Monday, April 25, 2011
compare and contrast
something i have in common with lileks sr.:
"he’d rather drive. Really: he’s never happier. A wheel, an engine, a road..."something i do not have in common with lileks sr.
"There’s not a moment in his day he thinks “I could be on a computer, doing things.” Because he’s out, doing things."
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
dreamland 2
last night i dreamed i had to go back in time to rescue some artifacts from the early history of electronic music, including an analog sequencer and a laserdisc of wendy carlos' soundtrack to tron.
when i got to work today, bill and ted's excellent adventure was on tv, and an amazon order had been delivered to my desk, which included a dvd of both tron movies.
coincidence?
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yes.
when i got to work today, bill and ted's excellent adventure was on tv, and an amazon order had been delivered to my desk, which included a dvd of both tron movies.
coincidence?
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yes.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
not stuck in an closet with vanna white*
I try not to dream-blog much, and I wouldn't have blogged last night's dream except for the way it... ended... you'll see...
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At the beginning of last night's dream, my sister called me to explain that she and her husband had needed to fly to England suddenly for some emergency. She was in too much of a hurry to explain; she just wanted me to take her minivan to go pick up my nieces and drive to meet them there.
So I drove my car over to their house, but their van wasn't there. It also wasn't at any of the other usual places like their office, church, or anywhere else I could think of. After looking around town a little more, I stopped at a convenience store to use a pay phone. Just as I got out, their minivan pulled up beside the building and honked. My nieces and another girl were in the back, and Zooey Deschanel* was driving.
She had already picked up my nieces from school, so I got in the front passenger's side. As she drove, she told me that my sister had called and explained the situation: an anonymous call had been made to my sister pleading with her to mediate a crisis at a Unitarian church in Hirtshireville (not a real town as far as i know), England.
We drove for a long long time - through Bryan TX, Houston TX, Memphis TN, and Washington DC. The kids got very restless on the way, and we had to stop often.
(Of course, all of you know as I do that it would be impossible to get from north Texas to central England only by driving. My subconscious placed the town in an imaginary England vaguely in the vicinity of Newfoundland.)
When we arrived in the cathedral parking lot, my sister was just leaving, so my nieces went with her while Zooey and I walked in to meet with the assistant bishop. In a small office in the back, he explained to us that the previous bishop had retired, and one particular bishop wanted to take over the cathedral without any discussion, but the assistant wanted to confront him and force him to call for an election. Somehow, Zooey knew of a legal loophole to fix everybody's problems, but couldn't explain it to us (for our own safety) - we just had to hide out in the back while she fixed the problem. She walked out and the assistant locked the door and blocked it with a chair.
Then I woke up...
and went back to sleep...
and dreamed the entire trip again...
except...
...at various moments during the second trip, we discussed ways for us to improve the course of events for everyone involved. We remembered to pick up more games for the kids, we avoided a traffic jam in Memphis, we helped the assistant maintain his anonymity better, etc...
?!?!?!?!
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* Weird Al is partially to blame for the title of this post. Dustbury's Zooeypaloozas are partially to blame for the dream ;)
p.s. the whole thing was g-rated
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At the beginning of last night's dream, my sister called me to explain that she and her husband had needed to fly to England suddenly for some emergency. She was in too much of a hurry to explain; she just wanted me to take her minivan to go pick up my nieces and drive to meet them there.
So I drove my car over to their house, but their van wasn't there. It also wasn't at any of the other usual places like their office, church, or anywhere else I could think of. After looking around town a little more, I stopped at a convenience store to use a pay phone. Just as I got out, their minivan pulled up beside the building and honked. My nieces and another girl were in the back, and Zooey Deschanel* was driving.
She had already picked up my nieces from school, so I got in the front passenger's side. As she drove, she told me that my sister had called and explained the situation: an anonymous call had been made to my sister pleading with her to mediate a crisis at a Unitarian church in Hirtshireville (not a real town as far as i know), England.
We drove for a long long time - through Bryan TX, Houston TX, Memphis TN, and Washington DC. The kids got very restless on the way, and we had to stop often.
(Of course, all of you know as I do that it would be impossible to get from north Texas to central England only by driving. My subconscious placed the town in an imaginary England vaguely in the vicinity of Newfoundland.)
When we arrived in the cathedral parking lot, my sister was just leaving, so my nieces went with her while Zooey and I walked in to meet with the assistant bishop. In a small office in the back, he explained to us that the previous bishop had retired, and one particular bishop wanted to take over the cathedral without any discussion, but the assistant wanted to confront him and force him to call for an election. Somehow, Zooey knew of a legal loophole to fix everybody's problems, but couldn't explain it to us (for our own safety) - we just had to hide out in the back while she fixed the problem. She walked out and the assistant locked the door and blocked it with a chair.
Then I woke up...
and went back to sleep...
and dreamed the entire trip again...
except...
...at various moments during the second trip, we discussed ways for us to improve the course of events for everyone involved. We remembered to pick up more games for the kids, we avoided a traffic jam in Memphis, we helped the assistant maintain his anonymity better, etc...
?!?!?!?!
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* Weird Al is partially to blame for the title of this post. Dustbury's Zooeypaloozas are partially to blame for the dream ;)
p.s. the whole thing was g-rated
hijacked email
update: i just set up another email for comments from here. so i'm un-top-posting this.
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somebody has been sending out spam using the email address i use for comments here, and hotmail has now blocked the account (frustrating but understandable).
1) i apologize if you get a spam with my address.
2) i won't be reopening that address, so if you sent anything since march i probably didn't receive it. please use comments here until i set up another address for hatless in hattiesburg.
3) this is not near as frustrating as a previous hijacking...
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somebody has been sending out spam using the email address i use for comments here, and hotmail has now blocked the account (frustrating but understandable).
1) i apologize if you get a spam with my address.
2) i won't be reopening that address, so if you sent anything since march i probably didn't receive it. please use comments here until i set up another address for hatless in hattiesburg.
3) this is not near as frustrating as a previous hijacking...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
stating the obvious...
...in a world not inclined to hear such things:
update: see also
Pastor Jones (notorious koran burner) lives in the United States, not Afghanistan; that we enjoy the protection of the First Amendment... it is not Pastor Jones’ fault that Muslims are so frickin’ deranged as to go all apesquat over the burning of a copy of the Koran and that their doing so pretty much proves his point.
update: see also
Thursday, April 07, 2011
changing meds
the black dog
got lost in the fog
and slept like a log
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will try to resume regular posting when things stabilize...
got lost in the fog
and slept like a log
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will try to resume regular posting when things stabilize...
Friday, April 01, 2011
chiropractic care
i have now personally seen chiropractors who believe in their profession at five levels. the numbers i assigned are according to hierarchy of belief, but are arranged for effect, not in chronological or numerical order.
4) the skeletal system should be aligned so that the body can move properly
3) nerves pinched by a misaligned spine can cause pain (plus #4)
2) nerves pinched by a misaligned spine will prevent the body from healing itself properly (plus #3 & #4)
1) the *only* cause of *all* physical disease is nerves pinched between misaligned vertebrae (plus #2, #3, & #4)
5) skeletal system pain is a source of steady income (assisted by insurance, workers comp, and pamphlets about the other four)
4) the skeletal system should be aligned so that the body can move properly
3) nerves pinched by a misaligned spine can cause pain (plus #4)
2) nerves pinched by a misaligned spine will prevent the body from healing itself properly (plus #3 & #4)
1) the *only* cause of *all* physical disease is nerves pinched between misaligned vertebrae (plus #2, #3, & #4)
5) skeletal system pain is a source of steady income (assisted by insurance, workers comp, and pamphlets about the other four)
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