August 2009
14 posts
2000 to Infinity (with apologies to the Souls of...
I turned 24 yesterday, which isn’t generally considered a milestone birthday, but that combined with the earliest tremors of “decade in review” essays and features has put me into retrospective mode. In some ways, I came of age at the turn of the milenium. I started high school in the fall of 1999, I started to develop musical tastes, political opinions, and that sort of...
“Tina: [ jumps to her feet, unable to control her excitement ] Oh-ho-ho.. glory...”
– Pious Housewife
What a funny little play.
Paul Krugman and Carles Strauss discuss the future →
Good read, didn’t know Krugman was a SF fan.
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen -... →
Oh depressing. Huxley is right, but I’m still young and optimistic enough to believe that it’s not nearly so bad as Brave New World makes it seem. Humans remain humans, with all the virtues and vices we’ve ever had.
Helping Cambodian Art via Kickstarter →
The Cambodian Living Arts “Masters” are a group of Cambodian artists who survived the Khmer Rouge, as well as the civil wars bracketing their period of rule.
Before the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia had a vibrant cultural scene encouraged by Prince Sihanouk, himself an aspiring filmmaker. The popular music of the day blended traditional Khmer rhythms and instrumentation with rock and roll...
songparts:
The Goddamn Girl is Paul’s
(Paul...
Ye olde livejournal. →
That was the old days. Crazy to look at.
The world is a better place →
This article by Pinker is exactly the sort of stuff I think about whenever I hear somebody talking about how bad things are these days, whether they’re hand-wringingly secular or apocalyptically religious. These aren’t the End of Days or the decline of civilzation. It’s that stupid psycological bias that convinces us that the old days were better, while at the same time wanting...
List of U.S. state secession proposals -... →
There is a good majority of states represented here. My favorites are always our local presidential-themed secessionists, the “Lincoln” or “Cascadia of eastern Washington and Oregon, and the “Jefferson” of northern California and southern Oregon.
“When Bob Dylan offered marijuana to The Beatles, he was surprised to find they...”
– Mondegreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trying out Google Voice. I like what I'm seeing.
“Rep. John Boehner of Ohio would hold press conferences and ask, “Do you...”
– Your health-insurance system is on fire | Democracy in America | Economist.com
I love the DiA blog some days.
“All topics, issues, and subjects in The Room add to the depth of the characters...”
– Tommy Wiseau
Go see this movie. Rent, download, whatever. You must see.