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Re: Comic gold: Aries K car advertisement | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:45:31 -0000

22 hp.....standard

Re: Big things on my list | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:02:34 -0000

thx bud

Re: Big things on my list | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:04:40 -0000

thx, susan.

Re: Cedar waxwings | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:33:08 -0000

I can't remember if I have picked them up, but I have always liked birds and have had several. I think they have to be light to fly, hence the hollow bones, etc. But, you're right their coloring is very subtle and nice.

Re: Pwning the online poker bots | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:35:22 -0000

I don't have Spam Karma installed, just 1.5.

Re: The ‘Me’ Generation: Adultolescents | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:31:55 -0000

You bring up a good question that is actually addressed in another article I was reading yesterday. Basically, as I think you're saying you have to really search yourself for what your strengths and weaknesses are and what you could see yourself doing for ten years versus one year.

Re: Kudos, George | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:04:35 -0000

No, time flies when you're having "fun". In a way though it does seem like forever ago. I need to go on a trip out SFO soon and do the opposite of George.

Re: Rewiring the brain | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:58:47 -0000

I'd love to try skiing. It looks like a blast.

Re: Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:08:10 -0000

My Canadian friend, I wrote this a long time ago. I don't even remember what I disliked about this movie, which is, to my mind, a testament to its flatness. I do remember clearly that it was a disappointing film from someone whose work I have appreciated in the past. In terms of appreciation, The Life Aquatic can only be properly appreciated for its soporific qualities. It is utterly juvenile in the most vapid and pretentious way, and even too 2-dimensional to hold one's attention. Pretty, yes. Good, most definitely not.

Re: Hey, I found one of your turtles. | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:50:41 -0000

Mike: How old you gonna be, bud?

Sara: Thanks! I guess you have one coming up in Sept?

Susan: I knew you would remember. After all it's the same day as Marvin Gaye! :p

Re: Hey, I found one of your turtles. | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:04:14 -0000

You're already something, bud.

Re: Good topical blogs | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:06:41 -0000

Well, that's a good point... I GUESS. :)

Re: Twitterpated | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:53:08 -0000

Birds are pretty dumb, but also very interesting. I like grackels because of their weird call that sounds like crumpling paper.

Re: Consumers paying off credit card debt | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:20:32 -0000

Hopefully, people are more aware of the pitfalls.

Re: We are monkeys | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 03 May 2005 17:47:55 -0000

Good article. I've read a few of his Uplift books I think.

Re: Two weeks notice | Letter Never Sent

chris — Sat, 07 May 2005 17:10:53 -0000

Thanks, Mike. How you doing?

Re: Shhhh… The Blogging Business Model | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 09 May 2005 09:33:11 -0000

I'm a hater, and hype-driven businesses drive me bonkers.

Re: Two weeks notice | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 09 May 2005 09:33:37 -0000

Thanks, all you beautiful people.

Re: Ego Spamming | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 09 May 2005 21:44:07 -0000

Yea, it's not even a great photoshopping job... I really want to make more of them and do some t-shirts of some mashed-up images.

Re: Working E3 | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 19 May 2005 11:39:10 -0000

Remote. I wish I was in LA this year. Lots of cool stuff.

Re: Scary dream | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 26 May 2005 00:26:17 -0000

Yea, watch this video... http://www.milkandcookies.com/article/2397/

Then, only then, will you truly understand.

Re: We are monkeys | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:22:39 -0000

No need to be oblique, *sshole.

Re: Yeah, that’s me | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 27 May 2005 11:57:55 -0000

Toaster waffles, egg-based (eggs are cheap) breakfast tacos, sandwiches, di giorno pizzas, cereal. All easy stuff.

Re: Thunder only happens when it’s raining… | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 30 May 2005 09:59:10 -0000

When you coming into town, Mike? Looking forward to seeing you.

Re: Battlefield 2 Tips and Strategy | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:32:36 -0000

Damn, I didn't know you could see me.

Re: Up early | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:00:24 -0000

Hey Sarah,

You should find a club nearby and pick it up again, especially since you like giving speeches! If for no other reason than you may make some new friends in SFO. The early morning meetings work pretty well for me since I normally have trouble getting started in the morning. That's the reason I chose mornings anyway, because I wanted a reason to get up earlier. Jody and I were just talking about taking a trip to SFO and points west in the fall and dropping by to see you and Breen. I think that would be a lot of fun.

Re: “Good advice never gets old” | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:40:49 -0000

Yeah, she's OKAY I GUESS.

Re: Up early | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:43:39 -0000

It's funny, but I think the thing he does that works the best is sincerely paying attention to other people and keeping his mouth shut until he has something worthwhile to say.

Re: Up early | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:05:34 -0000

Yeah, you gonna be around? I tried calling you when you were in Austin, but you never returned my two phone calls. *cough*

Re: Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:39:38 -0000

It crashes on me forwhat seems like no reason.

Re: Been messing with Flash | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:59:20 -0000

Yea, that be Lindsay. I've messed with Swish some, but not since I got a copy of Flash.

Re: What is your purpose? | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:13:32 -0000

I will check out both of these suggestions. I thank you both very much.

Re: Generational lack of financial discpline | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:50:12 -0000

Well, like I said, if you are saving 5-10% of your income each month (and you have your bad debt under control) then by all means spend as much as you like. I'm not trying to promote an austere lifestyle, just my opinion that you will be better off if you find some compromise and live completely within your means.

Re: Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:57:07 -0000

I thought the description of those things was really nasty... picture a chicken in the form of a sea anemone with the brain of a hookworm. Just a tiny mouth in the center of an array of wings and parts where you put the food.

Re: Horned man | Letter Never Sent

chris — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:24:07 -0000

You could say that... MIKE

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:06:00 -0000

What about the bit about women of all orientations being turned on by gay male or hetero sex?

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:07:18 -0000

But, this article seems to suggest that there is little difference in arousal pattern based on what women are viewing as long as its some depicition of sexual intercourse. So, how can you establish that it has anything to do with how sexualized a particular gender is? This study seems to be saying that women just get turned on by the depiction of sex.

If the female response is purely based on what our society decides to sexualize then that seems so arbitrary like women could be manipulated into finding anything arousing as long as its impressed on them by society, which endows this amazingly organized (in the sense that there is semi-conscious manipulation) society with an amazing power over biology. I just don't buy that.

Re: Ye olde good olde days | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:43:05 -0000

Aye, that would be fun.

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:15:18 -0000

To me, this is the same as saying that animal sexual behavior differences are arbitrary. That may be the case, but the result is the same nonetheless. In other words the differences exist. In the animal kingdom, differences exist without needing to be attributed to anything other than biology. Why should circumstances governing human behavior be so different? I think people are uncomfortable with biological explanations because we all want to believe that we have control over fundamental human impulses and feelings. I believe that results from the 1700s and the 1930s would be roughly similar to any other time depending on what you're actually testing ie. arousal patterns, etc.

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:13:07 -0000

"I think human society as a whole puts way more emphasis on these differences than animals do."

Animals are incapable of even conceiving their own difference, so I'm not sure they can even put less emphasis. I also don't think human society (as a whole) has an agenda to preserve some unnaturally weighted system of gender difference.

"Beyond the vagaries of attracting a mate and reproduction, are the lives of male versus female animals that different? Not really."

I'm curious how you can know this. Of course, within any group of like creatures there are similarities, however we know that in many sexually dimorphic species there are fundamental differences in lifestyle depending on the sex. For example, consider the lives of hyenas, which exist in a matriarchal society, or ants, or the great apes. The sex of the particular organism in each of these cases dictates a completely different lifestyle. In the case of hyenas, dominance of the pack, in the case of gorillas and chimpanzees, male / female social structures are very different. In the sense that all organisms must look for food and navigate the environment it is true that we share a lot of common ground. Beyond that there is amazing variety between the sexes. Why should human beings be so uniform in thought and consciousness between the sexes?

"Many are moving beyond the “natural need/desire” to pair-bond or make babies, which blows up the notion that any of that gendered type stuff wasn’t really “natural” at all, if people are able to abandon it."

I'd be curious at the percentages in this behavior. I think this is a serious assumption. Also, I believe its completely impossible to abandon the sexual impulse unless your body has grown beyond the physical capability to make babies, and the sexual impulse is the desire (conscious or unconscious) to generate offspring.

More to come...

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:21:50 -0000

"For instance, in the 1700 and 1800s, it was believed by many scholars that (middle class) women were “naturally” more childish and infantile than men, and that men were inherently more capable, intelligent and resourceful at dealing with events in the marketplace, and that women, due to their infantility, needed to stay home and be protected from what went on outside."

Science lacked any sense of rigor or observation during this time. In the 1700's and 1800's some people also believed that the lumps on your skull indicated your temper. I don't see how this argues for how current distinctions are similarly arbitrary or stupid. As for how men and women are changing roles, maybe, however even if this were true to the degree you suggest, you would still have to somehow prove this is not also biological. For example, increases in the levels of testosterone in the womb during pregnancy, increases in environmentally present hormones, etc.

Re: Ye olde good olde days | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:30:55 -0000

Dude, how you liking Oregon?

Re: Werewolf | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:22:32 -0000

NO GIRLS ALLOWED! Isn't that the deal w bach parties?

Re: New Orleans | Letter Never Sent

chris — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:49:03 -0000

You're right. I have little opportunity to watch tv. I was at work until 7pm then i futzed around shopping till 9ish.

Re: On the subject of ten year high school reunions | Letter Never Sent

chris — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:46:48 -0000

Yeah, I'm a little bummed about it, but you know... i guess it's no biggie.

Re: Notes on male / female identity | Letter Never Sent

chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 10:52:10 -0000

I agree. People see what they want to see ultimately. If you're belief is one way or another it changes your receptivity to information. It also affects your research, etc. Everything we experience is filtered. I guess that's why it's so hard to grasp at what really is.

Re: Provocative results on male / female arousal | Letter Never Sent

chris — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:38:58 -0000

Great point, DM.

Re: Now with Gravatar support! | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:10:14 -0000

Test

Re: Now with Gravatar support! | Letter Never Sent

chris — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:10:29 -0000

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