Making brisket – my semiannual foray into cooking the recipes of my tribe. Shana tovah, dudes.

Had to run heat in car for first time today. Time to clean pellet stove and get chimney sweep in!

D’oh! Reason music on iPhone sounded crap in car was new case stopping jack from seating properly. Without the case, all is well! #fail

Update: Monavie sends blogger cease and desist over metadata. http://consumerist.com/5356665/

Kirk at end of STII: “I feel … young.” me too, and I didn’t have to blow up Khan to get there.

Got birthday spam from NY Blood Center. Happy Birthday—now give us some blood! Yeah, I will, but not today.

Thinking about Rob Debaun on what was our mutual birthday.

Wow, Jim Carroll died Friday. Can’t believe I didn’t hear. Gonna have to reread Diaries. And listen to People Who Died. A real loss.

Ticketmaster Mislabels Concert, Sells Music Fan Tickets To Wrong Show [That’s My Ticketmaster] [Phil Villarreal] http://tr.im/yI2X

RT @harrda: The problem with going to Staples is you start thinking stuff like, “my life would be in order if I only had my own clipboard”.