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Category: General

  • Safe World

    Today I heard President Bush say on the radio, “A free Iraq will make the world safe.” The number of U.S. troops who have died in combat topped 1,000 today.

  • WILD ANIMUS preview

    This excerpt from Rich Shapero’s new book was just released, if you’re curious to read a little before Rich’s appearance here tomorrow.

  • hobolog Guest Appearance: Rich Shapero

    Next week Rich Shapero will make the first guest appearance ever on the hobolog. Rich is exploring alternative ways to promote his new book, WILD ANIMUS. He has started his own publishing company, Too Far, given away thousands of promotional copies of the book (I received one via FedEx), and generally shunned traditional publishing methods.…

  • How will we eat it? Recipe 1.

    Tonight I resolved to consume one of the more difficult items: a box full of dense, chewy Pemmican bars. There are four flavors to choose from: Carob Cocoa, Fruit ‘N Nut, Almond Coconut, and Sesame Lemon. The Sesame Lemon will require some advanced tactics, I think, so for tonight I selected the less challenging Fruit…

  • Phlumf!

    We awoke this morning to glorious phlumf in the front yard! We missed it so much in the desert. By the end of the day we had tromped through fields of it and had a game of dog tackle in the yard. Pure joy. (For a definition of phlumf, see phlumf.com.)

  • A Page From an Old Notebook

    There’s no date anywhere in this book that I pulled out of a box that has been in storage for a long time. I don’t remember writing this, but I think it’s drawn from my first solo backpack trip about 10 years ago: I felt like a great sage descending from the mountains to bring…

  • Movie: Sunset Boulevard

    An interesting turn in noir films, this 1950 movie focuses on human pathos. The orchestral sountrack is there from its predecessors in the 40’s, and there’s a little snappy dialog, but there’s no glamourous, jaded, unattainable beauty or lone idealistic sojourner wrapped up in an incomprehensible plot. Instead we have a simple story of people…

  • How will we eat it?

    We have a problem. Due to many changes in plans during our honeymoon on the continental divide last summer, we have a generous supply of leftover backpacking food. Mountainous, even. Some of it is still palatable after surviving on it for four months, and some of it is hard to even look at. Much of…

  • Farewell Colin Powell

    I pay my respects to the parting Secretary of State. President Bush will now rely heavily on Condoleezza Rice, Powell’s replacement, in his campaign to bring peace and freedom to the Middle East. The assault on Fallujah quieted down today with only 20 deaths reported, while things heated up in Baquba where we dropped a…

  • Illusive Reality Experiment

    Now and then I post particularly good illusions or perception experiments. This Illusive Reality Experiment is pretty amazing, worth tolerating the ads. You’ll need a broadband connection, and you have to follow the instructions.