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Uncle Duke dead at 67

How to destroy the Earth: a guide. And in related news, $50,000 saves Toby the Bunny.

Hunter Thompson dead at 67. I just finished Hell’s Angels a year ago, and saw both Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portray him. And Duke from Doonesbury.

Thompson “took his life with a gunshot to the head,” the wife and son said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News. The statement asked for privacy for Thompson’s family and, using the Latin term for Earth, added, “He stomped terra.”
Latin noun used for brief eulogy

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Googlezon

The New York Times goes offline as a print pamphlet in the face of increased competition from Googlezon in the year 2014.

The McLibel Two should have been given legal aid during their fight against McDonald’s, a British court rules. Background of the case here

“We need to have a cathedral builder’s mentality when we’re doing these campaigns,” Mark said. “We may not see the building completed in our lifetime, but if we finish the foundation, the next generation can build on that.”
Why the left needs to be patient and persistent

Boycott? Too negative, says co-founder of BuyBlue.org.

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And this is from album number 114.

I know almost nothing about jazz. In Seattle, jazz is everywhere (including Kenny G sightings in Greenlake, but I don’t remember that really being *jazz*) and so are black turtleneck sweaters and close-cropped George Clooney hair and withdrawn smiles, but I try not to pay too much attention to that, so when I’m invited to go to Jazz Alley (sidenote: The last time I was at Jazz Alley, I saw Tito Puente. He issued a memorable quote before introducing a song: “And this is from album number 114.”) to see The Regina Carter Ensemble, I had no idea what to expect.

Regina had had a family emergency, so her cousin, James Carter, an accomplished saxophonist, filled in. Carter had a talent for making a saxophone sound like several different instruments, and at one point it seemed like he was having an argument with his sax, and the sax would answer back, and after a bit of musical banter with the band, all the instruments made up and set off into a wacky tirade. That was followed up with a soft, dreamy number that reminded me of the outdoor snowy scenes from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, right before the placed ornament brought the tree down. Delicious.

My friend Todd is really good friends with the whole ensemble, so after the show we got to hang out with the band, so much so that I ended up driving the drummer and the bassist to their accommodations in Eastlake (I’ve never driven a band home before, unless it was family). The Regina Carter Ensemble, featuring James Carter, is playing through tomorrow night, February 5th.

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Grand Theft Auto: Myst

Microsoft managers get upset seeing their employees with iPods, causing employees to swap out the white headphones for black ones.

Howard Dean emerges as the frontrunner for the DNC leadership. Avoid the scream, Howard. Avoid the scream.

Laptops render men infertile! Solution: play Doom as a boardgame., while your salary decreases compared to the rate of inflation. Or put your laptop on your desk, and play the hybrid “mashup” game Grand Theft Auto: Myst.