So, back in January I got an e-mail which stated:

“I'm a producer with the NBC talent show "America's Got Talent" and I am currently searching for acts for our upcoming showcase in San Francisco. I came across your website and think you could be a fantastic fit for the show and would love to chat with you more about our auditions, how they work, ( Read more... )

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve ticked people off with a political discussion. I reckon it’s about time…

I try not to live in an echo chamber. That is to say that having conversations with people who agree with all of my opinions is both simple and unchallenging, and so often times I try not to limit myself to it. What this means to me ( Read more... )

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Aaaand here are Syrus' last two vlogs from our trip to New Orleans:

Syrus in New Orleans: The St Louis Cemetery / Marie Laveau's Tomb

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Syrus in New Orleans: Farewell to New Orleans

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Well, I'm in the airport terminal, waiting for my flight back to San Francisco. I surprised myself by actually managing to complete my goal of making a new Vlog for each day in New Orleans. I posted the first three yesterday; here's the next two:

Syrus in New Orleans: Swamps and Gators

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Syrus in New Orleans: The Cafe Du Monde

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According to my Livejournal home page, this is the first time I've updated in 14 weeks. 14 weeks!?! Crimony!

In any case, Eva and I are celebrating the New Year in New Orleans; birthplace of jazz, Louis Armstrong and terrible, terrible vampire novels. Because I can't even go on vacation without making an art project out of it, I've been shooting ( Read more... )

Eva and I want to be the new guest hosts on a San Francisco TV station KOFY TV, who's holding a contest for new hosts. Watch our audition video, spread it around, and if we make it as finalists, be sure to vote for us! So far there's not a lot of other audition videos submitted, so our chances are pretty good.

See our audition video HERE!

About a week ago, my brother-in-law posted a status update to his facebook status, which said something along the lines that 'the atheists that he knows proselytize their beliefs more than the Christians he knows.' I must admit, as a knee-jerk reaction, I was taken aback. Sure, atheists tend to talk about atheism a great deal in online atheist ( Read more... )

I have spent the morning hunting. My quarry is elusive and cunning, and a master of camouflage. Many times I think that I have finally stumbled across my prey only to find that I have been tricked by an errant speaker wire or a discarded bootlace.

There's a colony of the beasts somewhere in my office - I can feel it. Occasionally I have brought a ( Read more... )

Over the next couple of weeks, there will be a gradual but inexorable exodus from the Bay Area. All around me, people will be leaving in droves, transforming this once-bustling city into a virtual ghost town. What is the cause of this mass evacuation? Is it an imminent earthquake? Is it a deathly viral outbreak? What kind of horrifying catastrophe ( Read more... )