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NewTithing
On These Days this morning they hosted someone from the NewTithing Group to talk about a new study. The group has just completed a study on quarter of a million individual tax returns . They looked at…
Permanent resident in the USA
I've already wrote a bit on my experiences with US immigration and visas . But, since I have two friends going through the permanent residency process, I figured there would be some other people out t…
Music bits
Random music reviews and links: Me and This Army from Panzah Zandahz , a Radiohead mashup. Decent mix, but I'm suffering from a bit of Radiohead burnout at the moment. Maybe it is a case of Cold(over)…
From the ashes
I've been throwing a lot of hours around at work this past month, as well as a lot of travel. Once my work day goes over 10 hours, my brain goes to mush and everything else gets ignored. As David said…
CA votes
Well, San Diego and the rest of CA has voted. They didn't vote yes on the bad ones, but the didn't vote yes on the good ones (79, 80) either. San Diego was a bit disappointing, as we were hoping for F…
Condo conversions
This article in the UT is worth a read: Condo conversions in county cooling off . They claim there is a glut of conversions on the market, but that everything will be peachy in 18 months. Really thoug…
Dia de los Muertos
(All photos for this entry are posted here ) (The following is information I've picked up from various sources, so feel free to set me straight) Dia de los Muertos is one of the more famous and widely…
Discovery
Some folks claim to have found a Bosnian stairs-like pyramid , about 12,000 years old. Photos of the research here . Scientific sleuth cracks code to $54,000 treasure Ants in the Amazon rain forest la…
Golden Hill Block Party
(All photos for this entry are posted here ) Pete, Paul, Mark, Anna and I wandered down to 21st street on Saturday night to check out the Golden Hill Block Party . It featured The Adored , Fifty on th…
The Long Now's Orrery
I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but finally got around to it after reading at Boing Boing that the Long Now project unveiled their prototype, the Orrery clock . Jacob Appelbaum has s…