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to balance out the pottery story. . .

or as my fencing teacher used to say:

“perfect practice makes perfect execution”

“Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we are here. The two windows give different views, but they look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete. Both leave out essential features of the real world. And both are worthy of respect.

Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute. The media exaggerate their numbers and importance. The media rarely mention the fact that the great majority of religious people belong to moderate denominations that treat science with respect, or the fact that the great majority of scientists treat religion with respect so long as religion does not claim jurisdiction over scientific questions.”

- Freeman Dyson

love this idea - i think it applies to every craft i enjoy: programming, music, cooking. . .

do more, not less. regardless of quality - just do more.

read about DOING MORE!

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen something so emotionally painful and sad. I usually don’t advocate watching videos of someone dying - as it seems so incredibly voyeuristic and invasive. In this case, however, I’ve rationalized that if it were me, and my life came to a senseless and brutal end, I’d want others to know about it - perhaps the world, if it were a cause I truly believed in. The senseless and brutal death of Neda. The saddest part is that an unidentified man is yelling in Farsi: “My Neda, don’t be afraid, please don’t go, please don’t go, please stay…” Watch the video only if you are prepared to be greatly saddened, shocked and perhaps incensed for a quite a while. . .

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/21/2009-06-21_neda_young_girl_killed_in_iran.html

finding lots of great old jazz performances, that I would’ve never been able to find pre-web. . .

http://yellowstallion.bandcamp.com/

4 songs. 1 old. 2 unheard of. 1 new.

The true story of a vengeful, brainy overachiever named Michael Malice. Quite a funny character he is - constantly feeling under-appreciated and overly qualified (he is highly intelligent, or so he says) - Malice often seems to aspire to low responsibility situations. Perhaps this is where he and Pekar intersect? Not a fan of the illustration style, but the text is funny.

a wonderfully mundane look at life as a manga illustrator/writer. i say ‘mundane’ in the best sense of the word. reading the book makes you feel like you’re experiencing the author’s life in real-time. if there’s any criticism that could be launched at this very long manga (we’re talking war and peace thickness - but, hey, it’s mostly pictures) it’s its profuseness.

nonetheless, my ignorant self considers Tatsumi on the forefront of adult every day life comics. he was Pekar before Pekar

My dad went to a Plone Convention and all I got was this crappy configuration.

delicious clean tonkatsu broth. rich, but not greasy. thumbs up on that.

thumbs unimpressed on the pork. wasn’t the several hours roasted, fall apart kind that they had in vancouver or in san jose at ramen halu. hmm, no egg noodles either. odd.

i have to do research on this- minca’s in the e. village went this way too for some reason.

still delicious tho!