Rick came to visit on Saturday, and we went to see Break of Reality at Baruch College. Wikipedia describes them as a rock cello quartet, but to be precise consists of 3 cellists and a drummer.
My mind was on FIRE that night. It took me to places I’ve never been to.
Check them out, and if you like, pick them up on iTunes.
I’ve decided to go bald since the new year and am really liking the change. Though initially thinking it was a good way to save money from getting a haircut, the cost of razors and shaving cream, however, negates any of the cost benefits.
But still, I think this is a good direction, and I’ll keep it going this year.
Some people don’t like it though, my mother included, as well as a girl from work. In fact, she had asked me if I was ever going to grow it back. I told her it was unlikely.
Now, I’ve had my hair in a bunch of different styles growing up, so there was never any one I stuck with. That, and I’ve never had a clean, well-defined hairline. So the conclusion was, why bother with hair at all?
If I suddenly lost the ability to grow hair, and never had to shave it down every morning, that would be quite a blessing.
But some people get this preconceived idea that being bald gives people the look of having been in the slammer, and/or involved with crime. Most likely it’s manufactured by the media.
A good example is the Mirror Universe episode of Star Trek TOS, where the crew meets their evil counterparts, who all have beards and look evil, Spock in particular.
I am absolutely loving the rawness of Depeche Mode’s new song Wrong. Nerd and I are going to the Borgata in August to watch them in concert. Looking forward to getting their CD in a few weeks.
The HD version is even better, and the music video is SICK.
I think the rawness very much complements how I’m feeling these days.
I started watching the John Adams mini-series that was on HBO tonight, and it is nothing but documentary par excellence. I’ve watched the first three episodes back to back and I just can’t get enough of it.
The series is based on David McCullough’s book on Adams and a friend from work suggested that I also watch the series. I wanted to read the book first before watching it, but that’s midway down my reading list.
Another great quote is:
Liberty is not built on the doctrine that a few nobles have a right to inherit the earth. No! No!
But why bother reading it when you can watch it. This is from the first episode:
The intro music is also amazing. Think I need to get that, and the Join or Die Flag.
These days, I often look back to something Dr. Paul said many years ago, in which he said that the kind of government we get is never an accident, and that we ultimately get what we deserve.
In an age where people believe that the President will pay our mortgages, fill our gas tanks, solve all of society’s ills, and become the savior of last resort in all things, the struggle to change the hearts and minds of the ignorant to the informed will be a long and hard one.
I would wager that most Americans still have no understanding of what’s going on with our economy and the credit crisis. I for one don’t fully understand it myself. While some learn life’s lessons by heeding the advice of their parents or friends, others will always have to learn the truth the hard way.
To up the ante on the wager, I would bet that as long as people are continuing to work and get paid, without regard to what their wages can buy as inflation continues to rise, most will just accept this as a fact of life. Only is it when people begin to lose their homes, jobs, and find out their money can’t buy as much as it did before will it set brushfires in peoples’ minds.
Society teaches us never to ask questions or to ever question the actions of the state, but to just work, pay taxes, and consume whatever we want. The key to solving many of our problems can be found in trusting ourselves, and having the desire and curiosity to seek out the truth.
I laughed my ass off after seeing this one!
But after watching some of his films, reading his bio, and watching YouTube, I can say unequivocally that I’m a fan of Jet Li, who will be co-starring with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, debuting tonight.
There’s nothing unique about Flash-based video these days as YouTube was the first site to eliminate all the video plug-in headache by letting the Flash plug-in run all the video for the end-user. And newer sites such as justin.tv are pretty cool too because they’re leveraging Flash’s interactive A/V capabilities to run a broadcast.
bloggingheads.tv may seem to some as just another interactive Flash video site, but I think it’s wickedly brilliant. Putting names to faces, and going tit for tat on a variety of issues all on video just adds an amazing layer of realism that simply can’t be extracted from frisked e-mails or message board postings.
Sidenote of the day: If you’re a fan of Unsolved Mysteries, you’ll love the fact that there’s a bunch of them available on YouTube. Man, what a creepy show!
A while back, I wrote about Paul Rand who had designed the NeXT logo.
Well what a treat it was to find via Daring Fireball Steve Jobs talk about Paul Rand, and the process of forging a corporate identity. Enjoy!
I was cleaning my room and remembered that I’ve been carrying around a couple Chinese fortunes from those fortune cookies you get from a Chinese restaurant. So rather than continue collecting all the paper strips, I think it’s time to record them here and throw them away.
You have at your command the wisdom of the ages.
Right now is also the perfect time to pamper yourself.
One of the ingenious inventions of the grassroots is passing out a card that has a phone number that you dial where one can then enter a mailbox number that corresponds to a specific issue. I think it’s great way for people to hear the freedom message if they don’t have easy access to a computer. So I’ve listed the info below, give it a shot if you’re bored. Works quite well.
1. Dial 641-715-3900 (just minutes of use on mobiles, cheap on landlines)
2. Enter Extension No. + the ‘#” key.
Issues – Length – Extension
US Foreign Policy – 4min – Ext. 35004#
Protecting Civil Liberties – 3min – Ext. 35005#
Healthcare Reform – 5min – Ext. 35006#
Fixing the Inflation Tax – 2min – Ext. 35007#
Taxes and the IRS – 2min – Ext. 35008#
Entitlements – 4min – Ext. 35009#
Second Amendment – 3min – Ext. 35010#
Immigration Sanity – 3min – Ext. 35011#
Our Constitutional Republic – 6min – Ext.35012
Latest news from Dr. Paul – Ext. 35013#
This is BIG!
Congratulations to Steveo! (and thanks to James Chou for finding the video) They were both at the Tea Party in New York, and a clip of the video that Steveo shot of us breaking through $12 million was broadcast on Hannity & Colmes on 12/19/08. Here’s the video:
Steve, Congratulations! The whole world knows who you are now!
