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October 2007

“Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, had Evo Morales as a guest. You can learn about it from this article. Bolivia’s collectivist darling said, “Professionals and intellectuals are not the only ones who can be presidents. Indigenous people can also be president.”
“In Bolivia, Stewart deadpanned, leaning forward conspiratorially. “In America, it’s a little rigged.”
—AP quoted by editor Jay Nordlinger of the National Review, who promptly takes Stewart the wrong way and reminds me of Republican freshmen from my alma mater.
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Animist User Expectations in a Ubicomp World: a position paper for "Lost in Ambient Intelligence" → orangecone.com
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Feist - Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix) → infiniteregress.org

(mp3 via All Along the Watchtower)

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“I like to say I’m ‘post-interesting.’” —John Brockman
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Kasparov Joins Russian Presidential Race → breitbart.com

Sure, this would end the return of the Cold War. But more importantly Russia would be ruled by a frickin’ chess champion. That’s one big Eurasian chunk of awesome!

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I think I have depersonalization disorder

A symptom explained on Wikipedia: “An analogy is comparing real life to a game, a game everyone plays, all the time. Someone suffering from depersonalization disorder constantly feels as if they cannot get into the game; any stimulus feels contrived or artificial to them. The rules of this game seem to have been forcibly applied upon them (anything from movement, to gravity or hunger) instead of being inherently applicable to them. If understanding dawns upon them of what they should be experiencing, it is often through reason and observation, or the feeling of knowing what and why it is happening. This sort of insight seems to rob everything of its spontaneity, its importance already having been diminished because of their sense of detachment. They are perpetual, and almost all the time, involuntary, cynics of our reality.”

Just this week I figured out I have restless leg syndrome. This one’s a bit more terrifying.

Sep 30, 2007
Socrates Meets Jesus → unm.edu

A decent rundown of the logical problems with Biblical Judaism and Christianity, via Shawn Honnick

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Depersonalization disorder → en.wikipedia.org

I’m depressed to think that a whole way of looking at life could have arisen from a common brain disorder. I expect it’s more complex than that, but still.

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“The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it.” —JWZ on backing up data (via g.v.d.)
Sep 29, 2007
Oak Park School Bans Hugging → cbs2chicago.com

Apparently there were 10-person “hug lines” in the hallways. Sheesh, give the kids a make-out room.

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The 28-hour day sounds cool. And then you realize no one would be awake to IM with.

Okay well that’s what I would do with the extra time SHUT UP

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“Eat and drink what you like. It’s speaking English that kills you.” —a garden of varied delights (I just ruined a good joke, but you’ll forgive me.)
Sep 29, 2007

I watched The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun and realized I don’t need it any more. Responsibility is an inescapable part of the human condition, and young would-be kings ignore this at their peril.

But that is one hell of a colorful animation. 

Sep 29, 2007
“Also somewhat peculiar is the fact that buried in one of Anderson’s monogrammed suitcases is 10,000 euros in cash—about $14,000—an amount that may or may not be legal to carry, and that was given to the director by Bill Murray, who asked that the money be “delivered to Luigi.” —The Life Obsessive With ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ Director Wes Anderson — New York Magazine
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To the Man in a Loden Coat → writersalmanac.publicradio.org

A poem about how you’re in the way on my escalator.

Sep 28, 2007
MySpace asked me for "cancellation comments."

My account was hijacked for spam. So were those of my friends. All the bulletins are chain letters from people who think their accounts will get deleted. All my messages are Tom saying my account won’t get deleted. Profiles are painful to look at. The site never remembered me. I found it hard to navigate. Picking up girls is better on Craigslist. I’m educated so my friends are on Facebook. Match.com ads. All the good videos are on YouTube. These are not the friends I’m looking for. There ARE blogs worse than LiveJournals. Embarrassing exes left comments. You’re going to make me click “Cancel” again and THEN I’ll get an e-mail and I have to do MORE AFTER THAT. I’m too old for this shit. I made no human connections that weren’t better reproduced outside the site.

Sep 28, 2007
I'm deleting my MySpace because the site brings pain to my life.

So my MySpace account got hijacked? And I can still get in but my profile left spam comments? And I’ve seen the same happen to friends? And then I realized I’ve had no human connection on MySpace except with a couple of people that I could have the same connection with on Facebook or over e-mail and IM? So I’m deleting my profile? And if you delete yours too, blog about it and we’ll all feel like part of a movement, and that will overcome the irrational anguish about deleting an online profile? Yes.

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Sep 27, 2007
Teeny Little Rhubarb Pie

Dear Internet,

Can I have a mashup of “Teeny Little Super Guy” from Sesame Street vs. “Rhubarb Pie” from A Prairie Home Companion?

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“The list goes on: Golden Shower (1955), Cherry Pop (1961 and 1978), Cum Rocket (1969), Ménage Á Trois (1974), She’s Easy (1978), Adultress (1979), Strip Teaser (1980), Rhythm Method (1982), Bodacious Tatas (1985), Tit’n Your Girdle (1988), Kinky Lingerie (1991), Hard Like a Rock (1995), Sexual Harassment (1997), and X Rated Fantasy (1999).” —Why you can’t give your Thoroughbred racehorse an obscene name. - Slate
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Julia Allison's thorough and insightful rundown of "Dynamic Fame" → blog.juliaallison.com
Sep 27, 2007
“I recommend living together for a minimum of 12-18 months before you decide to commit mutual suicide.” —Julia Allison
Sep 27, 2007
My friend Kevin is a new public school teacher.
  • Kevin: if you were a black child what would you want to learn about?
  • Nick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w
Sep 27, 2007
"Where Do You Go To My Lovely" by Peter Sarstedt → pinglewood.com

is played twice in Wes Anderson’s short film “Hotel Chevalier” (free on iTunes). I got the mp3 and am looping it all afternoon.

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How a cop almost kiboshed the Google-YouTube deal - Valleywag → valleywag.com
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