May 2013
Six twenty AM bus.
Brings back memories of New York. Extremely mentally troubled woman delayed my El Train to get to the station. Ranting and raving; she brayed like an ass. Very pleased with herself and condescending to we who surrounded her, she was extremely preoccupied with her race, her check, and her man. She had about two stock statements on each topic. Each declaration was stated and restated (loudly)...
May 25th
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“Facebook is the living dead: the most popular, least relevant social network...”
– Amanda Hess on Facebook at Slate. 
May 24th
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“Can’t get enough of “Touch.” Gonna start [listening to] it...”
– John, RE: Daft Punk’s Touch
May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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“In everything that is to excite a lively laugh there must be something absurd...”
– Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment (I, I, 54).
May 23rd
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“If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing...”
– Pope Francis
May 22nd
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“The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is...”
–  Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF, chiming in on the pronunciation of the word. (As everyone knows, choosy memes choose “jif.”) Wilhite, a former CompuServe employee, created the format in 1987 and is to receive an award for his creation tonight.  (via shortformblog) The Justice Scalia...
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 21st
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Oof
What a weekend.  Gaiety rules everything around me.
May 20th
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“Holy smoke—that was a horrible conflict of interest.”
– A former biodefense official, upon learning that a Pentagon advisor had convinced the government to spend $334 million on an Anthrax drug produced by a biotech firm he had a stake in.  (via officialssay)
May 20th
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ListenLaura Mvula - Green Garden Hail Summer. Barefoot...
May 19th
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May 19th
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I'm working on drawing a straight line
May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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My Goodness...
Fifteen minutes until quitting time and I’m dutifully working on a memo for my boss. Researching complex technical statutory and regulatory provisions. Making structural inferences about exhaustion of agency review. Cross referencing various subsections to make sure I get everything just right.  It’s like… I’m really doing Administrative Law. Professionally. For money.  I...
May 16th
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Let the record show
That for approximately eighteen hours between yesterday afternoon and this morning, I had a moustache. It was dirty. It was glorious. I miss it already. That is all.
May 13th
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“It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing,...”
– Science poetry courtesy of Charles Darwin via The Origin of Species (via littledidiknow)
May 10th
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May 10th
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ListenAudrey Hepburn - Moon River
May 9th
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May 9th
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“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it...”
– Groucho Marx
May 9th
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Culture Criticism on the Internet
What values can I champion without moving from my sofa?
May 9th
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May 8th
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“1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with...”
– Juan Cole, 08/09/2012   (via thepeacefulterrorist) Juan Cole actually wrote this 4 days after a white terrorist, yes, terrorist, murdered 6 and injured 4 people at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. The terrorist who committed said crime spoke of an impending “racial holy war” beforehand and was a...
May 7th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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Have I ever known my better self?
May 4th
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May 4th
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ListenCannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else This...
May 3rd
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Up late working on my Intellectual Property...
Sippin’ a beer and feeling a little brain dead. Would be open to “study music” recommendations.
May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 2nd
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Bought a 30 pack of shit beer and ordered 3 shit...
#ShameParty2k13
May 2nd
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April 2013
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