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David Hasselhoff
Last night I dreamed I was driving my car up 12th east in the town I grew up in, towards my parents place. I swerved around a baby in the street. I stopped at a stop sign. Started to pull out, and these crazy kids came zipping on wheeled toys (blade scooters?) out of their driveways. I had to brake abruptly. Then David Hasselhoff walked up to the ( Read more... ) -
Text messages from Tristan
Tristan has been texting me via Kresha the last few days he has been at Kresha's house. He's said some really cute funny things.
"Can you do stuff? Goodnight I love all my family. Are you eating your dinner right now? Love Tristan"
"Oscar. McbridE"
"Of the does I love nintendo wii for I with with I love for. You I love peas with I love what. I ( Read more... ) -
My apocalyptic brain on backups and encryption and other useful stuff
My apocalyptic brain is thinking about backups this evening, and other useful stuff. These are like survival tips for the Internet age. Knowledge is power, so have some free power. No charge. No it isn't seamless, but our other ubiquitous technology isn't either. Cars for example. We are just used to their seams.
Backing up your truly critical ( Read more... ) -
Bad dreams and piscean weather
I just woke from a dream where I had read a vague blog/meme that strongly suggested that one of my friends had died or was going to die very soon. In my mind I started doing a very tortured process of elimination. Finally I realized I was sleeping and if I was sleeping that I might be dreaming, and if I could wake it might not be true. Glad one can ( Read more... ) -
Age of Mythology
A week or so ago in the middle of the night Carley said with perfect clarity, "I can build a Marketplace. Yes I can!" When I queried her for clarification I found she had been and continued to be in the deepest of slumbers. A few nights later she sat straight up, and with eyes wide open said, "Let's go!" I asked her to where it was we were going, ( Read more... ) -
You Can't Take it With You
Carley and I went to see You Can't Take it With You at the Seattle Reperatory Theater ( Read more... ) -
America the land where we all live
I know friends who feel smug about Obama's victory. For me it is bitter sweet. I sense the disappointment of those that threw their support behind Senator McCain, and I remember my own disappointment in 2000 and 2004. I also admired pre-2008 McCain. Of the Republican candidates for the nomination he was my second choice (behind Ron Paul, but that ( Read more... ) -
The psychology of conservatism and liberalism
"A meta-analysis by Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, and Sulloway in 2003 analyzed 88 studies from 12 countries, with over 22,000 subjects, and found that death anxiety, intolerance of ambiguity, lack of openness to experience, uncertainty avoidance, need for cognitive closure, need for personal structure, and threat of loss of position or self-esteem all ( Read more... )
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