sebbo.org http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed Sharpie! 144 39 http://sebbo.org/graphics/weesebbo.jpg http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed Let's see how far we can push Blosxom... en-us mailto:rss@sebbo.org Copyright hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Balance http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/balance.html observed <p>I like biking no-hands--it reminds me of how mysterious the way a bicycle works is. With my hands on the handlebars, I can succumb to the illusion that steering a bike is as linear and rational as driving a car. Let go of them, and the steering is by magic. I need to go left, and there's a little twitch of my hips, a little shift of my balance, and the bike angles off to my left. I don't understand what just happened. It makes me feel powerful and humbled all at once.</p> <p>I wonder if toddlers feel this way about walking. By the time they're big enough to express such emotions, though, they're too blase to notice.</p>

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 http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/balance.html ...And Least Informative Headline of the Year goes to.... http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/crisis.html observed <p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602260416feb26,1,741522.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=true" title="Chicago Tribune | Leaders tackle crisis">LEADERS TACKLE CRISIS</a> from the Chicago Tribune.</p>

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 http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/crisis.html Uninformative http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/chick.html observed <p>My chicken quesadilla from Marvelous Market has an ingredients list:</p> <blockquote> <p>CHICKEN QUAESADILLA(sic) FILLING, CHICK QUESA SALSA, FLOUR TORTILLA</p> </blockquote>

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 http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/chick.html Weirdest spam I've gotten in a while http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/spam.html observed <pre><code>FREE LOVEMETER SOFTWARE ON http://www.net4matrimonials.com whr marriages are made CONVERT YOUR LOVE MARRIAGE INTO ARRANGE ONE (Create your porfile and his/her profile and send msg from his/her profile and show it to your parents) </code></pre> <p>I think what they're getting at is that the site will help convince your parents to arange the marriage that you already desire...but I'm not sure. The site is a trip, with plenty of scrolling text and creative spelling, and a downright mischievous Javascript window resizer. Their ads feature a form field for manglik status, which I had to <a href="http://www.saranam.com/Astrology/manglik.asp">look up</a>.</p>

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 http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/spam.html Sebbo meets the Obedient Cat http://sebbo.org/diaries/diary/observed/cat.html observed <p>I was having the aforementioned scrambled-egg breakfast on the charming patio of my Berkeley hotel. On the wall beside me sat a large handsome gray cat. After he'd been there a few minutes, disinterestedly watching me dig in, a man in kitchen whites emerged and looked at the cat. "Vamanos!" he said sternly. "Vamanos a la casa!"</p> <p>The cat looked at him, but didn't move.</p> <p>"Vamanos a la casa!</p> <p>With painstakingly slow casualness, the cat got to his feet, leapt down off the wall, and meekly followed him off to another building. Now I've seen it all.</p>

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