Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do?
Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
Hugh Fennyman: How?
Philip Henslowe: I don't know. It's a mysteryFrom the 1998 movie, Shakespeare in Love
Other people's lives are continuing on while my own is still in disarray.
Why does that disturb me?
Is it the self-centred impulse that the world should revolve around me? Is it the disappointment that my friends and loved ones can't actually read my mind? Is it the tendency of misery loving company?
Maybe.
Or maybe what disturbs me is fear. Fear that one day soon I'll be just like them. One day soon my life will continue on. One day soon she'll be a distant memory.
One day soon I'll have all but forgotten her.
To be honest, I was close enough to forgetting about her when she was still around.
So maybe, as with all other things, it does comes back to the belief that, if not
Eventually, I will forget.
Eventually, I will disappoint myself.
And once again, I will disappoint her.
Last year around Thanksgiving, I sent Fourteen thank you's to people I deeply valued in my life. It's recently come to my attention that the people in my Fourteen has changed.
Who's in the current line-up? In alphabetical order by first name:
ABHIJJJKKKMNNT
(Congrats to A, H, J3, and N2 for making the list this year. As for C, M2, T2, and Z who were dropped from the list... try again next year!)
KMAJTNBKIKHNJJ
(Pirating transferable skills, wench-adeptness, and likelihood of mutiny were deciding factors in this ranking)
NJJBIMATKJKKNH
(Likelihood of deliciousness, chances of prolonged post-apocalyptic survival, and dietary variety have been taken into consideration. Usefulness with overthrowing our machine overlords and repopulating the devastated landscape have not been factored in.)
THINK BJ MAN, JK / JK
(It just worked out that way, I swear! But seriously, think about the BJ. Big fan of the BJ.)
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross introduced her Five Stages of Grief model in 1969. I assume she is the girl who, while standing on her mama's porch, told Bryan Adams that "it would last for ever".
Having to memorize this model at some point in my life, the mnemonic I use is DABDA (pronounced "dah bee dah")
Does this article scare you as much as it scares me?
The gist is that some R&D group in IBM is charged with "building predictive models of their own colleagues" to optimize their deployment.Two Three A few quick thoughts:
Now it may be because I'm a bit of a closet hippie, but this concerns me:
Obama opposes Bush endangered species proposal
Yes, I'm concerned how seven of the top ten Google results for endangered species proposal deal with Obama's opposition. Why must every political story revolve around this Magical Negro? And if he is the magical negro in this story, isn't his role to support the other, White, presidential candidate? You know, Paris.
Also of note is how the Bush proposal gives federal agencies the responsibility to evaluate the environmental impact of their own projects. Who needs an independent scientific review? Scientists are nerds.
Apparently this was a great success the last time they tried it:
In 2003, the administration imposed similar rules that ... allowed agencies to approve new pesticides and projects to reduce wildfire risks without asking the opinion of government scientists
... internal reviews by the National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that about half the unilateral evaluations that determined wildfire prevention projects were unlikely to harm protected species were not legally or scientifically valid.
Retrieved 2008/08/20 from
AP IMPACT: Bush to relax protected species rules
In recent years, both federal agencies and developers have complained that the reviews, which can result in changes to projects that better protect species, have delayed work and increased costs.
Sign me up.
http://www.drhorrible.com/
It's a three part series and I was hooked once the first musical number hit at the four minute mark of the first webisode.
Note: each episode is roughly 10 to 15 min long.
Don't ask, don't reconsider, just click play, and marvel.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
The new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)
blublu.org/
blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm
music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe
'Karen is awesome and you should hire her and she bakes for her coworkers!'
[14:43] horcubee: hey bruce
[14:43] horcubee: do you have dorian on your IM list?
[14:44] horcubee: i'm interested in this job (which happens to be with his firm) if it is indeed still an open position
[14:44] horcubee: [link removed]
[14:48] horcubee: the posting on craigslist is as of may 8th
[14:49] horcubee: and it sounds very very interesting, as my areas of expertise are in sales / marketing / knowledge management
[14:50] thisisnotbruce: dorian's on facebook
[14:50] thisisnotbruce: just checked his profile... he's about as active on facebook as i am
[14:50] thisisnotbruce: maybe less
[14:50] horcubee: yeah, i noticed that
[14:50] horcubee: thus the msg to you
[14:51] horcubee: and he looks about as active on linkedin as his facebook account
[14:53] horcubee: dorian, albert, and i used to be in a group for one class, i think (can't remember which)
[14:53] horcubee: or maybe i am hallucinating
[14:53] horcubee: but anyway, we were just university acquaintances
[14:53] horcubee: not the type to keep in touch after
[14:55] horcubee: but if you are comfortable in helping me connect with dorian, i'd really appreciate it. would prefer to talk to him as he is the one who's worked with me before
[14:59] thisisnotbruce: he's one of the few with an RSS feed of my blog
[14:59] thisisnotbruce: i'll just make a blog post :P
[14:59] horcubee: :P
[15:00] horcubee: it'd be great if you can ask him on my behalf, perhaps preface it with 'karen is awesome and you should hire her and she bakes for her coworkers!"
[15:00] horcubee: :P
[15:00] horcubee: which is all true
[15:03] thisisnotbruce: damn, now i kind of want to hire you
[15:03] thisisnotbruce: do you do windows and floors?
[15:03] horcubee: i don't get on my hands and knees for just anyone, dear
How did I not know about this before?
It's Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope, in animated ascii art goodness.
1. Windows Key + R
2. Type in "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl"
3. Bask in the nerdy glory that is Star Wars in ascii art format
I'm pretty sure we just rebuilt the Y2K bug.
Aww... look how cute he is!
Had dinner with the parents.
Finally found out the true story of why my Dad's brother and sisters are spread around the world instead of all immigrating to the same country. Lo and behold, the story isn't the same one my father tells over a few beers.
This version of the story involves communism!
Speaking of which, as I get a lift home from my mom, we hit a break in the conversation between small singing fluffy dogs and the hazards of peeing outdoors in the frozen Canadian wasteland. Mom speaks up to fill the dead air.
"So how's [Korean girl] these days?"
I could barely hold back my laughter.
Yeah, probably shouldn't have done that.
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You know that person you just can't stand?
That person whose very mention makes you wistfully imagine jamming a chopstick in their ear, a fork in their eye, and a straw up their nose, then serving their decaying carcass to a dirty hobo who then takes a massive dump, and then flies eat up the massive piece of crap version of said person, and then I swat the fly dead with extreme prejudice?
Yeah, that's you L.
Who wants to form a team?
via videosift.com
From: http://www.noxioussector.net/wtc/call.htmlTHE WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION
THE WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION is an openly invitational project that will organize participating teams in a competitive manner to remotely influence the behavior of a candle. Teams are not geographically bound, but are required to formalize their participation based on conformity to the guidelines of the competition.COMPETITION STRUCTURE
The 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITON will follow basic competitive rules for multi-team events. Based on an assessment of the number of participating teams, a preliminary competitive structure will be randomly determined, in which 2 teams will compete to psychically influence the behavior of a remotely-located game candle. The winning team will advance to the subsequent round while the losing team will be eliminated. This competition structure will continue until only one team is remaining. This team will be crowned the winner of the 2008 World Telekinesis Competition.
PARTICIPATION
In order to qualify for participation, teams must satisfy the following criteria:
- Teams must be comprised of three (3) individuals.
- Teams must compose or design or appropriate a team logo for inclusion in the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION competition schedule.
- Each team member must provide a personal photograph and biographical statement for inclusion in the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION competition schedule.
- Teams must agree to abide by the rules of the competition, as articulated at the following URL: noxioussector.net/wtc/rules.html
SUBMISSIONS
In order to qualify for competition, teams must submit the following:
- A statement of interest and/or method addressing the concept of telekinetic competition;
- A list of the three (3) members who comprise the team, as well as a concise (max 200 words) biographical statement for each team member;
- A web-resolution (max 2MB) image of each team member;
- A team name and an associated team logo for inclusion in the competition schedule and related publicity material;
- A statement of availability for competition -- articulating weekend availability between April 1st and May 30th, 2008.
