In going through the archives this afternoon, I found a screen grab of my first personal web site (circa 1998). That's me sitting on my old green pleather sofa with Holly in Kansas. A girl that I dated in college named Krista McGlohon(sp?) took the photo.
The year was 1996(?) and I was sitting in my home office in Lawrence, Kansas. I had just finished working and I was, of course, in front of my computer with a Connectix QuickCam pointed at me. I'm sure I had a cigarette in my mouth, my hair was platinum blonde and I was videoconferencing on CU-SeeMe with a bunch of online friends. Redboy was one of those friends and we were always talking about music, specifically of the electronic variety. There are a couple of albums I remember us talking about. One of them was Becoming X by Sneaker Pimps. Why am I waxing nostalgic about Sneaker Pimps? I was browsing some MP3 weblogs and found a site that posted "6 Underground," and it triggered a pretty vivid memory. I'm too lazy to paint the picture in its entirety, but it was fun to think about. It even motivated me to go through some of my archives and dig out some screen grabs.
In case you hadn't noticed, I stopped the script the was posting my del.icio.us bookmarks every night. They are now posted along the right side, toward the bottom of the page. It's not the prettiest solution, but it will have to do.
My brother has been working on a book over the last year and it's finally hitting the shelves in the next few weeks. If you are a poker player, you need this book. And he needs your money. Do us both a favor, won't you?
California is very fortunate to have such an amazing senator. When you read about all of the back slapping going on in politics, nothing is quite as refreshing as a strong political voice rising above it all. Enter my senator, Barbara Boxer. I have voted for her every time. An appearance at Condoleezza Rice's confirmation hearing made me proud to be a constituent.
Dr. Rice, before I get to my formal remarks, you no doubt will be confirmed -- that's at least what we think. And if you're going to become the voice of diplomacy -- this is just a helpful point -- when Senator Voinovich mentioned the issue of tsunami relief, you said -- your first words were, "The tsunami was a wonderful opportunity for us."
Wow, that must've hurt a bit. And that was just her opening statement.
Nearly two weeks with out sun light really sucks. At least I know I would never be able to live in Seattle, not that I’m thinking of leaving Los Angeles. Anyway, after a visit to the bank, I took the long way home and stopped by to watch the skaters on Venice Beach. The kid you see in the photo was amazing! He couldn’t have been much older than 12, but he was all over the place, landing some pretty amazing tricks.
Coolfer vents about the most over-blogged bands of 2004. Some of it is pretty genius, like this bit about U2:
A breather would be nice, but with their virtual box set coming out soon on iTunes, the band is going to claim more bandwidth. Good thing they're relatively old, otherwise we'd probably hear a lot more about them.
My brother was saying something the other day about how Bono is the biggest cheese ball in the world. I think Bono is a fine elderly statesman, but seriously, what the hell was he thinking with the whole kicking and shaking thing he does in the iPod commercial?
Everyone else is talking about this, or rather they are posting links with very few words. I mean, let's face it, there's just not much you can say when you read something like
"Don't cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year. Is that torture?" Guy Womack, Graner's attorney, said in opening arguments on Monday to the 10-member U.S. military jury at the reservist's court-martial.
What the hell is wrong with people? Namely, what the hell is wrong with Mr. Womack? As if the abuse scandal itself wasn't enough.
Thanks to Largehearted Boy for bringing Uptown Lights to my attention.
The Edge asked some of the greatest minds of our time, "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it." There are some incredible answers. Jason Kottke even has a few great answers. Here are a few of my own: