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From Casa Bianca to the White House

Rimshot! According to Jonathan Gold, Barack Obama likes Casa Bianca Pizza Pie in Eagle Rock and plate lunches. Yes!

posted on 11/7/2008 2:43:46 PM  |  permalink  |  post a reply

Wow!

(Taken from a collection of photos by Time Magazine photographer Callie Shell, as linked to by Jason Kottke.)

It's been a minute since I've written anything. I guess I'm more interested in "real life" these days, with maybe some flickr captions in between. The Internets is cool and all but really, you should all go outside and play.

Anyway, I'm happy that the country has a president who can actually make a speech. More importantly, he picks up after himself.

Even if Obama is just a little bit different from the man who came before him, subtle difference matters a lot when you're talking about the most powerful country in the world, to echo the words of Noam Chomsky.

Peace out, and remember to go outside and play.

Edit: Some classic Terry Callier/Charles Stepney action for yous:

posted on 11/4/2008 11:04:41 PM  |  permalink  |  post a reply

For Wednesday Night

posted on 4/4/2008 1:42:51 PM  |  permalink  |  post a reply

Sheldon Brown R.I.P.

I first encountered Sheldon Brown's site around spring 2006. My friend Dennis had just gotten an English three-speed and I always been curious how a multispeed bike could work without a derailleur (derailer!). Sheldon loved three-speeds and had tons of technical and historical notes on them. I started exploring the other links on his site and the notion of riding a bike for transportation began to take hold.

As I began riding more, I'd have to do various repairs. Sheldon's pages were always the first result of most searches. It's no wonder: His articles were usually spot on and well-written and heavily linked to. He encouraged tinkering and changing setups and trying different things and mixing and matching.

Sheldon wielded tremendous influence over cycling, especially in the last few years. Without his pages on riding fixed and conversions there might not be a fixed-gear craze. He's also been a champion of traditional lugged steel bikes, though you can't call him a retrogrouch since he views things like aero levers and indexed shifting as improvements. I looked to him as sort of a hype filter, and it's a shame he won't be there to review the new stuff.

posted on 2/5/2008 12:37:21 AM  |  permalink  |  post a reply

R.I.P. Ed LaDou

I don't read the L.A. Times as much these days, so I only just now saw the gourmet pizza innovator's obituary. His creations live on at Caioti Pizza Cafe, one of my favorite restaurants in L.A.

posted on 1/20/2008 11:32:18 PM  |  permalink  |  post a reply