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it's been a month already, but for posterity... we made it! sammyboo and i have officially relocated to Seattle.

it was a mad dash out of Brooklyn, as expected: after an emotional week and a night of no sleep we almost died in the seatbeltless car service, screaming to JFK in the ridiculously early morning, with all the asphalt still steaming from the day before. after some haggling we got the dogs loaded on the plane, and i knew that somehow we'd make it.

w00t, it's time for another World Cup!

along with it, the Wild Bor World Cup Pool is back from the dead! again!

the WBWCP is a way to make your predictions for the World Cup. there's no money involved, just pride and bragging rights.

just like 4 years ago i resurrected the WBWCP at the last minute for 2010. the code is damn old -- a real house of cards (um, don't use any super secret passwords, okay?) -- but it appears to be working.

so, fingers crossed, throw your hat in the ring:
http://cup.dtek.tv/

Call me quixotic, but the knight errant is calling me. Who's in?

The Goal: read Don Quixote by Cervantes before July 1st, and post discussion prompts, summaries, vocabularly lists as I go along.

The Book: I have the Edith Grossman translation with an introduction by Harold Bloom. (I read that introduction and Cervantes own "Prologue" and, man, am I jazzed!)

There is no question: the Health Care Bill sucks. But, that being the case, the question becomes this:

Is the Health Care Bill really the best we could get, and therefore we should take it as greedily as though it were everything we could want, or

Did Obama resuscitate a broken system--a criminally exploitative system????

Judging by the outrage out there, I would guess the former. But the outrage is also disingenuous to a great extent--politics and bigotry in one stinky mix...

Anyone?

some of you will remember Jason and Leigh Morfoot (aka Kinobserver) from their "Capital" film project, centered on the IMF conference and protests in DC many years ago.

for the past few years, thy've been working on a documentary film about copyright, how it's changing in light of digital/networked technologies, and the implications for our culture. from their web site: "CITIZEN 3.0 explores the relationship between media, technology, culture and democracy through the lens of copyright law."

recently, i helped them publish the entire film on their web site. check it out!

Dtekker's knowing Ian Ingram will be excited to know that he's got a big time show coming up at the Barry Friedman, Ltd gallery in Chelsea, with an opening on the evening of March 4.

hells yes, Ian! damn, it's an impressive testament to his talent, skills, and hard work over the years... if you live in NY, join me at the gallery on the 4th!

check out Ian's newer work at: http://www.barryfriedmanltd.com/

you can find Ian at Painting -> Contemporary if you can stomach the Flash site, or here are a few direct links:

i was psyched to hear today that corporations can now spend as much as they'd like on political campaigns.

OK, I'm going big here.

i'm excited to be reading a novel again. this time it's To Kill a Mockingbird, which i haven't read since high school -- long enough ago that i might as well be reading it for the first time.

the inspiration, of course, comes from the middle child in the photo above: Scout, the oldest, wisest, and yet most innocent of JAG and the Suze's triplets.

i'd love to have anyone join me, but am already tearing through!