Entries from January 2008

Crazier Than Crazy: Cruise on Scientology

Post 1

I’m not going to quote Tom Cruise, or discuss much at all, you just need to read the article and watch the video yourself: Cruise Scientology Indoctrination Video. What a pretentious, presumptuous, deluded person. I recognize and respect Cruise and the group’s focus on helping others but their means of doing so are so [...]


Toast Loves Graffiti in Seattle

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I was walking down 4th Ave with Dana and Dave, across the street from City Hall and returning from lunch at the Columbia Tower food court, when I was jolted to a stop by a familiar image:

I had seen that adorable little bunny robot toaster before, marked onto the back of a bus seat with [...]


Today or Gin

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I promised to Whit, on chat yesterday, that I would finish reworking his website and adding a Flickr feed by the end of that day, or I would buy him a bottle of gin. Well, if you measure the end of the day by when you go to sleep, I do not owe him any [...]


Truth

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So I was in not a particularly good mood this evening when I returned home, firing up my laptop on the strength of my “today or gin” claim to Whit (more on this later?). In the midst of glorious self-pity, I recalled a personally and professionally relevant story that asked, “How will this software get [...]