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embrace your alienation
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pura vida my ass
Yes, pura vida, literally “pure life,” is the ubiquitous motto heard in Costa Rica. I think it’s supposed to represent the idea of living a peaceful life, surrounded by natural beauty, good friends and family. Sounds good, right? Well, lately it seems like it might easily be translated as “sell your country out to greedy [...]
apocalypse when
The other night I wandered downtown to see the Hollywood schlock-fest I Am Legend. I needed a bit of escapist fantasy time, and I love a good zombie movie. I didn’t think it was too bad, for a Hollywood blockbuster. One of my guilty pleasures.
It’s funny though, but walking back to my car through the [...]
riddle me this, white boy
We get a lot of emails here at world headquarters - angry rants, marriage proposals, declarations of undying fealty, etc. Generally, I just forward those along to my personal assistant, who dutifully categorizes them by subject, prints them out on paper pilfered from the local grammar school, binds them in harp seal skin, and stacks [...]
seeing the sights in arizona
Back in January of this year, I was kicking around Arizona after spending the holidays with my sister and her family in Flagstaff. Turns out, Arizona is a beautiful state. Who knew? I guess I always pictured flat, boring desert and saguaro cactus. There is plenty of cactus, for sure, but also beautiful mountains, stunning [...]
happy birthday, noam chomsky
As well as being the proverbial “date that will live in infamy,” today is also the birthday of linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky has been a professor of Linguistics at MIT since 1955, when he revolutionized the field with his doctoral dissertation on transformational grammar, whatever that means.
Chomsky’s probably best known for his [...]
war, peace, forgiveness, vendetta
I know, I keep droning on and on about these serious subjects, with these cryptic and somber titles. But I can’t help it. Such is the state of the world, and this is how I’m wired up. Plus, it is my blog, so what the hell? I’ll weigh in on all those more pressing matters [...]
the left hand of god
Last week I ventured down to Powell’s Books (the best bookstore on the planet) in order to check out a talk by Michael Lerner, a Rabbi, activist, and former therapist. I say ventured because I was just starting to come down with this nasty flu bug that’s been kicking my ass for the last week [...]
replacing the hard drive on my 15? aluminum powerbook
So, last week the hard drive in my usually excellent Powerbook started making these ominous grinding and clunking noises. Not a good sign. Fortunately, I had enough warning to back everything up. I tried to reformat the drive and reinstall the OS. That helped for about two days, then it turned to toast and nothing [...]
the green room pub and other thoughts
Last night I was visiting my favorite local establishments here in Northwest Portland, the Green Room Pub. This joint is my kind of place, and I guess it would be what the barflies call “my local”, assuming I understand the nomenclature properly.
I mostly go for the music, particularly Monday nights, which feature both a very [...]
the exponential function
Last Wednesday night I went to a meeting of the local Portland Peak Oil group, which meets in the St. Francis Church dining hall over on SE Pine every week. The main reason was just to check out the group, since Peak Oil is an issue we should all take seriously. But, I was also [...]
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