I’ve been avoiding politics lately because it usually just makes me ill - but Harper has crossed the line by trying to silence opposition voices. Since over 60% of the votes went to opposition parties (and ideals) I believe a coalition government would more truthfully represent the will of the people. Throw the [...]

I posted this last year and forgot about it until I found it today on the Wonkette blog.
William S. Burroughs reads his own words like a sad wind through the rafters of a decaying house - no one does it better.

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In keeping with the season, I give thanks for Bill Burroughs.
Cheers.

I found this great short film by Jeremy Kipp Walker and J. Anderson Mitchell posted over on Jill Golick’s Running With Eyes Closed blog - and it made me snot coffee all over my screen so I thought I should share it with you.

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Brilliant.

I love the photos people do with tilt and shift lenses that make real scenes look like little shallow focus miniatures - train sets like Fred has in the basement - but here it is, real life, and the most startling thing about it (other than the surreal visuals) is that absolutely accurate representation of [...]

Bruce Sterling pointed this out on his Twitter feed - and since today seems to, of its own accord, be musically and graphically inclined I thought it best to include it here:

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What this has to do with ukuleles escapes me - but, rest assured, there is beer at the end of it; and that is [...]

Julia Nunes is a young singer / songwriter who plays the ukulele and crafts her own music videos from her web cam. She has quite a following on YouTube and deservedly so.
With close to 60,000 subscribers and a million and a half channel views, Nunes is a superb example of how someone with talent [...]

Jerry sent me this. It made me smile. Watch it to the end to get a handle on what they’re doing.

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Cheers.

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of my Round-Up Day posts where I get to slap the ubiquitous mouse ears on the copyright douchebag du jour but today is a Special Day!
It’s Mickey Mouse’s birthday.
He is 80 fucking years old!
This cute little rodent is more than [...]

Right now I should be reading a binder full of contracts from the distant past and just the thought of doing that is enough to make my eyes bleed. When I have grinding work to do - whether it’s reading poorly written schmeaglese or pounding out reams of sweet and uplifting children’s stories - [...]

The advances of technology, as noted in many of my previous posts, are accelerating at an exponential pace. Every time I see a cool new development I get all Gee Whiz! about the future. Of course, we will still be a bunch of dumbass greedy monkeys blindly intent on fucking up our world [...]

From the Whitehouse web site comes this photo of Resident Bush as he greets the 2008 NCAA Sports Champions on Nov. 12

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Well done, champs!

Just a quick amusing post about a brief moment of Twitter synchronicity that occurred on my feed last night, featuring Wil Wheaton and Stephen Fry. Unbeknownst to either of them two completely unrelated messages from Messers. Wheaton & Fry appeared next to each other on my iPhone:

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Stephen Fry is currently in Madagascar, I think, [...]

Apropos of some of my previous posts on where we are going and what we are in the process of becoming, here’s a stunning video which serves to show us just how truly fast - and faster - we are moving into the future.

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UPDATE: - I was impressed enough with this video to dig a [...]

From the TED Blog:

Whatever else we believe in, most of us believe in the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. When Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize, she wished for the Charter for Compassion, a document that affirms this core belief. The Charter will prove that most people [...]

I was inspired by ApeLad’s posting on Twitter of a YouTube video of Cab Calloway and Al Jolson singing - and it prompted me to seek out The Flamingos singing “I Only Have Eyes For You”.
Why?
These things happen. One thing leads to another. Here they are:

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I’ve always loved their vocals - and any [...]

I am fortunate to live in a country where, belatedly, people who love each other can express their love through a pubic and lawful institution called marriage. It took far too long to become reality - but eventually it did through the passing of time, the growing maturity of our citizens and the tireless [...]

Don’t worry - I am getting things done today - but I just had to blabber about a new iPhone app called Four Track from Sonoma Wire Works which creates a 4 track audio recorder on your iPhone. The tracks can then be downloaded via WiFi and you can mess with them further in [...]

Gizmodo reports on a company named Smule that has created an Ocarina app for the iPhone.

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I have always said the iPhone was not just a fucking phone - but an ocarina?
WTF?
I am so getting one.
Cheers.
UPDATE: Okay - so I went and got it - and it is totally freaking amazing - in a geeky, [...]

Joni Mitchel, poet, painter, mother, lover, musician and singer - touched deep by the muse and a treasure of Canada bestowed upon the world by her own hand is 65 years old today.
I love Joni - and I love this song:

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