No really

Today I saw for the first time, in life, a man sporting a full-on Hitler mustache.

Bold, sir. Bold.

Okay, now this can't just be me...

So please, tell me.

Does anybody else find it profoundly disturbing that we now have nationalized investment insurance while health insurance is still largely in the private sector?

Is it just really, really weird?

I don't want to think that I'm the only one.

I know they have to have a narrative and all...

Because of course the news needs a basic, easy-to-follow story arc, as it tracks events in the world, without adjusting. But why has no commentator pointed out the simple fact that this is the Democratic Party?

For Democrats, this is unity.

Uniter, Not a Divider

Unfortunately he's only succeeded at uniting much of the world in laughing through our tears. Metaphorically, of course.

And now... LOLBush. And not from some guy, but rather... the Guardian. Okay, some guy at the Guardian, but even so.



Laffinstok, yu iz doin it rite.

Oy.

Anybody else remember when Thom Yorke wasn't so good live?

Rather different now. The ever-shimmy went rhythmic, and his voice is impressively precise.

Right then, haven't written since, what, October of 2007? It has been a while. Not that I have nothing to show for it, and maybe I'll even get into some of that. If I can manage to put some things down here, that is, and keep in touch in this little way. We'll see.

The following is not just a weak excuse to say hi, but also one of my favorite tracks on In Rainbows. Check out the accumulation of sounds as the song goes on, a lovely background eats foreground thing.



I did some tiny amount research into climate change public policy last winter, and one point I liked was Radiohead's public stance in their efforts to reduce carbon emissions. What's more impressive is that their primary focus is on their own behavior, and for those paying attention they're not trying to dumb things down. For example, here's information from a commissioned study of the carbon impact of a Radiohead tour, which includes a link to the whole report.

"A Fair(y) Use Tale"

This came up in an interview yesterday. Really.

Long video, but it took about 4 weeks for all of this to be covered in class last spring. Though that was in more detail, in fairness (ahem).

Not just cogent, but quite accurate...



Thank you, Lawrence Lessig, and what I assume to be a mass of undergrads.

Word of the Day

Eleemosynary

(adjective)
1. Of or pertaining to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable.
2. Derived from or provided by charity.
3. Dependent on or supported by charity: an eleemosynary educational institution.

Neat.

And I know, it's been a while. It'll be a while longer, terribly busy. As are we all, I suppose. And yet. There's all this stuff, you see.