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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Interview: Jim Genia on New York City’s Underground Fight Scene
Jim Genia has written about Mixed Martial Arts for more than a decade, and been a fan even longer. Living in New York City, though, makes it hard to see fights – New York is now one of only five … Continue reading
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Tagged interview, Jim Genia, MMA, New York, Raw Combat, underground fighting
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The Chubukos, “House of the Rising Funk”
Because sometimes the old school is the only one worth attending… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3-MHi5gRow&feature=fvwp&NR=1
Learning to Sell: Coin-op Laundry, Writing, and Life
For most summers between ages of 12 and 22, I worked for my dad’s coin-operated laundry company in Seattle. The business made money by making deals with property owners to put coin-operated washers and dryers in their apartment-building laundry rooms, … Continue reading
And for good measure…
It’s Friday. I think I could — and will — listen to “Jimmy Jazz” about 15 times in a row. Happy weekend. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgeIh_bgadM&feature=related
Stiff Little Fingers, “Suspect Device”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRHx22hTGUA&feature=related
The Student-Loan Bubble: The Train is Chugging Towards the Cliff
From USA Today: The amount of student loans taken out last year crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time and total loans outstanding will exceed $1 trillion for the first time this year. Americans now owe more on … Continue reading
Swans, “Can’t Find My Way Home”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRMhwXfspTI
“We saw it, LeBron! We saw it!”
A lockout dunk clinic by Dwayne Wade, John Wall, Keven Durant and LeBron James. Love the announcer. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUcPOSiI7hA&annotation_id=annotation_709874&src_vid=5F_zRBsC5BY&feature=iv
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Tagged dunk, Dwayne Wade, John Wall, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, NBA lockout
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Lemony Snicket’s “Thirteen Observations Made While Watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance”
Originally published here. Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if … Continue reading
The North Dakota Oil Boom
Looks like the development of the Bakken formation in North Dakota and other previously inaccessible oil deposits will have long-term geopolitical implications favorable to the United States. North Dakota is also the place to head if you need to get … Continue reading
“We live in a world with a lot of economic insecurity, of worries about the future, of inequality, poverty, of concerns about jobs.”
From a Foreign Policy interview with economist Nouriel Roubini and geopolitical forecaster Ian Bremmer: Foreign Policy: What do you think of the Occupy Wall Street protests? Have you been down to see them? Nouriel Roubini: I stopped by. My view … Continue reading
Johnny Cash, “Big River”
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLgtKVwptA
The Costs and Consequences of the Age of Mass Incarceration
This Thursday, October 13, I’ll be part of a panel discussion at Town Hall Seattle for an event titled “Inequality in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” The main attraction of the night is Professor Bruce Western, who has written incisively … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Western, Incarceration, Post-Prison Education Program, Seattle
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On the Meaning of “The Hustle” (in tribute to Thomas Mann)
On October 9th, I was privileged to speak at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Seattle Public Library, a great group of people who raise money and advocate for the public library system in Seattle. When I was … Continue reading
Leonard Cohen, “Bird on a Wire”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjem3G_QsKA
“It’s a kind of magic.”
Worth remembering among the justified tributes and the hagiography: Apple’s rise to power in our time directly paralleled the transformation of global manufacturing. As recently as 10 years ago Apple’s computers were assembled in the United States, but today they … Continue reading
Underground
From Subway, photographer Bruce Davidson’s collection of images from New York City in the 1980s.
Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech: “Death is very likely the single best invention of life.”
The video of Steve Jobs brilliant 2005 Stanford commencement speech. A few key quotes are posted below the video. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that … Continue reading
Springsteen, “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKpmbcSe5E Men walkin’ ‘long the railroad tracks Goin’ someplace there’s no goin’ back Highway patrol choppers comin’ up over the ridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin’ round the corner Welcome to the new world … Continue reading
Thinking about Mohamed Bouazizi
On December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor, stood in front of a municipal building in the town of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia and shouted, “How do you expect me to make a living?” He’d endured years of official corruption … Continue reading
Dale Longanecker Hangs Up the Parachute
The most enjoyable article I wrote during my brief-but-fun career as a daily newspaper reporter (beating out even this intrepid investigation into the sorry state of Seattle’s mega-expensive public toilets) was a profile of Dale Longanecker, the country’s most prolific … Continue reading
A Poem for Saturday
To a Child Dancing in the Wind by William Butler Yeats DANCE there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water’s roar? And tumble out your hair That the salt drops have wet; Being young … Continue reading
