CTP and I are embarking on a new venture this month:
We’re going to start holding a monthly free bike clinic behind my place in Berkeley, providing repair, advice & instruction to anyone who needs help with a bike.
This grew out of our Burning Man experience. We basically do exactly this for the citizens of […]
At least, not officially. But people seem to be using it as one quite a lot, and not usually with any direct reference to the Buddhist texts or discipline. In fact, it seems that the word is being co-opted by people who are about as unfamilar with Zen as is possible to become. “…chat with […]
Yesterday was a really gorgeous day out. It’s good to have you back in the Bay, VonChorsen.
Today, I’ve made a couple of tweaks I hope you’ll like. You can now comment without entering any personal info at all. Please never enter your real email address as spammers will be able to find it here. Don’t […]
From “Instances of Doucheitude and Why it Doesn’t Matter” at: http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com/
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As I relaxed with a bowl of cold, leftover macaroni and cheese, an interesting clip was shown on my favorite news channel. I was treated to a segment from the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, during which John Kerry, clad in leather and denim, rode […]
Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff on MetaFilter that I’ve already seen before elsewhere. And if I already saw it elsewhere and didn’t post it to MetaFilter myself, that probably means I didn’t think it was worth posting. So I guess I’m saying that I’m seeing a lot of old shit on MeFi […]
A few pictures from my trip up to Shasta County with my Grandpa. Mostly I shot the wildflowers. It had been a wet winter and we were there in the bloom of Spring. It was quite lovely.
Despite the fact that, in the western world, it’s the liberals who generally speak first of tolerance for Arabs, and despite the fact that most Arabs hate George Bush, I think you might be surprised to hear that most Arabs are in fact conservative.
Arabs are family-oriented types, often with strict gender stereotypes deeply ingrained, […]
I don’t know what else to say. Check out this article:
“President Bush poked fun at his staff, his Democratic challenger and himself Wednesday night at a black-tie dinner where he hobnobbed with the news media.
Bush put on a slide show, calling it the “White House Election-Year Album” at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association 60th […]
Wow. What an incredibly fantastic Nation article on Israel/Palestine, the options for peace, the choices to be made, and what’s keeping it all from moving forward. I happen to agree with the main argument that a single, secular state is the only attainable peace. It’s 6 months old now, but if you’re interested in the […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. To commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the beginning of hostilities in Iraq, I’ve finally posted my pictures from the San Francisco protest that I was a part of. Here’s the gallery. Try to imagine the deafening sound of several helicopters overhead as you view it.