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me-licio-us like del.icio.us, but for me

Submitted by greggles on Fri, 2006-01-13 10:54
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Like del.icio.us but I'd rather have it on my own website, thank you very much.

It's a freaking linkfest in here.

Omnivore's Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals

Submitted by greggles on Mon, 2008-12-29 11:06
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This is a great book for the insights it provides, but in my opinion, is flawed from an analytical perspective because the author writes from a painfully biased point of view.

Overall it provides an amazing review of the current modern food industry in the United States. From industrial, to organic-industrial, to organic, to handmade the book reviews four major sectors of how food might end up on our plates. It is in the final section about a home-grown meal that the bias heads to the point of being naive in it's presentation of the information. The "perfect meal" (as the author describes it) involves eating a nearly extinct sea creature and driving hundreds of miles in an SUV to gather one ingredient. I fail to see how those are sustainable practices worthy of being called "perfect."

If those hypocrisies of the perfect meal were addressed in some way I would have loved this book. As it stands...the first three sections are great analysis and the fourth is a nice romantic story.

My New Acting Career - iShares Commercial

Submitted by greggles on Tue, 2008-12-23 09:38
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This was a really cool thing. As an individual investor, I believe in iShares from a financial perspective. They are low fee highly efficient ways for individuals to invest wisely. So, when they called me to be in a commercial about iShares I was really excited. The commercial finally made it to YouTube (I stand up at 37 seconds into the video and then walk on a red carpet for a few seconds):

choose your own adventure: wedding ceremonies

Submitted by greggles on Thu, 2008-12-18 20:42
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So, I'm officiating a ceremony and we get to be creative. I know what christian/catholic weddings are like. I don't know Jewish ones, much, but I've seen them in movies...? I wanted to research weddings in general to get some ideas of some universal elements and fun things that we shouldn't miss.

Here's the stuff that's been helpful to me so far:

a short Hindu wedding
Red Hot Curry's guide to Hindu weddings

Some wedding scripts from a unitarian universalist celebrant

Strength In Numbers - Telluride Sessions

Submitted by greggles on Wed, 2008-12-17 10:43
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I went to a Leo Kottke Concert a few years ago and loved it. This past summer I went to a the Rocky Bluegrass Festival and loved it. These guys rock.

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