lifer, or it would've been if we could've identified it. A type of Warbler with a yellow streak down the middle of its head. Another beautiful day. posted at 9:41 AM John and I went kayaking on Barton Creek on New Year's Eve day. I checked the levels around 9 A.M. and didn't remember to check again before leaving. Not that it would've mattered. Between the time we parked the cars and the time we reached the creek, the creek had gone from 150 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 450 cfs. We hiked upstream about a half mile, with our boats. My old school Mongoose weighs 40 pounds plus. But it was a gorgeous day and not too cold. posted at 9:24 AM Happy 2003 to all y'all. posted at 8:59 AM