The Law of Large Numbers guarantees that one-in-a-million miracles happen 295 times a day in America; Miracle on Probability Street

The Saudis claim to have plenty of reserves, but a top energy expert disputes that. Without any independent data, the world is dangerously in the dark. Are we peaked yet?

Good to see Florida is getting a hold on all of those vote machine issues. Oh.. nevermind.

Ophelia Rising – A co-worker of mine has done a lot of sewing over the the past year for an art project; a history of women’s clothing. It is presented at Art Produce Gallery, 3139 University Ave. The opening is Aug 14, 6-9 pm (in conjuction with Ray at Night)

The insanity continues: $580,670 Median House Price in San Diego

Free Speech Behind the Razor Wire. I predict cage matches.

Just got back from seeing Napoleon Dynamite. Great movie, very odd and funny. Make sure you stay past the end of the film.. extra stuff.

I’ve been working like a dog lately, so I haven’t posted much.

This morning I woke up to the sound of a hound trying to climb a pomegranate tree. Yeah.. My windows look out to pomegranate tree and a roof that is home to a feral cat with 4 kittens. The dog decided it wanted to play, but didn’t do so well with the tree. It got stuck and had to be rescued.

New Orleans was a great trip, 100F 100% humidity wasn’t as bad as I thought. Fantastic street music there – everything from traditional blues to 9 piece brass. Amazing food, and great people. I would like to go back during the blues fest or something like that.. Pretty sure I couldn’t handle Mardi Gras. I posted some pictures and will try to do some text with them today.

New Orleans storytime: A couple asked a guy playing a guitar on the street where they could find House of Blues… “Shit, why do you want to go to Disneyland? This is the blues, man. I’m the house of blues!” Haha.

Well, Lance won the Le Tour again. I heard on the radio the other day that his heart pumps around 6gal/minute. That’s about the same as your local gas pump. I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but there are mutants among us.

Biometrics coming soon to a passport near you. When I came back from Costa Rica in Feb I had to have my picture taken and my fingerprints scanned, apparently they scan them against criminal databases and terrorist watch lists. Can’t say I feel comforted. I wonder how many criminals have prints within 99% of mine. Won’t that be a fun adventure?

I will try to post some pictures some time this week.

Update: My photos of New Orleans

No one is perfect – patch for Firefox shell bug.

Well, off to New Orleans tomorrow, and it could not be sooner. I worked the whole weekend and am feeling pretty beat.

Even though they say it is opt-in, I am still not a fan: Cell-Phone 411

Looks like other people are discovering Chicano Perk.

Let’s play hipster bingo.