Knurl's Journals

I Guess They Just Blew His Cover

No, that's not the case. But do you know what? I had never heard of Chuck Feeny or Atlantic Philanthropies.

A fortune made off of duty-free liquor and tobacco sounds like the devil worshipper type, but it's cool. I like this: "He once met the prime minister of Ireland with his drugstore glasses held together by a paper clip."

What else? "Feeney's practical reason for not plastering his moniker on buildings is to attract matching donors who would want naming rights -- as was the case at Stanford with high-tech tycoon Jim Clark and at a UC San Francisco cancer facility with venture capitalist Arthur Rock."

I remember Jim Clark. That was very interesting. So are you. Beyotch.

Time-lapse of foggy February 8th in San Francisco, California

You've probably seen this a million times, but don't you want to watch it again?

That would be a great movie, though; skeletons of pirates come to life in the fog and take over San Francisco and junk. I think it's already been made.

No, what about a crime-fighting seagull that rides the fog; like Jonathon Livingston Seagull, but it chain smokes and is all hagged-out like Clint Eastwood. And carries a 45. The seagull and the tiger in the zoo have a lengthy philosophical arguement about crime and punishment, which is pretty boring and takes up most of the film and sucks.

There should've been more hammer-downs on crooked cops and ratty schemers alike. More hammer-downs on the people who shit on the front porch.

Albert O. Weissberg, RIP

RIP Albert O. Weissberg.

So this year Mayor Mary Stegal offered a free evening "State of the City" presentation at the Cascade Theater. This was the inaugural deal, and seems like a good idea for the little people. It's usually a $20 ticket to basically listen to a commercial for the city. I mean, how did she say it? She and her husband, in 1991, were travelling through town from awesome Fresno,Ca and they were "sold" on moving to Redding. A great quote: "But Redding had a problem with self-esteem." LOL! Essentially, she was calling Fresno on the carpet, and didn't want to see Redding wind up the same, highlighting trails, low crime rate, greenbelts and the new Shasta County library. Good points and I agree, but her speech was called "Coming of Age" and I was all don't remind me, dude. Yeah, we're all getting old. Okay thanks bye. You just lost my vote.

Seriously, though, Councilman Dickerson acknowledged the passing of valuable community member Al Weissberg with a period of silence. Condolences. Good role-model. You bet.

Sex in the City Hall

Redding's all screwed up. Literally. In the City Hall offices, conference rooms, storage rooms and the stairwell. How disrespectful is that? I wonder if they would say stuff like "I need to see you in the conference room. We need to exchange some viewpoints. *giggle*" And then the next day someone sits on something wet, and they're like "what's that?" And the dude's all " oh,oh,oh what is that? I think it's just some tapioca pudding."

They were probably trying to be all "Sex in the City". Lady: "I'm wearing my new shoes that I bought at blahblahblah!" Guy: "Oh those are so hot -- you look great, baby! You know what they would be great for? Chick:: "Whaaaat?" Guy: "They would be perfect for a walk down to the stairwell. Don't forget to call me Mr.Big this time blahblahblah."

I swear to God, that's how it probably went down.

It's too bad because you know the majority of the people working there are being square, but it's just going to make them look like idiots, too.

Two words: totally disrespectful high school idgit pukes.

n3rdcor3 "lolCATS" song

I'm rolling on the floor in a fight to the death ...."lolCATS"

"L Andrew Lloyd Webber for President
O his newest broadway play is called â�œHumansâ�
L I liked it better than cats"

via Laughing Squid or should that be lolSquid. Hahaha, I'll tell you what. Hohoho...brother.

Illustration

James 3:8

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

via this web- place, dude.

At First Sight

Dear diary,

"At First Sight" is a good one. It was just great to listen to Mira Sorvino talk. Sweeeet. But then the story drew me into some thought-provoking issues about the blind attaining vision. It was written by Oliver Sacks. Here's an interesting article from Wired about some of his research.

It's a good picture show.

Banger Sisters Tourettes!

Dear diary,

GOLDIE HAWN IS HARDER THAN TITS! Huh?

This movie is sort of ridiculous. Squeaky voiced Goldie Hawn brings the party back to her long lost groupie sister, Susan Sarandon. Susan is now married, settled down and raising two snotty daughters. It's really blowing it.

Helen Christensen makes a triumphant "do it true" speech at her high school graduation. The crazy Australian piano guy is now a crazy struggling writer and wants to kill his already dead father.

Goldie Hawn grabs her boobies and almost bruises her hand, which in other words, second base is as supple as two elbows. Also, a really good story about how Susan had a tattoo of a lizard king which was a memento of doing the dirty deed with Jim Morrison in a temple in Mexico. Hawt!

The overall best thing? The commercials were for Preparation H and stuff. No joke. I had to chuckle, but as I was opening the door to go out, I inadvertently exclaimed "HEMORRHOIDS!" which kind of echoed in the apartment hallway. How stupid.

There's going to be a showdown and a show

Showdown here. Ken Murray is the former Mayor and is now a City Council member.

Show here. You can listen to the original here. I like this one better, though.

Did You Just Hear A "Big Bang"?

Cosmology of celestial chicks.