The Curse of Lono, Leonardo da Vinci, Tax Day
I’m currently reading Hunter S. Thompson’s illustrated hardback The Curse of Lono; somehow I missed this one before now. It’s Fear and Loathing for Hawai’i, which is appropriate because I’ll be vacationing in Hawai’i (O’ahu and the Big Island) in late summer. The book itself is enormous (15″ x 11.4″) and full of Ralph Steadman’s […]
Pink Martini concert (and Google wireless, obesity)
Friday night I went to see Pink Martini at the da Vinci Days festival in Corvallis on the Oregon State University campus. I also caught some of the opening act, Sneakin’ Out. It was all very good stuff. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them, Pink Martini is an adventurous multilingual lounge act […]
Creationism: Noah saved dinosaurs from flood
Have you heard? The Creation Museum in Kentucky is open! And it sounds more fantastic than Disneyland! Here’s a quote from today’s “New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark” article at Reuters.com: While the $27 million museum near Cincinnati has drawn snickers from media and condemnation from U.S. scientists, those who believe God created […]
The death of Kurt Vonnegut (and Madame)
My favorite novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at the age of 84. This makes one less hero in a world of great need. I assume there will be many compelling articles written about his life and works in the next couple of weeks, before our national attention span gets distracted by […]
Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67
On Sunday, February 20, 2005, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. Another member of the American counter-culture has been lost. There are apparently plans in the works to blast his cremated remains out of some sort of cannon, as was his […]
David Rees’s Get Your War On talk **
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Zen and the art of bonsai **
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