Just started streaming
season 2 of "Portlandia" on Netflix and have stopped laughing only
long enough to type this tweet.
Dude, what yer sayin'
isn't germane to the issue. It isn't even tito, marlon, or randy to the issue.
Absolutely no truth 2
rumor Fred & Carrie'll spinoff Seattle
Caught Bob Seger
"Night Moves" on car radio. I never grow tired of it.
OMG/CSCC Cloud #BigData industry working group. I'm
co-chairing. Reston VA.
"#BigData Predictions For 2013" (http://bit.ly/Umfs9P )
JK--#forrester@mgualtieri key
prediction consistent with my "cross-scale" "hybrid"
Listening to Morcheeba
"Undress Me Now" (http://youtu.be/NkeAJ6dKo98 )
JK--Fun fact: Skye is not a data scientist. But if she were....
Hey @thetroynelson on "Show Me" they're singing
"sha-boom sha-boom sha-boom sha-boom tra la la la la lee"...or I'm
singing that...whatever
Another blog title I
probably won't use: "Data scientists: are they mods or rockers?"
"Big Space: There
are at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy alone" (http://bit.ly/UNtYG2 )
JK--Yeah but they're all losers. Earth rules!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Outlaw Blues by Bob Dylan from
Bringing It All Back Home JK--Good jittery-jump blues tune from mid-60s.
"'Information
Superiority' " (http://bit.ly/UNrWpz ) JK--DoD
doctrine: "develop & use info [to max] while denying adversary the
same capab"
Wrote all 5 #IBM LinkedIn quick-hits for next week.
Took me 2 hours. Repurposed/tweaked some older stuff. Wrote some substantially
new stuff
Thank you for the kind
words, Joanna!
WSJ has interesting
discussion by Steve Cropper & Booker T Jones of composition & recording
of Otis Redding "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
Next time you evaluate
actual or potential "friends" on social networks, ask yourself how
many truly have your back. Clarifies it all nicely
When your online
experiences are being changed constantly & everywhere without your say-so,
your primary experience is bewilderment.
Facebook suggests I
may know Barbra Streisand and to friend her. Is Facebook paying attention to
the musicians I mention? Never once Barbra
I still have no idea
who or what "Honey Boo Boo" is. Is it what Yogi Bear's little buddy
had smeared all over his face? Awww....so cute!
New #IBM jk blogpost: "Koby’s #BigData Predictions for 2013" (http://ibm.co/WgFaqK )
...happy new year!!!!
"Historians
versus Futurists – Who is More Valuable?" (http://bit.ly/WgDZYr )
JK--Why choose? Need valid view of past to ground valid future
"MIT research
shows new magnetic state that could aid quantum computing" (http://bit.ly/WgDrSt )
JK--Quantum spin liquid 4 longrange entnglmt
Nice to know #IBM social-media team has lots of plans to
use me this year. Yes, please use me.
"#BigData analytics: putting the puzzle
together" (http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2012/12/puzzling-out-big-data.cfm …) JK--UK IT
publication. I'm quoted 25 paragraphs into it.
I'm a bit tired of
people citing a combination of 2-3 words and calling that a
"buzzword." How about "catchphrase"?
Heard Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis "Thrift Shop" on DC local radio for 1st time yesterday. #KEXP plays gr8 songs 6-9 months before rest
of radio
Avis acquires Zipcar.
The strategic synergies are undeniable. Avis peak usage during work week,
Zipcar on weekend.
RIP Ernesto Farago.
Hungarian concert violinist. My son took private viola lessons from him as a
kid. Very nice man. Good sense of humor.
Al Gore undoubtedly
pocketing a pretty penny from sale of Current TV to Al-Jazeera. Losing the
presidency hasn't turned out too shabby 4 him
Tysons' chief
liability is horrendous traffic. It is northern Virginia
Tysons Corner VA
trying to reengineer itself from a soulless sprawl into an organic city. I
suggest putting a park at its core. Raze a mall
RT @coopeydoop BBC
News - Gerard Depardieu 'granted Russian citizenship' (http://bbc.in/135NrDV )
JK--My Zen moment of the morning.
When did we start
using "fail" as a noun? Is "failure" too harsh? Too
irreversible?
Listening to Grizzly
Bear's "Veckatimest" LP from a few yrs back. Very much a headphone
LP. Envelopes you in a dramatic, sinuous song cycle.
We are like Wile E
f-ing Coyote. Dumbly breathing sigh of relief we haven't plunged over cliff,
not noticing we're standing in mid-air.
"Big data
analytics, CloudStack top hot cloud computing trends in 2013" (http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/feature/Big-data-analytics-CloudStack-top-hot-cloud-computing-trends-in-2013?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_20180110&utm_campaign=20130102_Cloud%20trends:%20What%27s%20hot%20in%202013_cwhite&utm_source=NLN&track=NL-1329&ad=884319 …) JK--I
co-chair conf on this convergence
"Security of #bigdata:
Preparing 4 b.d. collection implementation"http://bit.ly/UkQFh9 JK--Excellent discussion frm
ex-BurtonGroup analyst
"The Power of
Business Rules Management" (http://www.information-management.com/news/the-power-of-business-rules-management-10023735-1.html?ET=informationmgmt:e5818:2182073a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IM_IMD_122712 …) JK--Very
good BRM discussion from @jamet123
"Big Data’s Big
Hits are Coming" (http://www.information-management.com/news/big-data-big-hits-are-coming-10023738-1.html?ET=informationmgmt:e5821:2182073a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IM_Daily_122812 …)
JK--"big data has “discardability"...what’s important is the
pattern"
"Big Data's
Surprising Uses: From Lady Gaga To CIA" (http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/news/big-data-analytics/big-datas-surprising-uses-from-lady-gaga-to-cia/240144221?cid=nl_IW_daily_B_2012-12-17_html&elq=ac75a15894b64cb4bfe33083a6a677ae …) JK--She? To
hook more fans to her website. Them? Classified!
"Should You
Outsource Your Data Scientist?" (http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/news/big-data-analytics/should-you-outsource-your-data-scientist/240144310?cid=nl_IW_daily_B_2012-12-18_html&elq=3adb3de0e903424f84ca359a0b2326f0 …)
JK--Discusses outsourcing function, not getting outsourcer to hire yours
"You Are The #BigData"
(http://www.darkreading.com/security-monitoring/167901086/security/news/240144487/you-are-the-big-data.html?cid=nl_DR_weekly_2012-12-20_html&elq=b1929e13a8014654a2879b4372c2bc1f …) JK--Thanks
but I prefer 2 B addressed as the "Big Daddy of Big Data." Youre
forgiven this time
"Is IMS a NoSQL
database?" (http://www.it-director.com/content.php?cid=13645 …)
JK--Pointless taxonomy. Can jerry-rig NoSQL def'n/scope to suit various
purposes.
"#BigData analysis is my new best girlfriend"
(http://bit.ly/Un4r4B )
JK--Female bloggr. If she were a he, would have diff meaning altogether
"Advice 2
Start-Ups: Don’t Be Too Data-Driven" (http://allthingsd.com/20121221/evan-williamss-advice-to-start-ups-dont-be-too-data-driven/?goback=.gde_1814785_member_199275227 …)
JK--"Bullshit metrics"? I fail 2 see relevance o male bovine manure!
"What's Your #BigData Worth?" (http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/news/big-data-analytics/whats-your-big-data-worth/240144449?goback=.gde_4332669_member_199521625 …) JK--#Gartner @doug_laney discusses
principles of information economics.
"#BigData Analytics: Food Genius Extracts
Meaning From Menus" (http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/big-data-analytics-food-genius-extracts …)
JK--Culinary taxonomy from analytics on unstructured
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Madder Red by Yeasayer from Odd Blood
JK--2010. Great album. These guys sing like they're sailors on the open ocean.
"India #bigdata"
(http://www.zdnet.com/in/india-aims-for-worlds-big-data-7000009123/ …)
JK--Discusses burgeoning data-science outsourcing industry in the subcontinent.
"Danger of #Big Data" (http://bit.ly/X0T56M )
JK--#forrester KBodine on need 2 cost-effectvly
balance qualitative & quantitative mkt research
"Investing in #bigdata's
second act" (http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/12/26/invest-big-data/?goback=.gde_3981538_member_199139833 …) JK--This VC
placing bets on vertical decision support/automation app startups.
"#BigData:
Can We Predict Population Trends (Like Happiness) via Health Apps?" (http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/12/31/big-data-can-we-predict-population-trends-like-happiness-via-health-apps/?goback=.gde_3981538_member_200100025 …) JK--Answers
in negative. Well-argued
"#BigData:
Rise of the Machines" (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/big-data-rise-of-the-machines/?smid=li-share&goback=.gde_3981538_member_200153589 …)
JK--Machine-gen. Machine-to-machine comms. Forgot to mention machine learning.
"Internet may
soon beat TV as main source of national news" (http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/14/internet-may-soon-beat-tv-as-main-source-of-national-news/?utm_source=General+Users&utm_campaign=9ffdfab397-c%3Amed+d%3A12-17&utm_medium=email …) JK--Already
has, for me at least.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Pocket Calculator by Kraftwerk from
Computer World JK--If these dudes were Swiss, I'd say this an electrocuckoo
clock
"Confused by the
glut of new databases? Here’s a map for you" (http://bit.ly/UmCU36 )
JK--Map good but incredibly busy
Toying with various
idea for #bigdata blogposts. I cycle thru possible
titles. Will not use "Big Data: Where Can I Stick It?"
"What to Do With
Unstructured Data" (http://bit.ly/W1Pz9e )
JK--"Dark" data? "Ultraviolet" data? Confusing. Just say
"undiscovered".
Yes, I'm playing a
serious game of catching up after almost 3 weeks off. #BigData describes the volume of stuff in my
inbox right now.
"10 Trends to
Define 2013 in Marketing" (http://bit.ly/W1Mwhx ) JK--Good list,
incl #BigData drives
"hyperpersonalization."
Video: #IBM #PureData 4 Analytics (http://youtu.be/xnbyOMeelfg ),
Op An (http://youtu.be/SrkqF9AnxaQ ),
Trans (http://youtu.be/iJ5edibiVOw )
RT @TheOnion:
Wrigley Field Supporters Propose Tearing Down Rest Of Chicago #OnionYIR
New #IBM jk #SmarterAnalytics blogpost: "Patient Similarity
Analytics for Personalized Healthcare" (http://ibm.co/VvxmoE )
(from dec 18)
"Sure, #BigData Is Great.But So Is Intuition" (http://bit.ly/130xGyb )
JK-Not either/or. Intuition shapes b.d. model build & decision support
Congrats to @loserboy and the missus on the birth of their
baby.
Feels strange but good
to be in my office again after almost 3 weeks off. My office is in my home.
Deliberately avoided anything worklike
"Rethinking
television." The only rethinking I want to do is about changing the
channel. But I'm oldschool.
Listening to title
track to Camera Obscura "My Maudlin Career" from a few years ago.
Still my fave group of past 10 years. Me alone, I guess
Still listening to
year-end round-ups of top 10 this or that. 2012 had a bumper crop of top-10
lists. I contributed a few.
The biggest career
regrets of the young and the old, the successful and the unsuccessful http://s.hbr.org/ZP63dt
The older I get, the
more I greet the new year with a groan. "Geez, gonna have to start working
on my taxes soon."
New year. Full o fresh
opportunities 2 irritate folks w/ my opinions on politics religion tech etc. In
my defense: I'm a professional pundit
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Dear Prudence by Siouxsie and the
Banshees from The Best of .... JK--Excellent Beatles cover.
RT @amymwilkinson Here's The Deal On The Fiscal Cliff
Deal - Forbes http://onforb.es/WcuyJs JK--Good summary. Deal not totally
done.
World's become a blur
of virtual online communities that are abstracted from our physical existence.
Connectivity is civil enfranchisement
Carson Daly's Times Sq
New Years broadcast on NBC was dud. Only bright spot was Angela Kinsey from
"The Office." Cuter than her character.
I've actually been
scanning the tech headlines o the past few weeks while vacationing. Staying
roughly abreast helps me resume work smoothly
Wife and I are going
to workout as soon as she gets up. Resolutions, schmesolutions! It's simple
habit. And it anchors our heads.
I don't get hangovers,
because I don't overdo the drink. I feel higher when I'm sober. I also prefer
to eat light.
Last day of my time
off. I have a big virtual stack of work stuff to return to tomorrow morning. Prepare
for resumption of tech tweeting
It used to be rare for
a US
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp This Time Next Year by Damien Jurado
from Maraqopa JK--Album was one of my faves of 2012. Deep, soulful, meditative
New year begins with a
"cliff" deal that sounds tentative, hasn't been put to a floor vote,
& is being spun uncertainly by both parties.
Listening to U2
"New Year's Day" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtshMhbZPo …) . No
explanation necessary.
"Fiscal Cliff
Deal Reached: White House, Hill Leaders Agree To Delay Sequester By 2
Months" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/fiscal-cliff-deal_n_2348269.html …) JK--Pop the
corks!
Listening to Blonde
Redhead "23" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7FqUNlEdwA …) JK--From
the 2000s. They remind me a lot of Cocteau Twins.
Listening 2 Cocteau
Twins "Know Who You Are At Every Age" frm "Four Calendar
Cafe" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh5dFh1hWHI …)
JK--Exquisite electronic wash
RT @marcusborba: Happy New Year JK--And a
prosperous one to you too, Marcus. Thanks for following. Hope to wow you some
more in 2013.
At this point, I'd
like to dangle them all over a physical cliff.
Celibates dictating
sexual morality to breeders. That about sums up the Catholic ethos. What's
wrong with this picture? I was raised RC.
"Real people, not
actors"? Actors are real people. Just say "unpaid unscripted candid
actual customers." Not true? Then your ad is deceptive
Progressive Insurance
commercial indicates fake testimonials by "paid actors." Really? I
thought these people starved for a living.
2013. First year since
1987 with no repeat digits. Next one with repeat digits? 2020. No, you're not
seeing double.
Kanye & Kim
expecting bambino in 2013. Tabloids beside themselves with ravenous glee.
They'd already grown tired of UK
Ricki topic du jour:
"Virgin 2.0." Middle-aged celibate women on-camera testimonials.
Suspiciously attractive, as if that bolsters bonafides
This past year we
collectively hammered #bigdata from every conceivable angle. Trend
will continue in 2013. But with growing cloud focus.
Auld lang syne. Should
old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Then get off Facebook,
where they're constantly brought to mind
Redskins win their
division. DC area feels that old glimmer of Gibbs-era pigskin glory starting to
return.
2012. A good year. I
could breathe again.
Listening 2 Tin Huey
"Robert Takes the Road to Lieber Nawash" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToYnY6wu1r0 …) JK--GPS
can't find. Zoned-out space below the waterline
RT @merv:
Sentences that begin “it can’t be proved, but…” generally contain untenable
opinion, speculative fantasy, and cynical demagoguery.
"Does
Photographic Memory Exist?" (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=i-developed-what-appears-to-be-a-ph …) JK--People
ask about my memory. Far from photo. I've cultivated associative skills.
Listening 2 #KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters' year-end "Music
That Matters" podcast. Cool picks: artists/songs I'd nvr heard B4 (http://feeds.kexp.org/~r/kexp/musicthatmatters/~5/q917t3bMkAU/d514d265-f86d-4d7e-b7ff-05d170dcae96.MP3 …)
College courses to
teach companies collective gut feel? What would be the tuition for an institute
for instituting institutional intuition?
Almost any episode of
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" shows what a classic comedy this was.
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sclp4wVV2Cc …
I'm totally cool with
instant coffee. You drink for the buzz.
It almost doesn't
matter what's on TV anymore. I just tune into the Web. Always something
stimulating going on somewhere, everywhere.
Steve Martin @SteveMartinToGo Just wondering. Women
are different from men, right? But are their bodies different too?
Even though we've had
to cancel all the shows due to the storm, in an unprecedented move, we are
going to keep all the ticket money.
Congrats to @ABFalecbaldwin on purchasing 1 million Twitter
followers.
People in Anchorage
"Using Your Most
Powerful Sexual Energy 2 Manifest Yr Desires" (http://lawsofabundance.com/ )
JK--Fine, but do we need a philosophy of jerking off?
Intuition. I'm still
not sure when I should use that term to dignify the proverbial wild-ass guess.
Hey quasi-spam in my
inbox, I don't want to be anti-socials, but my friend who joined what?
"Which type of
dinosaur meat would be the tastiest?" (http://io9.com/5971955/which-type-of-dinosaur-meat-would-be-the-tastiest?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it …) JK--Dunno.
Which one of them evolved into the chicken?
RT @TheOnion:
New Study Finds Majority Of Bullshit Calls Go To Other Team http://onion.com/T7ALoy #OnionYIR
RT @birdiablo #IBM @JamesKobielus discuss patient similarity#analytics 4 personalized HC http://ibm.co/UzENbF #smarteranalytics#bigdata
Listening to 15-60-75
(The Numbers Band) "Here In the Life" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8hqJl26U8 …) JK--1979.
Hearthan Records 45. Luv the odd time signature
Listening to The Girls
"Jeffrey I Hear You" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ATGMrDp_s …) JK--1979.
Hearthan Records single. Just a rave. No idea what it means.
Fiscal cliffhanger. US
"Eight Are
Charged With Chilean Singer’s 1973 Murder After Military Coup" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/world/americas/eight-charged-with-victor-jaras-1973-murder-in-chile.html?ref=world …)
JK--Justice, finally (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBv49PrR_nY …)
Which is funnier: to
be dumbstruck, flummoxed, hornswoggled, or gobsmacked? Cast your votes now.
Tabulate it yourself. Let me know. Thanks.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I Got Nothing by Dum Dum Girls from
End of Daze JK--2012. Got the same great soulful rock vibe as classic
Pretenders.
RT @TheOnion:
After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP
Front-Runner For 2016 http://onion.com/YZbLFk #OnionYIR
RT @kexpplaylist: Money Trees by Kendrick Lamar
from good kid, m.A.A.d city JK--A lyric you notice: "Halle Berry
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Narrow Way
"Where's My
Autonomous Car?" (http://www.technewsworld.com/edpick/76950.html …) JK--Need
work out issues re fail-safes, inter-car comms, manual override, liability.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Origins by Tennis from Young and Old
JK--2012. Great romantic pop sound from this Denver
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Jack of All Trades by Bruce
Springsteen from Wrecking Ball JK--2012. The Boss, like Dylan & Young, an
aging evergreen
RT @NeilRaden:
Arming teachers? What if teacher goes apeshit? What's next, librarians? The guy
who takes your ticket at the movie?
"Six Tips for
Avoiding an Office Affair" (http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121029153750-6526187-six-tips-for-avoiding-an-office-affair …) JK--These
are dumb. Just adopt single rule: no whoopee with co-workers.
"10 types of
startup that had breakthrough 2012" (http://petertrapasso.visibli.com/share/22KLv4 )
JK--Excellent detailed overview. Tweeting this as bookmark 2 self
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Harbour Boys by Joel Plaskett
Emergency from Scrappy Happiness JK--2012. Very nice. Warms the heart.
As the old year ends,
I give thanks that we're not bracing for a President Romney. I hear he shares
that sentiment.
"Generations
differ in perception of tech events" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/hot-or-not-generations-differ-in-their-perception-of-tech-events/2012/12/26/51812836-4dfc-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html …) JK--Public
cares about tech people's personal lives. I don't care
RIP Norman
Schwarzkopf. General served country with distinction, most notably in first
Gulf War. Helped boot Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait
"Kate Winslet
Weds Ned RocknRoll" (http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/27/kate-winslet-weds-ned-rocknroll-richard-bransons-nephew/ …) JK--And The
Onion staff throws up hands in defeat. They can't top this.
Westchester (NY)
Journal News interactive map of gun ownership in that area (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151606692662538&set=a.215284282537.174738.21181017537&type=1&theater …) JK--Visual
serves clear public interest
It's not often that I
have a really deep nap. But that was one. Driving a few hundred miles on a cold
windy day can do that to you.
Vegetatin in south
Joisey at home o friends Caroline & Stuart. Cold fierce winds on the drive
up. Toasty indoors. I'm defrogging my giblets
The Russians, stung by
foreign criticism o their appalling human rights record, retaliate against true
culprits: their own orphaned children
May drive up to Philly
to hang with friends. Wife tends to freak over hint of snow. I'm from Michigan
Daughter calls me a
weirdo without a beard-o. Yes. That fits. Thanks, girl.
"Data Scientist:
Sexy Is as Sexy Does" (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Data-Scientist-Sexy-Is-as-4298680.S.196359876?view=&gid=4298680&type=member&item=196359876&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_nd-pst_ttle-cn …) JK--I'm
flattered when somebody else creates discussion around my thoughts
One of the nice things
about the year-end holiday season is that it puts everybody in a temporary
communal trance. Even if you don't worship
Watching the episode
of "Louie" where his mom visits out of the blue to inform him she's a
lesbian. I'm melting down, it's so funny.
Oh, the weather
outside is frightful. I'll just leave it at that.
Elton John never truly
clarified why they call it the blues. His guess just isn't good enough.
The thick client of
TweetDeck has begun to freeze too much. I am primarily using the browser client
these days. It's fine.
Spent about 30 seconds
this morning mapping out how I'll approach doing my #IBM blog in coming year. Continuity &
blurring with quick-hits.
Plowed thru months
worth of unread back issues of The Economist. Campaign of 2012 now a fading
nuisance.
Announcer referred to
RG3's dad as "RG2." Isn't it actually "RGJ"?
Does Suzanne Malveaux
have some issues with her neck bones/muscles? Why can't she keep her head from
tilting left while speaking to camera?
Vampires. Zombies.
Occult stuff I've always thought stupid. Their vogue these past few years? Not
even ironically hip. Still stupid.
Now northern Virginia
We also need to know
which homes have firearms and also have children. Clear potential for
community-endangering mischief.
Nothing wrong with
newspapers publishing identities of gun owners. Communities have clear need to
know who in their midst is armed.
Reading about
"One Pound Fish" Pakistani guy in WashPost. YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSl8gWsFZ0&feature=youtube_gdata_player …)
Oh. Yesterday's Amazon
outage originated here in good ol' Fairfax
County
Boxing Day. In the
spirit of the season, I'm going to set up a little home shrine to the venerable
Marquess of Queensbury.
First snow of the
season in Fairfax
County
Newsweek's last print
issue. I read most mags mostly online now, updated continuously, blurring
concept of "periodical"
Girl & I are
counting down the minutes to midnight, when all the Christmas carols will
vanish, POOF!, from the radio for another 11 months.
Bought &
downloaded Bat for Lashes' excellent 2012 LP "The Haunted Man."
Artist, real name Natasha Khan, crafts dramatic songscapes.
The wife and I are
going to gussy ourselves up this Christmas morning and attend the Indonesian
mass west of Springfield
Merry Christmas
everyone. We're having a peaceful morning. Didn't get any real snow in Fairfax County
RIP Jack Klugman. Obit
says he got into acting after fleeing Philly loan shark. Perfectly Oscar
Madison-like career move.
The wife made some
really good homemade cranberry sauce. She got the recipe from my brother's
wife. Some special blend of spices & juices.
Listening to
Everything But the Girl "The Only Living Boy in New York
Listening to Royal
Guardsmen "Snoopy's Christmas" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFQzyNJzj0 …) JK--1967. I
had this 45 as a kid.
In the spirit of the
season, watching "Mission Impossible III" with my girl.
Listening to Bob Dylan
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (http://youtu.be/VhiXh18bEJ8 )
JK--Surreal, you think? You are right.
Listening to Sinead
O'Connor "Make Me a Channel of Your Peace" (http://youtu.be/BtJeI4Q9nBE )
JK--Author: St. Francis.
Listening to
Pretenders "2000 Miles" (http://youtu.be/uzVqDIzvCeI )
JK--Bittersweet Xmas song no one plays. Chrissie's yearning is poignant.
Tonight we're eating
ham and yam. Our girl's working seasonal at Honey Baked Ham & got good
discount. Egidia made fried sweet potatoes
Only reason not sick
of "Frosty the Snowman" version from 1969 Xmas special is luv voice
of Jimmy Durante. Wish he'd added "hot-cha-cha-cha"
OK, I've had it. The
pets of the world should start their own social network. Let's only have human
faces on Facebook.
Suggest Nicki Minaj
reboot career with stylistic reversal. Rebrand herself as nihilistic gangsta
rapper called Janim Ikci N.
Rockettes. Absolutely
no truth to myth that they started as athletes in defunct Olympic sport of
synchronized buttkicking.
Airwaves filled with
inspiring human-interest stories today. This human is interested in news and
music. Mostly just music.
Lovely new holiday
tradition. They're going to drop the Times Square
new year's ball over the fiscal cliff.
Every time that Andy
Williams Xmas song comes on where he sings "well whoop-di-doo," I
have to remind myself he's not being sarcastic.
Barry Manilow has
released his 4th Xmas LP. I have yet to hear a Manilow yule tune that has any
authentic spark. No more, please.
Christmas easily th
most divisive holiday in Christian liturgical calendar. People rarely get so
hot & bothered about true meaning of Easter
People often say loser
is "hapless." But I've never heard winner called "hapful."
Regardlss, to paraphrase Gen Patton, Americans are happers
Andy Griffith Show.
Opie. Why was he called that? He wasn't on opium, was he?
"Eisenhower
Farewell Address" (http://youtu.be/CWiIYW_fBfY )
JK--Tune to 8:30 mark for "military-industrial complex." US
"Douglas
MacArthur Farewell Speech to Congress" (http://youtu.be/Tuagi9kZe8A )
JK--Listen from 5:00 mark. Prophesies Asian prosperity
Patton real voice (http://youtu.be/g0gGQwJAJ04 ).
As scriptd by Francis Ford Coppola & voiced by George C Scott (http://youtu.be/9b5g1avyCSA )
NRA exists to promote
guns, gun culture, gun extremism, and gun fetishism. Why exactly are we
listening to their opinions?
I have never heard a
single human say the word "disingenuous," but I frequently see it in
print. Did some ancient printers guild invent it?
Safari on iPad has
plenty of issues. Just not a good browser. Behaves oddly.
Our daughter's been
hard at work all day at seasonal job at Honey-Baked Ham. Franconia
cops provide unnecessary traffic & crowd control
Turns out Mitt Romney
didn't want to be president. Finally! Something we both agree on.
The Huffington Post:
Patricia Leavy, PhD: Top 10 Sexist-Media Moments of 2012. http://goo.gl/mag/0vyGBrE
Ancient maps. We only
see ones drawn by Europeans & Mediterraneans. How did ancient Asians,
Africans, & Americans depict Earth's surface?
"Christmas
Story". Daisy airgun co founding Plymouth MI 1800s. I often biked there as
kid. http://www.daisymuseum.com/html/timeline/1880.htm …
Wouldn't be surprised
if all the socials start offering people digital self-curated vanity-press
online publishing of their own posts.
Wouldn't be surprised
if Facebook tries 2 make money by selling people aggreg download cloud access
to their own history of status updates
Expecting the industry #bigdata emphasis in the new year to shift
toward consumer applications. Cloud petabytes silently serving commerce
RT @TheOnion Economically Healthy 'Daily Planet'
Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe http://onion.com/TdJpVy #OnionYIR
Geronimo. Absolutely
no truth to the myth that the Apache warrior liked to take running leaps off
high cliffs shouting his own name.
Gerard Depardieu. His
cantankerous principled grandstanding tax-dodging self-exile gambit is so
exquisitely French.
Watching
"Glengarry Glen Ross" on streaming. Alec Baldwin character says his
name is Fuck You. Curious: what nationality is that?
How do you stay
rooted, anchored, & balanced in a topsy world? I distrust answers that
assume religion is the only answer.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Christmas Song by The Raveonettes
from Maybe This Christmas Tree JK--Their song, not the Mel Torme/Nat King Cole.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Not a Young Man Anymore by Dean &
Britta from 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy JK--Velvet Underground cover
Led Zeppelin had 1st
untitled LP. Sigur Ros had LP with all untitled tracks. No group's taken
radical step of no band name or musician names
So glad 2 C they're
redesigning WashDC's Southwest Waterfront. Loved walking it lunchtimes during
my early 90s EPA years. That + nearby Mall
After the Mayan false
scare, this fiscal cliff bullshit seems quaint.
Sitting in Panera in West Springfield on a bustling pre-Xmas Saturday. This
the very heart of suburban northern Virginia
I'll bet the Mayans
were right. Some world might ending today. We need to scan all the exoplanets.
One of them might be croaking as we speak
Thinking of changing
profile to "father of 2, husband of 1, brother of 3, cousin of 11, in-law
of zillions."
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Twelve Days of Christmas by Bob
& Doug McKenzie JK--True love always gives them beer on the first day.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! by
Sufjan Stevens from Songs for Christmas Sampler JK--Cool shoegazer-y carol.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
by James Brown from Funky Christmas JK--Hardest working man in the toy business
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wonderful Christmastime by The Shins
from Holidays Rule JK--Mercer & mates improve on McCartney's original. BIG
BEAT
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Sometimes You Have to Work on
Christmas (Sometimes by Harvey Danger JK--Excellent indie take on Christmas
song.
Looking forward to a
new year of thought leadership activities for#IBM. I
have no specific agenda. Life presents fresh fodder. Have faith.
Sitting here sorting
through several years' worth of my publications and citations. I print out
every one. Must tidy the archives.
12-21-12. Kind of a
beautiful sequence of numbers. Not sure why. Just is.
Listening to Fleetwood
Mac "Bare Trees" (http://youtu.be/UpyDaI3I2Cg )
to celebrate the first day of winter
Listening to Gordon
Lightfoot "Song For A Winter's Night" (http://youtu.be/_yQc-wGeYvk )
to celebrate the first day of winter.
Listening to Fleet
Foxes "White Winter Hymnal" (http://youtu.be/DrQRS40OKNE )
to celebrate the first day of winter
Listening to Fountains
of Wayne "Valley Winter Song" (http://youtu.be/xPf4Fer8IJ4 )
to celebrate the first day of winter.
Actually, @loserboy it's technically "ixnay to the
oomsday-day". U forgot to "-ay" the initial consonant of
"doomsday" & slap it on the rear
"Astronomers find
potentially habitable planet nearby" (http://bit.ly/Tc3Vr3 )
JK--Dont get yr hopes up. Mayans said it goes KABOOM next year
Hey Kevin McCarthy,
film critic for WTTG-TV WashDC. Stop breathlessly calling every movie you love
"incredible." Makes me NOT want to see
Putin may ban orphan
adoptions by Americans but has not declared his position on Internet
trafficking in Russian mail-order brides.
Happy solstice. Gonna
do my Saturnalia shopping today. I'll bet Stonehenge
is madness today. Always a bitch finding parking spot 4 my oxcart
We became an organic
national culture in the 19th century when our people defaulted to "the United States
Maybe I'm missing
something blindingly obvious, but I've never seen anything even remotely
multi-culti @ the International House of Pancakes
Congrats to Randy
Newman for induction into Rock "N' Roll Hall o Fame. Misanthropes get+give
no love. Sall away!http://youtu.be/K8p08flcFLo
RT @MikeGreen67: Scaling from the macro to nano
levels is the key to powerful performance http://bit.ly/SRwLgf by @jameskobielus #bigdata
Hey spammers: old
classmates trying to reach can use something called "Google." Do I
look like I'm playing hard to get?
Jane Aire & the
Belvederes "When I Was Young" (http://youtu.be/QE-150hr_vc )
JK--Name is Jane Ashley. She's in Baltimore
Apparently, the NRA
thinks equipping all schoolrooms with pistols will not tempt disturbed,
mischievous students to find & play with them.
I was kinda
disappointed when the world didn't end on Y2K. Don't tell us this'll be another
false alarm.
Saying there are no
Mayans anymore is like saying there are no Egyptians. They've simply stopped
building pyramids. They're a modern people
Listening to aging Rod
Stewart singing "My Favorite Things." Liked him more when was singing
lines like "My body stunk but I kept my funk"
Listenng to Nick Lowe
"And So It Goes" (http://youtu.be/k3jiCi7aFZE )
JK--Contractually obligated to mention Nick in all Elvis C. contexts.
Listening to Elvis
Costello & The Attractions "Pump It Up" (http://youtu.be/opIL3Yt0Un8 )
JK--Must always Elvis whenever Graham mentioned.
Listening to Graham
Parker & the Rumour "Local Girls" (http://youtu.be/4C2SkcC3TXc )
JK--Rumour has it Graham squeezed 'em for a few sparks.
Listening to Siouxsie
& the Banshees "Arabian Knights" (http://youtu.be/nFXrq6RnT5U )
JK--"I heard a rumor. What have you done to her?"
Bananarama "I
Heard a Rumour" (http://youtu.be/D8l248QUyn0 )
JK--Dedicated to @Tudorscribe ,
who, rumor has it, unleashed all evils on Earth
One of great things
about online culture is that gives us neverending supply o new stuff 2 get
pissed off about. The glue that binds society
Raked up the residual
leaves from the front and back yards before the formal beginning of winter and
the formal end of the Mayan calendar.
My cousin, who was
once an aspiring nun, has convertd 2 Episcopalianism. I told her we all still
luv her in spite o fact she'll burn in hell
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp My Sweet Lord by George Harrison from
All Things Must Pass JK--Reminds:Hare Krishnas chanting @ Livonia Mall. 1970ish
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp America
My rule of thumb is
that an LP on everyone's year-end best list is one you dont have to buy. You're
either hearing it on radio or can borrow
"Forget Singles:
The Albums You Needed to Own This Year" (http://bit.ly/XJpZI6 )
JK--It's an OK list, but you don't "need" any of them.
"Gov. Bob
McDonnell opens door to arming Va.
"7 Technologies
Poised for Failure in 2013" (http://bit.ly/XJmilK ) JK--PBX demise
will be bittersweet. First tech I was hired to cover. 1985
I feel better now
about my personal decision, a while back, to Instagram only my most worthless
cameraphone images.
"By 2014, the
Internet will be the death of us all" (http://bit.ly/XJl7mh )
JK--Thanks Robert X. Cringely. And Merry Xmas to you too!
Email. It's where
people send the lowest-priority messages to you. Hence, it's increasingly the
last one you check and/or respond to.
"Look-alike
portraits capture pictures of strangers who look like twins" (http://bit.ly/RCk4Yp )
JK--Cool. Same-sex & opposite-sex lookalikes
RT @IBMAnalytics @JamesKobielus discusses patient similarity#analytics 4 personalized HC (http://ibm.co/UzENbF ) #smarteranalytics#bigdata
"TSA: All yr
travel are belong to us?" (http://bit.ly/T4Nzzh ) JK--Most
popular foreign-botch-English-grammar phrase since "long time no see"
Best LPs of 2012? Hard
to decide. I bought the releases by Shearwater, Gotye, Father John Misty, The
Tallest Man on Earth, & Damien Jurado
"NASA crashes two
orbiters into moon mountain" (http://bit.ly/U6tYzD )
JK--At some point we need mission to clean up previous missions' trash
Saw DVD of "Hope Springs
Those online
CircuitCity solicitations depress me. They just remind me of the empty blighted
Big Boxes the failed retailer left everywhere
RT @schoutene:
Recap of last weeks #cloudchat with analysts@JHurwitz @sogrady & @hyounpark & #IBMer @jameskobielus.http://ow.ly/gadK8
Nice sunny warm
morning in northern Virginia
"Twitter Starts
Rolling Out Option 2 Request Every Tweet You Ever Made" (http://tcrn.ch/12ttqqr )
JK--I'm building PB cluster 2 receive mine
Bought+downld
Shearwater "Animal Joy" LP. Cuz #kexp@djcherylwaters put it up top on her year-end list.
Been meaning to get a Shearwater LP
Perhaps she's had
work, but it's sinful for Jane Fonda to be this hot at age 75 (http://huff.to/Xz7GoJ )
Friday is winter
solstice. Hope to see the sun this week, just to notice its decline.
Overcast again today.
I'm keeping the Christmas tree lights on in the darkened living room.
Illumination is my favorite ornamentation.
Wife & I went to
our fave Korean food emporium, Super H Mart, in Fairfax
One of my
peculiarities is that I don't like anybody pushing religion on me. Not even the
one I was raised in. I'm not a joiner.
Listened to religious
station for a few hours because they had mostly classic Christmas hymns.
Stopped listening when preachy stuff started
Was a day of constant
motion from mid-morning through mid-evening. Now relaxing in our garlic-scented
house. I chopped it. Egidia cooked it.
Philosophy behind
Myers-Briggs consistent with pushy New Age cults that say you must use
leader-concocted jargon in place of common talk
Here's how useless
Myers-Briggs is: nobody who is subjected to it speaks about those idiotic
abstract 4-letter combinations ever again
WashPost article:
"Zombie ideas: why don't bad notions ever die?" Next to Myers-Briggs
article. Rich irony.
WashPost article on
Myers-Briggs tests. Psychologists not big on it. Neither am I. Meaningless
arrogant typecasting. Corporate HR bullshit.
Watching one episode
of "Louie" after another. Addictively awkward.
Wife & I are
having a very late dinner at home. Nice thing about being at home on weekends,
just us, is we only eat when hungry. No schedule
I favor a
constitutional right to arm bears. Especially grizzlies. I've heard they're
endangered. Give 'em a fighting chance.
I delete any email
that has heart symbols in the subject line. On principle.
Listening to Vampire
Weekend "Horchata" from "Contra." It's December but I'm
drinking iced tea. OK? Don't look psychotic in my balaclava?
Tim Conway. I have yet
to see him in anything where he wasn't the funniest person on screen. Just a
remarkably durable funnybone tickler.
Tomorrow's
"Peanuts" flashback has Snoopy referring to owner as "Charlie
Brown." Schulz violated his own "round-headed kid" rule. Fell
flat
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Losing You by Solange from True
JK--New. So good you'll stop thinking of her as Beyonce's little sister.
