tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101768702012-02-15T22:26:08.067-08:00A while ago I read the National Transportation Safety Board report on the Cosco Busan allision. With some help from my mom, I realized that working as an accident investigator at NTSB might be a dream job for me. This blog (in addition to having various past lives) will be a record of my research and discoveries relating to a career in marine accident investigation.moon doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05959616843438056206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10176870.post-27766996620664868082011-04-01T14:04:00.000-07:002011-04-01T14:04:02.384-07:00

Check out this vimeo video of Dan Leahy reciting his poem "Silent No Longer." He wrote the poem after becoming fed up with the American Left's silence regarding Obama.  This is a poem that asks for us to speak out, and push for and support a vibrant working class movement that doesn't allow the Obama brand to keep us silent any longer. The arguments defending him are done.  He is no longer "

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While looking for different ways to break in to the marine accident investigation world, my mom sent me a link to a job opening at Travelers insurance in Seattle. The opening is for a position called "Claim Rep, Liability - Ocean Marine." A number of the required duties seem to parallel the duties of an accident investigator. They list the following duties:Investigate each claim through prompt

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So, after reading the Cosco Busan report, I found myself investigating the NTSB. There were questions I wanted answered. Who works there? How did they get to that place? What training and background did they have? In general, I found that the staff comes from three main sources. There are human performance investigators that come from academia, structural and other engineers that come from

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This whole obsession started when my mom sent me a copy, well, emailed me a link to a pdf of the NTSB report on the 2007 Cosco Busan allision. For those who don't know, the Cosco Busan was a Hong Kong flagged container ship that allided with the Delta tower of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge in November of 2007. The ship's hull suffered a 200 foot long gash that pierced two fuel tanks and

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I've discovered that my new computer at work has a built-in camera. I will proceed to take pictures of myself, twice per week, and upload them here.

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james bond style Originally uploaded by Deus_ex.

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Check this picture of JP:If you are confused about who this is, or why this is relevant, you can go here for more information.

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"Boats I Saw Today"Numero uno, the Kinugawa of Panama:

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Neighborhood hangout Benders burnt up last night. The apartments above it were also damaged. The SFFD didnt think anyone was injured.I took a couple pictures.

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and the verdict is: awesome.

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http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/OR3142/ for more info

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The greatest domestic disaster in US history continues unabated in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast. Malik Rahim and Jerome Scott will speak on how communities have organized for survival and rebuilding in the face of governmental abandonment.Malik Rahim is a long time resident of the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans and has a strong history of community activism and political

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see the rest of the roadtrip pics here.

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This is the link. Its a video of the power tool drag races, which I attended yesterday. This is the sort of thing my employers enjoy participating in during their "down time."some vocab:Windlass: A winch used to raise or lower the anchor. Usually on the bow of a boat.Single Up: This is a command used by one of the captains, by which he means cast off the lines attaching us to the dock. I'm not

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Via Raccoon Straits

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there! see it? in the right hand corner: green! its a plant. its growing. stay tuned for updates. slow ones.and lets see, more vocabulary lessons:binnacle shelf: the horizontal area where the boat controls, dials, doohickies, etc are located. Examples include the compass, the windshield wipers. Actually, some research indicates that the binnacle is the what the compass sits in. In common

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Here are a couple of words and phrases I've been hearing on the boat. I know there are more, but I can't remember them at the moment.Weep Holes: These are the holes to allow water to run to a main drain. They were pointed out to me in the engine room where they let water flow between the raised sections of the floor.Stringer: I first heard this term in connection to building surfboards. It is the

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First day at my new job was slightly odd, but fundamentally good. It was choppy and rainy for the first couple of hours on the bay. I got some spray in the face which is basically all I really want out of the job, beside a couple of hundred bucks. And I got to wear my grunden jacket...Oh and we got to feel important looking out for a "jumper", to no avail I'm afraid.The sun came out toward the

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Hi! I just came across your job posting on Craigslist. I know its been a month now since you posted, but I can't resist trying to make contact in the hopes that you are still hiring. I have been living and working in San Francisco for the last year now and my chief form of transport, both for commuting and for recreation has been my bicycle. Its constituted one of the major pleasures in my time

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t.f.n. is in town. And when t.f.n. is in town there is trouble to be had. Last night we went to some bar in Nob Hill called the Hemlock Tavern. On the walk there, tfn saw someone with a blackjack. Is that what they are called? At the bar we met up with various maniacs from Oregon. We also met a man who screamed, the entire time we were near him, "Pants are optional. I am putting everyone on

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"Guns don't kill people. Vice Presidents kill people."

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I wrecked on my bike last week. Ugh. An unpleasant episode in my recent bicycling love affair. Nothing too serious, and no cars or other people involved. Just my own goofball self, falling all over myself (and the bike I guess) in a hurry to rub myself all over the pavement. Ironic thing was that I received a letter from my grandfather the same day I crashed. The body listed a bunch of

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I've been riding quite a bit lately, having a good time being able to get from home to the office in around 25 minutes. Critical Mass this last friday, which was a great ride. I went by myself, but ended up riding until after 9pm, which makes that a 3 hour ride...here is a link to the route as best I can remember it.One of these days I'm going to have to do a longer ride. I had thought to ride

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I was home recently, and looking through old pictures and yearbooks and whatnot. Here is one from the early 90s must be. Probably not too long after the Gulf War started. I would guess that I'm 10 or 11 in this shot.I'm glad to have a copy of it down here in SF, and I've been frantically showing it to any friends who'll hold still for a second. Lately I've been feeling cut off from the history

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I recently found myself in the position, so to speak, of explaining to someone the manner in which I pee. I obliged with pleasure, glad to be able to share my unquestioned expertise in this matter. Initially I was confident in asserting that my own manner of peeing is consistent with the vast majority of other human individuals possessing male parts... However, shortly after making this bold

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got back into san francisco, walking the crowded streets again, thinking about being again in a place where people dont know me and I dont know them. just had one day here before heading off to NM for the LSA conference so I decided to have a big lunch down at this place that has great cheap breakfasts I go to periodically. I'm almost done when the waitress comes over with my jacket, actually

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what we were waiting for has taken place. i wasn't there, so I can't give an account that does justice. since I've now moved miles away from the streets of west and market and w. macarthur and adeleine. the culmination of months of waiting now, what the neighbors and the dealers and housemates have been preparing for and talking about and worrying about. right in the fucking driveway of my old

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So, I'm sure everyone saw John Murtha, ex-marine, representative to the US congress, democrat, supposed hawk, make a call for redeployment of US troops from Iraq. This shocked the newspapers at least, and his democratic bretheren couldn't quite back him up...quotes are from the washington post article: "I don't support immediate withdrawal," came the statement from Senate Minority Leader Harry

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Big conference coming up, and this is my contribution to the slide show. Me hard at work going over tape after tape. I like the almost hidden coffee cup in the background.Currently listening to Aymaran languages from Peru. The recordings have some clipping, sounds like maybe the originals were recorded at too high of levels, or maybe the clipping is from some subsequent dubbing.Next tape is

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I have been listening to recordings of the following languages:Tlingit, Spanish, Chinese, Amawaka, Hindi, Amhara, Pomo, Gaelic Irish, Welsh, English, Dani, Guajiro, BaHima, Georgian, Konkow, Ewe, Grebo, Kikuyu, Kikamba, Bulu, Susu, Yoruba, Sindebele, Rossel, Iatmul, Navajo, Algonquin, Zincatecan, Nenets, Khanty, Evenki, Yakut, Jivarowhew

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Spent my first night in SF, awoke this morning, pre-alarm clock in a large bed with new sheets. It was around 7 am, but light outside. Almost a pacific northwest light, but too foggy really. I could hear rain spluttering down drainpipes and over shingles. Which was nice. First time its rained, for me, in months. The shower was great and my new towels helped. I left without breakfast

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So I've signed the check, paid the money, received the key. Its for real, its for sure. I'm moving to a new location. Around 19th and Capp St. in the Mission District of San Francisco. Its a completely different type of location from where I've been staying the last 8 months (8 months!). While west oakland is empty and mostly quiet but for the occasional squealing mustang the mission district

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So I was at the corner store last night, picking up some champagne with my roommate, and I'm standing there in line and this young dude next to me looks over as we're waiting and is like, "yo you look like ashton kutcher, blood" and i just sort of stood there, and he continues, "yeah nigger what was in that movie with bernie mac..."then I bought his rab album. calling himself "Chief Jr." Least

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Former miyata wheels, linked to in the previous post, were sold last night. Guy couldn't wait till Saturday I guess. Too antsy to get his $20....arg! Going to go see that apartment for rent on lower nob hill tonight. I went by there last night and it looked tiny and probably dark, but in an interesting area, next to a little park and a block from a laundromat. Here is a link to a map of the

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So a guy on Craigslist has got a bunch of wheels, from a Miyata no less, that he wants to sell. They aren't my wheels, but they're close. Only $20 and he's gonna drive it down to oakland this weekend. Its a 6 sp on a mavic rim like mine was/is, but its a campy hub, which is sort of funny, but cool I guess. Maybe I should buy a front wheel while I'm at it, just in case!And I found some interesting

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and so is my bike's derailer. This evening I am attending the largest booksale on the west coast. If you want anything in particular now is the time to tell me.

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it is almost five am and the storm is a little stronger. I spent the evening in my room talking and drinking cider and eating all the storm-survival food my more paranoid friends bought, bless them. Beef jerky is delicious and its bastard son the beef nugget is mostly acceptable. I am going to bed, though. I stood by my window in the dark for a while and I can say that it is raining pretty hard

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Windows are shaking lightly, wind gusting pretty strong outside. Raining and night has fallen. We're t-minus 8 hours to impact, and things are looking pretty peaceful. Don't expect much trouble, but this will most likely be my last post until the morning so I can move my pc away from the window. My biggest concern is leakage (see previous post). However, it may be that we will be able to stay in

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Chad here. Hurricane not yet. Wind's picking up, though, and I have to admit a certain feeling of adrenaline in the pit of my stomach, which may mean that something is leaking in my body. I haven't put on pants yet though or moved my computer away from the window.It is my hope that I will be able to position my computer in such a way as to permit the use of a webcam out the window in case

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Contrary to evacuation warnings and general fleeing of his fellow Rice University classmates, this courageous comic reader is staying on in Houston, in the stairwell of his dorm, to confront the vicious infrared monster that is hurricane rita (see pic at left).The hurricane, which is supposed to hit sometime on Saturday morning, currently has winds that are reported at 175 mph. Which is a lot.

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SUPPORT THE TRUTH: STOP THE WAR ON IRAQSaturday, September 24, 2005 at 7:00 pmThe Historic Capitol Theater206 E. 5th AvenueOlympia, WashingtonThose in the Olympia area should go to this great presentation put on by our local anti-war and community minded organizations.The keynote speaker is Antonia Juhasz, a nationally recognized expert on the Iraq constitution, the Bush Administration’s economic

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....something beginning with revolution!So I've been feeling these last few days like there is going to be a powerful confluence of sorts this coming weekend. Of course, people will poopoo this idea as some Bakunin-esque revolutionary predictionism, but give me a chance, look at the evidence. First off, all this is happening in San Francisco, CA, a bizarre, volitile human habitation if there

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Some hip slang:"4 on the floor": a four speed manual transmission located on the floor(?)."Hardtop": supposed to look like a convertable, without a bar (called the B-pillar) seperating the front and back side windows."Hemi": an engine with hemispherical engine chambers, esp. Chrysler V-8."Six-Pack": a Mopar (Chrysler) 440 engine with 3 carburetors."bhp": brake horse power. "power delivered at

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So those first few cars where shot down before they even had a chance. Turns out the Nova is a death trap and the Buick, well, apparently no one wants a Buick.I did get one thing right though, manual transmission all the way. Here is an example of a stick muscle car:1970 Olds 442 Pretty of course, but a little to intense looking for me. 455 cubic inch engine and 365 bhp make it pretty intense too

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and you knew someone who would restore one for you, what kind would you choose? These are the questions that haunt us. These are the issues that drive us...the car, of course, is not for me, and I of course, know nothing about muscle cars, or non-muscle cars, or comma usage guidelines...but I can get into the decision, and here are my inital suggestions and thoughts.Looks:most important. bigger,

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But here is a note about Halliburton getting their fingers in the Katrina reconstruction pie. Like some sort of fucked up, government sponsered vulture.Link to article in Houston Chronicle

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found at postsecret

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What...........Level 5 Hurricane vs. Level 4 HurricaneWhen..........September 2004 vs. September 2005Where.........Cuba vs. Gulf Coast of the USAHouses destroyed...........20,000 vs. ?People evacuated...............1.5 million vs. 500,000?Deaths ...............Zero vs. 12,000?Why the

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Leaving the house today I had a quick interaction with one of my neighbors. Him and his buddies were chilling, barbequeing some meat, and he called out to me to make fun of one of his pals. Saying he was eating raw meat, he was a cannibal.Then he went on to say that the guy, who spoke w/ a 'standard' english accent, was "like you guys" you know, like "the undercover brother."Thinking about cops

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"About 10,000 US National Guard troops were deployed in New Orleans and were granted the authority to fire at and kill whom they wanted, upon the pretext of restoring order. This decision is an indication of the US administration's militarist mentality, which regards killing as the only way to control even its own citizens."see move organizationsee fred hamptonsee wounded kneesee atticasee waco

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Selections from a chronology by Henry Breitrose. Find the complete article hereStep one: Add cronies.January 2001: Bush appoints Joe Allbaugh, a crony from Texas, as head of FEMA. Allbaugh has no previous experience in disaster management.Step two: PrivatizeApril 2001: Budget Director Mitch Daniels announces the Bush administration's goal of privatizing much of FEMA's work. In May, Allbaugh

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To those in the Washington/Olympia area: Attend another San Patricio Batallon sponsered forum. Join a community gathering to express our opposition to the US war on Iraq, our occupation of that country and the extraordinary misuse of our troops and national guard. Unite with friends and neighbors to voice our outrage over the growing US militarism here at home that invades our schools, attacks

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During the week or two that I wore my super hot mustache around, people couldn't resist making comparisons to various famous people. Mostly actors: Burt Reynolds, Tom Sellick, and, uh lots of other people from TV that I have no idea what they look like other than I assume they have mustaches....Today though, I got another comparison, weeks post-mustache. I didn't recognize the name...maybe

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Thats the King Island, the Anne Marie, and the Raider. We're tied up to the abandoned Queen Fisheries cannery in Queen's Slough, in Nushagak Bay. We lived here for the final two weeks of our fishing expedition.For the first week and a half of the trip we were anchored out by the mouth of the slough, closer to our fishing sites, but around 7 am after a stormy night, we awoke to discover that both

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The Raider was the smaller of the two skiffs we were using. Jeremy was the driver for the most part. Progressing from someone who had only driven outboards in placid resort lakes to a competent operator by the end of the month. Not without many a mishap in the meantime however.In the picture thats Jeremy driving and Matt on the bow, I'm probably in the Anne Marie, the other skiff we ran, taking

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A month come and gone, and another bizarre activity catalogued and put away for safekeeping. Returning by plane, I have a hard time shaking the feeling that I was ever gone, that the fishing trip was a story I read or maybe something I wrote. But of course, in this day and age we have fotographs and I also have little scraps of paper with scribblings and scratchings that claim to be from moments

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This is some ones tongue. I know her name, but I wont tell you. She says, recorded, some of the following things (translated): i give instructions, he rolls it out, i leaned him up against it. You get the idea.

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I've been steadily collecting various bits and pieces of gear for my trip up to AK. Leavin in around 6 days or so, which means that crunch time is nearing...I found this picture on the internet recently, which made me happy, and calm. The people look good, hard working, black and white. This being the sort of boat and sort of fishing connected to me. It reminds me to bring film.Here is the list

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Rising out of the embarcadero bart station, like joining the living world anew after the dehumanizing screaming of the bay crossing...Today as I arrived at the top of the escalator I could hear someone shouting, sounded like they were crying out for help. Peaking out over the railing I craned to find them. Down the street I could see people looking across the way, confused, wondering perhaps, if

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Apparently, Bob Woodward confirmed the story Tuesday. So, there you have it, a mystery of our times revealed....

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Apparently the identity of the famous Washington Post source, Deep Throat, has been revealed by his family in a Vanity Fair press release.Word is, Mark Felt--one time FBI guy--was the dude, or rather still is the dude. He is 91 and living in Santa Rosa. Perhaps this bloggers' own sources can assist in confirming or denying the truth of these claims.....Here is the AP article.

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Latest Oakland crime reports (with pictures)!

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Just arriving at the Macarthur bart, walking my bicycle, there was a woman trying to get through the newfangled turnstile. Her stroller, with her kid in it, was pinched by the gate and she couldnt pull it open. I hustled up a little bit, reached over and helped her pull both sides open so she could get through. Maybe three days before, the same thing had happened to me.Funny thing was, as I

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I went to Critical Mass on Friday in SF. I was an incredible scene. 500+ bicyclists out to enjoy the day and the streets. Had its ups and downs, but all in all a good time. Afterwards I went to have food with some people that I had met up with at the ride. Some folks connected to the building of the cob bench. For some reason, half way through the meal a section of the group, maybe 6 people

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I went to see a talk by this woman, Ramona Africa, at a place called flowershop in San Francisco. Ramona is one of two people that survived the 1985 police firebombing of one of the MOVE organization's house in Phillidephia. Its an incredible story. A powerful example of the officially sanctioned murder and destruction of members of a radical organization.Don't remember talking about it in

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Came across this article today about different ways of burying people. Got me to thinking about the "Mold Project" and the possibility of burying ourselves and our brethern there in vertical positions. I know that we had, in fact, discussed this very possibility. And it was a relief, in a way, to know that the Australians are already doing it. Maybe the guy with two suitcases, maybe he was

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This was big news yesterday. Apparently this guy was staring at the capitol in DC, DRESSED IN BLACK, with two BLACK suitcases.A lot of guys, dressed in black themselves, carrying semi-automatic weapons tackled him and drug him away.The Fox news video I saw was very dramatic. They thought maybe this man, who stared for 45 MINUTES at the Capitol, might have been a TERRORIST. I mean, why else

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I know my parents will be proud. Proud to see their son, or rather, both or their sons engaged in creative, stimulating activities.You know, things like photoshop manipulation to simulate shots of digital mutilation and canabalistic tendencies.....

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So I just got a copy of my contract in the mail. Its with a guy named Sid Litchfield, to spend a month up in Bristol Bay fishing for Sockeye salmon. Tens of thousands of pounds of Sockeye salmon. He is gonna guarentee me 2 grand says the piece of paper, or 5% of the total haul, whichever is greater. 5% could be as little as 1 grand, or as much as 4. Depends on the catch and the price. This

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Take it wild.

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Spent last night in a 3 hour meeting of the LP board, destroying what false harmony existed there. Then roommates went upstairs to snort crazy drugs, I went to bed late in the night, got up to go to work and spent the day fiddling with wires, until it was time to go listen to oldies music again, and color with crayons. Now I'm back to fiddling with wires, waiting until its time to get in the car

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Here are a couple of paragraphs from an article in today's PI, the italics, of course, are mine: As the two boys attempted to cross 15th Avenue,[Nick] was hit in the head by the side mirror of a passing car. Just weeks before, Seattle officials had removed thecrosswalk sign that had hung over 15th Avenue for years.They also eliminated crosswalks at two other high-trafficspots in Lower Queen Anne

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Up to $53.05 per barrel.I had a dream last night, first time ever I think that I woke up heart pounding and breathing hard...i had dreamt that my bike got stolen. Goes to show you the extent of my worries....

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Here is shot I found on the City Repair website. Ashan must have taken it. This is where I've been living for the last two months. The lower two floors are shared by the LPad household, and a guy named Orlando, or Big O, lives upstairs with his wife and kid.This is before the addition of four modular transport containers were introduced to the vacant lots to the left....great weather at least.

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Here is a crazy article about Jim and Burning Man....

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About a week ago, one of my roommates had her purse snatched outside the front door to my house. Kids on bikes played tug a war with her for a few seconds before riding off with it. Not before she let loose a stream of accusation at all the folks chilling around the door, not helping her out. Anyhow, apparently some one took something to heart, and talked to the kids who jacked her purse. A

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Last couple of days John's been gone, and the Launchpad commoners have been having a field day. We're getting busy on all the projects that were just too complicated with him around and having a great time getting things done for once. Yesterday I spent my evening tearing down siding and sheet rock in my old room, preping the walls for Dan, our construction foreman, to reinforce them with

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If you remember back to the post advertising my pa's show in olympia, it took place a couple of days ago. The place was packed of course, mostly due to the massive readership of this blog.A guy named Mark Jensen wrote an article about what was said. In my opinion it focuses an inordinate amount of attention on a possible missle strike on Iran, but it does mention the Heroico Batallon....I found

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So this is the third weekend in a row that I have spent getting as much mud and gunk as possible on my hands and feet. The bench that we're building is looking more and more finished. But as the days wear on, the crowd gets thinner and thinner. This is a shot of us working on the backrest portion of the bench.The big hand in the foreground belongs to a vet named Jack who has been coming since

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They have this thing here, that I guess has been happening for years, they call it sideshows. Or at least thats what the newpapers call it. From what I read its like some sort of spontaneous street party / car show. Strictly illegal of course.The actual manifestation, at least where I live, is just people doing "donuts" and pealing out in circles in the bigger intersections. They drive souped up

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Just like the song says, I ain't never been on welfare. But I wonder if food stamps count? Started another job yesterday. Its at a small gym near the Rosetta Project. They need someone to organize their discorganized office and filing systems and since my resume says "Archive Specialist" I'm it! The place is apparently one of the hot spots for the local monied crowd. John Fisher's kid attends

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How bout this to go with your morning coffee and crossword: According to a South Korean defense policy paper released Friday, the United States would dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula. Thats a lot of troops, considering we have around 130,000 currently bumming around in Iraq. I wonder what the US thinks of this S Korean report. No comment was

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me and the cat

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yeeehaw

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