August 2009
131 posts
Teardrop trailer project →
The best thing you'll read all day. →
(blows otu) this remind me of my friend names qwerts. about 4 year ago he was married to this lady names henry etta. every thing seem normal in the outside. sure they have they problems (what couple dont) and they have good times too. one time at teh carnival qwerts threw quarter and it land perfectly on a red hole and bigno, he win a car. that night we all drive around until teh sun come up,...
Winter’s warmth waning? →
It’s friggin cold here. I took Monday & Tuesday off post-marathon so have got sparse links from nan.io this week.
socialized firefighting – the emporer’s new iphone – mike white…
Neverending Waves →
I no longer believe in all that ‘the sun will come out, tomorrow’ stuff.
Bikes vs parking →
If you’re interested in local transit issues you might want to take a minute to read a thoughtful post from Aaron on the bike lane/parking situation on North Harvard Ave.
I’m not…
July 2009
147 posts
Fewer Than Half of Republicans Think Obama is a... →
Dem: 93, 4, 3 Rep: 42, 28, 30 Ind: 83, 8, 9
Obama isn't just Kenyan, he's also the Antichrist →
Actually, as Woody Allen’s Alvy Singer character in “Annie Hall” might say, Salon happens to have a “modern Jewish rabbi” right here. “They want to say it would be pronounced ‘Ubamah,’” says Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Pa. “No — it would be ‘Uvamah.’”
CitiApartments drained tenant deposit accounts →
mega-bad news.
The Lembi Group did not hand over to UBS the security deposits for the roughly 1,100 households residing in those 51 buildings when it transferred the properties, according to the lawsuit.
Why Kidney Selling Bothers Me →
Let’s say Wal-Mart decides to start offering people $5,000 per finger. (Let’s assume scientists have found a chemical in finger bones that helps break unions). Under the liberal view, everyone is “free” to take that offer or to decline it.
But this “freedom” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. From an opportunity cost perspective, Wal-Mart’s offer exerts more force on someone with a salary of...
A Corrupt, Bloated, Private For-Profit Industry →
Yet if we had to have the “conversation” about the firefighting industry today, we’d have socialism-phobic South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on the TV every chance he could get saying things like, “Do you want a government bureaucrat between you and the safety of your home?”
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio would hold press conferences and ask, “Do you want your...
New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers →
While the new iPhone has been greatly admired and widely touted for its impressive voice and data communication capabilities, some Americans remain skeptical.
“Daddy isn’t talking into anything at…
I love Big Papi →
I don’t care. I just don’t. I cannot muster false rage or righteous indignation. Shaughnessy has enough hyperbolic bile for all of us. I have simply been too happy, have experienced too…
Regaining the prized ‘Most Favored Grandma’ status →
Success!!
Mike White's "Veggie Testimonial" →
YouTube Wedding Video Spurs Music Sales →
In a blog post this morning, the company said that the amateur video, set to the Chris Brown song “Forever,” had sent sales of the year-old song skyrocketing to #4 on the iTunes chart and #3 on Amazon’s MP3 store.
“Protecting” us from mutants →
Whose side are you on, exactly?
from Bradley.
Vampires suck →
Today’s vampire is a good listener. He cares about our love lives and our problems, which is strange because we’re supposed to be his food.
More Voldemort, less stalling →
I went to see the new Harry Potter yesterday. It’s a pleasant, visually impressive film. All those little kids who’ve spent years pretending to be actors are all no longer little or kids…
The young ones are gone so it’s time to resume... →
Welcome to the Virgin London Marathon →
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We’re sorry but the online ballot for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon is now closed. If you’ve already entered the ballot, we’ll let you know in early October whether you’ve…
Status →
the calculus of attraction →
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A small…
Myst over Muir →
The young ones have flown the coop! Today we went up north to Point Reyes, I assume CNHB will have better photos of that once they’re safely back to BOS. These two are from the…
The Last Hurrah: Thanks for a Great Time Brub!! →
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see ya hosers!
In which I make my critter suffer the indignity of... →
MRI Claymation →
Some people I, you or we may know put this together a while back, finally on the youtubes.
And that’s that. →
MILEAGE UPDATE: week 18 (of 18)
Actual
Goal
Weekly
33.2
35.2
Three week rolling average
28.1
30.4
It’s pretty clear from my split times where I got squashed by…
I have died. They have not. →
Pre-game →
AKA I got up too early and have some time to kill.
Ex post expo →
I’m currently worrying though the last few details before tomorrow’s race. Number, timing chip and gear are all set. Playlist is still somewhat in flux. Maija’s a bit confused about why…
Expo yo →
Christine and Steven are safely here, we’ve registered and seen the course and whatnot. More pre-race shots in my marathon set. The long path taken to arrive at this point is over…
Peri-marathon puppy, parking spot, coffee. →
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From my other other other photoblog, your fresh source of marathon obnoxiousness this weekend.
Panda Bread →
It’s war man. →
Greatest weekly hits from my non-hevelonian, non-allston city limits, non-quasify tumblr feed.
who is insane? Dean Karnazes that’s who. – from the great tokyo camera style – Plug1…
tokyo camera style →
Shimokitazawa
He told me that he just saw Moriyama Daido shooting on one of Shimokita’s side streets.
A pal and I were unable to find him though.
Rehydration Nation Station →
Katamari Alleycat →
And speaking of good logo design (& in honor of the time trials yesterday in the Tour de France), here’s some sort of mysteriso bike race in Fenway with TBD course that may or may not…
Twang and Awe →
I really like the design on this poster & the music’s up my alley so I’ll throw up something about A Night of Twang and Awe. It’s this Tuesday (7/28) at Great Scott, from Ryan’s…
People keep asking me if I’m nervous. →
I keep saying I don’t really know. How would I formally assess myself to answer that question? With a mini mental state examination (MMSE)? That’s more for cognitive impairment (maybe relevant…
No dogs at Crystal Springs Reservior →
Drove pretty far south tonight trying to escape the oppressive fogstorming that’s been going on all week. We found a small window of setting sun here between two huge fog banks.
Motivation →
Does he remember his time? “I think 16:22?” This turns out to be slightly off; his actual time was 16:26:12, or a 9:52 pace for a hundred miles. He shrugs, and grins. “I finished before any of the horses.”
2012: It's a Disaster!!! →
There’s already singing. →
The Allston Civic Association (who inexplicably don’t have a website) nevertheless somehow managed to meet in person last Monday to give approval to the Joshua Tree’s request to start…
District 9: Human or Non-Human →
Nan Davis leaves an interesting comment over on Brighton Centered clarifying why the Ward 21 Committee failed to re-endorse Mark Ciommo (or endorse any of the other District 9 City…
Kiwi eclipse →
Wicked corona…
Fun times in Lesotho →
6:40 pm: I try calling the police again. Busy signal. As I lower the phone from my ear, this other guy comes up to me (don’t know where he came from) and makes a grab for my phone! I scream and tackle him. He turns his back towards me, still trying to grab the phone, so with my free hand, I try to beat the crap out of his head. I’m yanking on his jacket, his clothes, anything to help give me...
Shanghai →
Tangentially relevant to the eclipse that went down this morning across China & India, here’s a fascinating history of shanghai (as a verb).
Oakland Pot Tax Approved In Landslide →
Oakland’s auditor estimates that based on annual sales of $17.5 million for the four clubs, it will generate an estimated $294,000 for city coffers in its first year.
In which I unjustly complain about a free service →
I’m half-heartedly working on moving everything I’ve put on blip.tv over to youtube & the googleplex. Why? Youtube keeps getting better with quality and embedding size options while blip doesn’t seem to be able to compete with Vimeo (mindshare-wise) for the high-end stuff anymore.
The good news about the Henry Louis Gates fiasco →
I’m simply rejoicing in the fact that the work of historians like Gates and documents like “We Charge Genocide” have made injustice visible to those who might not have examined it before — especially its perpetrators.
