Heijoshin

7:31pm: Haha! Yes!


Not everything in the world sucks, and here's more proof

( This is damn near unbelievable. )

5:16pm: Horseshit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ap_poll_stressing_over_debt

The headline reads "Debt turning shoppers into Scooges." Because nobody ever focuses on the Scrooge at the end of "A Christmas Carol." And clearly, if we aren't spending shitloads of money we don't have, we are clearly not in the holiday spirit.

Fuck them in their ears, and fuck the AP for their propagandizing of this bullshit.

This post brought to you by today's less-than-stellar mood...

1:40pm: Friday Beats


A little sumpin' to get you through the end of the work week and on into the weekend. Portland has been mainly chilly and damp, and these beats seem to be riding well with that.

11:10pm: Don't Eat the Marshmallow
Seriously, don't eat it!

11:46am: Ha! Yes!

12:55am: Science!
Wired has a wonderful article on the increasing effectiveness of placebos. This is well written and accessible and outlines what I think is some pretty fascinating research on the body's own natural capacity to heal and its interaction with therapeutic interventions.

Cynics and pessimists take note: The belief that one will get better seems to be paramount.

7:45pm: Still Fly


Shout out to who I used to be...

10:25pm: The true meaning of Halloween
http://e-merl.com/2009-10-29-atomic-flame

Or something.

2:49pm: Science!
Wicked, wicked late. I've got so many of these to catch up on...

Dude gets called a fraud just for discovering more complicated shit. OK, no, he really probably was a fraud to a large extent, but it's still interesting to see how this science stuff turns out.

Farms are jumping onto the sustainability wagon, which really just makes all kinds of sense. I appreciate that they acknowledge the ideological component of patriotism fueling the shift in behavior.

Holy freaking cyber eyes. Seriously, I think this is awesome, and I'm glad to hear that the speed of advances in the technology and science is increasing.

Paul Krugman talks a bunch about Keynes. I don't know enough economics to know how much of this is bullshit and how much isn't, but it was an interesting look at theoretical economics in the past couple decades.

A marvel of engineering, the quietest room in the world is in England. I can scarcely imagine how hard it must have been to plan and then actually construct such a place.

ADHD may be related to a lack of dopamine handling proteins. I like how they just assume that teachers will be able to come up with more interesting stuff for these kids, like it's the teachers who are coming up with boring propaganda for the kids. Still, if this study can be replicated, there may finally be a good biological basis for ADHD (or at least one I've heard of).

2:12pm: Uncle Don has landed...
Uncle Don is here. I am way excited. There may be drinking shenanigans tomorrow...

10:39pm: Think about it
http://www.imnotamonster.com/2009/10/fascinating-2/

3:10pm: Quote
Used to have this hanging up in my cube:

"We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger." - T.S. Eliot

6:53pm: Kanye...
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,40258337001_1924107,00.html

I really like Ze Frank.

11:15am: Bah
I am really done with this cold. I wish it was done with me. OJ, vitamins, fluids, sleep - doing what I can. It's just tenacious.

9:02pm: Must be feeling Halloween-esque
http://www.slowwave.com/index.php?date=04-05-08

It's just sort of creepy.

2:26pm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpVq0JRL4mQ



I heard a track by these guys at Anna Banana months and months ago and haven't been able to find them again for a long time. So far as I know, this is all nonsense lyrics - they aren't speaking any sort of language, just gibberish. Love this stuff.

7:22pm: http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/591/

5:48pm: Threats
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/q-our-threatiest-threat.html

"Q: There would be no defense against their self-defense.
"A: They pose an existential threat to our ability to existentially threaten them."

9:35pm: Because...
...every time they page someone to the white courtesy phone, this is what ends up running through my head:

9:16pm: What the hell?
This day will not end. My flight that was supposed get into Portland at 11:03 Pacific is now not even leaving Denver until 11:06 Mountain. I emailed my boss that I am taking tomorrow off and proceeded to have a Macallan 18 and filet mignon on the company.

But to add icing to the weird, I happen to be on the same flight as jupiterjuniper as she returns from her demi-world tour.

I think it's because my flight out of Omaha was on the Frontier plane with a Coyote on the tail.

8:50am: 2 hours of sleep last night. Flight doesn't leave Omaha until 6:41 PM Central. I'm not scheduled to actually land in PDX until about 11 PM Pacific, so I should get back to my apartment just a bit before midnight.

It's going to be a long day.

10:32pm: It's been a good weekend, but I can't help but sort of dread getting on the plane for Omaha on Tuesday. I wish there were direct flights. At least the Denver airport doesn't suck too hard.

Last night, I was surprised to find that it was cold enough in the rain that I'd wished I'd kept my full-fingered gloves in my jacket. As it was, I was very glad to have my jacket. And Loney Dear was surprisingly good; not that I didn't expect to enjoy it, but I was really blown away by his performance (and his band).

I've got about a moon to figure out a bunch of stuff. I'm curious to see how that all turns out.

Brought to you by the Committee for Random Information and Vapid Internet Content.

10:20pm: http://nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/251994.html

1:14pm: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_demands_fresh_celebrity

6:29pm: Seems appropriate for the weather, though MN got it worse today.