"A Republican, who is a friend of a friend of a friend of mine, sent me, and several people on my mailing list, a video today.  

It had the subject line of: RE: Dang
The body of the message said (and this is a copy-paste job with the quote):
Video of a democrat on November 3 2005.... More democrats should follow his lead.
The video, which you would expect to be funny, given the subject line, was - to say the least - sick.
The video showed a black couple (It might just be me, but isn't assuming that all blacks are Democrats just a bit racist?) kissing outside of an elevator, with video coming from a security cam.  In retrospect, they were probably breaking up.  It's a very touching moment, then she turns away and gets slowly into the elevator.  The doors close, and he reaches into his pocket; I was thinking, "Maybe a hanky?"
He then kills himself with the gun he has just pulled out.

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The contact info was taken off because the issue is resolved. This post will be deleted tomorrow." (A blogger on Daily Kos)

Apparently the Republican referred to this post is Nuckin' Futz, a regular on Redneck Texan

"But when I visited Larry's lame ass blog a few days later, I saw that he had, based on information found in Nuckin's e-mail footer published Nuckin's real name, where he worked, and all the phone numbers to Nuckin's bosses, and was suggesting to all his readers that they call Nuckin's boss and complain that Nuckin was using company computers to e-mail what Larry considered offensive e-mails. There are not very many like minded idiots that frequent Larry's lame ass blog, but it turns out ol Big Larry has a diary at the world's most trafficked collection of victimized liberals, Daily Kos." (RT)

and apparently due to the harrasment from the blog visitors to NF's company, NF lost his job (I still need to have this confirmed).

Now I don't think  NF's and I ever agreed on anything on Redneck Texan blog and I don't even know his identity  but this DailyKos blogger is fucking out of line in publishing NF's personal information on his blog and asking DailyKos readers to harras him and the company he works for. That's malice.

Political discussion in blogosphere are poisonous and nasty but it's still just words in the never ending spouts. You cross the line when you start bringing your online spats to the reality and try to bring the other person (which is a private citizen) down, which is the case here.

We have freedom of speech here in America and you don't replace the absence  of physical oppression by government with  the threat to private livelihood by other citizens. Shame on you.

Today started unusually late, my body aches after going to bed shy of 5 am running hours of virtual post-mortem meeting over Skype (I hate Time Zones). There is no plan for this Memorial day weekend, not for the lack offer, but the lack motivation and the mountain of todo list will have to be tackled sooner than later. I am tempted to take up the offer from the volley ball girl but I know too well on how this thing will end up and I'll be running out of good karma to replenish my bad ones. But then again, there is no soul in me to save; so this might be Ok after all :)

am learning Chinese characters furiously so I can write a birthday letter to my Dad for his 60th birthday this September. All I need is to master 5000 characters and I'll be set.

Adam's been in New York for a good ten days.

dodyg (silverkey) says:
take it easy on the alcohol
dodyg (silverkey) says:
shit like this happens.
dodyg (silverkey) says:
my house burned down 3 days
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before I left Indonesia to Australia

And sometime I wonder whether who am I now is more than what I deserve or a waste of my potential (oh, he could be so good). That's the one million Rupees question.

And one grey lady asked me whether I'm a Conservative, on which I countered "no m'am; I'm a Liberal Capitalist pig"; and I left it at that without explanation.

How can you be pro death penalty and against stem cell research ? (talking to you GWB)

"Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed legislation to expand federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research. President Bush said he would veto the legislation because it "violates the clear standard I set four years ago. This bill would take us across a critical ethical line by creating new incentives for the ongoing destruction of emerging human life."

The standard Bush set four years ago and repeated last week is that we shouldn't take one life—even an embryonic life—in order to save others. Cost-benefit analysis is never sufficient grounds for the premeditated killing of civilians—except when it comes to the death penalty. When the discussion shifts from embryos to murderers, Bush and his spokesmen routinely argue that killing is justified not because murderers deserve it, but because it's moral to take one life in order to save others. He doesn't say that Person A should be executed because Person A is a danger to society. He says that Person A should be executed because the execution will deter Person B from killing Person C." (slate)

Vesak in Indonesia. May 24 is celebrated as Buddha Enlightment Day (Vesak) in Indonesia. The date varies from countries to countries but they range from May 15 to May 25 around the world.

What you see in the picture is call Pindapata ("alms gathering"). In Vesak, they will get a set of clean fabric that makes up their simple robes. Pindapata happens more frequently in some Buddhist communities (sometimes daily) where the Monks will get their daily food directly from the community and they will eat whatever given to them by the people (including meat). Yes, Buddhist Monks are allowed to eat meat except if the animals are killed specifically for them. They will eat whatever the lay people give them.

On one hand

"When East Timor celebrates its first day of independence Monday after more than 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule and 24 years of Indonesian occupation, a group of envoys from the United States led by former President Bill Clinton and including several serving and retired senior U.S. officials will be prominent among dozens of foreign delegations offering support to the new government.

East Timorese leaders say that they are grateful to have the backing of the world's most powerful nation as they struggle to build a viable economic future and as relations with their giant neighbor, Indonesia, remain uneasy.

But they are also painfully aware how lack of U.S. support in 1975 helped to encourage the Indonesian takeover. Indeed, some critics of American policy say that the United States has a moral debt to East Timor that will hard to repay. "

but at the time

"How did such a situation come about? For Kissinger and other senior U.S. officials in 1975, the fate of post-colonial East Timor paled in comparison to Washington's strategic interests in Indonesia, by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and an anti-Communist bastion. Following the Communist victory in Vietnam in April 1975, fears were rife among non-Communist countries in Southeast Asia that they could be the next victims of armed insurgency. In East Timor, Portugal had begun a decolonization process, and the leftist Fretilin party — Fretilin is the Portuguese acronym for the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor — had emerged victorious from a brief civil war with its pro-Indonesian opponents" (IHT)

At the time, nobody wanted an Asian cuba; especially the US; 1975 if you remember is also the fall of Saigon.

(running up the to the top of Warren State Park Dunes)

The beach volleyball season  started last weekend and my ritual of summer begun at its earnest on Sunday. Familiar faces returned with bodies still carrying on the damage of winter. I still do not know these people well as our familiarity with each other are limited to the game and nothing more; except for some casual banters in rare occassions when I joined the after game drinking.

One of the girl objected that I didn't socialize  more with the group; which from my limited experience is a very pleasant group of people. My defense was only that I had limited time to spare and right now my social circle had stretched my capacity to stay sane with their demand on my time. I just could not commit to another social network and this volleyball time every Sunday afternoon was all I can spare. Well, how about spending more time with just one more person? maybe.

And I yet to see Episode III.
 
Anybody have any experience on severe depression? I am helping a friend out in LA who has been in and out of it for pretty much a decade and all the modern methods have not brought her any relief.

Mike's 30th Birthday Dinner

busyness takes over. Will return to regular programming this Sunday. I'm going to the Sand Dunes for an overnight camping stay writing up a plan on how to save the world.

after 10 years.

"The great urban park was a 19^th-century American invention. It's unlikely that we will ever again build anything as ambitious as Central Park, Golden Gate Park, or Boston's Emerald Necklace. Land is simply too expensive and cities are too poor—just maintaining the parks that they've inherited strains their budgets. In any case, despite their popularity, urban parks with their old-fashioned cast-iron benches and their winding footpaths are a throwback to a politer, more reflective time. We build theme parks, not urban parks.

Chicagoans obviously don't agree. The city has just spent almost half a billion dollars on Millennium Park, which opened last July. In its first six months, the downtown park has attracted more than 1.5 million visitors. This is an impressive number considering the park is only 24.5 acres—Central Park gets 20 million visitors annually, but it covers more than 800 acres. On a visitor-per-acre scale, Millennium Park must be the most popular park in the country." (Slate)

(Frank Ghery's masterpiece in Chicago Millenium Park)

sick like a dying puppy

A lot of political blogs only concentrate on topics that makes them angry; abandoning their responsibility to share the insights on what works.

"I have a new appreciation for 26 miles. It's a long, long way and a lot of things can happen during that time. I found that out on Sunday, May 1, when I participated in my first marathon." (msnbc)

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/paopaol2001/album?.dir=/896e&.src=ph&.tok=pherK.CBvEsGZUnq

"MIT Technology Review Online on March 21 retracted two stories written in whole or in part by Michelle Delio, citing the publication's inability to confirm a source. On April 4, InfoWorld

edited four articles by Delio to remove anonymous quotes.

Wired News has published more than 700 news stories written by Delio (under the names Michelle Delio and Michelle Finley) since 2000. In April, we assigned journalism professor and Wired News columnist Adam Penenberg to review recent articles written by Delio for Wired News." (wired)

is worth watching. It's not a particulary deep or well paced  movie but it's the only movie that treat Sallahudin with any amount of respect so far; that should counts for something.

"Hey Jill,
I've been going to the World Press Photo Exhibition for the past 2 years (try real hard not to miss it), and you're right it brings out soo much emotion.... something to recommend to EVERYONE, if its on display in their city..." (Aditi)

I think I've lost my ability to be affected by the visuals of suferring; natural wonder, joy and beauty still do the tricks, but not suffering. But I've long decided to try doing what's right, regardless of my emotional response to stimuli like photographs; so I end up seeing events in a pair of cold calculating eyes.

Paito's left Chicago this morning with business plans buzzing in her head and I get my normal routine back :)

Currently listening to Banco de Gaia.

"Confetti rains down as Wizards star guard Gilbert Arenas celebrates the Game 6 victory. Arenas, who made the game-winning shot in Game 5, had a key block to preserve Friday's 94-91 win." (msnbc)

Yet another dissapointment; We got no champion 'round here.

Paola's in town (and as usual, harrased by the US customs) and we burn the night partying up north in Evanston; The kids at Northwestern pledged they'll come up to Madison next Saturday for Trent's party.

This is the third time she's here and she has never seen the lake. Tomorrrow I'll take her to the secret places that the lake only reveal after you've run the path a million times.

I had coffee with Sheila yesterday who stopped by Chicago to get her visa to China. She's leaving today for Shanghai.

She asked why I didn't have a weblog on nomadlife and I have to admin it caught me off guard. There is no particular reason really except that I've had this dodyg.org domain name for 3 years and it didn't make any sense for me to move again.

And once nomadtracker is entering beta (still looking for some spare time to put into it), it doesn't really matter where you host your weblog, we will be able to track your updates on nomadlife.org.

"Conservative lawmakers in Kuwait's Parliament on Tuesday created a constitutional roadblock that effectively killed a measure that would have allowed women to participate in city council elections for the first time. Hours later, the elections were called for June 2." (NYTimes)

I'm so fucking angry to witness something stupid like this still can happen in 2005. What a bunch of assholes.

stands for Girls Relationship Management software, a system that allow a guy to securely keep track of their dates, targets, flings and various form of relationship with the opposite sex and keep track of their favourite clubs, restaurants, likes, dislikes, birthdays, stereotypes, friends and other intimate details;

Digs and I worked the specs over a year ago when he was still in San Francisco and it has been sitting in the dust for all this time waiting for an opportune moment to be realized.

Would you use this type of online software?

This is the type of screen I stare at least 10 hours a day; six to seven days a week.

Chicago is warming up for this weekend, which is fortunate for Paola's arrival this Friday; I was worried she'll have another of those cold Chicago experience.

Everyday I get a steady hits on the topic of Pasta Diet thanks to my high rank in google on this topic. Here's another update to the diet.

Pasta Diet mainly consisted of:

1. Pasta (all sort of pasta;); cooked al-dente
2. Olive Oil
3. Tomatoes (fresh and canned)
4. Basil
5. Red Wine.

the rest is a combination of meat and other healthy veggies.

Take it easy on the cheese. Do not use Kraft cheese. Get the cheese from the good ol'e farmers in Wisconsin instead (or buy imports)

All these five ingredients have low glycemic counts so they don't spike your sugar level. Tomatoes, Olive Oil and Red Wine also have wonderful properties in fighting cancer and they are the base of Mediterannian diet.

The key to this diet is simplicity and freshness. The more complex your food, the longer it takes for you to prepare it (and well, we are all busy). And freshness adds another dimension to your meal so your diet is a delight instead of a boring tortured experience. There is no need to mix and match your pasta with your meat btw. Cook them separately (preferably not fried) and you can enjoy full flavors provided by those two distinct food.

This diet is my main fall back diet when things are out of control (like stuffing up on yummy grilled food on a weekend) and when I get really busy (which limits my exercise and cooking time)

"Indonesia's last case was in 1995, and it is now the 16th country to be reinfected by a strain of the virus that broke out in northern Nigeria when vaccinations stopped there, then crossed Africa and the Red Sea." (NYTimes)

New York Times  is reporting on  the  African  Strain of Polio hitting on Indonesia.

Senza una donna
come siamo lontani
senza una donna
sto bene anche domani
senza una donna
che m'ha fatto morire
senza una donnavieni qui come on here
senza una donna
ora siamo vicini
senza una donna
sto bene anche domani
senza una donna
che m'ha fatto morir.

I know how to make people happy.

some new stuff coming out of the closet this week.

just my keyboard dancing away to the rhythm of my thoughts;codes.

On a more somber note, the magical red Swiss Knife has gone M.I.A (along with my keys). It went missing two nights ago when I hosted a party in my place. I think one of the girl misplaced or took itl; no explanation so far.