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WikipediaYou had me at Gary Thurman.
Read More..>>Peter, Paul
Posted on January 24, 2008 - Filed Under
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Dollar Dumb
Red Christmas
Posted on December 12, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentYou can never go home.
But I can go to the movies!
{national film schedule}
Read More..>>minerals, ice deposits daily
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentSometimes — in piques of egomania, no doubt — I consider what song(s) I would like played at my funeral. Summer Babe may be in my current top ten (power ranking in the works?). Trevor at Creekside Review takes us back a bit, digging up this Alex Ross New Yorker piece from ‘97 (along with [...]
Read More..>>Blogging From Flock
Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under
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Tags: youtubecomedy hilarious recursion
Read More..>>Past Blast
Posted on November 6, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn search of lost time: JC Penney catalog edition — which is awesome for a lot of reasons. Including a glimpse into Barry Zito’s uncle’s modeling career:
Also, this reminded me of the fact that my mom’s family would use the Sears Roebuck catalog back in the day for toilet paper.
BONUS: Uncle Jim’s special tip: roll/unroll [...]
it’s all a mystery
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIt’s nothing new that we get older in doses, but damn — Yoshimi is 5 years old?
Anyway. Today’s song: The Flaming Lips - Flight Test [MP3]
It’s in the BMK bylaws
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentUranus news. Will Uranus always be a gas giant?
Read More..>>73 New Galaxies?
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentFrank Chu has apparently confirmed news of an additional 73 galaxies, as seen in this photo from IMPEACH on Flickr:
Suggested Listening: They Might Be Giants - Till My Head Falls Off
There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there’s 30 left
I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10?
Progression
Posted on May 16, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentHere is a large photo of some art.
Read More..>>Code Immortal
Posted on January 24, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentUse this software rant from Steve Yegge and metaphorize it as you see fit. Yeah, I said it - Metaphorize.
I think the second most important design principle, really a corollary to the first, is that systems must be able to grow without rebooting. A system that can’t grow over time is static, so it really [...]
How To Get Eaten By Fried Worms
Posted on January 4, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThe work-a-day week has me tied up. But in the meantime, here are some instructions on how to build your own time warp (or wormhole, if you prefer):
First, collect a whole bunch of super-dense matter, such as matter from a neutron star. How much?- well enough to construct a ring the size of the Earth’s [...]
Like sand through the hourglass
Posted on December 8, 2006 - Filed Under
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Read More..>>True Crime w/ The Hold Steady?
Posted on December 4, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn an interview with Pitchfork, The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn talks about an idea for a novel that’s been bumping around his noggin:
I don’t want to say too much, but it’s a mystery, kind of. But it’s not like a detective story; it’s about people going back into their past. It takes place around a [...]
Turn Back The Clocks
Posted on September 15, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentHow far behind the times is JoePa? According to research done by ESPN.com, one week apparently:
Read More..>>A Denial Denial
Posted on August 9, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentDespite the dreams of many, Maud confirms that AL Kennedy will not be writing un an episode of Dr. Who. But let it be known that I would happily post any Dr. Who fan-fiction that she should care to share with the world, because of my uhhhh incredible uhhh popularity…
Read More..>>It’s not my birthday
Posted on June 30, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Commentbut I’ll do this anyway, following Meggan’s lead
Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. One holiday or observance (if any).
And the results are in….
3 Events
1825 - The Erie Canal [...]
What Time Is It?
Posted on June 9, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentFor the geographically/mathematically/temporally challenged such as myself. This web site may help you answer “What time is it in Germany?” when reading your handy-dandy World Cup match schedule [PDF]. Of course, I could just remember to subtract 9 hours to get California time…but c’mon…
Read More..>>Baseball & Books
Posted on May 11, 2006 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentSo I started reading Underworld last week, without any real idea what it is about, on BART going to work. The opening account of Bobby Thompson’s Shot Heard Round the World had me loving the book from the get go. As it happens, I was going to see the A’s that night to scout one [...]
Read More..>>Red Letter Days
Posted on April 5, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIf only I’d checked my email earlier I would have known that today, “at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.”
Hawaiians … you still have time!!
Brings back fond memories of sitting in my grandma’s living room noting the date on the crossword: 8/8/88 (the [...]
