Done with Democracy From Scratch, which was the big hurdle because it's a book, not a bunch of easy-to-skim articles that basically give you the gist in the first page. In Democracy From Scratch, Fish …
I can't believe that Scott Shuger is dead. Why do women blow the whistle more often than men these days? Leonard had a great idea and implemented it very well: Probing the Collective Unconscious. I …
In the nongraphical web browser lynx, if you use the left-arrow key to access the previously viewed web page but there is no previous web page, you get this message: "You are already at the …
Recent scary terror-paranoia dream: Sirens go off. People are terrified. I'm trying to flee. People direct me to a shelter. We're going into this gray structure. I catch sight of a sign on the wall: …
Poor Andy! Yeah, Adam Parrish and Adam Kaplan, though both cool and friendly guys and both named Adam and both guitar players and both friends of Leonard, are different people. One lives in LA and …
Frances had a really cool dream. It reminds me of dream-visualization exercises, it's so empowering. (Update: Is everyone having powerful, vivid dreams these days?) I have several little eccentric habits that only come into play …
Ever have one of those dreams where your best friend has posted something important in their weblog and you haven't read it yet? I saw some old high school friends last night. The place where …
Have I ever mentioned that my family annoys me? Oh, I have? Whoops. Thrift-store purchases today included "The Story of Baleena The Blue Whale" and a "Squad Five-O" album entitled "Bombs Over Broadway" whose cover …
John McWhorter spells "doppelganger" as "doppelgaenger". Since he knows German, I'm inclined to think that this spelling is not a mistake, but rather a choice.
I Was a Victim of the 2002 World Cup! Ordinarily I don't mind my flatmates cheering and yelling in the next room over while watching soccer matches at 4 am. I wear earplugs. No big …