Monthly Archives: April 2019

Gangsters

Posted on April 29, 2019 by d4vid

I keep forgetting this so I’m writing it down.  Congress has had more than one “Gang of Eight” over the years. There was a Gang of Eight in 2012 to deal with the “fiscal cliff”: Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Finance … Continue reading →

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Assemble

Posted on April 28, 2019 by d4vid

Much like recent Oscar nights, I can trace what I was doing in recent years by where I saw each Avengers movie. The Avengers (2012) in Banff, Alberta. The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) in Shanghai on my first terminus adventure. The … Continue reading →

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Monger

Posted on April 21, 2019 by d4vid

Watching Game of Thrones, I realized there are really only four kinds of -mongers you ever hear about: cheese fish whore war Such an odd, specific collection.

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Syzygy

Posted on April 18, 2019 by d4vid

Every so often, things align perfectly. NBC’s Thursday night schedule for the 2009-2010 television season was a Golden Age of comedy.  Community, Parks and Rec, The Office, and 30 Rock were all on the air, back to back. Season 1 … Continue reading →

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Cog

Posted on April 17, 2019 by d4vid
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Destruction

Posted on April 15, 2019 by d4vid

Tempus edax, homo edacior “Time destroys, man destroys more”  

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Essence

Posted on April 11, 2019 by d4vid

Introversion aside, I’ve tried to be judicious with how much time I’ve spent around actors.  Which may be why I had never heard of Sam Christensen until Dan Harmon made a couple of passing references to Christensen’s concept of an actor’s … Continue reading →

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Passive

Posted on April 2, 2019 by d4vid

This essay by Anna Borges really resonated with me.  (No one freak out, please.  Like her, I’m trying to explain a feeling here, not express an intention.) The notion of “passing driftwood” was something I particularly identified with.  Looking forward … Continue reading →

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Legacy

Posted on April 2, 2019 by d4vid

As I wade through two decades of legacy code at work, I’m constantly reminded of two things: The Homer quote above and the madness-inducing Book from Neal Stephenson‘s Anathem.

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Population III

Posted on April 1, 2019 by d4vid

I once made a list of the most populous cities in China here. But way better is this amazing, animated chart of the most populous cities in the world from 1500 to 2018: https://observablehq.com/@johnburnmurdoch/bar-chart-race-the-most-populous-cities-in-the-world

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