Mellow

Low and slow, that is the tempo.

It’s in the mid-60’s today. The ground is waking up. I plan to plant rhubarb tomorrow, and peas if at all possible. People are walking around in bare feet and t-shirts, blinking in the sun and squinting at each other.

My mind is working slowly but with . . . → Read More: Mellow

Days rolling by

Somehow, another week has gone by. Wow. Woosh.

Yesterday, I spent the whole day in the machine room untying a gordian knot of power and network cables. The tricky bit was to do this without accidentally taking down any of the machines. I think I succeeded, and it’s considerably (a) simpler (b) cleaner.

Set . . . → Read More: Days rolling by

Another Friedman Masterpiece

Once again, I present to you excepts from Friedman’s NYT Column:

When Iraq was just violent, but the political situation seemed to be stumbling forward, it was possible to believe that a decent outcome could still be achieved. But when Iraq is increasingly violent, with ethnic and religious rivals murdering one another and the politicians . . . → Read More: Another Friedman Masterpiece

Is this butter?

I’m having a strange customer day. This guy is being nice to me.

Thanks for the clues, it is a wonderful project to work on. I will play with it today and see how it goes.

He continued:

You guys really have crafted a pretty solid process here, I am impressed.

I sense a trap. . . . → Read More: Is this butter?

Plan 9

According to The Register, Google is planning a world takeover involving orbital mind control satellites. Here’s the proof. Reminds me of a picture of _earthshine_‘s whiteboard.

Books

Big thanks to my mom, who sent two new books: A complete translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, edited by the translator for the current Dalai Lama, and a book by said Dalai Lama titled The Universe in a Single Atom, the convergence of science and spirituality. I’m currently making my way back . . . → Read More: Books

Grass

Poem: “Grass” by Ruth L. Schwartz from dear good naked morning © Autumn House Press. Reprinted with permission. Blogged without permission.

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Wants it.

“You can put this shipping tape on your packages and your airplane luggage. Every time I fly, my luggage gets a card in it telling me how ‘for my protection’ they have searched it. Now, when they open my luggage, they will have to literally slice the 4th amendment in half in order to do . . . → Read More: Wants it.

Funny

This is what it’s like when I play Halo 2 online:

10,000 year plan

New essay is up. Short. I’m tired. The 10,000 year plan.