I'm repulsed. Ashamed that I helped pay for it. My taxes buy their bullets. Bought the bullets that killed Amilcar Perez-Lopez and that killed Alex Nieto ( Read more... )

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Big Brother would like to help you with your smart home.


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"There exists, therefore, an unmet need for small, low-cost rugged sensor technologies that can be integrated into throwable robots to empower them with the third sense (i.e. smell ( Read more... )

Even after this much time, I still can't hear "Purple Rain" and not imagine Blair singing it. When the CD gets to that track, I don't even hear Prince's voice, just Blair's. I don't think I'll ever understand why he's gone, probably because there is no reason.

I just paid $20 to keep this account,so it would update my website without any web-programming skillz. SO I probably should use it more often to post, deep, meaningful commentary on life.

Until then, here's Maurice Sendak insulting a bunch of people and being as awesome as I'd always hoped he was:


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Sometimes when I'm typing the word "secondary", my fingers go into autopilot mid-word and type "secondarby". One of my projects at work has primary and secondary components. Coworkers must think I'm really really narcissistic because I keep naming parts after myself.

When I drove past Planned Parenthood this morning, day of the failed rapture, the usual Saturday abortion protest was missing. No “I REGRET LOST FATHERHOOD” sign on a stick. No bloody fetus pictures. Which was nice-I don't like to see bloody fetuses before I've had a latte. But then for a brief, real moment, I was a little scared. Where had the ( Read more... )

Everything in its place: the Fury has finally joined the rest of my stuff in California. Other than still owning the house in Syracuse, it's all here. The delivery truck rolled up this morning, full of brand-new Teslas (electric sports cars) and my bright, loud, old car. A good way to start the day, for sure.


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Posted especially for Nate, who asked when I was going to post something on my blog other than a picture of butternut soup. I haven't made a public post since moving to California... so here's a different food picture! Lemon pie, made with fruit from the tree in my backyard.


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