Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
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12:15 am
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The Department of Elections, City and County of San Francisco, has sent me an explanatory card about ranked-choice voting. The thing that caught my eye is the names and titles on the sample ballot. For example name: Eleanor Roosevelt english: Incumbent spanish: Titular. See the full ballot here.
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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3:31 am - Radiohead outside lands August 22, 2008 (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)
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1. 15 Step
2. Reckoner
3. Airbag (sound cut out briefly)
4. There There
5. All I Need (sound cut out)
6. Nude
7. Talk Show Host
8. National Anthem
9. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Weird Fishes
12. Idioteque
13. Karma Police
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Just
16. Exit Music for a Film
17. Bodysnatchers
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18. Pyramid Song
19. You and Whose Army? (Genuine moment: Thom Yorke messes up by laughing at his eyeball close-up on the video screen.)
20. Paranoid Android
21. Fake Plastic Trees
22. Everything in its Right Place
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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9:24 pm
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i am reminded as always that, no matter how bad it seems to get, there's nothing better than being alive. you can thank a god or whatever if you want, but you don't have to thank anything. just don't forget.
I love all of the people in my life.
current music: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Row_Your_Boat_Ashore
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
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1:27 pm
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Correction: February 19, 2008
An article in some editions on Monday about a New York City Transit employee’s deft use of the semicolon in a public service placard was less deft in its punctuation of the title of a book by Lynne Truss, who called the placard a “lovely example” of proper punctuation. The title of the book is “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” — not “Eats Shoots & Leaves.” (The subtitle of Ms. Truss’s book is “The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.”)
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
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2:28 am - For those of you who thought I was crazy when I said Neon Bible reminded me of Bruce
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
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7:47 pm - Weakerthan's Setlist
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Slim's, Wed. Oct. 3rd 2007
Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call
Civil Twilight
Our Retired Explorer
Benediction
Reconstruction Site
Aside
Night Windows
Relative Surplus Value
Sun in an Empty Room
Left and Leaving
Tournament of Hearts
The Reasons
Time’s Arrow
History to the Defeated
Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
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One Great City!
Pamphleteer
Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist
Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure
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Swingin’ Party (cover)
Exiles Among You
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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1:30 am - I lack the courage...
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...to do the things I should do.
...to say the things I should say.
...to tell the truth.
...to do the right thing.
I can talk about my problems, but I can't seem to do anything about them.
I'm sorry.
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
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2:30 am
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Today we made beer-battered pickles. It was actually quite easy to make. First we tried a recipe from the internet that was hilariously off. It called for roughly equal parts spicy seasoning and flour, plus a small amount of beer, and produced a ball of nasty dough. Even with more beer, it was just not tasty, and was quickly abandoned. So we improvised:
1) 1/2 cup flour, seasoned to taste (we used salt, pepper, garlic salt, and some hot sauce, as well as paprika and cayenne, but all somewhat sparingly)
2) Add 1/2 cup or so of breadcrumbs (we used italian, but IMHO panko would've been better
3) Add beer until consistency is reasonable (you'll know, trust me)
4) It wasn't adhering, so I added more flour and beer. Next time might be better to first coat with batter (made without breadcrumbs) and then roll in breadcrumbs or something. Or do a flour-egg-breadcrumb fry instead of beer batter.
5) Coat pickles (we used vlassic dill ovals). Fry in 375 degree oil until golden brown (again, this was fairly obvious)
While we have plenty of room for improvement, they were quite tasty. Incidentally, beer-battered crackers are not really a worthwhile endeavor.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
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10:39 am - Beastie Boys set list
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Berlin, June 20th, Columbiahalle
14th St. Break
Futterman's Rule
Live at PJ's
Jimmy James
The Maestro
Time for living
Gratitude
The Gala Event
Son of Neckbone
Tough Guy
Of the Grid
Mark on the bus
Transitions
Shambala
Sabrosa
Do it
egg raid on mojo
remote control
root down and get it
so what cha want
sure shot
3 MCs
heart attack man
sabotage
More updates on trip when less tired. Home safe.
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
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9:22 pm
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I was going to post a long update on cheap Innsbruck net, because the net in Switzerland was very expensive, but the two guys who run this place are about to have a fist fight. Literally. So I'll post when I get home, which is tomorrow evening. See ya.
current mood:  confused
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
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2:41 am - Arcade Fire set lists
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Friday, June 1
1. Black Mirror
2. Keep The Car Running (Win: hi, we're called the Arcade Fire)
3. No Cars Go
4. Haïti
5. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
6. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
7. In The Backseat
8. Intervention
9. (Antichrist Television Blues)
10. Ocean Of Noise
11. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
12. The Well And The Lighthouse
13. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
14. Rebellion (Lies)
Encore:
15. Cold Wind (Win dedicates it to his and Will's grandfather, buried in San Fransisco)
16. Wake Up
Saturday, June 2
1. Keep The Car Running
2. Black Mirror
3. No Cars Go
4. Haïti
5. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
6. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
7. In The Backseat
8. Intervention
9. (Antichrist Television Blues)
10. Ocean Of Noise
11. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
12. The Well And The Lighthouse
13. Headlights Look Like Diamonds
14. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
15. Rebellion (Lies)
Encore
Rebellion outro
16. My Body Is A Cage
17. Wake Up
A big chunk of both shows is on youtube here
I'm off to Europe in the morning.
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Thursday, March 1st, 2007
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12:39 pm - EMO
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
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7:28 pm - Alone
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Each of us, we're all alone.
Together we are all alone.
It's sad to say, it pains me so.
We're all together all alone.
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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11:34 pm - 9/11 changed everything
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My favorite statement (see also cool picture) about the Mooninites hilarity in Boston is from the Mayor:
“It is outrageous, in a post-9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme,” Mr. Menino said in a statement.
If you ask me, this is completely insane. They're these cool amusing lights, and obviously playful and not dangerous. Sigh. They were up in 9 other cities and nobody freaked and thought they were bombs. My friend travis found one in SF and took it home. Boo, Boston, you overreact to everything.
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
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4:21 am
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
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11:23 pm
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006
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1:25 am
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
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1:54 pm - Here comes your man
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Say what you will about Bill Clinton, he's obviously not the perfect human being, but his willingness to use discourse in the face of what is essentially media hype and idiocy, is what makes me continue to love and miss him. Intelligence and logic in our leadership, even if I don't agree with them, would be nice for a change. Watch and be amazed. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/24/clinton-video/
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006
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4:44 pm
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You seriously need to watch this video of Outkast's "Hey Ya". I'm not sure if this video says good things for the guy doing the singing, or for Andre 3000. Probably both.
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
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4:10 am - creativity
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Why can't I do something really creative? I don't play enough, I don't sing enough, I don't write enough. I'd like to express myself. You know, in a real language, saying real things. Computer language is creative, to be sure, but it can't satisfy me. I need to make a concerted effort to be creative. I have things to say, I think, but I don't seem to be finding the right venue to say them. Sigh.
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