I just wanna say this!: Archive

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Pointing out the obvious →

Glenn Greenwald: “…this is all about cultural identification and personality admiration and has nothing to do with the factors that ought to be used to judge political leaders.” Exactly why I could never buy into the Obama cult of personality bandwagon. When you’re dispassionate about the man and simply take note of his administration’s terrible policies (especially...

Dec 9th

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The Daily Show: Barbara Ehrenreich - Bright Sided,... →

This made me cackle with glee. I’m all for positive thinking, but not when it eclipses critical thinking and enters the whimsical realm of delusion and magical thinking, and believe me, as a cranky east coaster living in Sonoma county, I’m practically drowning in the ”Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking”.

Oct 15th

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“If you really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall...”

– So said a barfly to Calvin Trillin. Read the rest, it’s short and doesn’t disappoint. Op-Ed Contributor - Wall Street Smarts - NYTimes.com (via dbreunig) You really do want to read this. (via benkraal) (via jhnbrssndn) A fantastic Op Ed and continuing this train of thought, also read The Real...

Oct 15th

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God in the Box →

Hilarious and cool!

Oct 14th

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Occasional Peace Indeed →

“I have no idea what his award means, but I do know one thing; it doesn’t have a lot to do with peace.” Word.

Oct 14th

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Feverish

As much as I can relate to the urge to fetishize and quantify my adoration of music, art and pop culture, I don’t do “top five”, Hi Fidelity type lists. What’s the point when there’s so much music and art to love and keep discovering? How can I settle on a “top” anything for too long? Depending upon my mood I may flat out lurv me some Tuvan throat music or...

Oct 8th

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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/abansod_iphon... →

Flash on the iPhone! Not exactly, but as good as it’ll get for Adobe.

Oct 6th

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Oct 2nd

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http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/199148868/adobe-br... →

This is why I’ve no interest in “upgrading” my Adobe poo.

Sep 29th

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More On Chrome Frame →

I’m cautiously excited about this. Will most people install the plug-in without an obviously compelling (Flash/video) reason?

Sep 24th

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“I have not said that I was a single payer... →

“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan.” – Obama, at a Senate campaign rally in 2003. proponent |prəˈpōnənt|nouna person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project : a collection of essays by both critics and proponents of graphology.ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin proponent- ‘putting forth,’ from the verb proponere (see propound ).

Aug 12th

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Subterranean Homesick Gruber →

Embrace your geekdom!

Jun 17th

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stevenf: WARNING: A long, rambly exploration of the state of computing with no real conclusion follows. Every geek I know shares, to some degree, the notion that the “desktop” metaphor for computers is outdated. What nobody seems to have a solid opinion on is what would take its place. Word!

Jun 13th

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10 Ponies →

I love me some Macalope!

Jun 12th

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How much more... →

of this kind of systematic BS will it take for progressives to realize they’ve been had?

Jun 12th

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Quantum Obama →

The photos are both inflammatory and “not particularly sensational”. Why should I question that?

May 14th

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Joining the 11%

For the last almost three years I’ve worked as a web developer at Louddog Corp, but as of Monday, April 27, 2009 I’ve joined the 11% of laid off or unemployed Californians. With all the free time I suddenly have, I’ve updated my website (I’m still tweaking this tumblr template for pesky IE, so bear with me) and I actually got a great freelance gig right out of the gate...

May 12th

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Mar 12th

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Powerless to Resist →

I love the word “douche”, and it’s just used so goddamn appropriately here, how could I resist? More change we’re being deceived in. Awesome!

Mar 8th

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Feb 12th

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Reality Check →

“Everyone simply assumes that the tax cuts were inserted to attract Republican votes. But there’s really no evidence of that, is there? None whatsoever. We assume they were inserted for that reason, because we assume that no one on the Democratic side of things believes they have any place in a stimulus bill. Nobody, including Obama.” Once again, if instead of assuming, you’ve been paying...

Feb 11th

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2 Weeks 2 Late (And a trillion dollars short) →

Done? Now read today’s Krugman, try not to choke on your crow and then, please explain to the unenlightened like me exactly how Obama really has the Republicans exactly where he wants them? Please.

Feb 7th

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I'll Stop When They Do →

Okay, so I’m going through some heavy heartbreak, some depression and anxiety right now, but I it never fails to amaze me how some people treat me as some kind of pariah just because I refuse to call shit shineola! I think Obama is an exceptional guy and of course he’s better than Bush, but the truth is, as nice as that is and as well as he may mean, it doesn’t change the fact...

Feb 5th

I Was Scared On the bus into the city this...

Feb 3rd

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Fever Ray - I’m Not Done “How do you say...

Jan 31st

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What's The Opposite of Shocked?

So, Obama was for gay marriage before he was against it. How perfectly, politically expedient of him. Y’know between this, the empty Rick Warren gesture, his hail mary tax cut bailout proposal bullshit and throwing Dean under the bus in favor of pro-life Tim Kaine, I think I’ll celebrate our mass delusion inauguration night by listening to “Won’t Get Fooled Again” on...

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Oct 28th

Watch

Point Taken Look, people (Dave, Marc, Motormouth) I won’t let this happen, but I will keep holding Barack’s feet to the fire. I’m not anti-Obama, okay? I’m just an anti-horsepucky, cranky, pluralistic, progressive, cynic/romantic so… ummm… deal.

Oct 23rd

Oct 22nd

Back to Black

Well that didn’t last long. Goddamnit I wish I wasn’t compelled to call bullshit when it’s right in front of me! I’m still going to vote for him because I believe he’s more or less better suited for the job, but make no mistake, Obama is no progressive. In fact, he’s barely a Democrat at all. I’m so fed up by my fellow liberal/progressives willingness to...

Oct 21st

Bandwagonesque - ish

I’ve been really critical of Obama, because I am irked by cults of personality, he’s no where near as progressive as I want him to be, I can’t stand how he invokes Reagan with such reverence (union busting, voodoo econmics, Iran-Contra, AIDS ignoring Saint Ronnie is a fucking role model?) in his zeal to promote post partisnaship and in general I’m a cynical bastard anyhow,...

Oct 20th

Post partisanship my ass!

By now I’m starting to feel like Obama could lose this thing… not that it matters much either way… I really, desperately hope I’m wrong, but it seems to me that the guy is essentially just a really skilled motivational speaker who’s goal (just like McCain’s with slight variations) is to reassure the ruling class that everything will be more or less kept status...

Aug 20th

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Plus 'ca change

If you’re truly surprised that Obama style “change” is evidentially of the Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr variety, then you probably haven’t been paying attention.

Jun 30th

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Apr 29th

“How do people get babies out of nowhere?”

– My daughter Lola tonight, out of nowhere herself.

Apr 22nd

Apr 17th

Overheard:

“Smell my foot, it tastes like ice cream…” - my daughter, Lola (4) to her cousin Belle (3) the other day.

Apr 17th

Buckner Comes Home →

Pure class. Boston I love you!

Apr 10th

"And the hush was almost deafening"

You’re on national television » I have no love for Chris Matthews, or the bellicosity of these “Hardball-esque” shows, but the inability of State Senator Kirk Watson to answer this seemingly simple question should be deeply chagrinning to every Obama supporter. I recognize Obama’s natural talents, but I’m still waiting to hear a truly substantive and positive...

Feb 21st

Kindling

The hyperbole is astonishing. Businessweek: “Kindle is the iPod of Books” Yeah… ummm.. no… Of course, Carl Howe at Blackfriar’s Marketing has already expertly pointed out the multiple failings of this pointless device, but I can’t help putting in my two cents. I mean just look at it! Who even wants something that’s dedicated to removing the tactile...

Nov 21st

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Hanging our hats

I’m happy to report that we’ve found a new home that while not as quiet and secluded as our current rental, is still a sweet little place near two parks and even closer to downtown Petaluma. We move in December 1st, so yaaay us! I also finally grabbed a refurbished MacBook Pro and couldn’t be happier with my choice. It’s one fast, slick machine and thus far I’m...

Nov 16th

The joke is on me

I seem to remember something about everything being a joke and The Watchmen, and I’ll be damned if I can recall it exactly or confirm it at all, but the iconographic symobolism of The Watchmen smiley face with the blood droplet on it feels like the best metaphor for my state of mind lately. A couple of weeks ago my trusty old TiBook 1ghz finally bit the big one, and rather dramatically...

Nov 3rd

Forging The Truth

Sidney Blumenthal writes of Dan Rather’s lawsuit vs. CBS in Salon yesterday: “In making his case, Rather will certainly establish beyond reasonable doubt that George W. Bush never completed his required service in the Texas Air National Guard. Moreover, Rather’s suit will seek to demonstrate that the documents used in his “60 Minutes II” piece were not inauthentic...

Sep 28th

We've Only Just Begun

With apologies to The Carpenters’ sublime sense of melancholy… This is our stupendous narcissism at work: “America Number One!” We’re not leaving… no matter what any politician says.

Sep 27th

Open As They Wanna Be

The whole idea of what constitutes being “open” in this crazy mixed-up world of software and operating systems, is, like so many things, so much more a matter of perspective, pragmatism, execution and context than many may consider. It seems to be a conventional wisdom of sorts that Windows has always been (and still is) more “open” than the Mac, despite how easily this...

Sep 13th

Hope, Memory And Rage

I can’t think of anything more crucial to keep in my mind on this anniversary of September 11th than the hope that we will all remember how our national tragedy was so blatently exploited as justification for the needless destruction of human life in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last four years. How can we not all be absolutely incensed with rage over the biggest lie of them all? Why are we...

Sep 11th