Dancing Ground!

Dancing Ground is a new dance festival which I'm organising with a group of friends. It will be just outside Melbourne (Australia), in the Dandenong ranges.

From the website: Dancing Ground is a weekend of dance, workshops, feasting and celebration under the full moon of Autumn equinox. It will be a space to pick up some extra dance technique, express yourself through movement, and connect with community. Dancing Ground is a not for profit event.

It's on the weekend of 18th-21st March.

http://www.dancing-ground.org/

See you there!

new york park avenue: before and after

think how nice cities would be if we could get back to this...

http://www.naparstek.com/2005/12/history-of-new-york-city-public-space.php

New Google Cafeteria... mmmmm tasty...

the real killer (which they don't mention here), is the outdoor terrace with an *amazing* view!

New Google Cafeteria Crushes Competitors' Cafeterias

The fuel required to come up with those nifty holiday logo variations.Photo: Everett Bogue

About six weeks after its move south to the old Port Authority at 111 Eighth Avenue, Google's New York office finally has a cafeteria. (Don't worry, sympathetic searchers, the staffers' free lunch had been catered before this week.)

So what do you serve hungry programmers? Our mole slipped us an excerpt from Wednesday's inaugural menu.

Raw
Zucchini Pasta Marinara
Soft Tacos With Fresh Tomato Salsa
Beetroot-Marinated Tofu With Chile Scallion Glaze
Tempeh, White Beans, Tomato, Basil

Antipasta
Roast Butternut Squash With Cinnamon and Sage
Roast Eggplant
Roast Red Peppers
Grilled Chicken With Roast Apples and Curried Cashews

Chelsea Grill
Grilled Hanger Steak
Sauce Bordelaise
Pomme Frites
Sautéed Spinach, Garlic, Shallots, and Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

Home
(French theme)
Cassoulet, Toulouse Style
Beef Bourguignon
Pommes Gratinee
Byaldi

East
(Indian theme)
Braised Mangalore Salmon in Coconut Milk
Curried Chicken Legs With Potatoes and Tomatoes
Fried Chickpea Salad
Curried Organic Fingerling Potatoes

Earth and Water
Wild Striped Bass en Papillote

This wasn't just a fancy opener and then back to the burgers, either. Today our sated friend had London broil with grilled asparagus and an It's It ice cream sandwich imported from the West Coast.

one of the funniest things i've seen in a long time

warning: graphic and offensive :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tczU13W-dbY

The US government has gone too far!!!

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html

worst congress ever

brilliant, though depressing article on the current state of american politics. cover story on rolling stone.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12055360/cover_story_time_to_go_inside_the_worst_congress_ever

my favorite line so far is:

"One gets the sense that Bush would have to drink the blood of Christian babies to inspire hearings in Congress -- and only then if he did it during a nationally televised State of the Union address and the babies were from Pennsylvania, where Senate Judiciary chairman Arlen Specter was running ten points behind in an election year. "

cool home run video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7--BKAFYEd4

zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Phaedrus remembered a line from Thoreau: "You never gain something but that you lose something." And now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and rule the world in terms of dialectic truths, had lost. He had built empires of scientific capability to manipulate the phenomena of nature into enormous manifestations of his own dreams of power and wealth -- but for this he had exchanged an empire of understanding of equal magnitude: an understanding of what it is to be a part of the world, and not an enemy of it.