looks like franks favorite author, daniel pinchbeck, has a new book out about shamanism. bastard writes books faster than i read them.

boxy foxing

i will celebrate xmas when the good lord sees fit to get me a jet pack. and no, an individual lifting vehicle will not do.

the iceblog cometh - there are no more blog spaces on the map.

anecdotage - stories bored

History You Can See, Hear, Smell, Touch and Taste (this should actualy be posted in sustenance - it features the marginalised sences especialy taste!)

Bad Santa =? Miracle on 42nd Street + Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

If I am not buying fish at the Greenmarket in Union Sq, its EcoFish for me, love them (100% recycled packaging, 25% of profits donated for marine conservation, and the taste!!), its frozen in my local Health Food Store but they offer even more fresh for restaurants....DIG THEM!!

Yesterday lunch was Bao Noodles, the chef gave me a taste of one of his moms recipe's, coconut curry soup with pinky finger shaped shrimp dumplings, its the best dish I have tasted there, this place rocks, that dish was SO REAL, reminded me of eating in Thailand, he said the dish is from south Vietnam near the Cambodian border.....dont miss this spot!!

Eating By #'s 2003 "Final Count"
Grand Sichuan Int Midtown 14 Times
wd~50 14 Times
Wash Park 14 Times
66 6 Times
The Minnow 5 Times
Kai 4 Times
Milos 4 Times
Bao Noodles 4 Times

did Asiate for lunch today, sensational room/views over central park etc and very very nice food, i give it 3 *, grimes will prob give it 3.....we tried 11 dishes, does not hit the Kai/wd~50/Wallse "Skinny 4*" level but I will go back on night....

last night was a try-fector....Casa Mono was amazing, than off to a blast from the past Nicola Peona for some old wine (tired like the food) from the 50's and 60's, than wd~50 for a new dish I had yet to try, AWESOME!!! (and had to have the scallops again:>)

fog of war

I think Casa Mono is a home run, my kinda eating, fantastic....

bumper sticker:
"I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway"

cbsnews article on forthcoming report from 9/11 commission.
"Kean promises major revelations in public testimony beginning next month from top officials in the FBI, CIA, Defense Department, National Security Agency and, maybe, President Bush and former President Clinton."

The time has arrived! The lounge band "The Mood Illusion" was first formed in 1977 by a group of inspired and concerned teenage musicians. After 26 years of honing there skills they are finally ready to play there first gig. Friday, December 19th. One set at 9:00 no cover @ Café 111 111 Court Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel. 718-858-2806 Featuring the vocal stylings of Samoa http://www.rainbowpig.com/ Pedalsteel Guitar: Bob Hoffnar Sax: Martin Krusche Drums: John Bollinger String Bass: George Rush (Between State and Schemerhorn, one block north of Atlantic Avenue) Minutes walk from: F, A - Jay Street 2, 3, 4, 5 - Borough Hall N, R, M - Court Street http://www.cafe111online.com/ also at 11:00 the Lonely Samoans are playing Hank's down the street. How convenient! Also, Reverend Mike Osterhaut of The Church of Little Green Man are having a his new Holy Water launching party! Thursday Dec. 18th Lit lounge 93 2nd. ave. 8-10pm. Get Holy now. And. SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM/ fun(d)raiser for IMC Video Saturday Dec 20th, 2003, 9:30pm $10 Requested Donation CBGB's Gallery @ 315 Bowery btn 1st/2nd An NYC Indymedia Video Collective fundraiser & screening of Miami FTAA protest and police brutality footage. Performers: David Rovics - Radical Folk Singer Samoa - Leftist Country Western CEO - (the Chronic Electronic Orchestra) Trip-hop with socially conscious lyrics Dynamite Club - Avant garde kung fu punk rock Seth Tobocman - radical slide projection and spoken word brad - anarchist love songs Bat -spoken word And Others Featuring a new film from the streets of Miami shot collectively by dozens of media activists Proceeds help replace thousands of dollars of video equipment stolen by Miami police and to pay for legal fees for Indymedia Journalist. WOW. It is a lot of things going on this week. I know, you are all busy but it is worth checking it out. I promise!

We had an amazing tasting at WD50 last week. I think this is a new thing for them (at least having it listed on the menu.) Just another reason to go check out (or return to) this amazing place.

And then last night we had a tasting at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar, the somewhat new place by the team from Jewel Bako. It's right across the street on 5th between 2nd and 3rd. Amazing interior. Two floors in what was a tiny residential building. You feel like you are inside someone's perfectly decorated house. Very classy. Some in our group thought it was too fussy, but I loved it. There is really no other place I've been to with this feel.

The food was very good, if not breathtaking. But the tasting took a long time. 4 and a half hours! Really too long in my opinion. And it's not that I can't imagine a meal of that duration, it's just that this wasn't it.

Nice wine list, with some really high end French stuff we carefully avoided.

All in all I really recommend one trip, at least, for the interior experience. Get dressed up. Pretend you are living in a different, more dignified, age. Very fun, if long, night.

for windows winamp 5 is far superior to winamp 3.

mefi post about louise brooks.

lonley samoans...

i think i may love our new device CP-300 (post cards, stickers, wallet cards, etc...)

pizza, pizza

"I'm a greenie now, because we've screwed up the earth without giving anything back to it," he said. "We've got to figure out new ways to burn less fuel."

Carroll Shelby on his OX2 engine