| *&^%#$@! Livejournal! >:/ |
[May. 16th, 2013|06:37 pm]
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It's no wonder that more and more users jump the LJ ship. I know LJ is going to blame it on more DDoS attacks, but don'tcha think there are hackers out there trying to bring down Facebook, Yahoo! and Google every day? Yeah, and they manage not to get their servers tied into a knot! That just means a bunch of clueless organ banks are running this thing. Argle bargle! Fooforall!
I'm mostly backed up with my entries for all of these years I've been on here, but I'll update again tonight. More predictions of the Livejournal Blogpocalypse, when I and all of me LJ bretheren lose this site forever. (Along with all of our posts and icons and yadda yadda yadda!)
Maybe I'll try and stay positive by hosting a friending frenzy soon. In the meantime, I internets!
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| May Day |
[May. 1st, 2013|04:41 pm]
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Today is International Worker's Day, and I had to work!
Many years ago, when I worked for Tower Video, (Which no longer exists,) they had union busting manuals for all of the store managers. Store managers were urged to be wary of workers who congregated toegther, who met after work, and, my favorite part, managers were told to be wary of employees who "read a lot."
Because, you know, those educated types are a threat to capitalism!
Check out the Target anti-union traing video, if you're up for a larf:
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| Quicky Update: Running, more Running, and Television! |
[Apr. 29th, 2013|08:24 am]
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Because I think all of you deserve a quicky!
Signed up for a half marathon in May, a trail half marathon up North a bit. I've talked to a few marathoners and a trainer, and I've decided that my best training for the Portland Marathon in October is to just concentrate on my training, rather than run an in-between marathon. So I'm running a non-marathon race a month until then, 5K's, 10K's, and halves.
- I have been keeping up with running news, such as this article about two guys who wanted to run and drink 100 beers in a week, or this story about this guy who showed up an hour and-a-half late for his very first marathon.
- I've been working like gangbusters on web applications and for the Oakland A's, and it's been one a' those not-enough-time-in-the-week kinda times. Thus lack of updates and commenting. This also includes catching up on televsion shows. The only thing I'm watching these days, asides from NBA playoffs in the background while I work, are DVR'd reruns of The Big Bang Theory, a Nova four part series about the 4 billion year old geological record of Australia, and an Inependent Lens episode about the super hero Wonder Woman.
I haven't had a chance to catch Vikings, a show a lot of people have been recommending to me. Sadly I cannot catch the first episode, as Comcast's lame On Demand will only let me start from episode 4. :P |
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| Shaking up Shakespeare |
[Apr. 24th, 2013|10:15 am]
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Yesterday was Shakespeare's "birthday". That is, what is assumed to be his birthday. There is no actual record of his birthdate, but we do know when he was baptised. His birthdate is a supposition based on his baptismal date.
A lot of people doubt he wrote the plays for which he is accredited. I'm one of those people. It's one of my hobbies, studying and discussing the authorship question.
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| My trip to cow, goat, and horse town - Willits, California! |
[Apr. 15th, 2013|11:41 am]
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Last week my friend Pepper asked me to accompany her to Willits, a nice small town about a three hours drive north of San Francisco.
Pepper is an old friend, whom I've known for a very long time. She's very demure, the kind of woman one might refer to as a "classy dame". Imagine Marlene Dietrich as a punk chick. She needed to go up to Willets for business reasons. (She's professional belly dancer and an event organizer.)
We left on a Tuesday and came back on a Wednesday. The weather was playing nice as it was sunny, warm and calm. Pepper cautioned me not to drive too fast once we got past Santa Rosa, for that was the land of bored cow town cops who relished the opporunity to pull over speeders, if for no other reason than for something to do.
One of the first things I noticed in Willits was how blue the sky was. Nothing but blue, blue sky, everywhere! No haze or fog or dingy gray tint from smog. You don't see blue skies like that when you live next to the Bay.
Pepper was there on business, and we met briefly with one of her artist friends, an excellent yet tempermental artist who could be a helluva lot more scucessful if he was so twitchy and tetchy. After that we went to visit her friend Lisa on her farm.
Pepper's friend Lisa owns 20 wooded acres, through which runs a stream. The entire property from the houses and barns to side paths and foot bridges is decorated with artwork, large and small: From small sculptures and randomly placed paintings and lights to life-size buddhas and large pacific island masks.
Upon arrival we were beset by a wild pack of small dogs and a brown pit bull, who barked and growled up a storm, warning people of intruders and putting strangers on notice that they would defend their owners and territory! Growr! Rowr! This was followed by much tail wagging and nose-nudging, as they demanded to be petted for watchdog services.
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| It's a Marathon Training Thing Really... |
[Mar. 7th, 2013|04:50 pm]
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Oh, hello there taper madness!
What's that? You want me to work out for two hours and then buy two bags of chips and half a dozen donuts? Well okay then! |
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