January 03, 2006

Know thyself.

6:49 PM

I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Bard Cleric

Follower Of Hanali Cenanil, the Elven goddess of love, beauty, & art.

Alignment: Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups.

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April 13, 2004

Citizen Kane as weblog

3:21 PM

Jeffrey Zeldman is the avant-garde of web publishing:

If the great movies had been websites

Here we have the most democratic publishing medium ever invented, and what do people fill it with? The meaningless daily details of their lives.

What if every potentially great new medium had been filled with "content" like this? What if, instead of actually MAKING Citizen Kane, Orson Welles had simply published a Web diary?

[...]

Oct. 7
Mankewicz arranged a little party. The steaks were overdone. I complained to Joseph Cotten, and the little ham told me I eat too much. Can you imagine? I told Joseph he should spend more time worrying about his performance on the set and less time worrying about my performance at the table. For some reason, Mankewicz's wife thought that was hilarious. Laughed herself silly, while poor Joe, her husband, just scowled into his wine. I wonder if the Mankewiczes are truly happy. But then, what is happiness? Should work that question into Kane.

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May 12, 2003

Lizard Mop

3:04 AM

Mr. Cleanee Man is mopping the floor as I leave work. He says, "G'night, Dave."

I put my briefcase, with my accounting homework, down for a moment because I notice he has a small beige lizard on his collar. "You know they're gonna sell this hospital?"

Mr. Cleanee Man looks at me. He leans on the mop. He puts the lizard into his mouth and says, "Um huh." When he takes the lizard out it is pink.

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May 05, 2003

Name that tune

12:55 PM

O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.

-- by William Shakespeare
(Jeff Brechlin, Potomac Falls)
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