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It’s true. Ganja from the shofar? Check. Fuzzy pancho with yarmulke? Check. Zion and, uh, Zion? Check.

Trying so hard to take his natural frizz into dreadlocks.

Trying to be oy vey irie.

BUT

What if he got a little older, swung orthodox and then started laying down the phattest of the phat rhymes with a bit o irie stylee?

Ladies and gentlemen, there is:

matisyahu

I’ve posted here about GTD and similar sexy-computer-user fetish objects (Moleskine books, fountain pens, PowerBooks) but all of these and spiritual guru Merlin Mann will all convene at a meet-up in SF.

Check out Merlin’s announcement here

A new line of signature iPods after the success of the U2 iPod.

• snicker * I especially like the Coldplay and New Found Glory item snicker

I like shows that involve tight dialog with quirky people in small towns….

BUT there is one caveat, if the work rests on the lazy screenwriter’s crutch of “put them in the South” I will reject the work like B+ kidney in an A- bloodstream.

The archetype of a show of this type is “Northern Exposure”. Tight dialog, interesting plots, quirky characters - not in the South.

GG: Tight dialog, interesting plots, quirky characters - not in the South.

It just seemed that everytime some Hollywood grass chewer wanted to make characters quirky and justify why they were quirky he put them in the South.

“Hm, these women are concerned about their hair and makeup a lot, let’s put them in the South (Steel Magnolias)”

“Hm, these quirky women are going through menopause, let’s put them in the South (Fried Green Tomatoes)”

“Hm, I’m a talentless hack whose feeble attempt at inflammatory, ill-timed tongue-in-cheek comedy is sloppily used to get me airtime on CNN” — oh wait, sorry Tucker Carlson worked his way into this diatribe. Sorry. ahem

Where was I?

“Hm, let’s make the old lady indomitably proud for no apparent reason — but she’s also really sensitive — especially to — black people (Driving Miss Daisy)”

It’s much easier to say “she’s Suthun, that’s why” than explain the character, or better yet as a screenwriter, to create scenes which explain the character to the audience visually.

All that said, it makes me realize just how ahead of its time “Northern Exposure” was. Remember when CBS had dramas, not just forensics. Yesterday…

If you don’t get it, you’re better off.

If you’re a glutton for punishment then you can do the lookup at urbandictionary.com

If, in the course of your holiday celebrations you should get coffee making devices (a new brew-pot, French press, bean grinder, etc.) - pace yourself on putting it to good use. While your relatives certainly want you to enjoy your gift, they don’t want you passing the yuletide day like a speed-freak

I love Found Magazine. The found objects are lovely, mysterious, and transcendental.

I must be thinking of Found Magazine because I found some software I had lost last night. It’s not very fancy, but the CSS generator is handy and something I had wanted for from time to time.

I listened to Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” on salon.com. I love Welsh accentation and that thick voice that says “kets” for “cats”.

And here’s a funny little thought…

Today while flushing the toilet my mind wandered away, I was returned to my small linoleum covered bathroom by the sound of the seat falling down, making a loud clap.

I got my sister a copy of Getting Things Done. We had a lengthy discussion about it, I hope it helps her get started in her professional career in an organized fashion.

Had I had some guidance like this I might have been able to feel more unburdened through the beginning years of my career.

7 Habits makes you existentially want to do better, GTD helps you actually do it….in my not so organizational guru opinion.

I really like Coheed and Cambria. Having a Rush-fan pedigree I have a soft-spot for singers that sing like helium drowned banshees. Co&Ca are consumate musicians and Claudio’s controlled supersonic stylings are unique and well….cool.

Their video for “Blood Red Summer” features Claudio hammering together a shack in the woods (very Unabomber) against his co-band mates who have been seized with the disease from “28 Days later” that has made their eyes turn big and bloody and scary!

It’s a lot of fun and is a fun song featuring the evocative lyrics, storytelling, and mystering that one hears all through their album “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth” (what a title, eh?!)