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Have you ever done this? You're out grocery shopping, you see something and you think to yourself, "I think I'm out of those, I better get one." Then you get home to discover that not only were you not out of them, but you've already made the same mistake before, and so now you have a cupboard full of whatever it is ( Read more... )

I'm thinking about teaching a fire dancing workshop, starting in January some time.

Is anyone interested to learn fire dancing from me?

I'm thinking sunday afternoons (4pm-6pm or thereabouts) for about 6-8 weeks.
Classes would cover some fire eating, fire fingers, and then either poi or staff, maybe both
if there's a lot of interest.

My birthday is this week, so I've been thinking about age ( Read more... )

There's a beggar on the corner outside my office. Every morning I see him sitting crosslegged on the curb with a sign that says, "testing for human kindness."

That sign is so heartwrenching, whenever I walk past him I have a strong urge to kick him in the face.

Based on recommendations from some coworkers, I went and bought a book called _Getting Things Done_.
I started reading it and got part way through, but haven't gotten around to finishing it.

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The wedding last night reminded me of this essay, which I read originally on the sleeve of the Idiot Flesh album,
titled "Fancy":

Towards an Understanding of Human Fanciness from Ashes: the surviving fragments of John Kane. Sleepytime Gorilla Press 1955Of all the human drives which lie beyond the animal realm of preservation and propagation, ( Read more... )

Dear Lazyweb:

Should I get a Black RAZR, a SideKick II, or a Treo?