http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/ Words in a row from the day after tomorrow. en-us 2009-02-25T14:57:35-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000490.html So, some news. I finished Winter Republik a few weeks ago, the book I've been writing for the last many years. 127,000 words, 219 single spaced letter-size pages. The size of the thing is the least important thing about it,... Writing case 2009-02-25T14:57:35-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000489.html The year of the Ox is beginning tomorrow, and this past week has just been a crazy emotional cap to what has been a crazy emotional year of the Rat. The Obama inauguration on Tuesday inspired me perhaps more than... Chatter case 2009-01-25T09:52:46-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000488.html RIP Joe Strummer, who passed away six years ago today. I heard a great story about him when I was in California. A male flight attendant was on a flight somewhere in the US, and as he was walking down... Music case 2008-12-22T09:40:55-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000487.html Had a vivid dream last night of taking off in a widebody jet - an Airbus 330 or 340 - sitting in business class. Biz class was like it always is, nice and comfortable and friendly. Then after flying a... Chatter case 2008-12-19T08:07:51-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000486.html This is the closest description of my life's philosophy that I have yet found, over decades of searching.... Chatter case 2008-12-17T10:35:39-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000485.html I've had the flu for the last four days. It's no fun but I guess it's one of those times you might as well make the best of while you can. I haven't had real down time in a hell... Chatter case 2008-12-14T11:55:05-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000484.html This is a crazy story that sounds more like science fiction than science. There's a species of "voodoo" wasp that lays its eggs inside a certain kind of caterpillar. The eggs turn into larvae that feed off the caterpillar for... Technology case 2008-12-14T11:20:12-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000483.html I was in a great mood as I drove to work this morning - not even sure why. Maybe it was the sunrise - a few gorgeous flat red clouds across a blush sky - reflected in Lake Washington as... Chatter case 2008-12-05T12:35:23-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000482.html This has been a great two weeks in Denmark. Conference successfully completed, and then more than a week of good socialism with old friends. I'm really lucky to know such great people, and lucky that I have a job where... Chatter case 2008-11-29T13:26:47-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000481.html Ha ha! I just saw a BBC article on the Secret Service code names that were given to the Obama family - Barack is "Renegade," Michelle is "Renaissance," and the girls are "Rosebud" and "Radiance." All awesome names. That led... Politics case 2008-11-14T19:42:34-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000480.html Some American pranksters printed off more than a million copies of a bogus edition of the New York Times and distributed them in New York and Los Angeles. The headlines included the ending of the Iraq War, and the creation... Politics case 2008-11-12T19:42:58-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000479.html Turns out I was too conservative on my election call in the last post. After the last two elections though, I really had a hard time keeping any faith that the Democrats could actually win, much less win with a... Politics case 2008-11-09T18:27:27-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000478.html I'm deep underwater trying to arrange a big conference for my company on Thursday & Friday, and it's killing me because all I want to do right now is plug into CNN and watch the election coverage. At the least,... Politics case 2008-11-02T11:27:03-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000477.html Ah, Halloween. I love dressing up. I was thinking about going tonight as Herbert Hoover and walking around telling everyone there was nothing to worry about. But Hoover doesn't really have any distinguishing characteristics, so I'd just be a guy... Chatter case 2008-10-31T19:05:47-08:00 http://www.art-damage.com/nostyle/archives/000476.html Just got back from two weeks in Florida - one week at a conference in God-forsaken Orlando, and then a week seeing family in Clearwater. It worked out pretty well actually - the work part was necessary and successful, and... Politics case 2008-10-26T20:41:36-08:00