http://www.speakpeppery.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:36:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the subject line of an email I received today from a PR firm. Toronto must be feeling super-honored! http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1091 This is my first live blogging of the south africa world cup. with one hand. long story. Right now south africa is playing france. huge game. this is sa's third game-- decides if they get into the finals. cards stacked heavily against them. last game was ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1088 Some things that fly there be, -- Birds, hours, the bumble-bee: Of these no elegy. Some things that stay there be, -- Grief, hills, eternity: Nor this behooveth me. There are, that resting, rise. Can I expound the skies? How still the riddle lies! [Thanks Sam] http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1085 Here is a sobering graph. It aims to describe the average direct influence of a twentieth century philosopher, over the course of their life. Direct influence is measured by number of mentions in a standard database of philosophy abstracts. Details here. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1078 KL Karhunen-Loeve (transform) K-L Karhunen-Loeve (transform) Klbf Kleinbahnhof Kleinb Kleinbahn = Narrow-guage railroad Kleinbf Kleinbahnhof Kls. Kloster = cloister KLSD Kiribati Land and Survey Div. km Kilometer KM Kansas Mapper KN Kartographische Nachrichten (journal) KNP Kruger National Park KNRIS Kentucky Natural Resources Information System KREMU Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit KRG Kurdistan Regional Government KRIS Kentucky Resources Information System KSC Kennedy Space Center (US) KSNM Thousands (K) of square nautical miles Excerpt from the DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1063 Read more. Thanks to Alex for the link. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1053 thanks sam http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1051 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1049 Things you can't mail to the UK: —Citizens Band Radios, walkie-talkies, microbugs, and radio microphones that are capable of transmitting on any frequency between 26.1 and 29.7 megacycles per second and 88 to 108 Mhz per second. —Goods made in foreign prisons, except those imported for a non-commercial purpose or of a ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1043 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1039 R. Kelly has revealed to the press that he "suffers from illiteracy." Here is his quote: "When I was trying to make it out here, I already knew, and I was stubborn about it," he says. "I don't even read really and I'm not afraid to say that. My ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1037 Some haiku in honor of the season and Jewish New Year by my parents (mother then father): Ancient holiday reminding that abundance slips into spareness. Gathering tonight half a world away the date passes unnoticed. Calling Fowl At night, Bard Owl Hoots her startling love call At dawn, Crow caws back Going for the Paper Cool mist licks my face Wood smoke permeates ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1033 Not too long ago, a new song from R. Kelly came out. A new R. Kelly song in early summer is a very auspicious thing, right? No. 1 by R. Kelly The song's okay, but it lacks the moments of insane clarity (lyrics-wise) that I so love about R. Kelly. Sort ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1029 yeah. right. yeah. yeah. what's the business line, if you can tell me? okay. alright, [LAUGHS] alright. good. yeah, no, it's, and you're well suited for that. [LAUGHS] ah, no, that's, i mean, the- you- i think you and i are ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1027 Rowboat Story from Sam Amidon on Vimeo. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1025 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1022 It is already too hot out. Here's some good advice from Holger Czukay, a founding member of Can. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1018 Here are two statements culled from New York Times and reduced to their logical components. "When A did X to B, A tortured B." "B did X to C." Can we rightly conclude that the New York Times believes that B tortured C? (Even though the Times consistently refrains from making that ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1014 Woody Harrelson claims he mistook photographer for zombie This might be the best paparazzi defense ever. " I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character," Harrelson said in a statement issued Friday by his publicist. "With ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1012 In preparation for tax-doing, here are some important thing's I've done -- taken a train back from Boston -- started trying to create a crossword puzzle after watching "Wordplay" -- come up with three long puns that form the punch lines of the puzzle -- two of the puns go together and the third ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1010 I'm training to become a bee-keeper. By May I should have my own hive of bees. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1007 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=1002 The performer is Bill Shannon and watch the whole thing. It's absurdly beautiful. May crutches be your new dance party. http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=998 SNOW PIECE Think that snow is falling. Think that snow is falling everwhere all the time. When you talk with a person, think that snow is falling between you and on the person. Stop conversing when you think the person is covered by snow yoko ono 1963 summer http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=996 I'm going to jump in here with an important film review: West Wing Season 1. No one's seen it yet and it's good. I just saw it recently. Also, note that this is a tv series and not a moving picture. In West Wing Season 1, the characters yell at each other ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=993 (Courtesy of strangemaps, via dan morrison) http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=988 valgeir's son gabriel tells me about his past lives http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=985 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=982 http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=976 I’m listening to “the chap.” Today I thought: there is joy in this music. Even when it is ironic and lyrically stupid, I still hear joy in the music, and beauty in the chord changes. And I thought, that’s what counts. I am more excited by ... http://www.speakpeppery.com/?p=971