matt, kay, skp, and I went hiking at Point Reyes yesterday. I haven't been hiking for a few months...and today my muscles are letting me know that nine miles was too much. As usual, I took some pictures. It was a dreary looking day, but it was great to be outside for a while. I don't have the 35mm pictures developed yet, though, they'll be coming soon.
If you go by the frequency of their appearance on TV, Dirty Dancing and The Breakfast Club are the two most popular movies of all time.
The flowers whirl away
In the wind like snow.
The thing that falls away
Is myself.
In the wind like snow.
The thing that falls away
Is myself.
- The Prime Minister Kintsune
This has personally been a bad, bad week. But I'm learning things that I wouldn't have otherwise. And that's all I'm saying about that. augmentation by and by.
Clinton: Pot Smoking Should Not Be Prison Offense: "I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be." Why didn't he say this while he was President? Because it makes sense...but would be political suicide. At least he's saying it now. [via metafilter]
I haven't seen it yet, but I hear Blogger is in the Street Cred section of the latest (January) issue of Wired. That's so cool. Update: matt has a photo.
Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense of pride to make it easier.
I believe that robots are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.
"If you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there's a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That's your choice." - Noam Chomsky. Sometimes that's not an easy choice.
today I took part in a day without weblogs to shift some attention to the AIDS epidemic. It's amazing that last year there were 50 participants, and this year there were 100 times that.