denverfiddler's journal

William McDonough's 2005 talk at TED on Sustainable Design:
"The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle"

Rest in Peace, Kurt Vonnegut. You'll always be what I want to be when I grow up. You were the kindest and one of the funniest writers I've ever had the pleasure to read. You will be greatly missed. Cat's Cradle is one the saddest, most beautiful and funniest books I've read.

excerpt from myDD.com

Chalk up another instance of the Republican Party's ongoing culture of corruption. According to an article in Sunday's issue of The Washington Post penned by Dan Eggen, at least three of the seven plus United States Attorneys fired during a recent purge by the Bush administration were investivating illegal activities by once or current Republican members of Congress

Court Says FBI Can Use Your Cell Phone To Spy... On You

by Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman, ABC News

Cell phone users, beware. The FBI can listen to everything you say, even when the cell phone is turned off.

read the BBC article

from the article:
A resident who works in one of Gaza's hospitals says: "I have not seen injuries like this for a long time."

There's a new Noam Chomsky video up.

Chomsky talks about the onslaught on freedom and democracy waged by the neocon Bush administration. He points out that the current repressive policies, such as the Patriot Acts, pale in comparison to earlier such assaults, and then details their impact throughout the world.

I\'m so excited!! see the site

Pirate School is a weekend of workshops on Anti-authoritarian Politics and DIY Culture. Its happening this September in Denver. We will also have classes and performances related to pirate culture. If you have ideas for workshops or classes or are interested in helping organize Pirate School, please email us at pirates (@) pirateschool.org.

Whoo Hoo! I won National Novel Writing Month! I made it! Okay so the novel\'s not actually finished, but I crossed the 50,000 word count. And I\'m eating my cake goddamn it.

The strange thing is after I uploaded the rough draft to the nanowrimo website, I felt more depressed than giddy. Seriously, I think I thought my life would be full of nothing but giddy moments once I finally finished a novel. Oh well. I then read that Truman Capote compared finishing a novel to taking your favorite child outside and shooting it in the head. Ah, Truman. That made me feel better.