The piracy of games and music, of intellectual property, like all theft, has the potential for evil. However, like the Marxist tale of the pharmacist who, in an attempt to extract maximum profit denies the needy poor, I see potential good in it too ( Read more... )

I'm there, the brink. This year will be new, change, rebirth. I can see it in my mind, in my dreams, my eyes. I think I'm afraid, or rather that I should be, but I know I'm excited. I'm shaving my head in the morning to commemorate. And then I'm making it official. keep your ears to the ground for details, they will be following here and else where ( Read more... )

-lemonade syrup is thicker and harder to dissolve than ginger ale syrup. in the future I will make a lemonade concentrate and omit the sugar until reconstitution ( Read more... )

Found a cool band on NPR. Very minimalist. also kind of poppy. "The XX"

It's the name of the band and the name of the album. They're cool. Check them out.
Two good options for doing so are merely googling them and using LaLa (does any one know if LaLa has DRM?) or useing Groove shark. (www.grooveshark.com)

I was making hot lemonade syrup for sparkling lemonade. I was doing so in Jordan's kitchen. I was just about done. I put the syrup in one of her, "air tight" plastic jugs, screwed the top on, and shook it to mix it up. apparently it had been through the dish waterer a few too many times for such a maneuver because the pressure change caused the top ( Read more... )

Bruce Campbell was on "Wait, Wait don't tell me." yesterday (sort of). It was a hoot.
listen here if you are so inclined.
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35

unlimited mimosas at Blue Dog Cafe is awesome.

Home has changed since I've been here ( Read more... )

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me ( Read more... )

unexpected, complex and/or non-transparent social situations put me off guard. I spend too much thought observing and interpreting to properly respond. I end up looking silly, stupid, or stuck up. It seems ridiculous not to be able to multitask these things, but I fail at it anyway. I feel like my social mind moves more slowly than the rest of my ( Read more... )

I feel stupid, but I think I been catchin' on