August, 30, 2005 archives

daniel c. dennett, a professor of philosophy at tufts university, dissects the intelligent design hoax in the new york times.

i don’t know whether to file this under “things you thought only happened in fiction” or “things whose subtext i wished i still was oblivious to.”

i saved a birthday card from a girl i went to high school and worked with. (coincidentally enough, sara.) it actually says “stay as sweet as you are.”

mickey champion performs every tuesday night at little pedro’s, the oldest bar in los angeles, located over in the arts district. i really need to go over there some day and catch her show. it includes free fried chicken and cornbread at 11pm.

the new yorker explains esquivalience, a non-word from the new oxford american dictionary. it’s definition there: “the willful avoidance of one’s official responsibilities; the shirking of duties.”

it is too bad that it is not a real word, because that pretty perfectly captures how i spend vast stretches of my time.

i want to write more about this, but work beckons.

shannon pointed out that i see hawks in l.a. are playing another free show tonight at cole’s. i don’t think i can not go. the believers will also be playing — judging from the samples on their site, that should be a very good thing.

the los angeles times covers the release of the game: penetrating the secret society of pickup artists, a book whose very concept makes me want to run screaming for the door. but there are some hilarious quotes in the article.

i don’t know why it showed up on the california politics page of the times.

during lunch today, i managed to remember to head over to the central library to return some books and take some pictures of the farmers’ market.

all i bought was a bag of roasted peanuts (so tasty). next week i’ll have to bring a bag and load up on produce. it all looked awesome.

the bourne identity is a passable action movie, but not much more than that. i think i have entered a bleak spot in my netflix queue.