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| From 2009-07-01 |
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Necessity, mother, invention, etc, etc...
You buy a bunch of cottage cheese, because you know it's high protein and a good snack. But given you used to mix it up with artificial sweetener - and don't do that anymore - you find you don't actually like the taste of cottage cheese, per se. So, what to do? Use the cottage cheese, mixed with some powdered ranch dressing, egg yolk and mayo to make the filling for some deviled eggs. Total Win. I Am Awesome. That is all.
Thoughts on, well, thoughts, I guess.
Talk is cheap. Absent my own projections, as much as I can, and thinking of earlier stuff, what you say is - pretty much - meaningless.
What you do is what matters. You can talk of friendship, and I'm as guilty as anyone else, but if you don't make any damn effort, you're just pretty much full of shit, yes?
What you do is what matters. You can talk of friendship, and I'm as guilty as anyone else, but if you don't make any damn effort, you're just pretty much full of shit, yes?
God bless Japan and their weird ass Japanese Pringles flavors.
You know, technically, extra pepper and balsamic vinegar aren't that weird, but the fact is that the constantly new and shifting flavors they make available in Japan is simply brilliant.
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| From 2009-07-01 |
One more time, for old times sake...
Old coworkers visiting the old stomping grounds...
Getting chummy with the old boss...
Natsukashii, indeed.
Getting chummy with the old boss...
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| From 2009-07-01 |
Natsukashii, indeed.
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| From 2009-07-01 |
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Still - mostly - the only dance moves I know [you know they're dope.]
If I had to crip walk or crunk, I'd probably break something.
"Fuck you, Reality," said the Cross-Dressing Clown Robber.
Cross-Dressing Clown Robs Liquor Store - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver:
"The Boulder Police Department is looking for a cross-dressing man wearing clown makeup who robbed a liquor store on Saturday night."
Old School Hip-Hop YouTube Spiral.
17 years in - goddamn I'm old - this is still infectious. Pete Rock was a bad, bad man.
"I'm not a hippie, but yo B, I'm hip..."
Speaking of Pete Rock... one of the best tracks in hip-hop. Ever.
Never have figured out who was badder... Guru or Premier... Together they were unstoppable, though.
You do, in fact, gots to chill.
The irony is, of course, is that this was a "crossover" hit. As is all hip-hop music of any popularity. Without dumb white kids [like me] buying tapes and later CDs back in the day, hip-hop never has the influence it has now, for good or ill. That's right. Blame whitey. Damn crackers.
Not the Golden Age without PE. "Yes. The Rhythm. The Rebel."
But THIS is THE Public Enemy jam.
"...Crucifixion ain't no fiction, so called chosen frozen
Apology made to who ever pleases, still they got me like Jesus
I rather sing, bring, think reminisce...
Caught in the race against time, the pit and the pendulum
Check the rhythm and rhymes, while I'm bendin' 'em...
Every brother ain't a brother, cause a Black hand
Squeezed on Malcom X the man
The shootin' of Huey Newton, from a hand of a nig who pulled the trigger..."
Yes. You. Can.
As close as I'll get to an MJ tribute [though 'Off the Wall' and the Jackson 5 are still badass] with the 'Human Nature' hook...
"This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen
I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozen
Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again..."
Hola. Hola. A.
[I don't care. I dug this.]
First posse cut I remember jamming to. Bonus points - the vid is from Rap City, Puffy is the sign holder and Big Daddy Kane is wearing some kind of all purple satin ensemble. With a matching scarf.
I miss 1991.
1990 was so positive even Too Short was a conscious rapper.
"600 million on a football team, and her baby died just like a dope fiend."
From the hands down classic O.G. "My brain's a hand grenade. Catch."
"Whoever said that what I say and portray is negativity, need to come kick it in the city with me..
"They put a hurtin' on your ass, man, you know, they really degrade you,
White folks don't believe that shit, don't believe that cops degrade you... 'Oh come on, those people, those people was resistin' arrest.'""
Nobody figured the Geto Boys would be the first to go metaphysical.
I don't care what happened later... Hammer was a bad mf'er.
If you're of a certain age, and you say you didn't like, or didn't dance to this, you're a damn liar. I remember jamming to this at impromptu T-Court pep rallies in 1990-1 [that only makes sense if you're a USNA grad...]
I don't care. Before he got stupid and started talking junk, I dug his music.
Juice - and New Jack City - were the soundtracks of '91.
Personally, I say the Golden Age went from '86-'94, which means this counts...
"Don't be mad, UPS is hiring..."
Yeah, "Summertime" was the anthem, but this was the dopest, slickest, flyest thing that JJ & the FP did. Still the JAM.
"Hold up, Jeff, wait a minute, play it
He just smiled and said, "Yeah def ain't it?""
"I'm not a hippie, but yo B, I'm hip..."
Speaking of Pete Rock... one of the best tracks in hip-hop. Ever.
Never have figured out who was badder... Guru or Premier... Together they were unstoppable, though.
You do, in fact, gots to chill.
The irony is, of course, is that this was a "crossover" hit. As is all hip-hop music of any popularity. Without dumb white kids [like me] buying tapes and later CDs back in the day, hip-hop never has the influence it has now, for good or ill. That's right. Blame whitey. Damn crackers.
Not the Golden Age without PE. "Yes. The Rhythm. The Rebel."
But THIS is THE Public Enemy jam.
"...Crucifixion ain't no fiction, so called chosen frozen
Apology made to who ever pleases, still they got me like Jesus
I rather sing, bring, think reminisce...
Caught in the race against time, the pit and the pendulum
Check the rhythm and rhymes, while I'm bendin' 'em...
Every brother ain't a brother, cause a Black hand
Squeezed on Malcom X the man
The shootin' of Huey Newton, from a hand of a nig who pulled the trigger..."
Yes. You. Can.
As close as I'll get to an MJ tribute [though 'Off the Wall' and the Jackson 5 are still badass] with the 'Human Nature' hook...
"This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen
I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozen
Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again..."
Hola. Hola. A.
[I don't care. I dug this.]
First posse cut I remember jamming to. Bonus points - the vid is from Rap City, Puffy is the sign holder and Big Daddy Kane is wearing some kind of all purple satin ensemble. With a matching scarf.
I miss 1991.
1990 was so positive even Too Short was a conscious rapper.
"600 million on a football team, and her baby died just like a dope fiend."
From the hands down classic O.G. "My brain's a hand grenade. Catch."
"Whoever said that what I say and portray is negativity, need to come kick it in the city with me..
"They put a hurtin' on your ass, man, you know, they really degrade you,
White folks don't believe that shit, don't believe that cops degrade you... 'Oh come on, those people, those people was resistin' arrest.'""
Nobody figured the Geto Boys would be the first to go metaphysical.
I don't care what happened later... Hammer was a bad mf'er.
If you're of a certain age, and you say you didn't like, or didn't dance to this, you're a damn liar. I remember jamming to this at impromptu T-Court pep rallies in 1990-1 [that only makes sense if you're a USNA grad...]
I don't care. Before he got stupid and started talking junk, I dug his music.
Juice - and New Jack City - were the soundtracks of '91.
Personally, I say the Golden Age went from '86-'94, which means this counts...
"Don't be mad, UPS is hiring..."
Yeah, "Summertime" was the anthem, but this was the dopest, slickest, flyest thing that JJ & the FP did. Still the JAM.
"Hold up, Jeff, wait a minute, play it
He just smiled and said, "Yeah def ain't it?""
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The First Amendment is Important :)
Stripping Away Free Expression: A Pennsylvania town tries—and fails—to ban a form of exercise. - Reason Magazine:
"Dressed in a low-cut pink shirt, tight black booty pants, and thick, plastic platform stilettos, Stephanie Babines doesn’t look the part of a political rabble-rouser.
Yet an activist is exactly what Babines became when her efforts to help women shape up through fully clothed, decidedly G-rated stripper-inspired aerobics ran afoul of overzealous officials in the small western Pennsylvania town of Mars. This unyieldingly perky 31-year-old entrepreneur, standing in the small forest of steel poles that shoot up from the floor of her mirrored dance and fitness studio, has taught dance-phobic authorities an expensive lesson in federal court..."
Cola Fail.
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| From 2009-06-28 |
Not good. Tasted like a leaf. Which, I guess, it's supposed to. Shiso being the Japanese name for perilla, a member of the mint family. So I guess I expected something minty, not leafy. Like licking a tree. Not my cup'a tea, I guess. Still, thank kamisama for the weird things you can try in Japan.
What I've Read.
Haven't done one of these in about six weeks... so it's due, lest it stack up more constiderably.
Read the first two books in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, Killing Floor and Die Trying. Deftly and well written thrillers/suspense/action novels, featuring an ex-Army military policeman. Enjoyable. I think though, that I actually read the first book years ago. Strikes me as one of the books that my Dad wouldn've picked up back in the day. Course, that would've be a decade ago or so. I remembered a couple of the plot beats, though not all the twists.
Read the next 3 books in the Robert Parker/Spenser series - Promised Land, Mortal Stakes and Judas Goat. Mortal Stakes was good, but the level of game and writing steps up with Promised Land the Judas Goat. The characterizations, already sharp, get razorly fine well done. Plus, Parker starts to weave the Hawk character into the Spenser mythos, which amounts to all sorts of ass-kickery awesomeness. Funny, witty, engaging, well crafted. Officially addicted to the series with Judas Goat. Great book.
Atomic Dog - The Testosterone Principles by TC Luoma - collection of columns from the Testosterone Nation/T-Nation/TMuscle author. Think of Dave Barry, but from a physical training, no bullshit perspective. Words of wisdom wrapped up in hilariousness and profanity. Entertaining and thought provoking.
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson - if I had to pick only one book to read about nutrition or health, this would probably be it. Advocating a primal/paleo/low to medium carb/real food style eating plan. Explains step by step, in a quite readable manner, optimal evolutionary nutrition. Much stronger on nutrition than exercise, but it still provides a solid, well thought out discussion on that as well. Highest recommendation. A good summary of the ideas here.
Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities (Studies in Consciousness) by Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff - a mostly very dry book about a fascinating subject. Recounting investigation and the protocol for a series of ESP experiments back in the 1970s. Interesting in particular their experience with Uri Geller, noted psuedo-psychic/magician/charlatan/tapper into of the unknown. [My own personal undeducated opinion, having read more than a little on Geller is this - he's a magician [in the stage sense] who may have had authentic psychic experiences and abilities at one point. But he's also a huge egomaniac, who, having gotten a little bit of attention and notoriety, goes to any lengths, including fraud, to perpetuate his rep.] One thing that the book shows, in its dealings with Geller and famed professional debunker/skeptic James Randi is that so-called professional skeptics, supposedly dedicated to the "truth" are more than willing to play fast and loose with the "facts" in pursuit of their own agenda. Of course.
The Question, Vol. 4: Welcome To Oz by Dennis O'Neil - continuing adventures/reprints of the outstanding 1980s series. Highly recommended.
Walking Dead by Greg Rucka - If this does turn out to be the last Atticus Kodiak book, as the author has hinted, it's a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging conclusion to the series. Rucka's craftsmanship is at his deftest here - it's one of those books that will get its hooks into you and not let go to sleep until your eyes utterly fail you. He explores some dark areas and topics of the international scene, and as usual, mixes up kickass action with great locales, research, character beats and humor.
While not my favorite of the Atticus series - still Critical Space for me - it's still a 5 star/can't put it down book. Highly recommended.
The Sivananda Companion to Meditation - equal parts excellent insight and the same bat-shit crazy theology of any religion. I think it suffers from the same problem of any religious philosophy, it conflates effective techniques for altering and developing consciousness [the techniques of meditation] with the metaphors some have developed to explain reality. These metaphors then become religious "truth." Ultimately though, a worthwhile read. A lot you can learn.
Read the first two books in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, Killing Floor and Die Trying. Deftly and well written thrillers/suspense/action novels, featuring an ex-Army military policeman. Enjoyable. I think though, that I actually read the first book years ago. Strikes me as one of the books that my Dad wouldn've picked up back in the day. Course, that would've be a decade ago or so. I remembered a couple of the plot beats, though not all the twists.
Read the next 3 books in the Robert Parker/Spenser series - Promised Land, Mortal Stakes and Judas Goat. Mortal Stakes was good, but the level of game and writing steps up with Promised Land the Judas Goat. The characterizations, already sharp, get razorly fine well done. Plus, Parker starts to weave the Hawk character into the Spenser mythos, which amounts to all sorts of ass-kickery awesomeness. Funny, witty, engaging, well crafted. Officially addicted to the series with Judas Goat. Great book.
Atomic Dog - The Testosterone Principles by TC Luoma - collection of columns from the Testosterone Nation/T-Nation/TMuscle author. Think of Dave Barry, but from a physical training, no bullshit perspective. Words of wisdom wrapped up in hilariousness and profanity. Entertaining and thought provoking.
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson - if I had to pick only one book to read about nutrition or health, this would probably be it. Advocating a primal/paleo/low to medium carb/real food style eating plan. Explains step by step, in a quite readable manner, optimal evolutionary nutrition. Much stronger on nutrition than exercise, but it still provides a solid, well thought out discussion on that as well. Highest recommendation. A good summary of the ideas here.
Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities (Studies in Consciousness) by Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff - a mostly very dry book about a fascinating subject. Recounting investigation and the protocol for a series of ESP experiments back in the 1970s. Interesting in particular their experience with Uri Geller, noted psuedo-psychic/magician/charlatan/tapper into of the unknown. [My own personal undeducated opinion, having read more than a little on Geller is this - he's a magician [in the stage sense] who may have had authentic psychic experiences and abilities at one point. But he's also a huge egomaniac, who, having gotten a little bit of attention and notoriety, goes to any lengths, including fraud, to perpetuate his rep.] One thing that the book shows, in its dealings with Geller and famed professional debunker/skeptic James Randi is that so-called professional skeptics, supposedly dedicated to the "truth" are more than willing to play fast and loose with the "facts" in pursuit of their own agenda. Of course.
The Question, Vol. 4: Welcome To Oz by Dennis O'Neil - continuing adventures/reprints of the outstanding 1980s series. Highly recommended.
Walking Dead by Greg Rucka - If this does turn out to be the last Atticus Kodiak book, as the author has hinted, it's a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging conclusion to the series. Rucka's craftsmanship is at his deftest here - it's one of those books that will get its hooks into you and not let go to sleep until your eyes utterly fail you. He explores some dark areas and topics of the international scene, and as usual, mixes up kickass action with great locales, research, character beats and humor.
While not my favorite of the Atticus series - still Critical Space for me - it's still a 5 star/can't put it down book. Highly recommended.
The Sivananda Companion to Meditation - equal parts excellent insight and the same bat-shit crazy theology of any religion. I think it suffers from the same problem of any religious philosophy, it conflates effective techniques for altering and developing consciousness [the techniques of meditation] with the metaphors some have developed to explain reality. These metaphors then become religious "truth." Ultimately though, a worthwhile read. A lot you can learn.
"Uniqlo to buy the Gap?" - This would crack me up.
Probably only because I've always thought of Uniqlo as the "Japanese Gap."
Uniqlo to buy the Gap? | Japan Probe
Uniqlo to buy the Gap? | Japan Probe
Happy Sunday.
[Religion can do this to you.]
This cracked me up.
Writ large.
This cracked me up.
Writ large.
"Top Ten Signs That You Are An Unquestioning Christian:
10- You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of your god.
9- You feel insulted and ‘dehumanized’ when scientists say that people evolved from lesser life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8- You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Trinity god.
7- Your face turns purple when you hear of the ‘atrocities’ attributed to Allah, but you don’t even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in ‘Exodus’ and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in ‘Joshua’—including women, children, and animals!
6- You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about god sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5- You are willing to spend your life looking for little loop-holes in the scientifically established age of the Earth (4.55 billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by pre-historic tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that the Earth is a couple of generations old!
4- You believe that the entire population of this planet wi th the exception of those who share your beliefs—though excluding those in all rival sects—will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet you consider your religion the most ‘tolerant’ and ‘loving’.
3- While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor, speaking in ‘tongues,’ may be all the evidence you need.
2- You define 0.01% as a “high success rate” when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1- You actually know a lot less than many Atheists and Agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history—but still call yourself a “Christian.”"
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