[ Saturday, September 28, 2002 ]
London protest against Iraq strike. The photo in this story is thoroughly depressing. How did the US go from victim to pariah in 12 months?
Peter Palermo [9:08 AM]
[ Friday, September 27, 2002 ]
Now I'm getting porno spam in German. "Da sie mich belogen und betrogen hat die Schlampe stelle ich nun Fotos und Videos die ich von ihr gemacht habe ins Internet. Ich hoffe es ist ihr schön peinlich". Somehow...German is not the langauge of love, is it? Sounds too much like furballs or trying to get peanutbutter off the roof of your mouth. But it's a funny language. Just saying "fotos UND videos" makes me giggle. It's my favorite phony accent.
Peter Palermo [4:56 PM]
[ Thursday, September 26, 2002 ]
Members of Congress! Be faithful to your oaths of office and to the traditions of your branch of government. Think of the country, not of your re-election. Assert your power. Stand up for the prerogatives of Congress. Defend the Constitution. Reject the arrogance--and the ignorance--of power. Show respect for your constituents--they require your honest judgment, not capitulation to the executive. Say no to empire. Affirm the Republic. Preserve the peace. Vote against war in Iraq
Peter Palermo [3:55 PM]
[ Tuesday, September 24, 2002 ]
I think I'm going to get rid of my current comments application and server. It seems to be slowing the page down something fierce and is often down all together. Do you all have as much trouble loading the comments as I do?
Peter Palermo [10:42 AM]
[ Friday, September 20, 2002 ]
It's hot, okay? I know the rest of the country would not necessarily regard 87 degrees as hot, but this is San Francisco. This is the place where your winter sweaters never really get put away. This is the place where I found myself saying my betrothed "I need a new summer coat." We had our heater going in August! You get the picture. Anyway....it's frickin' hot. All my nooks and crannies are moist.
The problem is, no one is set up for a heat wave in SF. It turns 80 and we all just sort of come apart, like a soggy pinata. That's sort of how I feel....like a soggy pinata.
Peter Palermo [4:30 PM]
[ Wednesday, September 18, 2002 ]
TOMPAINE.com - Unilateral Preventive War: Illegitimate And Immoral
" When Robert Kennedy called the notion of a preventive attack on the Cuban missile bases "Pearl Harbor in reverse," and added, "For 175 years we have not been that kind of country," he swung the ExCom -- President Kennedy's special group of advisors -- from an airstrike to a blockade."
Where are the real conservatives? What happened to limited government? Can you believe I actually miss the Goldwater Republicans.
Peter Palermo [1:56 PM]
For my pervy friend, Brenda. Bikini girls and coffins. A casket manufacturer's take on the girly calendar. (via MeFi)
Peter Palermo [9:48 AM]
[ Monday, September 16, 2002 ]
The wondrous Leslie Harpold, Grand Dame of blogs, has moved to SF. Welcome Leslie, here are some tips about getting along in the rarified world of SF. You need not accomplish them all. In fact, some are contradictory.
1. move to the mission
2. buy a pit bull
3. incessantly complain about the lack of single men
4. buy an SUV, or a vespa. (depends on the pit bull)
5. incessantly complain about the parking at whole foods.
6. cop an attitude about coffee
7. take your mother to the Folsom Street fair
8. incessantly complain about the Chronicle
9. cease the use of turn signals
10. if not already Jewish, convert. Upon conversion, promptly become Buddhist.
11. repeat #3
12. join a sacred drumming circle
13. go to Berkeley no more than once per annum
14. explore clothing in layers
15. go have a late and lingering lunch with a pleasant companion at the Ramp before winter arrives.
16. memorize these two quotes and repeat them daily to unsuspecting out-of-towners you see. You'll know them by the way they shiver in their shorts at the cable car turn-around. "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco" - Mark Twain; "Los Angeles. That's a great place to stop for a hamburger on your way to San Francisco." -John Lennon. When someone mistakes you for a new-comer and tries to lay one of these on you, etiquette requires you laugh politely.
17. forget taxis. they don't exist. you're on your own.
Peter Palermo [9:39 PM]
[ Friday, September 13, 2002 ]
Turning the tables on the Nigerian scammers.
moshood and me. Hysterical. (via mefi)
Peter Palermo [11:18 AM]
[ Thursday, September 12, 2002 ]
Have you seen the The Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 toy broom by Mattel? A toy that is also useful as a marital aid as it, apparently, vibrates in a pleasing manner. Much bru-ha-ha over at MeFi as the tale was posted an re-posted several times. But now, The Morning News has the last laugh.
Peter Palermo [9:32 AM]
[ Wednesday, September 11, 2002 ]
I didn't want today to go by with a top post about boobs.
So...
I'm sure the TV and radio will be hammering on us all day, today. Weeping widows and orphans will be telephotoed into our living rooms. The networks peeping at their private grief. I won't watch, if I can help it. It'll be a good day for a movie.
I remember the day as one where I saw two contradictory images of America. In one instance, we learned how fragile and vulnerable we are to a predator. We've been told so many times that we're the richest, the strongest the greatest nation on earth, perhaps we believed it. The realization that we can be wounded so badly, and with such ease, stunned us all. On the other, we saw that average men and women can call upon a reserve of heroism and strength that ennobles us all. That gives me hope. I may decry the many injustices that my government perpetrates on the world, but I am so very proud of my countrymen.
Peter Palermo [10:16 AM]
[ Tuesday, September 10, 2002 ]
WARNING - BOOBS AHEAD
In all the time of kept this blog I think this will be only the second time I've posted a topless girl. That's a pretty good record considering I am a straight male with broadband access. I mean, I'm pretty much deluged with half naked tarts promising me all manner of things, none of which would involve me actually shaking hands with them in the flesh. This comes via Brenda (who really isn't a girl and whom I've known for 30 years now!) and I find it hypnotic. Not work safe!
Peter Palermo [3:24 PM]
[ Friday, September 06, 2002 ]
So, I heard on KQED the other day that 50 tickets were handed out in Pleasanton, on Labor Day, to motorcyclists. The local citizens are fed up with the noise, but is that what the tickets were for? What's the scoop? The news report talked about motorcyclists with "wider pipes for improved performance". Can they bust you for noise? Will someone please come out to my house an bust the guy next door running a straight pipe on his 2 stroke 250cc? Sounds like he's wrestling an Evinrude or humping a lawnmower, and it's always at midnight.
And, while they're at it...the guy in back of me has this dog that never shuts up, and the firehouse down the street is totally obnoxious and ... what's that? I live in an urban environment and have to deal with some noise? Never!
Peter Palermo [10:21 AM]
The AP has written a summary of the Bush Administration's curtailment of civil liberties. This appears to an unbiased and factual catalog of the changes 9/11 has wrought on our justice system. It would appear that the Law and Order wing of the GOP has spanked the Libertarian wing but good. Let the Eagle Soar!
Peter Palermo [10:04 AM]
[ Wednesday, September 04, 2002 ]
The Chickenhawk Database
Peter Palermo [11:04 AM]
No one said that we should all move to Canada. But it's a nice country.
Plate of shrimp? Jon Carrol has the same idea.
Peter Palermo [10:55 AM]
Oh, Canada!Soon to be potsmoker's heaven. Can the US be far behind?
ummm....nevermind.
Peter Palermo [9:27 AM]
[ Tuesday, September 03, 2002 ]
Burning man is over, the denizens of Black Rock will be returning to us soon.Check out this photo. Burning Man both inspires and intimidates me. I do want to go, one day, but only when I feel that I have something worthy of sharing. I guess I could just share a free view of my willy, but that's a cop-out.
Peter Palermo [8:19 PM]
Here's a theory: All this talk about invading Iraq is actually meant destablize the regime, and W has no intention of mounting Desert Storm, the Sequel. As the US bangs the war drums, Iraq's enemies grow more bold. Everyday, Saddam's position is more precarious. Honestly, it's the only thing I can think of. I mean how crazy is it that the Administration sends out all these mixed signals? Are they really engaging in an internal debate in public? The recent past leads me to believe that Fortress Bush does not operate that way. The West Wing is tighter than Rod Stewart's pants, so why would they air their discussion to the world?
Could it have really escaped their notice that the entire world, save Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh, thinks this is a bad idea? I have to give W more credit than that.
A second positive side effect of all this saber rattling is the complete disapearance from the media of real reporting about anything else. I'm sure that suits the administration fine, as well. The less we think about the economy, Haliburton, John Ashcroft, Jose Padilla, the stock market, Israel, Iran, forest management, Roe v. Wade, civil service union busting, Osama, Enron, WorldCom.....(you get the point)...the better.
Peter Palermo [3:41 PM]
Edward Hopper "Early Sunday Morning"
click here to enlarge.
Peter Palermo [12:20 PM]
I'm fantasizing about boat owning today. I can't think of anything I'd rather do than toodle around the bay in some little craft. The nuts and bolts of making it happen are thwarting, but it's my fantasy, right? No, I don't know how to sail, but I can drive. How hard can it be? No, I don't have room in the driveway for a boat, maybe I'll park it in the street and push it around the corner on street cleaning days. Can I get a parking ticket on a boat?
Maybe a Zodiac. They're inflatible. Not sure. Still working the problem.
Peter Palermo [11:11 AM]
