So a couple of weeks ago I had a PG&E energy auditor come out to my apartment to do an assessment. Basically, I figured that it'd be hypocritical of me to preach energy efficiency without optimizing my own usage. I'll leave it at that since no other energy nerds read my blog here. Ok ( Read more... )

glassbooth is a useful tool for sorting through the primary presidential candidates. it works in two steps: first, you tell glassbooth what issues matter to you. glassbooth then generates a poll around your issues and matches you to candidates who think (or claim to think) along your lines. this is a decent way to do an end-run around the cult ( Read more... )

a short note - an introduction by way of apology, i reckon:
i made a real effort to avoid any sort of artistic flourishes with this narrative. my instructor cautions against "spiritual inflation," and i tend to fall prey to that. i tried to inject some of the humor of the situation, but, in retrospect, i neglected to accurately capture some of the ( Read more... )

old news, new to me (and possibly you):

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vector - feministe - read their blog. at least go read the bit about what happened in nola if you don't already know.

i have this thing i wanna write, but it's still brewing. needs yeast.

as promised:

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( a cold night in a dead tree (part 1 of 2) )

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Tomorrow morning I am heading into southern Humboldt for some "survival camping." This is supposed to be experiential fodder for a nature writing class I'm in right now. It seemed like a good idea in October, but December is looking like a different story. Last weekend, the ridge we're heading for received 5 inches of rain in 48 hours (not ( Read more... )

a happy update on my missing brother ( Read more... )

this is a long shot, but it's easier than emailing everybody and hoping it makes it through spam filters ( Read more... )

oakland:

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