Get your raisin on

kniwt pointed me to this beautiful 60 second anthem to the greatest little city in Central California: Fresno Image Campaign Song #1, KFSN. This is a 1 megabyte mp3 I produced by hijacking the audio from the site it was on and then encoding an mp3. Because fine art deserves fine treatment.

Cardio Pole Dancing Take 2

I forgot to get a shot of the second part of their sign, and so I went back tonight.

You asked

anarqueso displayed some kind of space alien taxidermy accident on her LJ and then asked: what's in your living room? Here's what's in mine. Slowly the Black Gate creaks open, grinding on its hinges, to reveal...

( GODS )

I am apparently the king of commonly confused words.

( ego boost via okcupid language quiz )

Capt. Fishback's letter: "This is morally inconsistent with the Constitution"

It appears from this letter, which was printed in today's Washington post, that at least some of the officer corps would prefer to keep the Geneva Conventions, and the constitution. And this is someone who's seen the worst our enemies can do.

A Matter of Honor

The following letter was sent to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sept. 16:

Dear Senator McCain:

I am a graduate of West Point currently serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Infantry. I have served two combat tours with the 82nd Airborne Division, one each in Afghanistan and Iraq. While I served in the Global War on Terror, the actions and statements of my leadership led me to believe that United States policy did not require application of the Geneva Conventions in Afghanistan or Iraq. ( Read more... )

You can't fight in here, this is the war room!

1. An incredibly bitter and sadly accurate obituary of M. Scott Peck, the spiritual psychology self-help writer. His first book was reasonably useful but the rest of his career was a waste, and apparently he was the Peter Sellers of popular moral philosophy. Via Robot Wisdom
   
   
2. The LA Times has a good piece on food safety at Chinese places. Chinese friends of mine tell me that if the grade is better than C it's probably not authentic. Then again, my cultural tolerance doesn't extend to salmonella or living insects in my rice.
   
   
3. Pets in Uniform! Pets in Uniform! PETS IN UNIFORM? Via memepool.
   
   
4. Robot finds 600 barrels of pirate loot. I assume the robot has one leg and an eye patch.

Localfilter: Newport Harbor High alumni

Hmm. I do like BBQ. And maybe if a bunch of us from different generations all arrived at once and confused the hell out of them it would be fun.

COME HOME FOR HOMECOMING!!!
Newport Harbor High is celebrating its 75th Anniversary!! Friday, OCTOBER 21, 2005 & Saturday, OCTOBER 22, 2005

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