Chaco Canyon, September 2007

With slipstream Psilocybin silliness
Hank and I ascend the Anasazi trail
toward Pueblo Alto.

Step by giggling step;
rocks breathing in rhythm
with our high-altitude pant.

Endless cairns make pass
(some need adjustment, most not)
their oblique implications
we disunderstand.

Humans lurk ahead
out of psychic range.
We ignore them.

Nuevo Pueblo looms,
framed by teasing thunderstorms.

My stomach hurts.
I have to shit.

Perception is gnosis

Or as Groucho Marx said on his deathbed: "All you ever really have is what you've managed to pull out of your ass."

Andy Fucking Dick

I've always hated Andy Dick but never knew why. Now I know.

First firefly sighting of the year

No picture. Just recording for posterity.

Blah somebug.

LA Story

Babies in pain for our entertainment!

Crying babies are sooo fun! OMG!

It's fun to see how fast Sumo wrestlers can get a baby to cry.

It's also really really cool to give babies candy and then take it away in order to get poignant pictures of the resulting drama.

If I knew it was this cool, I would have had a baby a long time ago.

h/t: Boing Boing

My Coordinates

I've gotta rub it in as much as can.

Chillin in Laguna

Yeah, life is hard. Hanging in Laguna with Dad-in-law. We're watching an HOUR AND A HALF live news cam of some guy who stole a car. I guess this makes sense because I'm sure there's no other news going on in LA today.

But Bill and I, we've got the view:



















Bill also likes to chill:




Now it's off to Cafe Zoolu and some Swordfishies.

LA follies

Fley into LA yesterday and it's good to be back. Had dinner with Mom, Dad, MJ, Randy and OLIVER! Oliver was being cute again, why does he do that?

Yay my view!

Andrew Sullivan likes my view and I do too! I got to be one of his The View from Your Window posts.

I'm a movin' on up...

My friend Nietzsche

This is my good friend Nietzsche. We have an understanding because he is my friend.




































He is very intense but he always looks out for me.

Grammer Girl

For those who listen to podcasts and do any writing at all or have some perverted interest in grammar I'd like to suggest Grammar Girl. I just got clued into this and being someone who writes now and then and never got any kind of real edumacation in decent grammar it's been quite useful. She explains her topics in ways that are easy to remember and she sounds soooo hot.

HTML parsing

I've been looking for a decent HTML parser for some web analysis things I'm writing using .NET. I spent a couple of hours doing web and usenet searches and found parsers for Java, Python, Perl, etc. etc. but nothing looked extensive enough. But I finally ran into libxml which is the XML library for Gnome but also has an awesome HTML parser. It's in C which is fine for me 'cause I'm gonna write a .NET wrapper but I thought I'd let the world know in case anyone else is having a problem finding a good parser.

Welcome mi familias!

Try not to be shocked at the horrible rude things I say here.

Runny run run

Now that I'm running regularly again for the first time in something like 3 years, I'm keeping my run statistics here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pjFEb_YVLB3NicwU8OW_kHQ. I've added a permanent link on the right so that everyone can see how bitchingly awesome and undefeatable my running style is.

Fine fine fine then

OK L, E & M (hereafter known as LEM or ELM or MEL depending on your relative positions within my sphere of good graces at any given time), time to gently hold my ego to the fire.

A poem for today

This one is from the heart...

I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung, wanna pull out your tough
'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she's wearing
I'm hooked and I can't stop staring
Oh baby, I wanna get wit'cha
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But with that butt you got makes me feel so horny
Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-skin
You say you wanna get in my Benz?
Well, use me, use me
'Cause you ain't that average groupy
I've seen them dancin'
The hell with romancin'
She's sweat, wet,
Got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette
I'm tired of magazines
Sayin' flat butts are the thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back
So, fellas! (Yeah!) Fellas! (Yeah!)
Has your girlfriend got the butt? (Hell yeah!)
Tell 'em to shake it! (Shake it!) Shake it! (Shake it!)
Shake that healthy butt!
Baby got back!

I like 'em round, and big
And when I'm throwin' a gig
I just can't help myself, I'm actin' like an animal
Now here's my scandal
I wanna get you home
And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh
I ain't talkin' bout Playboy
'Cause silicone parts are made for toys
I want 'em real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mix-a-Lot's in trouble
Beggin' for a piece of that bubble
So I'm lookin' at rock videos
Knock-kneeded bimbos walkin' like hoes
You can have them bimbos
I'll keep my women like Flo Jo
A word to the thick soul sistas, I wanna get with ya
I won't cuss or hit ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna *fuck*
Til the break of dawn
Baby got it goin' on
A lot of simps won't like this song
'Cause them punks like to hit it and quit it
And I'd rather stay and play
'Cause I'm long, and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on
So, ladies! {Yeah!} Ladies! {Yeah}
If you wanna role in my Mercedes {Yeah!}
Then turn around! Stick it out!
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back!

Baby got back!
Yeah, baby ... when it comes to females, Cosmo ain't got nothin'
to do with my selection. 36-24-36? Ha ha, only if she's 5'3".

So your girlfriend rolls a Honda, playin' workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don't want none
Unless you've got buns, hun
You can do side bends or sit-ups,
But please don't lose that butt
Some brothers wanna play that "hard" role
And tell you that the butt ain't gold
So they toss it and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it
So Cosmo says you're fat
Well I ain't down with that!
'Cause your waist is small and your curves are kickin'
And I'm thinkin' bout stickin'
To the beanpole dames in the magazines:
You ain't it, Miss Thing!
Give me a sista, I can't resist her
Red beans and rice didn't miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
'Cause his girls are on my list
He had game but he chose to hit 'em
And I pull up quick to get wit 'em
So ladies, if the butt is round,
And you want a triple X throw down,
Dial 1-900-MIXALOT
And kick them nasty thoughts
Baby got back!

A very gentle first post

I will always blog with respect.
I will use my blog only for good.
I pray this blog my soul to keep.