Many years ago, Nattie asked me, “Why are you traipsing around Baden-Württemberg with a large metal bowl full of Maultaschen?”
« I'm not traipsing », I replied.
I was lying.
We couldn't get on the midnight train going an-y-where, so the seven of us made our way to Paris. Jeremy managed to get us thrown out of the FNAC in Montparnasse, but we bought tickets to a Henry Rollins concert over at Châtelet-Les Halles. That's where we bought the tickets—not where the concert was. I don't even know why we rode the RER that day.
Ed (the store, not the guy) provided us with some food. We bought some reasonably good coulommier and wine, and a ton of bottled water. Some of the others bought sweets, and I bought some syrup and limonade for mixing diabolos. We snagged some fresh baguettes from a nearby bakery, and carried our comestibles to the Parc de Saint Cloud and commenced our repast.
When we were good and full, Ed (the guy, not the store) suggested that we go to a choral concert at the Cathédrale-Basilique de St. Denis. Nila wanted to go to some museum instead. We fought about it for quite some time.
I wanted to go eat at Le chat grippé, but we ended up at a restaurant in the 5ème where they shunted us to the basement with the Germans. Can you believe it? I was mortified. The meal was passable, but the conversation kept turning to boring stuff like art. I watched the Germans try to order dinner without using any French words. You'd think someone would have helped them. No one did. It took about 15 minutes of gesturing between the waiter and patrons before the concept of „chicken” was agreed upon. Fascinating stuff.
Dessert was pretty good, actually. I might go back just for that, if I were in the neighborhood.
“What now?” Nattie inquired.
« I dunno », I replied.
I was lying.
Posted Thu 01 Sep 2005 11:26:38 AM EDTI disagree utterly with the opinion of Philipp Kern.
Posted Fri 02 Sep 2005 08:43:26 PM EDTIf you can figure out what this list is, maybe you will figure out why it is amusing.
- A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
- New York
- Downtown 81
- Strapped
- Ghostbusters 2
- Contempt
- Grey Gardens
- Wild Style
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
- L'Avventura
- Gerry
- Good Times: Season 5
- T-Rex: Born to Boogie: Special Edition
- Michael Moore's The Awful Truth: Season 2
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Night Porter
- Hell House
- Blow Up
- Cleo from 5 to 7
- Jay-Z: Fade to Black
- Alphaville
- Breathless
- Underground
- Dancer in the Dark
- Band of Outsiders
"I say, Lu! I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I see now you were right all along. Do come out. Make it Pax."
As much as I'd like to comment on Andres's description of Rob Levin's douchebaggery, I am much too busy admiring the GNU paxutils roadmap.
Posted Sun 04 Sep 2005 10:24:12 PM EDTThey say that teamwork is about sacrificing one's individuality. What team is responsible for the verbatim republishing of this poem?
THESE LACUSTRINE CITIES These lacustrine cities grew out of loathing Into something forgetful, although angry with history. They are the product of an idea: that man is horrible, for instance, Though this is only one example. They emerged until a tower Controlled the sky, and with artifice dipped back Into the past for swans and tapering branches, Burning, until all that hate was transformed into useless love. Then you are left with an idea of yourself And the feeling of ascending emptiness of the afternoon Which must be charged to the embarrassment of others Who fly by you like beacons. The night is a sentinel. Much of your time has been occupied by creative game Until now, but we have all-inclusive plans for you. We had thought, for instance, of sending you to the middle of the desert, To a violent sea, or of having the closeness of the others be air To you, pressing you back into a startled dream As sea-breezes greet a child's face. But the past is already here, and you are nursing some private project. The worst is not over, yet I know You will be happy here. Because of the logic Of your situation, which is something no climate can outsmart. Tender and insouciant by turns, you see You have built a mountain of something, Thoughtfully pouring all your energy into this single monument, Whose wind is desire starching a petal, Whose disappointment broke into a rainbow of tears.
… imitating languagehat imitating wood s lot, which possibly copied from the New York Times.
Blog this poem yourself today. It won't be annoying at all.
Posted Sun 04 Sep 2005 11:06:32 PM EDTPhilipp Kern asks if POSIX says anything about rm(1) and symlinks.
The answer is here. Note that the blog comments are incorrect.
Posted Fri 09 Sep 2005 09:34:55 AM EDTAdam, why would a slash mean “dereference a symlink”?
Posted Fri 09 Sep 2005 01:41:50 PM EDTFrom ifcwtc.org:
Visitors from every nation on earth will come to the Center to understand and appreciate the story of freedom as an ongoing world movement, and to learn how the lives of the victims of September 11th were deeply connected to freedom's evolution. In this way, the heroes of September 11 will be seen alongside the freedom heroes of history, and the poignant tragedy of the day will be portrayed in the light of other great sacrifices that have been made on behalf of free and open societies.
Can I be a freedom hero when I grow up?
Posted Mon 12 Sep 2005 09:39:36 AM EDTStalking used to be a respectable occupation. As with Tor, selfish and abusive people have to mess the whole thing up for everyone.
don't know what to say... i called 11 times... you never picked up.
This stalker neglects to mention that these 11 calls took place in the span of 9pm to 2:23am, and that 6 calls were within 12 minutes of each other.
A stalker with good manners would remember that it is impolite to make normal phone calls after 10pm, and stalker phone calls after midnight.
This erosion of stalker values is just another indication of the impending collapse of society.
Posted Mon 12 Sep 2005 11:00:05 AM EDTSomeone should name a band “Infringing README”.
Posted Tue 13 Sep 2005 11:11:31 AM EDTwww.dccalliance.org goes here, www.dccalliance.com and www.dccalliance.net go to linspire.com, and www.dccalliance.biz goes to a third location.
Craziness.
Posted Wed 14 Sep 2005 04:29:50 PM EDT!stupid map(http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=PYCGMTNPTO)
!another stupid map(http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=UT)
Posted Fri 16 Sep 2005 10:08:35 AM EDTTo the New-Hampshire-bound girl who first read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in the third grade: what is your name?
To the guy who had not “tooken the train” since he was a kid: you look slightly like Alan Alda.
To the woman who speaks eerily like Julia Child: get a new fashion consultant, or at least some inoffensive shorts. Or stop wearing shorts.
To the gaggle of fuckchimps wearing BLUE MAN GROUP stickers on their all-black clothing from the GAP: NO.
To the people exhaling marijuana smoke: get better weed.
To Citizens Bank: I hate you.
To Ari: I do not look less creepy.
Posted Sat 17 Sep 2005 07:08:37 PM EDTShe furrowed her brow as she tightened the noose
and cleverness flowed from her fingers like juice
Said she as a scowl her anger did induce,
« The minstrel boy must die »
Paco and Regis had just been forced to leave the courthouse steps by some uninformed individuals bent on protecting Freedom in the most delightful way.
« How do you think the Joe Kay case will turn out? » asked Paco, when they had found a new place to loiter.
« Napoleon says it will turn out well, » Regis replied.
« He's been saying that for sixteen years, ever since Snowball accidentally slipped on that banana peel and died, » Paco observed. « What if Joe Kay is dead? »
« Dead‽ Why would the courts proceed if he were dead? » Regis shrieked incredulously.
« I dunno. I just heard a rumor, » mumbled Paco.
Regis sputtered, « Look, it's simple. The proceedings are closed to the public. Therefore we have to trust the court system. You do trust the courts, don't you? I mean, it would be tantamount to treason if you didn't. »
« Uhh.. »
« And if Napoleon tells us that things will turn out well soon, then he must know something, mustn't he? »
« But he's been saying “soon” for sixteen years! »
« Maybe things got complicated. You don't know what's going on in there. »
« Yeah, why don't we know what's going on in there? »
« Because if the public knew anything and decided to act, it could jeopardize the case. »
« What if not acting could jeopardize the case? »
« Just be patient, all right? »
« Hey! I can't believe you guys listen to a talking pig! » shouted an obnoxious little girl.
Three days later they heard that she had tragically died from a bizarre banana peel accident. All preened their moustaches in silence.
Posted Thu 22 Sep 2005 09:40:42 AM EDT![[The Clint Mantras]](http://www.danamania.com/temp/mantras.jpg)
I find it curious the way people keep going on about how Ubuntu's focus is the users, given the way I've seen several bugs handled in Ubuntu's bugzilla.
Posted Thu 22 Sep 2005 01:52:11 PM EDTYou want it all
But you can't have it
There once was a boring old bore
Whose writings induced us to snore
« Killfile 'im? » we mused
But our clients refused
For the boredom caused them to dump core
You want it all
But you can't have it
Andrew said to Alice, « They've put me on Ritalin now. Everything seems so clear. »
Alice said, « Good for you, » and went to tell Barry, for it seemed like the type of news that should be shared. Barry didn't care about that.
Alice told Barry about her problems with Christopher. Barry didn't care much about that, but he knew that Darlene would, so he pretended to be interested and sympathetic, and then rushed off to tell Darlene.
Darlene was happy to hear the gossip, but since Barry wasn't very good at being catty, she tracked down Evan so that they could make fun of Alice and Christopher.
Evan was good at being catty, and after he and Darlene finished their artful derision, Evan went to find Felix in order to make fun of Darlene.
Felix did better than that, and they mocked the pathetic lives of Andrew, Alice, Barry, Christopher, and Darlene for awhile. Then Felix went to tell Andrew all the awful things that Evan said about him.
Andrew was horribly offended that Alice had betrayed him. He raged for two minutes, then turned his anger inward, got terribly depressed for eight minutes, and then killed himself.
Felix was disturbed, and went to tell Evan. Evan found this to be greatly entertaining, and proceeded to spread the gossip.
Nevertheless, the miasma was displaced.
Posted Mon 26 Sep 2005 09:47:55 PM EDTOliver wrote an article about file metadata, including some tips about zsh glob qualifiers. Registration required.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 2005 02:39:13 PM EDT