virtual but permanent
Posted in Business, Primordial Soup on Sep 3rd, 2008
Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune | Bits | Technology | New York Times Blog
As if Microsoft had not provided its users sufficient reasons to abandon the Windows platform, it has now provided the ultimate reason. Microsoft is contemplating building a digital rights management scheme that will disable or erase content [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Aug 3rd, 2008
Noted outside a fancy resaurant and nightclub at the corner of Broadway and Ocean in Santa Monica. Apparently, the subject of the times when dinner is to be served was a matter of dispute.
Posted in Musings, Politics, Primordial Soup on Jul 29th, 2008
U.S. Reports Drop in Homeless Population | NYTimes.com
The evil liberal media dominators at the New York Times report on a Bush initiative that has had an apparently remarkable impact on the chronically homeless in the United States. What is especially surprising is that all sides of the issue seem to be in agreement that the [...]
Posted in Business, Political Prognostication, Politics, Primordial Soup on Jul 16th, 2008
BBC NEWS | Business | US economy at a glance
Perhaps the only thing gloomier than this picture is the fact that no American news source can be bothered by the simple process of consulting publicly available data from the government. The Brits seem to have grasped the utility of the internet browser better than American [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on May 7th, 2008
L.A. airports director Lindsey oversaw Seattle airport when controversial contracts were awarded | Los Angeles Times
The only thing more puzzling about the rapid decline of Los Angeles as a functional, livable city is the bold transparency with which the destruction of the city is undertaken by its elected officials and the contractors who have successfully [...]
Posted in General, Primordial Soup on Dec 5th, 2007
Moran Atias | Moran Atias Nude
One of the blogs that I maintain has been inundated with Spam from the site above. According to the site, this woman is a “Palestinian model” and television presenter. I have no idea what either means. I am struck with a tinge of pity, however, that there are models who [...]
Posted in Politics, Primordial Soup, Science on Nov 18th, 2007
Detroit declared most dangerous US city | Yahoo! News
The American obsession with rankings and the “competition” that rankings are believed to spur is so fervent, so strong and so overwhelming that any ranking–no matter how unscientific, how thoroughly biased or how flawed–is bound to get press. The college football and basketball rankings, the US News [...]
Posted in General, Primordial Soup on Nov 18th, 2007
BBC NEWS | Americas | Iran ban for Garcia Marquez novel
One wonders what happened to those unlucky 5000 people who managed to buy copies of one of Marquez’s lesser known works. The appeal of Marquez’s work in Iran is abundantly manifest because his works are suffused with a disdain for Spanish colonialism specifically and imperialism [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Nov 15th, 2007
KosherChefsDiet is a remarkable new service. They deliver Kosher California cuisine (my ascription) to your door daily, fresh or frozen.
They targeted me in one of their junk mail campaigns. Without a doubt, they must have obtained my information from organizations like the World Jewish Congress and other Jewish organizations who must have targeted me because I am a [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Oct 26th, 2007
Christianity’s image taking a turn for the worse | Los Angeles Times
Over the decades, the question of whether rock and roll bands belong in a place of worship has befuddled many a religious or spiritual mind in this country. It comes as a shocking surprise to learn that even the believers–especially the “Christian” believers–are beginning [...]
Posted in Politics, Primordial Soup on Oct 24th, 2007
Congressional Budget Office - July 2007 Testimony on the Costs of the Military Conflict in Iraq (pdf)
It was quite a few months ago when I began composing this post, and it seems as if the journalism community has finally caught on to the fact that the Congressional Budget Office’s phenomenal economic forecasts of the past [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Oct 24th, 2007
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Californian fires affect TV shows
The California wildfires of 2007 will rank among the greatest tragedies that the state has endured. The only positive outcome of this tragedy could have been the halting of the filming of some of the horrible shows that that pass for entertainment on American television. Alas, [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Oct 19th, 2007
KTLA anchor Hal Fishman dead at 75 | Los Angeles Times
It is an awful thing to rejoice in another human’s demise, and that is not the intent of this essay’s writer. Nevertheless, it is difficult not to feel a sense of relief at the demise of a mainstream newscaster who had made the spreading [...]
Posted in Musings, Politics, Primordial Soup on Oct 3rd, 2007
The West Hollywood Book Fair is not by any means the largest in the country or even in LA. The largest book fair in the primordial soup is indisputably the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which is held annually at UCLA. The West Hollywood Book Fair is a very small and civilized affair held [...]
Posted in Primordial Soup on Sep 21st, 2007
Today’s morning walk went far to clear my head. At 10 a.m., I passed by the Belmont Cafe on La Cienega. On their beautiful patio, David Spade was engaged in a rather heated and emotional exchange with an absolutely stunning waitress. It is difficult to posit any reason other than hubris for a celebrity to [...]
