Let this blow your mind...

Click that fucker to zoom out. Waaaaaaay out. This photo was snapped from 432 miles above Washington DC at 11:19 am on 1/20/09. I think you can figure the rest out on your own. Normally, satellite photos do a good job of making me feel small. This one makes me feel …

Jagged Lines & Extras...

I'm trying out SoundCloud. It is, if you're not familiar, essentially to music what Vimeo is to video and Flickr to pictures. This player has four micronaut out-takes that I uploaded to test the service. These were all written somewhere between the …

Start The New Year Right!

Our yearly Major Wind Storm just tore through town last night. Trees down everywhere. The town next to ours really got nailed, too. Quite a few houses got squished, but as far as I'm aware, nobody was hurt. The electricity was off for hours, but it has been more on than …

Merry Christmas...

Presents: opened.

Snow: check.

Hearth: warm.

Baby Jesus: worshipped.

On the bright side, we have electricity for the now.

"...the Pray For Snow party will not occur..."

The first blizzard of the year is going to hit the Cascades on Saturday (thank all weather gods for finally pulling your heads out of your collective asses) so I might actually get to go snowboard this year. I was beginning to think I needed to find a new hobby. …

Ass-whuppin', Rip City Style...

Elle's birthday was a couple weeks ago, and one of her presents was really good seats at the Blazers-Heat game tonight. Let's just say that PDX put the hurt on Miami, although the Heat made a great comeback. In the last 7 seconds, they closed to within 38 points. This …

Ain't No Mountain High Enough...

Decided to climb Rocky Top today instead of tomorrow. Took this picture of Mt. Jefferson from the summit. Hit my Flickr page for more of the same.

Fun Things...

1. Elle got me my Christmas present, a TAG/Heuer Monaco II. Now I know what TIME it is, Boyeeeeee! and I'll stop bitching about you guys never getting me a proper watch.

2. It occurs to me, in my advanced years, that the holidays are not really a time when older …

Pwnd...

Jury's still out on Merkely, and apparently Californians have figured out a way to strip existing rights from minority groups, which is an interesting concept. I'd like to have a proposition where Mormons get their books moved from "Religion" to "Science Fiction" in the …

Comin' Round The Bend...

As we used to say in Chicago, vote early and vote often. While it's true that the United States, despite all our bloviating, isn't actually a democracy (you'd have to go to Costa Rica for one of those) it still requires a certain amount of participation on your part. …

Voting Day...

Elle and I voted today, which was fun. Just for kicks, we waited in line at the door between the kitchen and living room, so it would feel like Chicago. Then we sat down on the couch and filled out our ballots. Oregon is the only 100% vote-by-mail state, and I have to …

Well, now...

Despite the fact that it is essentially meaningless in this context, I'd just like to offer my sincere congratulations to Paul Krugman. That's the sort of thing that really lends your existence an exclamation point, I would suppose. Good job, sir.

Bounte's Maximal EP now available...

The new Bounte EP, Maximal, is now available for purchase in shopPOSI, as well as most all the on-line services. 'Tis here, and is available at Depression 2.0 pricing.

Depression 2.0

As much as I wanted Jeff Campbell to be right, and me to be wrong, the Dow closed below 8600 today. For the record, the last time the Dow was 8600 was May 26th, 2003 when it took a brief dip. The time before that was November 2nd, 1998.

If you think about that for a …

Bleah...

I've got this bill that nobody in their right mind will put their name on, because it is simply ludicrous. I've got an idea!!! Let's load it down with a bunch of bullshit pork, and then it'll pass!!! w00t!

Seeing how the Senate managed to git 'r dun, I'm intrigued to …

San Francisco...

After a hell drive through some of the worst rain I've seen in this part of the world, I am safely ensconced in my room at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco. I think "womb" would be a better term, so that's what I'm gonna call it for the remainder of this trip. …

It doesn't happen often...

...but occasionally something happens in San Francisco that makes me realize well and truly how cool this city is. I had just left the restaurant after getting dinner ("Bladerunner" sushi, as Mr. Beeson calls it) and this square next to the hotel has this gigantic movie …

Cheer...

The bailout didn't pass, as you no doubt know by now. I'm sure there will be some wheeling and dealing, and a modified version will pass later in the week, but credit markets aside, I'm glad those fucking tools that got us in to this bullshit have to suffer for at least …

Huh.

Did anyone else notice that they kited the debate format from the one Jimmy Smits and Alan Alda did on the final season of West Wing? Not that I'm complaining, mind you. The format they chose for these debates really suits actually getting outside of the easy-to-swallow …

Whee!

Of all the whacky shit, I never thought Road Warrior would actually come true.