random things i'm digging

Terry is perhaps the world's foremost champion of Austrian and German wines. His writing about the subject is out of this world as it veers from science to metphysics to hedonism to literature to global warming to whatever else. These are freaking catalogs and I look forward to the day the are released.

"at the very least it reminds you the knowledge isn't so much linear as circular, and much of what one dresses up as "knowledge" is merely time and inference"

We got some this week from our CSA box. I like figs in general but these are a bit different. There is an ever so tiny tiny slight bitterness or maybe green taste from the skin. Yummy.

this guy is like the missing link of music. He's like Bob Marley. He's like Jimi. I'm not exaggerating. I can't believe I didn't know this guy before. Unbelievable!!

Read his story on the wikipedia link above while listening to the youtube video. its out of control.

These things are ridiculously good and expensive! Its like a sophisticated bar snack with uber creative flavors. The "Sing Buri" is lemon grass, soy glazed cashews, pinapple, peanut, and sesame seeds dusted with mild chinese chili. The "Ksar" is pistachios, sesame seeds, pepiptas, figs, honey, and Moroccan harissa.

I love these things. Great with cocktails or beer. Worth the price! Trust me.

This whole region for me is just hitting the right spots. Love the vouvrays, sancerre, saviennieres, chinon, samur, muscadet. It's all good. Great prices too. There are number of way above average vintages to choose from on the market now. 2002, 2004, 2005 were all superior but different years.

Favorite producers: Domaines de Baumard, Joguet, Chidaine

I don't want my Prius to get jealous or anything, but I really like these little guys. Toyota's design team is to be admired. How do they consistently get it right when so many others consistently get it wrong?

And totally unrelated to the actual quality of the car, i love the billboards with the owl. They're awesome!

maybe they should have a pirate in their ads though. YARRRRis!

I've long been turned off by our two party system in America. It tends to lead to thinking that is polar instead of collaborative. There are great people in both parties but I often feel like their hamstrung. Partisan politics sucks. What's needed is a truly viable third party to change the balance the power and opinion.

That and some serious changes in campaign financing.

We've been participating in this thing called a CSA for the past few months. CSA stands for community supported agriculture. We pay a monthly subscription fee of $88 and each week Terra Firma Farms delivers a box of organic fruits and veggies to drop-off points all over SF. You never really know what you are getting until the day before but its all "of the moment" and organically and sustainably produced. It's really cool to get this box of stuff and then figure out what to do with it. You also really get in tune with what's seasonal. Check out my pictures by clicking the link above.

I really like tea but most of the shit you get in a bottle is pretty disgusting. It's more like soda disguised as tea. There are some exceptions and Honest Teas are one of them. They have some great flavors like Moroccan mint, Green w/ a touch of maltese orange. They are all organic.

Just a tad sweet.

This block party video kills it. funny and funky. this sort of attitude sums up why I like RHCP

Saw them open for someone still loves you boris yeltsin in San Francisco. To me the sounds like a blend of Franz Ferdiand, Bloc Party, and that can sound like Buckley. For real. There is a bonus great track called "Home" that is acoustic and sounds like dead ringer for Buckley

found this through stubleupon.com. it's pretty cool internet radio where you pick your genre and mood. The mood grid has four axis ranging from Energetic-Calm, Dark-Positive. Just click you mouse anywhere and you'll be off. The second cool and different thing is that you visually see a universe of songs in front of you. You can jump to new songs or switch you mood at anytime. Otherwise musicovery just keeps the tunes coming. Great way to find new and rediscover old songs.

Highly recommended!