Ordering Whale Meat in Santa Monica
Duuuuude.
I knew it was a good fish joint, but I'm shocked to hear that Hump was serving whale. I know I'm supposed to be appalled, but I'm actually kind of impressed at the same time.
It is sport among black belt sushi eaters here to see just how daring one’s palate can be. But even among the squid-chomping, roe-eating and uni-nibbling fans, whale is almost unheard of on the plate. It also happens to be illegal.
via Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates - NYTimes.com.
Gorillaz’ “Plastic Beach” To Rock You
I just got invited to download teh new Gorillaz' record Plastic Beach and I'm pretty sure this one is five-starrer.
First impressions include:
- Snoop vocals on the first track (he always shows up in all the right places)
- Fun aquatic theme
- It's a new Gorillaz record. So, yeah, it's like good whiskey for your ears.
Der Humpink
Live from Las Vegas
I'm in Vegas this weekend. This post is coming to you live from the casino floor as I sip a nine dollar cup of joe and watch midwestern families gangbang nickle slots.
Still humping the American dream.
So, things might be a little bit slow on the old blogaroo this weekend.
Say, did you hear about the new delivery subscription service from Amazon? It's called Amazon Fibonacci.
It's really cool. Your first few orders show in up two, three, then five days; but each successive delivery take longer and longer to show up.
I know; it needs work. ;)
Stan Cornyn in Studio with Sinatra
L to R: CBS camera man; holding score producer Sonny Burke; on podium, Gordon Jenkins; on right, Frank Sinatra. above podium, liner notes writer. Era: 1965.
I've been meaning to post this for a while now. This is a classic photo of my dad, the great Stan Cornyn, pretending to look busy in a recording studio with Frank Sinatra. Cornyn is the photogenic fellow with glasses and necktie.
Come to think of it, this is one of the few times I've seen him in a necktie. He must have been in trouble with his boss that day.
Lloyd! 8==>
Apparently, Goldman Sachs would be in trouble if it were a Vegas casino.
The issue deals with things called front-running and derivatives trading against its own investors. For the rest of us, "derivatives" is a general term used on Wall Street to describe any kind of securities trading that is done off the market and is consequently unregulated.
Oh, and these are always the types of deals that cause market crashes.
The Securities Act of 1934 specifically defines a class of “qualified” investors who are supposed to have enough assets and enough savvy to make their own mistakes, God bless ‘em. Yet in Vegas, where there is a sucker born every minute and capitalism is at least as popular as it is in New York, section 465.070 of the Nevada Gaming Law makes it a felony “to place, increase or decrease a bet or to determine the course of play after acquiring knowledge, not available to all players, of the outcome of the game or any event that affects the outcome of the game or which is the subject of the bet or to aid anyone in acquiring such knowledge for the purpose of placing, increasing or decreasing a bet or determining the course of play contingent upon that event or outcome. ”
Former Scientologists Claim Abuse – Los Feliz Ledger
Wow. It's like Synanon more and more every day.
Six former members have claimed allegations of physical and emotional abuse against the Church of Scientology, including workplace abuse, forced detention, isolation from outside family and friends and coerced abortion.
Pyongyang’s Operating System
North Koreas self-developed software operating system named the "Red Star" was brought to light for the first time by a Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday.
AMERICAN HISTORY X’D – Correcting the Lies You’re Told – Vice Magazine
We started with Thomas, a public school student from New Mexico.
What year did a man walk on the moon?
Thomas: Oh, like the 1800s? Somewhere around there?
FACT: Right you are! In 1845, NASA astronaut Lance Armstrong launched what was then called a "steam rocket" soaring into the atmosphere. The rocket was made of 7-inch thick walls of cedar with upwards of 50 moist blankets bound tightly around it (this was to prevent exploding into flames upon leaving the atmosphere). Lance returned in late 1865 with nothing to show for his travels but a bruised ass.
via AMERICAN HISTORY X'D - Correcting the Lies You're Told - Vice Magazine.
