tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51854620033036678152010-01-27T15:49:33.511-05:00it's your turn to empty the bucketProley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-44108820012726401292010-01-27T11:18:00.003-05:002010-01-27T11:37:03.998-05:00Fold it up and keep it in your back pocket. Read it next time things seem to be getting good so that you remember that they weren't *exactly* right on Wednesday January 27, 2010. -- Things will be great when we get over that hill up ahead. We'll do that great thing that we've been looking forward to. Just have to wait until x, y, and z. The planets could align for us this time. I see sunshine poking through those clouds down there in the valley. C'mon you soggy sourpuss, the roof is not leaking that badly. Where did we put those buckets? I promise I'll do better tomorrow, next week, next year. For more information, keep thinking about it. There is no reference, no guru, and no resource. You can't google it. The mothertrucking answer is lodged deep inside your polluted, frail, struggling self. Nevermind - there's no answer in there, you were just constipated. -- Still here. Still learning to learn. Many new challenges just lately. I'd be lost without these people propping us up. Given a certain distance or time to dwell, still get lost momentarily. More to come.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-4410882001272640129?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-8875666951250185512009-07-10T13:59:00.002-04:002009-07-10T14:24:32.096-04:00Oh how I do love these careless moments spent outdoors in the summertime. Somehow I've managed to get about six fleeting carefree moments this whole summer. The rest of the time we've had plans. We've had so many plans, and the remaining weekends of July and August are already so gone, I'm actually looking forward to going back to school so I can have an excuse to hide out and hermit until Christmas. This has absolutely nothing to do with my family and friends because I love them to death. I just need some time and space to think about STUFF. Commuting to school I suppose I will have plenty of time to do just that, and listen to some books on tape, and some lectures if I can work out a worry free recording setup. But what *have* I been doing all summer you ask? Good question, Blog. You're transparent, you know. You're just biding your time, hoping and praying that you will not be decommissioned with the next round of harebrained balderdash that catches my whimsical fancy. I've got good news blog. I've decided to embrace nerdlyness so you just might make it. Anyway, I've been struggling to find that sweet spot where I can get to the beach, we don't have plans, I don't have to work, and the surf isn't flat. It's not panning out. The closest I got was last night watching a King of the Hill episode in which Bobby is harassed by the fake wave "locals" at a waterslide park. Oh yeah, I also achieved the following username on FB: Barney Haole. In the past I have had good experiences with documenting my wishes to the universe in writing - so here goes. I would like to ride some waves this summer. Thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-887566695125018551?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-62656974626254644622009-06-30T14:37:00.000-04:002009-06-30T14:38:16.325-04:00<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-aW7NFSGklM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-aW7NFSGklM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-6265697462625464462?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-34537731793388196892009-05-28T12:02:00.011-04:002009-05-28T12:28:43.581-04:00Don't panic. Take a deep breath and listen to the server farm white noise symphony. Now in your mind's eye picture the server room growing and growing until that's all that you can see for miles and miles. Five-story data warehouses stretching into infinity, connecting the suburbs and metro areas of all the major cities on the eastern seaboard. We're driving a very high-powered golf cart through server utopia 1785c. We're talking about what rain forests looked like, and how to lower the costs of the intercontinental tidal wave protection systems, the tinted sun bubbles... how tired of soybeans we are. I've got the heart of an eighteen-year-old clone ticking away in my chest, and plasticine facial features. Gibson is living inside the Aleph, a heavy duty self-powered wi-fi petabyte hard drive with a tinny sounding voice coil. Stephenson is relatively human in shape, but mostly robotic, largely due to moral reservations about cloning. Kurzweil is here just as he is everywhere, having finally joined the universal space-time-embedded-device fabric as one of the legion of facets in the machine intelligence. His body lives in a solar suspended animation facility floating above Akron as far as I know. There is a lapse in the conversation as we all take a moment to send and receive a few instantaneous messages with friends and family on our thought consoles.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-3453773179338819689?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-12969727643293763202009-05-14T10:40:00.002-04:002009-05-14T10:42:56.957-04:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2UUvG-XuQs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P2UUvG-XuQs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-1296972764329376320?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-49879103130837991832009-05-04T10:48:00.006-04:002009-05-15T09:26:41.224-04:00Hi. I got rid of twitter and the graphinomicon domains expired. Thanks, bye.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-4987910313083799183?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-8302423312609747642009-04-30T16:52:00.002-04:002009-04-30T17:02:24.627-04:00<a href="http://www.thebloom.com/celebrities.html">Check the list of dignitaries</a> <br /> Ponch will be here, MAN! There are other celebrities on the list, but that's the main attraction isn't it? "Downtown" will be crawling with a few tourists and thousands of inebriated local villains. The usual suspects are already planning each and every glorious moment of debauchery. The young soon to be Mrs. and myself will mostly miss the festivities, but we might just sneak down to the old mall and quaff a few pints with the crew at some point. We might bring our little grill to the tailgate party in front of the Jimmy Buffett Tribute tent. I'll be punching buttons on my take-home final exam, but I have to get something like 75 measly points for a B... Anyway. We'll be making our rounds and we'll see you on the by and by.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-830242331260974764?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-76189722069342084152009-04-29T16:26:00.001-04:002009-04-29T16:28:15.147-04:00<style>div#main{overflow:visible;}</style><div style="background-color: #d53000; text-align:center;vertical-align: middle;width:425px;z-index:500;overflow:visible"><a href="http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html" style="display:block;"><img src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/embeded_header.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="30" border="0"></a><object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"/><param name="FlashVars" value="id=8a250595209f3f430120a044f34e004c" /><embed src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" FlashVars="id=8a250595209f3f430120a044f34e004c" allowFullScreen="true" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-7618972206934208415?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-78471236091474149842009-04-28T12:16:00.001-04:002009-04-28T12:18:50.512-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/Photo-113-719586.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 120px;" src="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/Photo-113-719582.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><font size="1">my day is the goodest.</font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-7847123609147414984?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-36251330109531490612009-04-24T18:25:00.000-04:002009-04-24T18:26:11.424-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/photo-771426-771459.jpg"><img src="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/photo-771426-771455.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-3625133010953149061?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-84652193149155056492009-04-21T22:26:00.001-04:002009-04-21T22:28:40.749-04:00<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- //start //###################################################################################### // Author: ricocheting.com // For: public release (freeware) // Date: 4/24/2003 (update: 5/24/2006) // Description: displays the amount of time until the "dateFuture" entered below. // NOTE: the month entered must be one less than current month. ie; 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Oh wait, already have plans for some sort of pizza calzone party time tonight. Already had too much coffee and didn't do enough on the paper. The paper. Found 6 more sources but that doesn't feel like good news to me. The ones I want are not in any library or bookstore near here. Might have to go to Sterling tomorrow to get one of them. Special ordered it at the local Borders but it's not in yet. All I can say is Argh Argh Argh.... Oof.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-3544386236405858274?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-91109900170925464722009-04-16T23:42:00.001-04:002009-04-16T23:42:13.448-04:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/photo-733450-733487.jpg"><img src="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/photo-733450-733482.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-9110990017092546472?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-91237558599355321532009-04-08T11:58:00.001-04:002009-04-08T12:03:07.149-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/sanson-772389.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/sanson-772237.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://blog.illumin8ed.net/uploaded_images/IMG_0338-750987-751020.jpg"> </a></p> I just ate two pollyo string cheeses and drank a double shot cappuccino with peanut butter flavor.<p>I've also just started a Sanford and Son style junk shop in the corner of my office.</p><p>Do you want to buy anything? I accept paypal.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-9123755859935532153?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-58431442687254388802009-04-07T10:52:00.005-04:002009-04-07T11:31:01.741-04:00Yesterday I went to listen to a lecture from visiting Israeli professor Dr. Avi Beker at Georgetown University on anti-Semitism in the Middle East. Most of what he said did not surprise me, having heard and seen most of it in alarmist documentaries about radical Islam... Just replace "America" with "Jews" or "Zionists" and you have a match. Hate is hate, man. The one thing I carried away from it was a quote from Madeleine Albright about the futility of trying to approach politics and diplomacy without addressing religion. That made me want to read her book - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Almighty-Reflections-America-Affairs/dp/0060892587/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239116159&sr=8-1">The Mighty and the Almighty.</a> Maybe this summer. I'm only reading 5 books right now for my class, and I should be reading 5 more for my research paper. I don't want to wake up... Just five more minutes, Mom. On the way home from Georgetown I stopped by <a href="http://www.eleventhstreetlounge.com/"> Eleventh Street Lounge</a> in Arlington to grab a brewski with a forlorn comrade. They have Chimay and Delerium on tap, and a tasty Gorgonzola burger. There were comedians performing for free in the basement, but maybe next time. I had to get some shut-eye. Today I'm going to American University to hear Dr. Mohsen Sazegara speaking about the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which is oh so timely because I'm just now reading about this in Keddie's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Iran-Results-Revolution-Updated/dp/0300121059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239116609&sr=1-1">Modern Iran, Roots and Results of Revolution.</a> Tonight I might try to check out <a href="http://www.stickyricedc.com/">Sticky Rice DC</a>, but more likely someplace that's on the way home. I have to check in with my DC sherpa for some intel on good grub and swill. He said there's a dive in Old Town I just gotta pop into. Big ups to Ro* for completing the second surgery and straightening up. Can't wait to see her. 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bro slings the grits. Waiting on the blue plate special, counting my chickens before they hatch. Excited about the prospects: spring surfing, deep sea fishing bachelor party, rejoining the street session on the old scoot skate... Burgers down and I am historical.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-164635620288729096?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-68425182597209722392009-03-20T13:10:00.002-04:002009-03-20T13:13:57.068-04:00Having threatened over and over to dismantle this me me me blog, I have figured out where it's going. I will pretty soon move the blog under <a href="http://graphinomicon.com">graphinomicon</a> and change the format to artistic self promotion, what I'm working on, and eventually commercial projects if any such ever materialize. There will be no more of these circular rants or poetic churnings. Meh.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-6842518259720972239?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-51789352661334586522009-03-16T16:19:00.005-04:002009-03-31T16:33:26.080-04:00I think that my list of facebook friends is getting a little bit out of control. There are people I can't really remember from high school, and there are people from every era that I was acquainted with but not especially fond of. I'm quietly removing some folks that I don't really think of as friends, but I'm keeping some people who I wanted to know better but never did have the yarbles to cozy up to... It's not much like the list of invites for my wedding. I am not really inviting any of my friends or any extended family. I don't want to go through that list the way I am my facebook contacts and say "you, you, not you, you're cool, F you..." I just want to marry Kelly so that we can continue on our merry way down the path of a near-perfect life with our rose tinted glasses on. Today I almost just scrapped the whole facebook thing altogether because it seems like a huge waste of time and effort just... looking... at... it. I know I'm not the only one feeling this way. As mentioned previously, I have this sick envy for people who have no need for computers and networks of computers: reading a real newspaper, talking to people face to face. I feel compelled to say again that this does not bode well for the blog. Pretty soon my 3.5 readers will need to find something else to do for 5 minutes every couple of weeks. Thanks for helping me with this blog. Good talk, good talk. They're probably just idle threats. Always some reason to keep you plugged in... now get shut up and get in the trunk.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-5178935266133458652?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185462003303667815.post-7947698535110105222009-03-12T16:39:00.001-04:002009-03-12T16:39:50.224-04:00I hate you, blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5185462003303667815-794769853511010522?l=blog.illumin8ed.net' alt='' /></div>Proley Plebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17667809432718294102noreply@blogger.com