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2015 / Oct / 18
No Talking Tuesday # 217
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This Tuesday found me back in the screening room at work watching the Critereon blue-ray editions of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sanjuro. read more
Oct

2015

18

2015 / Oct / 18
No Talking Tuesday # 216
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December 07, 2011

This Tuesday found me alone at the screening room at work watching the blue ray of Dark Crystal. The classic Jim Henson film about a dualistic fantastical planet, read more
Oct

2015

18

2015 / Oct / 18
Street Fighter 2010 (NES) – Beat!
- posted in Video Games
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November 11, 2011

In my ongoing effort to beat all the classic console games that bested me in my youth, I’ve conquered Street Fighter 2010 for Nintendo. read more
Oct

2015

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2015 / Oct / 18
Lion King (Genesis) – Beat!
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November 07, 2011

I finally beat Lion King for Sega Genesis! I’ve decided to go back with my more powerful adult brain and beat the games from my childhood I never finished. read more
Oct

2015

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2015 / Oct / 18
Six Month Stickies # 7
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May 31, 2011

As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
* Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation: read more
Oct

2015

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2015 / Oct / 14
Bruce Lee Quote
- posted in Art
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March 06, 2011

Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile]. read more
Oct

2015

04

2015 / Oct / 04
Missed Connection
- posted in Art, Lady Drama
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September 27, 2011

I was on BART the other day (name of the bay area subway system), when I saw a young woman who looked familiar sitting across from me. I suspected I was wrong and didn’t give it another thought- Well maybe one or two more, about her attractive nerdyness. read more
Sep

2015

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2015 / Sep / 29
Dear Class
- posted in Art, Writing
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September 8, 2011

I‘ve developed a reputation at school for being a demanding teacher who expects too much and grades too harshly. I had a particularly lazy class a couple semesters back, and gave them a good tongue lashing via email. read more
Sep

2015

28

2015 / Sep / 28
Open Letter to Heather Phares
- posted in Art, Music, Writing
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March 13, 2011

A little while back I made a resolution to contact my favorite artists and give thanks. I started with this letter to Heather Phares. read more
Sep

2015

26

2015 / Sep / 26
Weird Dream
- posted in Art, Writing
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May 27, 2011

I had a weird dream and shared it with my friend Jaimie.

me:
last night I had a dream that Samuel L Jackson and I were crying to a Nora Jones song.
So I woke up and was like “whoa, I guess I better listen to that song…” read more
Sep

2015

26

2015 / Sep / 26
The Ugliness of Effort
- posted in Writing
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June 28, 2011

The Ugliness of Effort read more
Sep

2015

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2015 / Sep / 22
Humility Dreaming
- posted in Art, Writing
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June 01, 2011

Last night I had a powerful dream. read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
100,000 Songs
- posted in Music
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May 14, 2011

I recently logged my 100,000th song with last.fm,
which has been tracking my music listening since I signed up with the service a few years ago.
(To see what it looked like at 50,000 click here) read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
Trish Keenan R.I.P
- posted in Music
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January 14, 2011

Lead singer Trish Keenan of Broadcast, died today.
One of the best, and certainly my favorite contemporary rock band. read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
The National – Anyone’s Ghost
- posted in Music
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February 17, 2007

You said I came close
as anyone’s come
to live underwater
for more than a month

you said it was not inside my heart, it was
you said it should tear a kid apart, it does read more
Sep

2015

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2015 / Sep / 13
The Cool, Cool River
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July 19, 2011

Moves like a fist through traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It’s just a little lump
But you feel it read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
Six Month Stickies # 6
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February 13, 2011

As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
* Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation: read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
Anime Class
- posted in Art
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July 15, 2011

This summer I’m teaching 8-19 year olds how to draw anime and manga. The class is at a community college in Walnut creek. read more
Sep

2015

13

2015 / Sep / 13
Aggressive Checkmate (Fried Liver Attack)
- posted in Chess
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January 01, 2011

I usually play the “Italian Game” opening as white which occasionally means I have the opportunity to play the “Fried Liver Attack” read more
Sep

2015

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2015 / Sep / 13
No Talking Tuesday Year End Wrap Up End of Year Three
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December 23, 2010

The third year of my no talking Tuesdays has come and gone with fewer insights and revelations. I feel like I’ve hit my stride with the experiment and it’s become a part of my routine in much the same way brushing my teeth or cutting my fingernails has. read more