Espresso? Stick it in my veins!

A Little Bit of Political Bitchin’

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:34:11 -0500

Hey constitutional literalists, tea partiers, and all others who love to claim “X” or “Y” is an affront to the nation that our founding fathers envisioned, you have been awfully quiet lately.

Do you guys know about this line-item veto thing? When are you guys going to start rallying with misspelled and vaguely racist signs? I mean here we have some classic stuff that you guys should be super pissed about. Shall I review?

1 The line-item veto betrays one of the most fundamental and important principles of the constitution: Separation & Balance of Powers 2 This change in the balance of powers basically boils down to amended the constitution. But instead of the whole 2/3s majority and 3/4 of state legislators vote thing, it may be passed with a simple majority of both chambers. 3 Compared to all the things that you guys get really up in arms about (gun control, the Federal Reserve, gay marriage, healthcare reform) the separation of powers is mentioned more often, more clearly, and much more forcefully. Look at the constitution, the Federalist Papers, or just a middle school history textbook.

Ugh. The line-item veto represents one of the biggest changes to the fundamental workings of the Federal Government in many many years. But you’d never know because all anyone wants to do is grandstand about trivial bullshit, that gets voters mad.

merlin: Filed Away for Future Claim Chowder Some very...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:21:20 -0500

merlin:

Filed Away for Future Claim Chowder

Some very prescient “claim chowder filing”.

what kinda shampoo do you use on your beard?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:26 -0500

I have a homemade blend, which I’ve been refining for many years. The complete ingredients are too numerous to list, but the most notable components are: unicorn mane, cascade hops, and pure testosterone.

How to Give Louis C.K.’s “Live at the Beacon Theater” as a Gift

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:30:00 -0500

According to “LCK Support”, a gifting option is coming, and may be up as early as later today. Maybe a consideration in your holiday gift planning.

On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:28 PM, LCK Support wrote:

We’ve been working on a gifting option and it should be up tomorrow. You can register a friend’s email address, but it will probably be easier to wait for the gift option.

Regards,
LCK Support

On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:22 PM, roosto wrote:

Hello lovely minions of Louis C.K.,

I would like very much to get this as a gift for a friend. Could I simply buy it again and use said friend’s email address during the purchase process? Or is there a more formal/less kludgey way to do this?

Thanks, -Dustin-

Also: they wrote me back in < 10min at 11:30 in the P.M. That’s impressive.

Finally: I read that he really sweated the details about how to present the thing. Evidenced by this line on the Contact page: “The video is MP4 (H.264) encoded, with an Ogg Theora option for those who prefer not to use H.264.”

Who the hell else has ever sold something on the internet of this caliber with an option to get the damned thing in Ogg Theora? Say what you will about the FSF, Ogg, H.264, patents, and the rest of it, this is frickin’ cool and a real olive branch to some folks. If it wasn’t for PayPal and a lack of guarantees about air conditioning levels, Stallman might actually buy this thing.

Mark Shields Makes an Important Point

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:00:46 -0500

I do not like Mitt Romney. He was my governor for four years, and he was crap. He may have plugged up a big budget gap, but he did so on the backs of the poor and middle class. He is a phony and knows nothing about government. But please let him be nominated by the GOP, because he is the only one that can give Obama a run for his money.

I like Barrack Obama. I like him a lot. But this election that’s coming should be a very real discussion and debate about where to take the country. I want Barrack Obama to win it. I want him to win the debate and the election. I do not want the GOP candidate to be dismissed.

Mark Shields on Friday’s NewsHour put it best (BTW, Mark Shields also wants Barrack Obama to win the election):

Three out of four Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. This is an election about what the government should do, shouldn’t do, who should pay for it, what we’re going to ask of each other, what we’re going to ask of ourselves. I mean, it should be a very serious debate, and because Obama’s stewardship has been an imperfect and flawed stewardship.

And if Newt Gingrich is the nominee, Barack Obama will coast to a second term. Because it will be all about Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich — Newt Gingrich is such a flawed vessel and such a flawed candidate.

He has more skeletons than the Harvard Medical School lab does. And I’m telling you, it’s — it would be bad for the country. To have Obama coast to a re-election, untested, unchallenged, undiscussed, is really going to be bad.

Occupy Harvard wants “a University for the 99%”. I’m thinking a...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:37:03 -0500

Occupy Harvard wants “a University for the 99%”. I’m thinking a quick trip on the red line to JFK/UMass could save a lot of time with the tents and such …

Thanks, Steve. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:41:09 -0400

Thanks, Steve. (Taken with instagram)

newshour: What we’re watching in the newsroom today:a segment...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:01:00 -0400

newshour:

What we’re watching in the newsroom today:a segment from the April 5, 1985 edition of the “MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour”, that examines Apple Computer and “Steven Jobs.”

First line: “Tonight, we focus on an apple. Apple the computer, not the fruit.”

This piece is great for a lot of reasons. The fact that Woz was nuts, even back then, that Sculley really didn’t have his head on right, and that handsome, handsome swaggering tuxedoed 30 year old Steve Jobs.

Easily the part that marked this as being 25+ years old was during Jim’s intro detailing the sagging PC industry, “May top executives have seen pay cuts.”

So good! lizisforlovers: best photostream ever. (by Nightmares...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:28:13 -0400

So good!

lizisforlovers:

best photostream ever. (by Nightmares Fear Factory)

"Thank God."

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:08:53 -0400

“Thank God.”

- Republican Senator Scott Brown responding to a crack Elizabeth Warren made in Tuesday’s debate, when the Democrat said that she “didn’t take her clothes off” to pay for college, a reference to Brown’s famous nude spread in Cosmopolitan magazine decades ago. (via boston)

He believed in us

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:21:00 -0400

In a world of mediocrity, Steve Jobs believed that we could think different.

Against the press, against the pundits, and against all odds, he stood defiant. He saw something in our nature that no one else could be brave enough to do. He saw that we were not lemmings. He saw that we did not want to compromise for average, for also rans, nor for good enough.

In a world of crap, Steve Jobs dared to believe that there were people who would choose to have it better. This is what I take from his legacy. I take into my every day life and work: the belief that human beings want and will, when given the option, choose to be better than the crap.

I humbly hope that I can inspire others, as he did time and time again, to know that they need not settle on the same old tired B.S.

Logging out of Facebook is not enough

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:54:00 -0400

Logging out of Facebook is not enough:

But logging out of Facebook only de-authorizes your browser from the web application, a number of cookies (including your account number) are still sent along to all requests to facebook.com. Even if you are logged out, Facebook still knows and can track every page you visit.

And just like that a very plausible explanation as to why Facebook has yet to make an iPad app has surfaced.

Twitter: The Criteria Collection In another twitter skits video...

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:31:50 -0400

Twitter: The Criteria Collection

In another twitter skits video inspired by the matchless Twitter: The Criterion Collection (also available in Volume II & Volume III) I bring to life toots by @kimproper, @lonelysandwich, @dwineman.

N.B. links to toots go to favstar.fm, so as you can discover other groovy toots by these clever folk.

Apples to Apples, yes. But Apples from where?

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:47:52 -0400

Where do you people go to pick Apples, in Mass, NH, or VT? Life long New Englanders, I’m looking at you for help on this one.

Specifically, a joint with a good selection of heirloom/unusual varieties, fresh made cider donuts is of course a big plus, but the main idea is apple picking not donut shopping.

Bard, pictured, during his “collapse” in the 8th.

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:05:53 -0400

Bard, pictured, during his “collapse” in the 8th.

Caturday: Very much begging for a pair of photoshopped librarian...

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:40:41 -0400

Caturday: Very much begging for a pair of photoshopped librarian glasses edition

Brandeis University Recycling Program (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:52:42 -0400

Brandeis University Recycling Program (Taken with instagram)

The Barn (Taken with Instagram at Old Town Farm)

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:40:41 -0400

The Barn (Taken with Instagram at Old Town Farm)

automagically made from an image posted by roosto.

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:04:13 -0400

automagically made from an image posted by roosto.

iPhone Mexican Standoff! Michael takes a picture of me … …...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:24:00 -0400

iPhone Mexican Standoff!

Michael takes a picture of me …
… meanwhile, I take a picture of Elizabeth …
… elsewhere, Elizabeth takes a picture of Michael

Best served with “tagging” and simultaneous uploading to facebook for maximum gooberness.