January 2012
1 post
Wow… FTP march just went under our window. Followed by a huge amount of riot police and their vans.
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
3 posts
Dog Pees In The Most Mesmerizing Way Possible →
this is hilarious…
Oakland is wild right now- Alameda sheriffs and others (but no OPD, apparently) in a long stand off with protestors. More tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades used against protestors tonight.
October 2011
8 posts
7 Must-Read Books on Music, Emotion & the Brain |... →
7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less | Brain... →
Yeah Cards!!!!!!!
“This is nuts,” said Greg Anton, attorney for the Marin Alliance and its...”
– http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-drug-policy-worse-bushs-war-medical-marijuana-escalates/1318261103
“There is a reason the movement is called “Occupy Wall Street,” not “Occupy Main...”
– Steve Jobs, Occupy Wall Street, and the Capitalist Ideal — Daily Intel
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
7 posts
Watch(via Robert Ballard on exploring the oceans | Video on TED.com)
Watch(via Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity | Video on TED.com)
Watch(via Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better | Video on TED.com)
“If her person was property she could exercise whatever advantage was inherent in...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, ‘Tender is the Night’
July 2011
18 posts
I married into such an amazing family. I am so lucky~
Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, on how society has...
From his June 15 blog post (yes, I’m late in the game on this)-
“The part that interests me is that society is organized in such a way that the natural instincts of men are shameful and criminal while the natural instincts of women are mostly legal and acceptable. In other words, men are born as round pegs in a society full of square holes. Whose fault is that? Do you blame the baby...
Oh man… came home from work feeling sick, and have spent the afternoon watching two movies I certainly should not have watched in a fever-induced heightened emotional state: ‘Blue Valentine’ and ‘Never Let Me Go.’ Not sure the tear stains are ever going to come out of our couch~ I feel dehydrated from all that crying! They were great movies, but probably the worst...
Oakland 2011 walking tours →
katy just emailed this to me- hell yeah!
“If the officer who fired on Charles Blair Hill acted properly, then...”
– Editorial: End the BART coverup | San Francisco Bay Guardian
Sigh. Folding bike parts = the Mercedes parts of the bike world. I am bikeless until next Friday.
$20.2 billion The military’s annual air-conditioning cost in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Anderson’s [retired brigadier general Steven Anderson, a former chief logistician for Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq] calculations $18.7 billion NASA’s 2011 budget $13 billion Amount the Obama administration requested to train and equip Afghan security forces in the coming year $1.1...
Colbert: "Knock, knock."
Crowd: "Who's there?"
Colbert: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions."
Crowd: "Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions, who?"
Colbert: "That’s the thing. I don’t think I should have to tell you."
June 2011
14 posts
Watch
(via Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists | Video on TED.com)
Watch
(via Emiliano Salinas: A civil response to violence | Video on TED.com)
