Monthly Archives: March 2004

APD continues campaign against artistic furners

A few weeks ago, we had the Ozomatli Incident, and last night it was the Patric Fracas. I’ve probably spent more time in the Sixth/Fourth street areas than is healthy since moving here 15 years ago. I was down there … Continue reading

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Amateur video

I videotaped The Boy’s game this past Saturday and made a quick attempt at editing it down to his better highlights last night. The results are less than satisfactory. My camera skills need work. I’m not used to watching everything … Continue reading

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First time parent humor

A co-worker just announced that he’ll be a first-time dad in the fall. It took a little searching, but I found my favorite parent preparation e-mail that someone sent to me when I announced that The Boy was on the … Continue reading

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This is childish, but funny

The first photo is an AP Photo from cnn.com today and the second is a downloadable ROTK promo poster from lordoftherings.net. Does anyone else think that there’s more than a passing resemblence?

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Shared Debian Learning of the Day

I tried installing VNC over the weekend and ran into difficulty. I’m running the stable release of Debian 3.0 (Woody), so I went ahead and pulled that package version of vncserver. (BTW, it’s been said a million times before, but … Continue reading

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Always the last to know

Of course, I’m one of the last ones to find out about this annual party. I tracked down his address for next year, but this year’s was so large that he’s bound to be skittish about doing it again. Sigh.

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Lying bunch of weasels

Lots of stories this week adding more evidence to what I already suspected: this administration is a lying bunch of weasels. The NY Times story was mentioned on the Daily Show last night and I’ve seen the Rumsfeld video linked … Continue reading

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New pictures of the week

Get ‘em while they’re hot.

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Audience part-i-cipation

I’ve been watching the ads for the new Dawn of the Dead movie with mild interest. It looks pretty good, but I share the same misgivings as other fans of the original. I have fond memories of seeing George Romero’s … Continue reading

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Kriya photos from October

The Wife just showed me photos of her, The Boy and LaLa that were taken at the end of the Kriya Yoga retreat that she attended in October. The two dudes that they’re with are Paramahamsa Prajnanananda and Swami Brahmananda … Continue reading

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