Thursday October 31, 2002
cabin of the pirate cat
Reality is stranger than fiction. Where else do you think fiction comes from?... Keep reading this entry »
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Archives from October 2002
Wednesday October 30, 2002
chillin' at the luce
I thought I was going insane, but it was just Winamp set to random, cueing up the Muppets' version of Pennsylvania 6-5000.... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 30, 2002
barnstormin' duluth
My father has a plane. I have a camera. We mixed the two. There are some neat pictures of Jay Cooke, and if you've never seen it from the air... well... it's pretty cool. Sawback stone ridges like gears... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 29, 2002
casual socks
Target is now selling casual socks. They also rent out little kids that will push your cart around for you. I bought a sweater, which is weird because I haven't worn a long-sleeved shirt for six years. I may change... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 28, 2002
we could be happy underground
It's been a neat weekend of two jazz concerts, a combo rehearsal, a cabin by the lake with Al the One-Eyed Short-Tailed Pirate Cat, a sauna, daylight unsavings time, singing in the wagon, tasty omlettes and pizza, swearing in front... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 26, 2002
you know why.
We just bought 350 feet of bubble wrap. We don't need bubble wrap.... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 26, 2002
GO AWAY
Sun Ra: GO AWAY Sun Ra: COME HERE Tova: COME BACK Sun Ra: STOP DEAD Sun Ra: COME ALIVE Tova: DEAD ALIVE Sun Ra: EAT BLOCKS Tova: EXCRETE TRUCKS Sun Ra: SECRETE SECRETS Tova: MESQUITE LEECHES Sun Ra: BARBEQUED PARASITES... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 25, 2002
matter and energy
Wellstone dies in plane crash Yesterday I received this email from Wellstone. Though the body may perish the ideas live on. He was a force, a block of matter and energy, and cannot be destroyed. Whether or not you (or... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 24, 2002
cowboy dane's news round up
Gather round, kiddies! Cowboy Dane has been riding across the desert all night to bring you today's news round up! Listen close or you'll get a shiny bullet in the head! critics blast chevrolet campaign Chevrolet is linking up with... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 22, 2002
is it hot house corn?
VodkaPundit summed up my doldrums pretty damn well. It’s one of those nights when the world glares, stomps its foot, and flat out refuses to do anything interesting for me. I’d love to entertain you with some quick wit, or... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 22, 2002
mrs. renfro's last stand
Chilling at Commander Keane's house. I drove down Woodland this evening to pick up firewood from the gas station, and it felt like I was toolin' around in a mountain ski resort. Duluth is a splendid place to be if... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 21, 2002
cost-effective business
college tuition jumps five percent this year "Jumps"? "Five Percent"? UMD's tuition went up 16 percent this year. Tuition on the Twin Cities campus went up 13.5 percent, with a required 13 credit enrollment. I'd kill for a five percent... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 20, 2002
we're here cuz we're here
Ok, so get this. Jim's Big Ego, the widely acclaimed local fucking Boston fucking band that exudes geekiness and attitude in one confusing blast of cross-polarized sound, is hosted by Pair Networks, my very own web host. As is Roadside... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 20, 2002
with rocks?
Earth Er0tica celebrates the inherent beauty, creative power, and spiritual essence of sexuality as expressed in landscape. Damn, I don't remember Zion being nearly that suggestive. You'll never be able to look at rocks the same way again. The colorful... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 20, 2002
plasmatic musatic
Jennifer now has a picture gallery of our craziness from the 2001 Memorial Day Weekend Big Wu Family Reunion. Matt got duct taped to a chair, a little kid stuck crayons up his nose, and, uhh, other... stuff. That weekend... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 20, 2002
what you get when you combine m and n
Things currently on my desk: leatherman pulse screwdriver assorted screws gutted from my computer cheap-ass bic lighter wooden carving of buddha atlas shrugged (with a 1920's black and white postcard of the san luis valley being used as a bookmark)... Keep reading this entry »
Saturday October 19, 2002
summit at blackwoods
A martini consists of purely alcoholic ingredients. There's a reason people drink these things when they get home from work. Mine was bright blue and looked like liquid candy, but tasted like a chemical dependency. Tonight some nerds went to... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 17, 2002
polyphonic hand-wringing
In high school I was a huge band geek. In jazz band we would work our asses off for months, practicing, rehearsing, pouring over parts until all our efforts were optimized for generating song. The world would always pay off... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 17, 2002
short-changed on free admission
Tonight Happy Apple swung by UMD and worked a crowd into a frenzy with their avant-guard jazz stylings. I was surprised to see so many people show up, and was even more surprised to see that most of them stayed... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 15, 2002
processing plot
Two weeks ago I put the finishing touches on the first short story I've written since '96. Since 10th grade it's been nuthin' but essays. Just in the past year I've added journalism, blogging and humor columnitry to the mix.... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 15, 2002
surfer killed in bali
Two Americans Killed in Bali Blast Along with 100 or so Australians. A California man on a surfing trip to celebrate his 41st birthday was one of two Americans killed when a bomb exploded at an Indonesian nightclub. A former... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 15, 2002
young izzat plays it safe
Saddam runs unopposed in Iraq vote "By voting a "yes" to President Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi people are voting for their freedom, independence, future and destiny because Saddam symbolizes all these things. Iraqis, in fact, are electing themselves today," Izzat... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 14, 2002
survival of the wildest
We return victorious from the Porkies, proud with the lack of scars from battle. We smoked candy cigarettes outside a gas station in Ashland. We circled the wagons and had a dance party in the Ironwood Country Kitchen parking... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 13, 2002
nader dost speaketh
Nader's jaw is still moving up and down and only the Italians are listening. Iraq is nothing but a smokescreen, set up by Bush to distract the public from his connexions to corporate scandal. Nader said Bush's "distraction strategy" would... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 11, 2002
"yay capitalism"
This op/ed piece by Radley Barko gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. At about the same time a hodgepodge of protesters descended on Washington, D.C. last month to protest capitalism, globalization and free trade, the United Nations and the Institute... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 11, 2002
authorized...
Congress Grants Bush War Powers Against Iraq "With tonight's vote in the United States Senate, America speaks with one voice," Bush said in a statement, saying Congress "has spoken clearly to the international community and the United Nations Security Council."... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 11, 2002
porkies version 3.0
Today is an absolutely gorgeous day. This is the first time Duluth has seen the sun in two weeks, and one could mistake this place for spring if it wasn't for all the color exploding off trees and shredding people... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 9, 2002
flour flingin' insane
Walking back from the library tonight everything chinked together. Nothing really changed, but it was like someone threw flour into my chai tea and thickened things up. It was the cold breath of October on my skin. It was the... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 8, 2002
grandma rosa
Rising above Highway 35 is a new billboard advertising Grandma's Multi-National Eating Concern. It has the usual old-tyme depiction of Grandma Rosa in her fluffy sailor's suit with cravat. At first I paid the image only a passing glance, as... Keep reading this entry »
Monday October 7, 2002
inward gauntlet
I haven't written much in the last few days. I've been in quite a funk for some reason, and I fear that if I sit down and hack something out it will be nothing but a string of curse words... Keep reading this entry »
Sunday October 6, 2002
washburn county
Less talk, more looks. She envisioned a lovely fall weekend manifested in a photo gallery written with 1's and 0's.... Keep reading this entry »
Friday October 4, 2002
mindful roilsomes
I was rooting through my archives and saw I never published this entry. -10.26.2002 I must have had a pretty wild night of sleep last night. I keep confusing real life with dreams. Strange conversations about germs versus bacteria versus... Keep reading this entry »
Thursday October 3, 2002
john galt can do it
How do you go from this... Here’s my recipe for jack-dandy crab-stuffed sole fillets. Start with one (1) lb. of frozen chicken. Remove from the freezer ten hours before the meal. Put chicken in microwave; defrost. Ten hours later, look... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 2, 2002
photo geek roundup
I have added a few more photo galleries. In the passive voice this would be stated as "A few more photo galleries have been added." ...but who is doing the adding? Adders, I say. Poisonous snakes with l33t ph0t0gr4phy sk1llz.... Keep reading this entry »
Wednesday October 2, 2002
two towers
I just watched the trailer for Two Towers. You should too.... Keep reading this entry »
Tuesday October 1, 2002
popsicle service announcement
Schwan's ice cream machines have been placed in strategic locations about campus, and while they currently sit idle and hum to themselves, it is inevitable the machines will one day awaken from their slumber and conquer all students under a... Keep reading this entry »