Farmer's Market Bounty: Recipes Wanted

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 3:30 AM PDT

2009/08/25 · 03:30

Looking to actually try and have a life, I spent some time in two local farmer's markets this past weekend. Thought I'd share a few pictures and a recipe.

If you got a recipe that takes advantage of the bounty of summer, please feel free to share!

Yummy stuff below...

PlaneCrazy

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Thursday January 22, 2009 · 4:04 AM PST

2009/01/22 · 04:04

I ran across a wonderful book from my Great-Grandmother's collection by the suffragette poet Alice Duer Miller called "Women Are People." It contains a whole collection of some of the most modern-sounding snark in poem form I've ever seen. One poem in particular seemed quite apropos for these days. It talks of those who have now joined the cause when it's easier to do so and is a most wonderful example of what we've come to know as blog snark from early the last century.

Enjoy the poem (and a couple of others) below the fold:

PlaneCrazy

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 3:43 AM PDT

2008/05/02 · 03:43

Well, it's happened to me. Something has come along that will forever limit what I can do with the rest of my life. My horizons have been narrowed. I see my future and that future is no longer as free and open with possibilities as it once was. What I now see is myself as a wage slave the rest of my days. I no longer have the option of going out on my own, of following the entrepreneurial path of being my own boss.

Why? What has happened to so constrict the options for my future? It's very simple, really. I became sick.

More after the fold.

PlaneCrazy

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 4:07 PM PST

2008/01/03 · 16:07

A great masterpiece of ancient Chinese philosophy says,

The ruler is the boat and the people are the water. It is the water that bears the boat up, and the water that capsizes it." (Xunzi, 37)

Follow me below for a quick lesson in ancient Chinese philosophy and how it still works as a call for action and change...

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So, what are you doing about the boat?

23 votes Vote Now!

So, what are you doing about the boat?

I get seasick just thinking about all of this water...

1 vote

I'm actually on the boat trying to get a tan, leave me alone

1 vote

I'm riding out the storm as calmly as I can

2 votes

I'm stirring up my local puddle, but staying away from the ocean

2 votes

I'm keeping calm at the moment, but storing up energy for later

6 votes

I'm roiling and boiling and building up for a massive wave at the opprotune moment

5 votes

I'm making waves all over the place

2 votes

Tsunami Baby!!

4 votes

We've been given a mandate. Let's deliver!

PlaneCrazy

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Friday November 10, 2006 · 4:45 AM PST

2006/11/10 · 04:45

On Tuesday, the American people gave a mandate to the Democratic Party to clean up our government. They gave us a mandate to make the government work for them. They gave us a mandate to improve their lives and bring us back to a respected place in the world. Let's not let them down.

By all means, let's congratulate ourselves, the people who elected so many great candidates and all of those who ran, both winners and losers. We deserve it, and it's appropriate.

At the same time, don't fool yourself into thinking that everything's completely different, that the world is new and never to go back to the dark times we just came through. We were given a mandate (much clearer mandate then Bush's 2004 man date), but it is still a trial run, not a permanent position. We still have to deliver

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Artificial Intelligence and the US Gov't. - similar models of control?

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Monday July 10, 2006 · 12:38 PM PDT

2006/07/10 · 12:38

I was reading an article on Ray Kurzweil's site kurzweilai.net titled "Is AI Near a Takeoff Point?" One section of it raised some interesting points. (at least interesting to me)

The author, J. Storrs Hall, compares strong AI (that's Artificial Intelligence to those not in the know) and the controling of a true strong AI machine (a truly intelligent machine) to the control of a government. He begins by calling modern governments a type of huge computer system (with guns).

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Remembering Another Victim of the Lies: Dr. David Kelley

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Wednesday May 24, 2006 · 10:46 AM PDT

2006/05/24 · 10:46

A very talented science writer recently won a prestigeous prize for popular science writing from The Guardian.

In an unprecedented politicisation of the most prestigious prize for popular science books, the winning author pledged to donate his £10,000 prize to the family of the late government scientist David Kelly.

It's time to re-learn an old and faded art: NSA edition

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Monday May 22, 2006 · 3:12 AM PDT

2006/05/22 · 03:12

With all of the stories swirling about with the NSA listening in on Americans without warrants, getting phone records, possibly even continuing Total Information Awareness (TIA) and other such programs, I think it's time those with sensitive information to communicate, or those who just don't want Dick Cheney reading their mash notes, to re-learn an almost-lost art that exploits the weakness of these programs.

The weakness? Volume combined with administrative costs.

Then answer? Check it out below the fold... Read More

Bush as the new Judas Iscariot.

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Tuesday May 16, 2006 · 7:14 PM PDT

2006/05/16 · 19:14

In the recently published Gospel of Judas, Judas is portrayed as a martyr who sacrifices himself so that Jesus can fulfill his mission. He is the only one able to see the larger picture and is willing to do whatever it takes.

What does this have to do with Bush?

You don't think all of this going on is actually the White House falling apart, do you?

What's Karl Rove's master plan? Find out on the flip... Read More

Who cares if they're Republicans, it's time to write 'em again!

PlaneCrazy

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 8:39 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 08:39

Yeah, I've written to my reps and senators a few times over the last couple of years. I even write to my highly-Republican Senators: Burr and Dole every once in a while. Usually I try to appear reasoned and moderate, because that's who I am, and I assume I have a better chance of being heard that way.

Well, this time I had had it. I don't care if my Senators will never vote a hair out of line with our horribly unpopular president, I want my voice to be heard. The more people write, the greater the pressure. I don't care if they agree with me or ever do anything about it, but we won't let them know the level of support for action against this administration unless we tell them.

So, have you written to your representative and senators today?

Read what I wrote, below the flip... Read More

The Purity of Unicorn Farts

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Friday March 17, 2006 · 4:14 AM PST

2006/03/17 · 04:14

Last Friday Hunter wrote a brilliant piece on the Great Conservative Walkback. One thread that comes out of that phenomenon that he touched on but didn't tease out more is the amazing similarities between this grand experiement of Conservatism and the 20th-century grand experiements in Communism. The lesson is the same, and we should pay attention to that lesson.

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How do you create a Think Tank?

PlaneCrazy

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Monday February 20, 2006 · 7:42 AM PST

2006/02/20 · 07:42

This is not a political issue, but I figured if there's anyplace that would have someone who knows how advocacy issue think tanks are structured, dKos would be it.

I'm looking to set up what is currently an informal, virtual organization in my company promoting a specific methodology, into a cross-department, enterprise-wide think tank promoting this methodology. (it's a software-development methodology)

If anyone has experience, or thoughts about how to set up such a beast, come on over past the flip and read some more details and leave me your suggestions. I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in how to start an issue advocacy group.

Farmer's Market Bounty: Recipes Wanted

To the New Converts - Historical Snark for a New Day

Prisoner of Employer Health Insurance

The ruler is the boat, the people are the water

We've been given a mandate. Let's deliver!

Artificial Intelligence and the US Gov't. - similar models of control?

Remembering Another Victim of the Lies: Dr. David Kelley

It's time to re-learn an old and faded art: NSA edition

Bush as the new Judas Iscariot.

Who cares if they're Republicans, it's time to write 'em again!

The Purity of Unicorn Farts

How do you create a Think Tank?