January 2009
Happy New Year, tweeple!
The number of sad/tragic new year’s eve parties must vastly outweigh the number of decents.
New Year’s Eve, 2008: first time I’ve seen Boston cops having their own little Critical Mass. Great weather for it!
December 2008
Can’t sleep!
Struck by a sudden desire to watch The Departed. Again.
Hey, ERS, please stop pronouncing “Club Passim” as “Club Pass ‘em.” Thanks!
CBC? 4? Really?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Andrew Bird (18)
The National (16)
Blitzen Trapper (14)
tpmtv (13)
Blue Sky Black Death (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Is it just me, or is The Penguin the saddest bar, whenever you walk by?
Heading to the Publick House in Washington Sq.
wtf, israel: airstrikes? really?
Brett’s octopus-cake is rotting in the kitchen. Gross.
Stupid “Mass Convention Center Financing Fee.” #zipcar #boston
The rusting hulks of New England’s former industry now find value only as mount points for ubiquitous telecom equipment.
Hating myself for not syncing the Pixies to my damn iPhone. When you need it, you need it.
Bless you, Indian food MREs. I will never know why you taste so so good.
Talking Points Memo | To Consider ... →
TPM wonders who the factions will be in politics over the next few years.
The walls of my parents’ house are apparently filled with lead. Screw you Joss Whedon, all signals shall be stopped!
Setting up Wii for family. Grandmother: “it’s so good to have a mechanical person around!!”
Yes, evidently I am the family robot.
If we can engineer hypoallergenic kitties and glow in the dark bunnies, we can certainly make Glow-Stick Bacon™. EXCELSIOR.
Good god, the Baconet has woken up sentient: http://moourl.com/ui6y9
Merry Christmas, everybody.
Christmas booze go.
Sweet, this Amtrak has a Travel Mall! My Christmas shopping can now begin in earnest.
Hipsters, n.: a U.S. subculture distinguished by a refusal to self-identify and a shuddering inability to handle popularity or compliments.
Second to last B line train is the best B line train.
Jesus. Effing. Christ. A youtube autoplaying video in a background tab with creepy whistling in it just scared the shit out of me.
WAYN = Hi5 = Netlog = Sallie Mae.
Want to bash in the heads of people who ask if global warming is over because 08 was slightly cooler than 07.
Northeastern University’s IT Dept. is literally staffed by drunk clowns and monkeys.
WTF, Boston drivers: you people are so nice, I’ve routinely felt like an idiot today for not crossing the road when *you* have the green.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Andrew Bird (18)
The National (16)
Blitzen Trapper (14)
Blue Sky Black Death (10)
Citizen Cope (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This snow wants to bury us. And it will stop at nothing.
Vietnamese broth soup in midst of blizzard.
Weathernerd roommate informs me that one final hurrah for this storm remains. IT WILL NOT DIE.
The snowpocalypse is the real singularity.
The snowpocalypse is a strange loop.
The Pro-Actionary Principle →
In which Kevin Kelly takes a Popperian stance on technological adoption. “We can only ever know that it is safe *so far*”
And the crucial text: http://twitpic.com/ur69
Best christmas present: http://twitpic.com/ur5k