with the directv hr20 settop pvr & dsl, one can download movies to the hard drive. mostly free. five thousand, three hundred titles.
An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday.
withnail and i
is on tcm at midnight.
KEITH OLBERMANN SPECIAL COMMENT ON WATERBOARDING NOV 5, 2007
Can an operating microwave oven interfere with a wireless signal?
A - Z in pictures
Flex-ing at Shortys.32

Jer. Artichoke Soup, Pork Belly, Rucola Salad w/ Winer Veggies, Pasta w/ Mushrooms...............all yummy.
Remember, there’s a writer’s strike on.
From Page 6:
after having five servings of WD-50 chef Wylie Dufresne's delicious "popcorn soup" at the Taste of New York event at the Puck Building the other night, hydrated comic and "LateNet" host Ray Ellin asked the chef, "Do you do a Milk Dud bisque?"
brooklyn 2012. this is the first i've actually seen any visuals of the plans. skyscrapers will make brooklyn a vibrant community? this sucks.
i just watched the latest season ender for curbed. what a sweet ending! dream sequence? i dont want the blacks to ever go away.
ryley and i decided this is worth top spot on our netflix queue: Doggy Poo
This charmingly eccentric cartoon from Korea features a little mound of dog poo on a quest to find meaning and purpose in his life. Left all alone on the side of the road and feeling abandoned and helpless, he believes his life is without value. Luckily, the despondent poo is befriended by a dandelion sprite who helps him recognize his worth.
NICE
hi from my new q. omg this is tedious. i hope i get faster at typing. kthxbai
looks to be a fairly interesting night of more obscure crime dramas on tcm chosen by la confidential writer james ellroy.
((from Strong Buzz http://thestrongbuzz.com ))
New Amsterdam Market—Chefs Needed!
If you’ve never heard of the New Amsterdam Public Market, there’s a good reason. It doesn’t exist—yet. This future market is the vision of founder Robert LaValva, an architect, city planner and Slow Food advocate, whose mission it is to create New York’s first indoor public food market dedicated to sustainably produced foods, sold by purveyors and sourced regionally. He describes it as a cross between Greenmarket and Chelsea Market, with a little of London’s Borough Market thrown in there too, and he’s rallying the city to locate the market in the former Fulton Fish Market space at the South Street Seaport, New York’s public market district since 1642. To generate buzz and give you a taste of what’s to come, he’s gathering producers and purveyors to hold a Wintermarket on Sunday, December 16th with a selection of wild foraged foods to artisanal cheeses, all produced or sourced within 500 miles of New York City.

Here’s where all you chefs come in. Robert is looking for chefs to prepare a seasonal dish, using primarily regional ingredients and offer small tasting samples during Wintermarket. The dish should be one that can be cooked at home and should come with the recipe. The idea is that folks attending the market will taste the dish and run around and buy the ingredients needed and head home to make it for themselves. They’re looking for dishes that use more economical or less popular cuts of meat, as one of our goals is to encourage a fuller appreciation for animals used for food. For more information on how to participate in the New Amsterdam Market please contact Robert at robert@newamsterdampublic.org.
a poet succumbing to the green fairy
Rumors / dreams / fantasies of Google buying Sprint for their WiMax network. It does make a lot of sense.
we're watching et tonight with ryley and their suburban neighborhood reminds me of agrestic from weeds.
Just back from the John Baldessari and Alejanndro Cesarco talk at Murray Guy. They were the visual arts mentor / protege pairing in the Rolex program this past year. Baldessari seems like a really nice and very smart guy. I'll bet he's an excellent teacher. And probably really fun to hang out with. I'm jealous.

There was also an exhibit of a collaboration between the two artists showing at the same time. I really like the work. You can read a blurb here and see one of the twelve images (although because of the way Murray Guy did their website this won't be a permanent URL! Hello?)
whats a good brand or online source for restaurant grade china plates. 14"? anyone?
Dolby to Buy Sweden's Coding Tech -- Makes sense for Dolby, but reduces the number of supplies of audio encoder/decoder technology. Dolby has traditionally focused on proprietary technology, while Coding has focused on industry standards (e.g. MP3, aacPlus).
Outstanding dinner tonight at Toro Bravo
05 vina Gormaz
brussel Sprouts
chantrelles
chorizo & canchego (with sherry jelly, tasty)
eggplant (with lamb, this stuff is like crack)
fried anchovies ( with fried lemons and fennel, awsome)
olive oil cake (with huckleberrys)
squash dumplings (with lamb, best dish of the meal)
terrine (rabbit pate with greens)
lustau, dry oloroso
trivia question. what is the oldest continously published magazine in america?