Archive: January 2007

• Missed former SF locals / Chris Johanson in inside art, san francisco, visual · Jan 31, 20:52

  Once upon a time, a San Francisco resident strolling around these chilly city streets could brush by Chris Johanson pretty often. Even before I knew who he was, I’d seen him around the Mission a lot; when I finally connected the dots, I realized that he was the guy who had drawn little signs and [...]

• Geniuses / In praise of Bill Walton in basketball · Jan 25, 17:05

  Whether he’s criticizing a particular player (”Tony Parker just made the worst pass in the history of Western civilization”) or the refs (”Why even have a rulebook?”), or extolling the virtues of a benchwarmer who hits a couple of shots in a row (”If Eric Piatkowski continues playing at this level, he’s going to replace [...]

• Basketball / Hibachi! in basketball · Jan 18, 20:57

  I’m planning to write a manifesto regarding celebrations in professional sports — Are they ever appropriate? I think so. But when? Where? How should they be regulated? All good questions. As I was looking for evidence of different styles of celebration, I found myself reading a lot about Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas. In the [...]

• Lit / Quang Phúc Ðông & pornolinguistics in lit · Jan 18, 17:03

  As I poked around new-ish social networking sites targeted at wordy people (Library Thing — connecting through lists of books) and (Wordie — lists of words), I came across a reference to a satirical paper entitled English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects.1
  The paper’s author is listed as Quang Phúc Ðông of the South Hanoi [...]

• Lit / Simpler, more anarchic times in lit, the ancient past · Jan 12, 18:17

  Let’s just say that I’ve crossed paths with the Anarchist Cookbook [Wikipedia] [Amazon] a couple of times in my life. In my youth, making a film canister bomb was a popular diversion, and the cookbook teaches you how to make it with stuff you can buy at a scientific material supply store. The first step [...]

• Kansas City / Home for the holidays in kansas city, the ancient past · Jan 8, 19:40

  I love Flickr, but the good times are killing me. It’s got too many amazing high-def and beautifully composed photos. How do they do it? After doing some research, I decided to step up my game and picked up a fancypants camera. Above is one of the first pictures I took with it, a panorama [...]

• Stupid BCS / Viva Boise State! in law & order, reviews · Jan 5, 17:45

  Question: What do you call it when the richest segment gets to determine all the rules, and they do so in a way that prevents members of the less rich from accessing the advantages available to the rich? A sham? A travesty? Un-American? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the BCS.
  After Monday’s barn-burning overtime takedown [...]