because green has ceased to be a dirty word

just turned off this week’s edition of meet the press, the subject of which was the woes of the american auto industry and whether they should get a bailout, and the options that this nation has for the energy sector—the affable T. Boone Pickens was interviewed about his eponymous plan for american energy independance.
What struck me the most by [...]

if solely defined by drinking the “dark sweet wine,” we’re not so gone

so last night, after returning from a fine senior-citizen’s ball where much port (a brilliant spirit, as fit for consumption now as it was for brautigan and his flea-circus friends in long-ago san francisco) was consumed, and swampdonkeys admired, among other things–after all of that, cycling back to our fine house at 209 mott avenue, [...]

beauty and brutality

major props to the guy who volunteered for this project
via the independent

TED

first, a really excellent talk from the TED (Technology/Entertainment/Design), a annual conference held in Monterey, CA which brings together the “world’s greatest thinkers and doers,” who are challenged to speak for 18 minutes (no more, no less) on pretty much anything that strikes their fancy. Each year there is a [...]

zoos are extreme

so the commission charged with investigating the tiger escape incident at the SF Zoo a few months ago recently released its official report. It’s a pretty gripping read, and it’s written in very formal, objective language that makes for some wholly unintentional hilarity-though-understatement. Example:
“Zookeeper (Anthony Brown), the shooting team member on site, [...]

if these guys aren’t fremen,

sans spice and wormriding, then I don’t know who would be:
glumbert – The Gun Bazaar of Pakistan

lrdp part whatever

So I had never actually taken the time to figure out exactly what the LRDP consisted of, development-wise. After perusing the Final Draft LRDP, I’ve certainly got a better idea of the scope and impact that it will have, if completed in it’s current form. The graphic below consists of two maps [...]

what the fuck?

So yesterday I spent a good 4 hours in the library, reading a book for my Labor and the Working Class essay that was due today. I read (most) of the book (thank god for clifnotes, I felt like a highschooler) and then realized that I had no fucking clue what I was going [...]

my day

so after getting back to the apartment last night, after dining on fine french cuisine at the santa cruz diner (mozerella sticks and pilfered fries dipped in pilfered gravy–best thing ever when inebriated), I ripped off my clothes (but I do that all the time) and slept deeply until like 11 am today. I [...]

the road

ever since The Morning News picked The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, as the winner for their 2007 Tournament of Books, I’ve been intending to read it. Just finished it a few days ago. first book I’ve finished in an embarrassingly long time, but it was incredible.
I always thought Stephen King’s The Stand would stand [...]