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How To Be Black (the book)
A number of people see me, a middle-aged white guy, and wonder how and why it is that I’m involved with the street team for Baratunde Thurston’s upcoming book “How To Be Black” (Harper Collins - pub. date January 31 2012. Preorder it at http://blackte.am/agent_gvdub ). It’s certainly a ( Read more... ) -
The Groove Keeps Moving
Music is, at essence, an ephemeral thing. All of it, from plainsong to classical symphonies to contemporary pop. It's only recorded music that has created the illusion that music is a fixed thing. Music is communication and, like all communication, is of the moment when it occurs. No two performances are ever the same, even for the most rigidly ( Read more... ) -
Saddling up once again
I will be, once more, riding in the Tour de Cure Ship to Shore charity ride to benefit the American Diabetes Association. For the second year, I'll be doing the metric century ride (62 miles, give or take, not quite a true metric century, but that's what they bill it as), as I'm not quite ready to dive into, what I guess should be called the ( Read more... ) -
Long Absence
Haven't been around here much lately, at least not posting-wise. Just the pace of life and the fact that my laptop needs a new keyboard, so writing of any sort has been difficult, at best. Seems I've missed a lot of DDOS drama on LJ, though none of that surprises me, considering current ownership and LJ's penetration into the Russian wilds.
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Annual Tour de Cure Fundraising Nag, version 1
26 (plus just a little) miles on the bike today. Training up for riding 60 miles in the Tour de Cure May 1st in Long Beach. Feel free to donate on my Tour de Cure page. If enough people donate early, the nagging will be kept to a minimum :-). That web address is: Leave a commentLow Carb Cooking
I've been working on developing new recipes for lower carb meals, especially trying to come up with some things that are special occasion items. I recently discovered coconut flour, which is made from defatted dried coconut and is quite low carb, very high-fiber and high protein. Not having gluten, it doesn't bind very well, and so generally calls ( Read more... )Dear Peabrains
Unless a woman walks up to you and asks you for 'it' directly in plain, simple language, she is not 'asking for it' no matter how she's dressed, what tattoos she has, or any other behavioral or physical clue your tiny little brain might latch on to justify unwanted and unwelcome behavior on your part ( Read more... )Breathtaking video of what a ringworld would really look like
http://io9.com/5638057/breathtaking-video-of-what-a-ringworld-would-really-look-like (via shareaholic)
This is pretty cool. Full-screen 720p is your best bet.For some it's a mountain, for others a moleskine
Much to some people's dismay, I tend to live my internet life fairly openly. I don't think I have any anonymous or pseudonymous accounts anywhere. I'm always either GVDub or GeorgeVW and my full name is usually floating around the account somewhere as well. So I don't much care who cross posts what to where, since I try not to ever say anything on ( Read more... )