links for 2009-10-19
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'Fruit smoothies, canned sardines, and almonds make up about 90 percent of my intake. And so I’m packing most of my food, I’m taking most of my food on the road. I will eat at places, because I do have favorite places, but Chicago’s going to be especially dangerous. I used to live in Chicago in the late ’80s, and it’s my favorite town in America. I could spend days just walking restaurant to restaurant. Although I’m a little bit out of danger, because they closed Gold Coast Dogs on Hubbard Street a while ago, so I’m not as vulnerable as I might have been.'
Huh. You know, Gold Coast Dogs is OK, but not great. I've lost just a bit of trust in him.
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'Certain computer simulations that Latham and his team ran identified, for instance, a reduction in rainfall in South America as a result of one of his suggested implementation proposals. A different implementation scheme might avoid that particular problem, but could cause problems in other areas. Latham seemed reasonably optimistic that with further funding for computer modelling**, such problems could be reduced…'
As someone that has occasionally said things like that, I have to say you should *never* put too much faith in such statement.
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'Let’s not forget the last time Dana used Iole to get his side of the story out on fighter negotiation, even though it was dead wrong. Remember the Mirko Crocop situation? Once again, Kevin did a big article about how Mirko ‘fucked’ Dana White by signing with DREAM and ‘didn’t keep his word’. The only problem? Once again, Kevin didn’t bother getting in touch with the person he was writing about: Mirko HADN’T signed with DREAM.'
Sports journalism isn't all that important in the big scheme of things, but Mouth-of-Sauron types everywhere are despicable can be done without.
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Duuude. Infinity is trippy.
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'The general point is that contrarianism is a cheap way of allowing ideological hacks to think of themselves as fearless, independent thinkers, while never thinking (in fact reinforcing) the status quo.'
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'About 30 years ago, there was a heavy rain in Belem that destroyed Mitsuyo Maeda Koma’s [teacher of the Gracies] grave in the cemetery. His friend, Sakaeoti, who was about 80 years old at the time, told me about it. He always told me many stories about Mitsuyo, about how much he helped Japanese people who came to Brazil. Sakaeoti and I went to the cemetery, and I collected Koma’s bones and cleaned them. With the support of Kokushikan University, which rebuilt Koma’s tomb, we buried his bones again in a new grave paid for by the university.'
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'I love Anderson Silva’s fights because he’s an artist inside the Octagon. A lot of people don’t like it because they think he wants to play and have fun. I don’t see it that way. I see him as a showman who’s very strong. Deep in his heart, he knows he can finish the fight when he wants. Anderson was born like that. Lyoto is different. He wasn’t born like that, but as he trains more, trusts his karate and believes in his style, he’s getting more confident and is giving a better performance each time out.'
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I gotta remember the term "BMOC." Also, Statue of Liberty hiding out in the wastebasket!
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