THOSE WHO CAN'T WRITE

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05 May 2023

Manufacturing Disconsent

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 The concept of bringing sports media formulation to politics and public policy purely for the purposes of sensualizing for profit but guise...
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23 March 2021

Hannibal Buress

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Hannibal Buress's comedy is as if the universe is truly made up of harmonic frequencies and he secretly discovered the source of one of ...
31 January 2021

Poem

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Breath Like a gift from the ocean The waves rolling in, rolling out Neti pot. By A. Nomimas  
23 July 2020

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" I wish I could bring Robert Moses back to life. So I could repeatedly drown him in a bath tub."                                 ...
09 April 2020

Possible gerrymandering solution (for Texas)

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 "No Congressional district may be drawn so that it consists of more than one [or two] partial counties."
19 November 2019

Microstation

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Microstation is the TAB cola of the CAD world. You think it's gone now but it pops up in random places.
23 October 2019

胖胖的

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I'm surpised not to find the following proposed anywhere: The English word "Panda" coming from the word 胖胖的, shortened to 胖的. ...
09 July 2018

Fermi's Paradox

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Can one explanation for Fermi's paradox be the universe is expanding faster than life?   A case where the "Swiss Cheese Theory...
28 May 2018

Just this once.

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So Offenbach's name is used for bad puns.
13 May 2018

Nerd Squared

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Star Wars + Math Dark Energy = m (ic)²
02 May 2018

Cartesian Goodness

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Cynicism inspired by American politics, Foxnews, The Heritage Foundation and other evil neo-conservative institutions.
19 November 2017

Expansion is Existence

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The universe is expanding exponentially to an exponential power.   The universe HAS TO expand like that, otherwise it would not exist.     I...
26 October 2017

The Ramones

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The Ramones are the most overrated underrated band in the history of music.
20 December 2015

Bad Urban Design

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American urban design is still putting the car[t] before the ho[u]se.
26 September 2015

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Enough with the envy!  Bring on the jealousy!
03 May 2015

"______ will hurt the economy"

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Those who say "________ will hurt the economy" are actually saying "________ will hurt MY economy." Forget "hurting...
21 April 2015

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Hypocrites are wise people.  Listen to them.
16 March 2015

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From the Department of "Being Like Frank Luntz Except Not Evil:" Plain and simple just call them "Science Deniers."
17 February 2015

Tango

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There are two kinds of Tango dancers: those who love to Tango and those who love to dance.
14 February 2015

4th Party

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"4th Party" - A theoretical political party with a limited but targeted agenda focusing on amending the methods of representation ...
06 February 2015

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There is no such thing as 'bad art.' There is only good art and art that is not good yet.
14 December 2014

Red Hot Blues blues

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Red Hot Blues blues [red hot blooz blooz] noun 1. (used with a plural verb) the despondency acquired from opening a bag of Garden of Eatin...
08 December 2014

The Dream of the 90s is alive in...

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The dream of the 90s is alive in Uruguay.    
15 June 2014

Cogitamus ergo sum

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To paraphrase David Eagleman.
06 May 2014

Infinite v. Finite

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Infinite vs Finite.  A free market with an infinite mindset versus a planet with finite resources.  Infinity versus Finity?  Is there a li...
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TMGT

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Too Much of a Good Thing. This maybe why architecture is doomed.  Even good architects get swept up in their superior quality and make too...
06 April 2014

Change

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Change is inevitable.  Make it for good.
01 April 2014

Immigration Reform

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It would require 1) a constitutional amendment (yeah, I know.), 2) amnesty, permanent residency, or some similar status granted to all curre...
08 March 2014

*Sigh*

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There was a time when designing was simply feeling the pencil's graphite softly crumble against the paper. Excerpt from somewhere on t...
05 March 2014

Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI)

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 PTSD. To label the wounded warriors as having a 'disorder' misses the target, I feel. Would it not really be more correct to call i...
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26 February 2014

|| universes

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I'm grateful to be in the same parallel universe as Christopher Walken but I wish I was in the one where, in addition, Jerry Bruckheimer...
09 February 2014

Market Forces

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Fear vs. Boredom There really isn't much else to dynamics of the markets.  Fear of loss causes the drops and Boredom fuels the rise.  T...

Architecture is Bliss

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Forgive me for putting your mighty words on my web-log, Mr. Orwell, but I couldn't help but think of "architect" where you wri...
19 May 2013

The Four Corners of the Room

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Since the one party (a.k.a. "two party" system) of the US is a problem, efforts to encourage diversity is a solution.  So here...

Non-Binding Anonymous Conscience Vote

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A story from This American Life implied that there are several Republican House members that are secretly supporters of efforts to tackle Cl...
10 February 2013

Poetry for Urban Designers

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Overpass When in a hurry to a meeting I will never remember, were the moments from lives just unparralleled, unforgetable: The first ti...

Trees

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If a genius fell in a forest but no one was around to hear, was he really a genius?
10 June 2012

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Be nice and always bring a book.
03 February 2012

Into The Least Crowded Space

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'Into the least crowded space.'  Why is that a basic universal law of nature?
29 January 2012

UNDER-EMPLOYMENT

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Under-employment... Isn't that really the GREAT PROMISE of technology?  Isn't that what we WANT?
23 January 2012

The useful Mormon

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It's nothing if not entertaining to watch evangelical Republicans find euphemisms for not supporting Mitt Romney. From "Romney Care...
17 January 2012

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Never start a rock set with a 6/8.
13 November 2011

Plastistan

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They call it the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" but I think "Plastistan" would be a better name to use in an advocacy/pu...
14 October 2011

Wang Shu

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Are you optimistic? I asked that question of the great architect Wang Shu today. He said no. I couldn't think of a better question to as...
16 September 2011

Orbit Pollution

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It's inevitable. Man's destiny is to discover new frontiers to leave crap around.
20 July 2011

Dumbest ideas

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1. Automatic transmission motorcycles 2. Automatic seat-belts 3. Putting gelatin in yogurt 4. The little pocket in a pocket in men's pan...
27 June 2011

Graffiti

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I came back to this thought recently because of noticing the variety in quality of graffiti and its effect on the urban landscape AND vice v...
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18 June 2011

The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt

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And the greatest work of modern architecture is (drumroll)... the Great Pyramid of Giza. Striking, minimalist in form, sustainable at 5000+ ...
28 May 2011

The Sweet Spot

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For me, making a successful film is when exactly half the audience is explaining the movie to the other half on the way out of the theater.
22 May 2011

Craigslist

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Craigslist is being so blatantly abused. Craig, what about this?: 1. Keep posts simple. a. Block use of large fancy images. b. Block th...
21 May 2011

Block Development

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I would like to see a hypothetical outcome of a law making it impossible for one person or developer to own adjacent properties in a city bl...
20 May 2011

'Ground Transportation' at Newark

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On my return flight to the US of A, I made a stop in NYC. I went via Newark airport. From previous experience I knew that the NJT rail lin...
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19 May 2011

Tovo Signs

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I'm a Tovo supporter... but... I can't get over those signs. Is it just me or does that ovoid shape look like the Pork logo? ...
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16 May 2011

Is Healthcare A Right?

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This seems to be the pivotal question for the healthcare debate today which is dumb. I DON'T believe universal healthcare is a right, ...
14 May 2011

Tariffs

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Tariffs define national borders. Stopping global homogenization would require cancelling all "free" trade agreements and implemen...
08 March 2011

Energy Economy

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At some point we will switch from a growth economy to an energy economy, willingly or not.
02 February 2011

150%

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When it comes to production design, you have to give 150% because you never know which third the director is going to leave out.
10 June 2010

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From imperfection, diversity.  From diversity, life.
13 January 2010

It's the ENERGY, Stupid!

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12 June 2009

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Color is contrast. Art is contrast. Art is color. No it's not.
21 January 2009

Why Are the Democrats So Dumb? (Sadly, A Multi-Part Series)

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Looking back to the 2004.  How could the Democrats miss an easy opportunity to finally give the previous generations a Vietnam veteran for p...
17 October 2008

Economics

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The Definition of Economics: Economics is the study of all the middlemen between the sun and the food on your table.
14 September 2008

The Corporate Hinge

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There are SEVEN simple machines now!!! We all know the six simple machines as defined in the classical era. I just discovered the existen...
12 September 2008

Why Are the Democrats So Dumb? (Sadly, A Multi-Part Series)

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ANWR According to USGS estimates the Artic National Wildlife Refuge contains no more than 16 billion barrels of oil. The United States con...
22 February 2008

Single Payer

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If the Democratic presidential candidates are going to run on a platform with a national health care system they should go with "Single...
22 October 2007

My Favorite Female Vocalists

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Chet Baker Getty Lee Jay Kay Cheb Mami Chris Denny Alice Cooper
10 November 2006

Erfolgfreudeneidhaßschuld

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Erfolgfreudeneidhaßschuld The opposite of Schadefruede. (Success-joy-envy-hate-guilt) But what is the "opposite" of German? ...
06 October 2006

I like to read myself write.

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Ok, I'll admit it.  Sometimes I just like to read myself write.
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