2022: 412 posts.

• 01-Jan-2022
  Every day is unique
• 02-Jan-2022
  It’s time for the ornaments—nerdy and otherwise—to get packed up for the year.
• 03-Jan-2022
  How did I not notice Scarlett Johansson played mermaids at least twice?

  I saw The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in the theaters in 2004 and I saw Hail, Ceasar! in the theaters in 2016 and several times streaming since then. While watching Hail, Ceasar! last night it suddenly occurred to me Ms. Johansson played a mermaid in both. Now, why is it that my brain never has noticed…

• 03-Jan-2022
  San Diego City Christmas Tree Recycling 2022

  Source: San Diego City – Christmas Tree Recycling

• 03-Jan-2022
  Bumpin’ Morton Subotnick

  Double Naught Spy Car from Panorama City is moorpark a boulevard? or avenue? you know boulevard? is it boulevard? is it boulevard boulevard? cruising moorpark! i’m looking for a hot chick in a ’79 pacer i’m bumpin Morton Subotnick don’t tell me it’s the wrong approach i’m morgan freeman and you’re the acting coach hitch…

• 03-Jan-2022
  Tide receding. Lovely session.
• 04-Jan-2022
  web3

  tante‘s The Third Web essay is a fine, detailed history and condemnation of the ideas of web3. I wish I could find more to take issue with, alas, the ideas of blockchain and cryptocurrency seem to be things that excite people without regard to their political, social, and energy effects.

• 04-Jan-2022
  Me at @lastbookstorela in 2014. Photo by the remarkable and incredible @leahblooms from whom I was divorced on this day in 2020. A fine 15 year run of learning and partnership!
• 04-Jan-2022
  Paolo Soleri Presentation, 1988

  I asked my pal Chris the following in May 2020: We attended a presentation by Soleri and a few other folks at the RH Fleet Space Museum in the mid to late 80s. Any idea what year? And do you remember any details of who or what entities were presenting? Was it just Soleri and…

• 04-Jan-2022
  Bodysurfing Ultimate Media Guide by Spencer Dunlap

  THE BODYSURFER’S ULTIMATE MEDIA GUIDE BY SPENCER DUNLAP MARCH 10, 2021 originally on shapedbywater.blog, archived. reposting here for my own personal use. perhaps you will find it useful too! I thoroughly enjoy writing about bodysurfing. Why? Not only do I love bodysurfing and hope to share my stoke with as many people as possible, but…

• 04-Jan-2022
  New Bot Day! DaiDenzin (ダイデンジン or “Giant Electric Man” is from 1980 Super Sentai show Denshi Sentai Denjiman. It transforms from an airship into this terrific mecha. My first new robot for 2022! Happy New Year!
• 05-Jan-2022
  Thundarr

  Maybe you’d like to read about Thundarr the Barbarian — one of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid. Deeply weird and VERY JACK KIRBY. I only learned that part years later. Also I am a fan of Mark Evanier. I learned his name in his comic DNAgents. I was buying them in 1983.

• 05-Jan-2022
  Cold and not for the skittish. It’s fun to swim a maelstrom sometimes.
• 06-Jan-2022
  Hidden Zines!

  This story is super-charming: Inside a hollow library book, a secret library By Tori Marlan. It’s about this art project: Decentralized Zine Library Project. As I’ve now been *in* some publications that were anthology zines (see: #burn_all_books) it has a special meaning for me. Make more art and put it in the world!

• 07-Jan-2022
  That time my Halloween costume was an app

  In 2016 I went as the Slacker App as my Halloween costume. I have a lot of affection for this costume! I would do it much better and slicker now that I have my very own paper cutter and a drawing desk!

• 07-Jan-2022
  Prodigy Burnout: OMNI

  He was a young violinist on his way to a brilliant career. Then one day he quit—-put down his violin and never picked it up again. He’s a high achiever in medical school now, but he nurses a sense of failure that may haunt him for life. What stopped him from becoming a Perlman or…

• 07-Jan-2022
  Yes, dolphins in the lineup.
• 09-Jan-2022
  Things also look very nice from the water
• 10-Jan-2022
  Morning office for a few hours
• 10-Jan-2022
  Finding earworms in last.fm data with PHP

  Over the weekend I was prompted to think about the idea of an “earworm” — a song or piece of music that gets stuck in your mind. Some people find such “earworms” to be highly irritating. The idiom implies an actual worm in your actual ear which sounds positively *horrifying* to me. For me, an…

• 11-Jan-2022
  I don’t know why the rescue boat was patrolling. Snagged a selfie while it was there. #stoke
• 13-Jan-2022
  Sparklines in Excel courtesy seminar by Jordan Goldmeier

  I attended Jordan Goldmeier’s (advancedxl.com) seminar on data visualization in Excel via one of Creative Morning‘s Field Trips. It is far easier to do cool stuff in Excel than I remember. Behold a sparkline bar graph of my ArtLung blog post counts by month since 2001.

• 13-Jan-2022
  New Bot Day! “Blaster T-1000” is merchandise based on Terminator 2: Judgement Day. His whole torso can hinge forward to fire a missile? This 1991 toy robot makes no sense but is a great villain in an “all cops are bastards” way.
• 13-Jan-2022
  Spielberg’s Films by year of release vs year set

  The other day, over on twitter, Todd Vaziri sent a lazyweb request that piqued my interest: free cinema chart idea chart the films of steven spielberg and graph the release date minus the year the film takes place you know, for fun How does one do timelines these days anyway? I had a vague memory…

• 13-Jan-2022
  It’s an honor to get to play in huge surf. Bracing, beautiful afternoon at the tail of a nice swell.
• 14-Jan-2022
  VHS stands for “Video Home System”—shoutout to Zappa, #HHGTG, Star Wars Holiday Special, animation and “Voltus[sic] 5” #VoltesV plus the movie I appear in, Up From The Depths.
• 14-Jan-2022
  Drawing with CSS: Cube Cat

  I have seen extraordinary things made with HTML and CSS. I remember in 2003 seeing the CSS Zen Garden (though it was hosted on mezzoblue at the time). Nearly 20 years later and CSS remains an incredible tool, only more extraordinarily powerful with each passing week, each new spec, each new browser release. For several…

• 15-Jan-2022
  As your attorney I must advise you to slice beets, steam em up, and eat as directed by your physician. Bon appétit!
• 16-Jan-2022
  I’ve cosplayed Dr. Hank McCoy twice. The first time it was great, the second just okay. The next time, it’ll be best yet. These were light gray thumbless gloves meant to be some other creature. I dyed them over Christmas and will deploy them next time I cosplay. #beastcosplay #cosplay
• 16-Jan-2022
  I fought my way past the breakers. Big current today, one day post Tonga. Part of any physical hobby is knowing when to stop. Life is so rich.
• 17-Jan-2022
  I took this in 2019, breezing by on a bike around the Tidal Basin in DC. Dr. King was mostly hated in his lifetime. Think about how pretty we talk about people once they get killed and try to change that. Beware of people quoting MLK without the context of how much he was hated. Changing society takes work. Justice is hard. War is wrong. Poverty is wrong. Race discrimination is wrong. Education must be free to all. We must have equal opportunity. We must change the structure of our society. We can do it.
• 18-Jan-2022
  Quote of the Day, on Martin Luther King

  from Tony Pierce mlk makes me think you can do everything you can and it still wont change some people. which is a good thing to realize quickly. that way you dont waste your time doing things to change people. instead you should do things because theyre awesome, and maybe youre the best person to…

• 20-Jan-2022
  Weather and professional responsibilities kept me out of the water for four days. Back this morning. Terrific.
• 21-Jan-2022
  “Some people say / this town don’t look good in snow”
• 22-Jan-2022
  Briefly passing through LAX.
• 22-Jan-2022
  Palæontology Practice with nephew F.! He knows more about dinosaurs than me.
• 22-Jan-2022
  This morning I connected to my cross country flight to Virginia via LAX. I saw the dawn. I saw places that mean a lot to me. There’s my apartment! On the hill behind it was where my high school once stood, now replaced by condos. There’s Mission Bay where I’ve swum and kayaked and not-successfully windsurfed and jet ski’d. Beyond: Navy housing we lived in when I was a teenager. Had I been on the left side of the plane I’d have seen my favorite spot: Mission Beach Jetty. But take a beat on my right is former favorite swim spot La Jolla Cove. Shores. Del Mar. Solana Beach where I worked at failed dot com EduPoint. Orange County. Los Angeles County. Beaches, apartments; jobs and job interviews; car accidents, fights, train rides, romance and catastrophe. Southern California is my home; imbued with meaning. Onward.
• 23-Jan-2022
  Quote of the Week

  This post: Only Scale, from Dubious Quality (who I’ve been reading for a decade or more): Morality is never rewarded in this country, only scale. Just think about that for a moment. Is doing the right thing ever even discussed? Not really. How often do you see a CEO get rewarded for taking a moral…

• 24-Jan-2022
  Any water left unattended out-of-doors here in Northern Virginia—freezes.
• 24-Jan-2022
  Caught nephew A. in mid-grin, Lego-ing.
• 24-Jan-2022
  Paleontology prep
• 24-Jan-2022
  Birthday boy ❤️
• 25-Jan-2022
  HAM HOCK / one of my mom Phyllis Crawford’s recipes. A family favorite we acquired in New Orleans. First time I had red beans and rice? We visited Buster Holmes’ for the first time. I knew it because in 1977 I’d seen his place featured on SNL.
• 25-Jan-2022
  Your Driver: The Rock

  There was a tweet saying that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is going to be in another movie based on a videogame. Which of course is an explicit allusion to the incredible video game Desert Bus by Penn & Teller! The bus contains no passengers, there is little scenery aside from an occasional rock or bus…

• 26-Jan-2022
  Diving into a family photo scanning project. Utterly charming. Unsigned artwork.
• 26-Jan-2022
  Three Zero. Oi.
• 26-Jan-2022
  Cousins and TI-99/4a

  That’s me and my cousins. I was quite proud to show off my TI-99/4a computer. 4 MHz processor and less RAM than pretty much any photo posted to any social media service you use daily. I did my first graphics programming on that computer. You can also see the tape recorder/radio I saved programs onto….

• 27-Jan-2022
  My sister and I in a balloon a while back.
• 27-Jan-2022
  My grandmother Jean Crawford riding a wave in the mid 70s. No bodyboards invented yet, that’s a classic inflatable rubber mat. #stoke #pacificbeachsd
• 27-Jan-2022
  Bright fashions
• 27-Jan-2022
  It’s been six days since I was in the ocean so here’s a photo of me at Mission Bay as a kid. We lived in Los Angeles at the time but even then I loved water.
• 28-Jan-2022
  I’m calling this meeting to order…
• 29-Jan-2022
  “How am I not myself?” — Bernard & Vivian Jaffe
• 29-Jan-2022
  The white part of the UVA Medical Center was there when I worked there a couple three decades ago. Hello Charlottesville, just passing through. #cville #amtrak #traintravel
• 29-Jan-2022
  Not every day I get looked at askance by a fox. 🦊 ❄️
• 30-Jan-2022
  First light from Terminal B at Reagan National. This photo is not capturing the crescent moon but it’s lovely. I had a great trip back east. Made concrete headway on family photo scanning project. Wonderful food and conversations and feelings and what my second mother-in-law called “Visiting.” Time to go home.
• 30-Jan-2022
  “Pilot’s Glory” is what this round rainbow tinged plane shadow Is called. Optics are cool. Seen during approach to Minneapolis.
• 31-Jan-2022
  Dad’s words about Mom

  My father says of himself and my later mother: “We majored in each other in college.” Some fun facts about them: He proposed to her during the movie Goldfinger at the drive-in. It was bold of her to visit him in Canada when she’d never been anywhere but Pasadena. He remembers movies they went to….

• 31-Jan-2022
  Last week in Virginia I vetted and organized—roughly—8400 photos—64 pounds’ worth—into transit for scanning. This week I’m in California where there’s ocean and job interviews.
• 01-Feb-2022
  my house
• 01-Feb-2022
  Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone
• 02-Feb-2022
  Temperature perception in human being: air (50F) colder than water (58F) makes the water seem warm. It felt great. Wetsuit important too. #stoke
• 02-Feb-2022
  I am indeed a “Large Adult”
• 03-Feb-2022
  Waves were fine, but the sand dollar haul was stellar
• 05-Feb-2022
  Sand dollar (alive) seen at Del Mar’s Dog Beach
• 06-Feb-2022
  Today, February 6, 2021 is the centennial of the birth of Jesus “Art” Silva, born in San Diego when it had about 80 thousand people in it. 100 years is not that long, really. He died January 8, 1988, depriving us of his hard work, thoughtfulness, puzzle solving, rubber band guns, bowling talent, poker playing, deep curiosity and love. This photo is not great but it’s from a birthday for him, surrounded by family. Art Silva was not wealthy but gave of his time and talent to others. He is missed.
• 08-Feb-2022
  I start a new job on the 21st. Checking out the local spots for pre-work, post work, and intra-work beach time.
• 09-Feb-2022
  New Bot Day! A37 is from the show Eden (2021). A37 was designed as a farming robot on the far-future Earth. A37 ends up secretly raising Sara, a mysterious human child they awaken from stasis at a time when humans are thought to be a myth.
• 09-Feb-2022
  Water indescribably beautiful and clear #stoke
• 09-Feb-2022
  Me and my cousin Michael a few years back. At a Tweety Bird-themed party maybe.
• 10-Feb-2022
  If it’s going to be 90F I’m doing bathymetry.
• 11-Feb-2022
  Minor brush with sealife as I was getting out of the water today. Right ankle. Lifeguards are the best. Currents pushed me and some small buddies to the same spot I think. #sandiego #stingrays #stoke
• 13-Feb-2022
  Paragraph of the Day

  “I’m a big believer in Bill Joy’s Law of Startups, “success is inversely proportional to the amount of money you have”. For $2.5M we got Nvidia to working silicon that was revolutionary in two different respects. Right now, there is way too much money. If a system is to be decentralized, it has to have…

• 13-Feb-2022
  New Bot Day! Welcome E92 (flanked by A37), who surpass their farm robot programming to become surrogate parents to mysterious human Sara in 2021’s Eden anime.
• 13-Feb-2022
  It’s a beach day. #dogbeach #corgi
• 13-Feb-2022
  Pre-Valentine’s with Kelly at the Botanic Garden was awesome. ❤️ you @hellokellykuhl — Happy Valentine’s Day!
• 16-Feb-2022
  Crypto and NFTs

  There’s a lot of writing and thinking about what people now call “crypto” going on. The other day I linked to DSHR’s Blog: EE380 Talk (a talk on “blockchain” technology in my post Paragraph of the Day. There’s a nice summation of that more technical talk by Cory Doctorow: Pluralistic: 13 Feb 2022: Externalities. Particularly…

• 17-Feb-2022
  Hard Drive Cleaning: C++ Programming ’04

  In 2004 I took a course at City College in C++ Programming. As I wait for my new job to start next week I’ve been doing a bunch of maintenance. I found an old backup hard drive and found a folder called cpp from an old Windows machine I had. I think it was running…

• 18-Feb-2022
  Science! Drilled a hole, added a leash to excellent @catchsurf WHOMPER and caught some waves with it. More experiments needed. #stoke 🧪🧬🌊
• 18-Feb-2022
  I bought some cheap rusty tools and cleaned up the rust with distilled vinegar.
• 19-Feb-2022
  It was 21 years ago today… (happy birthday blog)

  It was 21 years ago today that I started blogging. Here’s what I had to say back then: It occurs to me that this Blogger stuff may be dull. Still, the prospect of keeping a journal is kind of a neat one. Of course, I’ll have to keep it up. Let’s see if I can…

• 19-Feb-2022
  It was 21 years ago today that I started blogging on artlung.com. Here’s what I had to say back then: “It occurs to me that this Blogger stuff may be dull. Still, the prospect of keeping a journal is kind of a neat one. Of course, I’ll have to keep it up. Let’s see if I can do that.” I was on blogger dot com back then. I would write on that site, and files would get published via FTP (before we all understood how fundamentally insecure FTP without a security layer was). Those files were included as Server-Side-Includes, and later as files included via PHP. I migrated to WordPress in 2004 18 years ago and never looked back. I considered MovableType. I considered TextPattern. Used all the candidates on other projects but landed on WordPress and have been happy with that choice since then. If you’re reading the blog? Thanks for reading.
• 20-Feb-2022
  both sides now
• 22-Feb-2022
  Started a new job today. Took a lotta notes. It’s a good day.
• 23-Feb-2022
  Lunch in a weird chilly park with a handful of ducks
• 25-Feb-2022
  JOE C. WS-D17. (And mango chunks)
• 26-Feb-2022
  Back to it after a too-long respite
• 26-Feb-2022
  IN LOVING MEMORY. Found this stuck in with my Confirmation shawl. Big fan of retaining paper for decades, me. On accident or on purpose. RIP Tata.
• 28-Feb-2022
  South Carlsbad near Sunset
• 02-Mar-2022
  Extreme womp here this evening. Too rich for my blood. But beautiful. #MoonlightBeach #Encinitas
• 02-Mar-2022
  postcard picture generator
• 05-Mar-2022
  Recipes. Side of fridge.
• 05-Mar-2022
  Poly Styrene documentary is available free on Kanopy with a public library account. “I Am a Cliché” it’s called. Learn about her. She was so beautiful and extraordinary.
• 06-Mar-2022
  We stumbled on the Old Globe in an intermission and I got not a single photo in focus and got caught in a downpour and my town is perfectly magical.
• 06-Mar-2022
  Conditions were all wrong and I had a transcendent time anyway.
• 11-Mar-2022
  Back. #stoke
• 14-Mar-2022
  Any day is improved by water.
• 15-Mar-2022
  Sometimes the session comes with a bonus sunset
• 16-Mar-2022
  you might still see it in the desert
• 17-Mar-2022
  (breaking)
• 20-Mar-2022
  My birthday is a fine occasion to clean off the art table and toss out some used palettes. But first a photo!
• 21-Mar-2022
  Chilly this evening but fun.
• 23-Mar-2022
  Summer before senior year in high school. Age 16. The photo they didn’t use in the yearbook. Blemishes unairbrushed.
• 26-Mar-2022
  I said “hi” — no response back. #stoke #californiasealion
• 27-Mar-2022
  Peppers for salsa
• 27-Mar-2022
  Birthday whale-watching got delayed one week and it was wonderful to be with people I love. Also wonderful—coming into the south mission jetty from the other side.
• 01-Apr-2022
  When beep and flash Please take the meal (howdy Anaheim)
• 02-Apr-2022
  Before Minnie ears were acquired
• 02-Apr-2022
  “Here’s some money—go see a star war”
• 03-Apr-2022
  Jungle Cruise is her favorite. Yesterday was great. Happy Birthday Kelly!
• 04-Apr-2022
  Rick: “I came for the waters.”
• 07-Apr-2022
  LEGOs galore

  This post 52: A Crazy LEGO Journey is wonderful and inspirational. Who doesn’t love LEGO bricks?

• 07-Apr-2022
  Slacker Radio to LiveXLive to LiveOne

  Hey, the great company I worked for for a long time changed their name. slacker.com became livexlive.com became liveone.com. Today I’m catching up on email. Introducing LiveOne We’re excited to announce that LiveXLive is becoming LiveOne! In the coming weeks, look for new branding on our website, and in our mobile and TV apps, including…

• 07-Apr-2022
  How many quotes of the day are enough: Clay Shirky

  Transformation of Higher Ed: Great Books and American Diversity by Clay Shirky. Seriously, read it. Some of the quotes which made me laugh and think include: You will never guess where the deepest questions were asked and the greatest texts written, and since you won’t be able to guess, I’ll just tell you: It was…

• 07-Apr-2022
  Camp Kearney panoramas in the Library of Congress

  See Camp Kearney panoramas in the Library of Congress. Found out about this via this PDF that’s a history of Miramar. One fun fact is that the boundaries of Linda Vista in the 19th and early 20th century were way different than what we call Linda Vista now. Here’s a factlet that’s fascinating: In October…

• 07-Apr-2022
  YOU ONLY LIVE EVERY DAY

  From Stardust Coyote Gazette, a newsletter you ought to subscribe to by Stardust Coyote: YOLO and YOLED are both self care, a whole yin yang approach. If this concept resonates with you, journal about it a bit this month. Experiment with where you can YOLED more in your life, what that looks like on a…

• 08-Apr-2022
  Quote of the Day from Prof Galloway

  From his post @elon: in which Galloway says what free speech actually is and how it applies to Twitter. …Some basic law: Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy, but free speech is a protection from government limits on speech. Free speech doesn’t limit Twitter … it protects Twitter. Rigorous adherence to the principle…

• 08-Apr-2022
  As a kid I busted open the bridge of my nose falling off a swingset. Big bandage there. And my dad in shades. Also I have a miserable cold right now. Also it takes a long time to copy 9500 photos to… any cloud service or usb drive.
• 09-Apr-2022
  My grandparents Joe & Jean, and their dog Kimba, all chilling. 1970s.
• 10-Apr-2022
  New Blog Read: 23 Breaths

  Any blog that has a post about the wonder of surf mats (rubber things you can ride in waves) is an instant read for me. Go 23 Breaths Go! … and again, surf mats

• 10-Apr-2022
  My grandmother sewed me a cape. #Superman #1970s
• 12-Apr-2022
  New Bot Day! This Bumblebee (Nendoroid edition) was a Christmas gift, behind that is a beautiful book on the history of surfing which was a birthday gift! Thank you @hellokellykuhl!
• 13-Apr-2022
  “and I missed you/like the desert missed the rain“
• 14-Apr-2022
  Haute couture
• 16-Apr-2022
  mellow.jpg
• 16-Apr-2022
  ad hoc chalk
• 17-Apr-2022
  Easter so far: coffee, beach, waves, found a shovel, stingray jab, beach bag and keys and and glasses such stolen from beach, hot water bath for foot, lifeguards on my side, cancelled debit cards, Kelly came got me, cancelled other payment cards, listing all the things I need to replace, planning to rekey my locks. Next up: Easter lunch. Life sure is a journey. Hope your Easter includes less impediments than mine.
• 18-Apr-2022
  Day after Easter was a fine day of work interrupted by the news that everything that was taken from the beach that was mine was left at the YMCA close to me. Keys, glasses, cash, everything. They called my emergency contact who picked it up. In return? After work I got to take Daisy to the dog park to give my emergency contact a chance to finish up tax preparation for her clients. My life is filled with improbable unlikely surprising shenanigans. Woof!
• 19-Apr-2022
  New Bot Day! Grace (aka Mom) is the robot mother and caretaker to the superpowered kids of the Umbrella Academy. “Mom” assists their father and taskmaster Sir Reginald Hargreeves in his many mysterious endeavours. First appearing in comics in 2007; she’s a vivid, loving and ultimately tragic character portrayed by Jordan Claire Robbins in the 2019+ Netflix series. I’m looking forward to Season 3 this Summer.
• 20-Apr-2022
  Can’t lose
• 21-Apr-2022
  Good news on the Tijuana River; from Surfrider

  From Surfrider: Clean Border Water Now Lawsuit Settlement: Dangerous pollutants (including sewage, chemicals, heavy metals, physical trash and other contaminants), flow through the Tijuana River Valley and into the Pacific in south San Diego County, forcing closures of local beaches nearly 300 days per year. The lawsuit settlement alongside EPA programs on the border will…

• 21-Apr-2022
  “A short conversation with, and about, a bank” by Dan Hon

  A short conversation with, and about, a bank by Dan Hon is brilliant and hilarious and covers a great deal of what I mean when I say computers are bad and are to be avoided. If you are so inclined, you might enjoy a subscription to his newsletter.

• 21-Apr-2022
  Some weather coming
• 23-Apr-2022
  Water so cold today, I think the weather brought a lot of deep water ashore. Beautiful morning.
• 23-Apr-2022
  Soledad with Kelly (and Gwen, not pictured)
• 24-Apr-2022
  Yesterday I added a sand dollar to my small bucket or sand dollars.
• 24-Apr-2022
  Lifeguards in training out here. Still pretty cold. Waves still pretty big.
• 26-Apr-2022
  Home Sweet Homepage

  I love this so much. It’s my story too, though I was 10 years older. And I remain on the internet with a homepage and everything.

• 26-Apr-2022
  So good to be back at @sketchpartysd #sketchpartysd
• 30-Apr-2022
  Daisy & Gwen
• 30-Apr-2022
  Bouncy castle morning
• 04-May-2022
  MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. 1977. Age 7.
• 05-May-2022
  Saw @waterman_movie last night with Kelly at @lapalomatheatre — terrific documentary on the singular, incredibly important Duke Kahanamoku. Spirit of Aloha indeed. If you ever rode a board or ever rode a wave, Duke had an impact on that experience. #Waterman #dukekahanamoku
• 06-May-2022
  como Dalí pintó
• 07-May-2022
  CORRIDA DE PERROS (fun for dogs and monster closeouts)
• 08-May-2022
  Immersion.
• 08-May-2022
  In service shutdown news, this from Facebook

  Hi Joe, Because you’ve previously used Nearby Friends, Weather alerts, Location History or Background Location, we’re letting you know that these products and features will no longer be available after May 31, 2022. Information you shared that was used for these experiences, including Location History and Background Location, will stop being collected after May 31,…

• 09-May-2022
  I can never remember the name of GitPrime which is now Pluralsight Flow

  I worked for a startup a few years ago and one of the tools that company used to measure developer productivity was GitPrime. The tool tied into the primary code repository in GitHub and made reports on the work done. It measured commits by size and pattern. It was fairly intelligent about attempting to create…

• 09-May-2022
  Mess. Loved it.
• 10-May-2022
  Keming is a real word!

  From Ironic Sans, David Friedman’s newsletter: 60: The Case for Keming. It’s his argument for the inclusion of “keming” in the dictionary. I have been following Ironic Sans a long time. I remember reading his original post, I believe via RSS: Idea: A new typography term in 2008. Sign The Petition

• 13-May-2022
  Pads/Cubs with Kelly! A night at the ballpark always a W!
• 13-May-2022
  Some days it feels like you’ve leveled up. Or rather I’ve leveled up. It’s good.
• 14-May-2022
  0815 is just alright with me
• 14-May-2022
  I do enjoy watching swimmers no matter the species. Zoo was great today.
• 15-May-2022
  Foggy Sunday morning. Nice surf. And as I was getting out, I met the person who accidentally “Beach-Cleanupped” my bag and keys and everything on Easter. Thought my bag was left behind, felt awful when they realized their mistake, took it to YMCA. I live a charmed life. No apology from the stingray who stabbed me on Easter yet. But it could happen.
• 16-May-2022
  sunshine sliver
• 17-May-2022
  I shower here nearly as much as I shower at home.
• 18-May-2022
  From mid 1990s, me in a scrub top with sharks on it and with the long hair and full beard I had for quite few years. Yes, gotta have sharks on a scrub top. I think this was when I was working at UVA.
• 18-May-2022
  Today work wiped me out. Almost didn’t come to the beach. But then I remembered. Take off, eh?
• 19-May-2022
  I have no idea how many times I’ve walked through San Diego’s Santa Fe. Arriving and departing from L.A. as a kid, one time alone, when we lived in Echo Park and Alhambra; as a term, playing hooky; trips to Fullerton to see my pal Chris at ages 17 until now; trips to events: concerts by @stewtnp and the “Live from the Blogosphere” event where @evhead announced Blogger dot com was sold to Google; trips to and from Comic-Con; Little Tokyo; up to Moorpark when I lived there; walking though it many times when arriving by Coaster from Carlsbad where @leohblooms dropped me off, I worked at Emerald Plaza, then; picking up and dropping off more people than I can remember, traveling; once went to a plein air drawing event here; wandering downtown when I worked at the original @sdpubliclibrary Central Branch; and Avencom, and jury duty 2 years ago; which is why I’m here this morning.
• 22-May-2022
  timing is everything #stoke
• 23-May-2022
  Can’t use ya ‘coz ya feets too big #FatsWaller
• 24-May-2022
  New Bot Day! This nameless “Fembot” is from The Bionic Woman (1976-78). The tv show is a spinoff to similar series The Six Million Dollar Man. Lindsay Wagner stars as Jaime Sommers: a smart, beautiful, super-powered cyborg woman who goes on mission for government agency OSI. Fembots are the creation of the evil Dr. Franklin, who once worked for OSI. Jaime defeated many Fembots over the course of the series. This one has had “her” face ripped off, exposing the reality of her robot-ness!
• 25-May-2022
  “long-promised road / flows to the source / gentle force / neverending / neverending”
• 26-May-2022
  better late than never
• 28-May-2022
  Stingray in the water minding their own business. Got this shot on video inadvertently. The fins I bought recently were great. Fine day.
• 29-May-2022
  Some sessions, whoa. Clouds to clear. Sunny and not. Lost my fin, found an orange toy shovel. Got my fin back through the kindness of strangers; gave the toy shovel away. Yesterday posted a photo of a stingray in the water. This morning sighted this unfortunate soul washed up. What a morning!
• 29-May-2022
  Second swim today was mostly hot tub.
• 30-May-2022
  Came out of the water whistling the Hawaii 5-0 theme song. No shots from the water today: forgot the case. Used the hard fins: water too big for the new soft ones. Memorial Day is a peculiar holiday. The history is complicated. For “fun” you can look it up along with Decoration Day, Armed Forces Day, Armistice Day, & Veterans Day. I’m glad to have the day off but it’s certainly a holiday that gives me pause.
• 30-May-2022
  Making a date to have an incredible meal is a luxury for a holiday. Amazing privilege.
• 31-May-2022
  Two giant rides close to the Jetty make goofy smiles.
• 01-Jun-2022
  Every evening different
• 02-Jun-2022
  Dropped off my ballot last night. Our peculiar, partially-democratic system is broken in a lot of ways, but I have to vote. Vote.
• 02-Jun-2022
  “cuz I was a bit too leisurely”
• 03-Jun-2022
  tread
• 04-Jun-2022
  Wetsuit-free and happy as a clam; however happy a clam is
• 04-Jun-2022
  Gave snacks to a camel. Recommended.
• 04-Jun-2022
  (after a long shell hiatus, a fine haul this morning)
• 05-Jun-2022
  Fin savers worked well on my new fins and I’m pretty stoked about it. Also there were waves.
• 06-Jun-2022
  100% sunny yesterday. 100% overcast this afternoon.
• 07-Jun-2022
  Field trip for Daisy & @gwenthegoblin & my lovely and amazing dog expert @hellokellykuhl and me. We walked down to Scripps Pier and all got worn out. A fine evening.
• 08-Jun-2022
  Sometimes there are dolphins in the lineup.
• 10-Jun-2022
  long week winding down
• 11-Jun-2022
  now that spring’s been here a while and summer is coming quick it seems the water provides more glints and glitteriness #stoke
• 12-Jun-2022
  Before the sunshine chomped the overcast
• 12-Jun-2022
  Pre-steam artichoke. I removed the “choke” with my favorite kitchen utensil: “grapefruit spoon!”
• 14-Jun-2022
  I think I’ll just let the mystery be
• 15-Jun-2022
  pretty any which way
• 16-Jun-2022
  NO DUMPING-DRAINS TO OCEAN
• 18-Jun-2022
  sun protection
• 19-Jun-2022
  astoundingly clear water this morning at the Jetty during the low tide
• 19-Jun-2022
  Sidewalk Cap
• 20-Jun-2022
  2018 – 2021 – 2022
• 22-Jun-2022
  Dinner view last night.
• 22-Jun-2022
  Mod 4. Booster 2.
• 22-Jun-2022
  glint
• 23-Jun-2022
  Badged. Ready for the Con.
• 23-Jun-2022
  I started cramping after 15 minutes. Post vaccine fatigue I think. It’s weird to understand my body. Finished after half an hour and one last long ride.
• 25-Jun-2022
  A dogsitting overnight started with a very nice beach walk. Daisy and Gwen may be two of the most different dogs ever.
• 25-Jun-2022
  Daisy at Queen Califa’s.
• 25-Jun-2022
  I like this photo because it’s like “Where’s Gwen?”—missing is a little red and white striped outfit—it was foolhardy to take dogs to Escondido in the heat of the day but it was a fun adventure and we were all exhausted after.
• 26-Jun-2022
  a bit tired. small waves with long waits between sets. mini slash from a stingray to my right ankle. no venom I don’t think. pancakes surely will help me heal. the world is a mess but I am lucky.
• 27-Jun-2022
  My sister refers to me a “scavenger” because when I find things on the beach, on the street, in a dumpster, wherever, I tend to consider keeping them. Plastic toys, a heavy ceramic parrot, an Arabian airlines pencil case, beach toys, whatever. One way I know I am dating the right woman because she found this on the beach late one night and gave it to me for my collection. Thank you @hellokellykuhl!
• 28-Jun-2022
  Waterman roboteering area of the apartment.
• 28-Jun-2022
  zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
• 30-Jun-2022
  “And if you’re partial to the night sky / if you’re vaguely attracted to rooftops …”
• 01-Jul-2022
  Wearing the color off my handplane. #stoke
• 02-Jul-2022
  While I was looking at this with my own eyes I thought it looked fake. The liminal space between cloudy overcast and clear and sunny.
• 02-Jul-2022
  Second day swim: pool
• 03-Jul-2022
  The parking lot at La Jolla Shores filled by 745am. Kelly and I got the last spot I think. Folks galore making their encampments in one of San Diego’s finest parks. In the water everyone was doing everything you can do to enjoy the water. And I mean everything. Surfers surfing on shortboards and fish; foam and fiberglass. Stand-up paddleboarders. Bodyboarders ages 5 to 65 were enjoying the waves. Scuba divers in heavy gear made their way in and out from their dives. Kayakers making their circuit to the caves to the south. Long distance swimmers in bright caps and with trailing safety floats doing even longer distance from along the Shores to the Cove. Waders playing in waves; kids and parents assembling sand castles. And me with my handplane and fins and Kelly on a boogie board. I did not lose sight of how extraordinary it is that I can come play in this wilderness. And it is the wilderness: a few weeks ago a young man was lost helping friends out of a rip current in Mission Beach. The fun must be tempered by vigilance and the water demands respect. A beautiful and sublime morning. #lajolla #stoke #sandiego
• 04-Jul-2022
  Any day or sequence of days is a good time to remember to pace yourself. Independence Day may be the best day of the year to rediscover Frederick Douglass. He knew as many of us do how the United States’ promises exceed our deeds by a country mile. And as they might have said in 1861 or so—“PRESERVE THE UNION / CRUSH THE INSURRECTIONISTS”
• 05-Jul-2022
  Nobody is more shocked than me that I use algebra in programming lately.
• 05-Jul-2022
  This is why the robot collection has rules.

  I have been a fan of Voltes V for 50 years. And this here is exactly why I have rules for my collecting of toy robots. This violates 2 of my rules. The first rule it violates is that none of my robots may cost more than US$100. So far I’ve done well with this….

• 05-Jul-2022
  Not-filtered pre-sunset
• 06-Jul-2022
  Assembling puzzle pieces. 2 weeks to Comic Con.
• 07-Jul-2022
  Clash of Clans, Maximized.

  I’ve been playing Clash of Clans for 8 years. Since 2014. I think I’ve upgraded and maximized everything that can be upgraded and maximized. It’s a diversion that turns off my brain. It’s not bad for that. It’s not good, exactly. Here’s what my base looks like. Will I stop? I honestly don’t know.

• 07-Jul-2022
  Detail on the comic I delivered for #theapartmentartshow which opens downtown July 16th. You can see the whole thing there! Comix artist @raquellejac is the mastermind of this special show—see her grid on Instagram for the show poster—it has all the details! #sandiegoartscene #artsandiego
• 09-Jul-2022
  Salon time
• 09-Jul-2022
  Very rare to be at the beach at mid-morning. Summer in full swing.
• 10-Jul-2022
  Kelly is not feeling well this weekend so I’ve not seen her too much this weekend (we saw a Shakespeare play, masked; and I saw her for a second yesterday)—this photo is from the July 4th weekend north of Scripps Pier.
• 10-Jul-2022
  Like Ma Bell I got the ill communication
• 10-Jul-2022
  Yesterday’s shell haul
• 10-Jul-2022
  My first sewing project. Successfully affixed this patch to a tote bag. Practice for some other sewing I want to do for cosplay. I immediately wept because I can’t share this information with my late grandma Jean Crawford. She was the first person who I ever saw sew. I remember going with her to fabric stores when I was 5. I remember driving her to them as a teenager.
• 11-Jul-2022
  Most of the fun of tonight’s short session was watching a gaggle of Brazilians absolutely ripping on nothingburger waves. Surfing is joy. Also I found a shovel.
• 13-Jul-2022
  at chalcedony
• 14-Jul-2022
  Middle-aged man acquires needle tomato.
• 15-Jul-2022
  The Apartment Show / curated by Raquelle Jac

  Raquelle Jac has put together a great independent art show which opens tomorrow (Saturday July 16, 2022) night downtown in San Diego! what is it? a Paris Salon-style showcase, featuring a diverse range of local, national, and international artists, hosted by Texan comix artist Raquelle Jac in San Diego’s Gaslamp District special thanks to Burn…

• 15-Jul-2022
  Nearly done with a costume for @comic_con; Capricorn One is decades-old but is still a favorite! Those few who know, will know! #cosplay #sdcc #sdcc2022 #capricornone
• 15-Jul-2022
  The sunset was invisible due to cloud cover. Waves glassy and great. Have a great night!
• 16-Jul-2022
  Hey! Shark sighting north of Scripps pier. I stayed to the south. This current swell is excellent. I was in two legitimate tubes for a second or two. And then I was promptly tumbled like a sock in the spin cycle. Also spotted two dolphins. And a sea lion to boot. What a great, perfect morning. Tonight: downtown art show I have a piece in. Subject matter? Swimming.
• 16-Jul-2022
  My latest comic page was one of the many pieces in @raquellejac’s The Apartment Art Show. I feel honored to be part of such a vibrant and fun show. Such great energy. It’s a tall piece, so I’ve reformatted it for Instagram. It’s called “spite swimming | sanity swimming.” More autobiographical comics are coming.
• 17-Jul-2022
  Just a few days to Comic-Con. Endless Summer.
• 18-Jul-2022
  I don’t recognize myself in this but I’ll adjust. Body image is far more complicated than seems possible.
• 19-Jul-2022
  Yesterday I tried a new thread. I’m still sewing up a storm, prepping for Comic-Con. This thread was heavier. I could not machine sew more than a quarter inch before my machine jammed. I’m sewing a fabric covered in fur, complicating my expectations for how it should all work. I fought with it for 3 hours, with partial successes. I switched to another thread with easier going. A professor back in college said “learning is pain” which I hated at the time. Still do. Nonetheless, it’s true. There’s no learning without the endurance of discomfort and frustration and pain. Practice.
• 21-Jul-2022
  Swimming this morning, pre Comic Con.
• 21-Jul-2022
  It’s not Comic-Con unless I get a photo with a robot or two. Thanks random stranger! #SDCC #GUNDAM #CapricornOne
• 22-Jul-2022
  Being in the San Diego Comic-Con International Marvel Fan Shoot is one of my favorite things at #sdcc #kingpincosplay #daredevilcosplay #katebishopcosplay #hawkeyecosplay #jjonahjamesoncosplay
• 22-Jul-2022
  Olivia Octaviuses! Looking sharp, Liv & Liv! #sdcc #sdcc2022 #oliviaoctavius #oliviaoctaviuscosplay
• 23-Jul-2022
  Swimming with a wristband where usually I have a cheap waterproof watch means sometimes I look at this COVID verification band to look for what time it is. It doesn’t locate the time of day but it certainly locates me in the historical moment.
• 23-Jul-2022
  One of my favorite ways to start a Comic-Con Saturday is with a visit to The Cat Cafe in the Gaslamp. Terrific recharge. Reservations required during Con but they’re open all year.
• 23-Jul-2022
  The prompt at Quick Draw! was for the first cartooning inspiration and @laloalcaraz1 drew his cousin Cesar! ❤️ 🖊 #sdcc #sdcc2022
• 23-Jul-2022
  This one at the Cat Cafe enjoyed playing under my Q cloak. #sdcc #sdcc2022 #catcafe
• 23-Jul-2022
  This little Q doesn’t come out from @hallmark @popminded until November! But it’s lovely! #PopMinded #SDCC #sdcc2022 #QCosplay #StarTrek
• 24-Jul-2022
  Final day of Comic-Con today. Many good things are bubbling.
• 24-Jul-2022
  SUPER CHONK! collaboration with the creator @missewon! #sdcc
• 24-Jul-2022
  It’s not a Comic-Con without a robot selfie #astroboy #sdcc2022
• 24-Jul-2022
  It’s not a Comic-Con without a robot selfie #r2d2 #sdcc2022
• 25-Jul-2022
  First swim today was captured by my sister.
• 25-Jul-2022
  Second swim today included my nephew.
• 26-Jul-2022
  Adding 2022 SDCC to the badge wall.
• 26-Jul-2022
  Garibaldi appearance
• 27-Jul-2022
  Session today included observing my nephew getting his first stoke
• 28-Jul-2022
  Siblings.
• 28-Jul-2022
  During tonight’s session I got to watch my nephew and brother-in-law get a bit of stoke
• 29-Jul-2022
  One of my favorite things to do with downtime anywhere, let alone at San Diego Comic-Con, is an exquisite corpse. Each creator takes a turn making marks—as little or as much as they like—on the page. This one was done waiting for the SDCC Masquerade to start. Credit: me, @hellokellykuhl, @missewon & @cup_o_teag.
• 29-Jul-2022
  Family session!
• 31-Jul-2022
  Yesterday at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Encinitas
• 01-Aug-2022
  Walked Gwen today. We chilled watching folks go by a bit.
• 02-Aug-2022
  Not every day two dolphins sprint in front of me. I think they were taking advantage of a rip current/eddy that might’ve had some good eats drawn into it. This was tonight at La Jolla Shores.
• 03-Aug-2022
  Feynman Lectures – Online

  Looks like CalTech is making them all available in one place. Very cool. www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu

• 04-Aug-2022
  Getting to like the area south of Scripps Pier
• 05-Aug-2022
  Quote of the Day

  Paipo, Alaias and body surfing are all making a comeback, not that they really ever left. So long as wave riders forgo their leashes, waves will be waves and toss said riders ass over tin cup requiring a body surf to the beach to recover their surf craft. When “surfing” is not so narrowly defined…

• 05-Aug-2022
  Beaches in Los Angeles, 1970s/1980s

  I thought this was great: TOD PAPAGEORGE: from “The Beaches, Los Angeles” 1979 – 1982

• 06-Aug-2022
  gray waves are fine
• 07-Aug-2022
  Who did you see riding waves without a surfboard north of Scripps Pier? Me or a sea lion.
• 10-Aug-2022
  Drop it like it’s bivalve. #webcomic #gull #beach
• 10-Aug-2022
  @trixxieland is a whirling dervish of curation! This was her last week assembling the Anthropomorphic Art Show of which I’m a part this month (“Cube Cat’s Drink”, a Riso print printed by @burn_all_books. The show opened tonight at @mikehessbrewing in North Park. Super fun. Follow Trixie’s account @arthang1 for cool San Diego art doings!
• 13-Aug-2022
  I took it easy this week. Back to it hard today. A new prescription pill added to my morning routine added this week. So far so good. Age!
• 14-Aug-2022
  Left the screaming busy early afternoon shore break. Walking the six blocks to my car. I’m on the left side of the road; I notice a red Mini on the right side, tracking me. “I’m stalking you” exclaims the driver, a woman. “Okay” I reply, pointing an arc representing much further up the street. Another block. Then another. “Next block, left side of the street” I motion. “Maybe I’ll go up there” she says. “White Pilot” I reply. The Mini drives to my car and makes a u-turn. I unlock the car by remote. “No rush” says the red Mini, two older ladies I see now. Summer hats on. Older than me and I’m not young anymore. I stow my gear in the back. “No hurry” says Mini. “Change your clothes if you want”—then—“don’t get naked” the ladies cackle/giggle. I double take back the car, my hoodie on now. “I might be getting ogled” I say—then more giggling from the Mini. I close the Pilot’s hatch. I get in my car and drive off, a little wave out my window. I can feel the summer ending. A last blast of enthusiastic summer energy out at the beaches. The giddy death throes of Summer vacation for everyone.
• 15-Aug-2022
  Amazed I’ve made this many pages of comics. More to come.
• 15-Aug-2022
  This illustration by Shaun Kerri was reportedly published in CARtoons Magazine. When? Based on the Locals Only t-shirt, boom box, sunglasses and painter’s cap: early 1980s. That beach wall could only be Mission or Pacific Beach. Shaun Kerri was an incredible draughtsperson and cartoonist. Details on her retreat from art are spotty and mostly speculative. None of my business. This cartoon looks like the PB and MB of my teenage years. It’s unlike any drawing I would ever share: lascivious and debauched, yet brilliant. I’ve colored the image in Procreate as an exercise. I look forward to a day when I’ll be able to purchase a collection of reprints of Shaun Kerri’s work. What an artist! #ShaunKerri
• 16-Aug-2022
  Latest family scanning batch being readied to take flight.
• 17-Aug-2022
  keep coming back — it works if you work it #stoke
• 18-Aug-2022
  SF and waveriding? I enjoy.

  I dig this combination of waveriding and science fiction! Previously: QOTD, New Blog Read: 23 Breaths

• 18-Aug-2022
  golden hour phone shadow
• 19-Aug-2022
  Angry Galloway is the best Galloway

  In Welfare Queens: The biggest critics of the government are, oddly, some of its biggest beneficiaries. Tech billionaires are often the first to shitpost America, even as they continue to harvest wealth from the investments taxpayers make via the U.S. government. In fact, the biggest bitch(er) may be the biggest (financial) beneficiary. Elon Musk says…

• 19-Aug-2022
  Left my place with @gwenthegoblin and spending a little time at the Jetty. Kelly gets back tonight by plane and we will be there. These folks hooting and hollering are very suspicious to THIS corgi.
• 20-Aug-2022
  Today: Strand
• 20-Aug-2022
  Pontiac; Night visit to the beach.
• 21-Aug-2022
  Dolphins out always feels like an auspicious omen for the session. Plus June Gloom-style weather. August.
• 22-Aug-2022
  I do love zines and comics arrival in the mail, via Patreon or otherwise: @catandgirlcomic, @ghostsb4breakfast, @katie.simpson.arts here!
• 23-Aug-2022
  “I like a Gershwin tune / How about you?”
• 24-Aug-2022
  “I belong to the _____ generation / I can take it or leave it each time”
• 25-Aug-2022
  lj tonite
• 25-Aug-2022
  Tonight I learned that @adam92102 tells a helluva story! He’s definitely been through some sh*t! VAMP: Comedy of Errors was a great night out!
• 26-Aug-2022
  I went to the Whistle Stop last night to see @sosayweallonline’s VAMP: Comedy of Errors. Delightful!
• 26-Aug-2022
  I can feel the weather changing one session at a time.
• 27-Aug-2022
  Beach time often requires sun protection
• 28-Aug-2022
  Currently
• 31-Aug-2022
  Eclipseish
• 01-Sep-2022
  I went and saw a doctor yesterday as part of a follow up to relatively minor cardiovascular adventures that needed attention. I’m feeling great and doing great and I record numbers daily which indicate actual physical improvements! Yay! I also got dose #1 of shingles vaccine which reminds me of the fatigue I had following Moderna #1. All is good, I remain lucky, and I’m keeping cool in this heatwave. I wish you and me good health!
• 03-Sep-2022
  It was quite a month for both of us. It’s great to get out in the water as a respite.
• 04-Sep-2022
  bubbs
• 05-Sep-2022
  Boiled condensed milk in a can yesterday. Let it cool. Didn’t get the right color. Next time I do this I’ll do it hotter and longer. Dulce de leche, in theory. It’s very mild, but it is delicious in coffee this morning. Always be experimenting.
• 05-Sep-2022
  There’s a lot going on under the water.
• 07-Sep-2022
  Last light, home beach #stoke
• 09-Sep-2022
  I’m good to travel with because sometimes I hard boil eggs and make fresh guacamole before the flight. SAN-AUS-ORD.
• 09-Sep-2022
  Drizzly morning en route to airport earlier. That San Diego Zoo mural needs a refresh. I believe it’s circa the classic 1984 advertising campaign for the Zoo. @sandiegozoo #sandiegozoo #mural Someone hire some @ladieswhopaint to do something new!
• 10-Sep-2022
  You can trust a restaurant with kid’s drawings on the wall.
• 10-Sep-2022
  In loving memory. “Bobbi”
• 11-Sep-2022
  Westbound tonite.
• 12-Sep-2022
  It was a great relief to take off out of Phoenix this morning at 550am after getting stuck by lightning and rain and spending the night in chairs. It’s great to be home.
• 13-Sep-2022
  Low tide whomp; parking lot emptier; an abandoned toy: papillon violet.
• 14-Sep-2022
  I am thankful for getting to draw while listening to the literary excursions of @rin.hart.writer at @libelula_books_co tonight. #writing #poetry #sandiego — Thank You Rin!
• 14-Sep-2022
  I can’t remember when I first heard @ana__carrete do a reading but it was too long ago in person. good true funny bittersweet worlds. @libelula_books_co #sandiegowriters
• 14-Sep-2022
  the shabby complicated beauty of @adamgnade wonderful reading #sandiegowriters at @libelula_books_co tonight
• 17-Sep-2022
  2 hours at Scripps
• 17-Sep-2022
  Have oysters
• 22-Sep-2022
  Wetsuit soon. Maybe.
• 23-Sep-2022
  7am shadow. OB. Seen in the water: man with prosthetic leg paddleboarding with great style; 6 year old girl getting stoked; a klatsch of 8 year old boys whose chittery enthusiasm for every wave was unbounded; one 8-inch across stingray who undulated away lickity split.
• 24-Sep-2022
  Today at OB reflected waves were going out from the beach and occasionally intersecting with incoming waves. While bodysurfing a wave toward beach it hit a backwash waves and I was thrown me upward like a pizza pie. Incredible.
• 25-Sep-2022
  Bathymetry, et cetera.
• 26-Sep-2022
  9 frames in the water. Culled from 30 minutes the video ran.
• 27-Sep-2022
  When you have a piece of kit you like, you acquire a backup. #stoke #handplane @gofloats #gofloats
• 28-Sep-2022
  Costuming. High school. From stylish devil (Red sweat pants, horns removed from a cap I had, red sport coat I got at a thrift store in Pacific Beach); to Hare Krishna (I bought that orange fabric myself and the same fabric is now one side of the quilt on my bed; bald cap; and the blonde hair belonging to my aunt, said hair was removed when her head was shaved of her blonde hair to treat her surfing injury; plus of course carnations and a walking stick). I would not wear the Krishna costume now, far too insensitive; but I was earnest at the time about playing the role. Also at the time i knew at least one or two guys I knew in HS would have meals at the Krishna center in PB and only said kind things about the adherents. 1980s. Yes, a new photo scanning job came back.
• 28-Sep-2022
  Expatriate kid. Manila. My grandma had sewn that shirt. She let me pick the fabric. A red and white gingham from a fabric store on Balboa Avenue.
• 28-Sep-2022
  “Bro I *know* you’re cold!” says the shaggy blonde surfer to me. “That’s right!” I reply, surprised. Chance of wetsuit next sesh.
• 29-Sep-2022
  WILTERN / HARRISON / BELEW (remain-in-light)
• 29-Sep-2022
  joyous and exultant
• 30-Sep-2022
  T-Street. Met a fellow handplaning bodysurfer this morning. So blessed. Whatever that word means to you. It’s good though.
• 01-Oct-2022
  Glassy a.m.
• 02-Oct-2022
  Kelly and I visited the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach. Mellow and sublime.
• 03-Oct-2022
  I listened to so much music and so much talk radio on that device. It also had an audio out jack allowing me to record radio shows onto a separate recorder. Mono only, of course. I had an extra long mono earplug I could attach to it and listen in one ear as I fell asleep. I was 12. This was in Gretna, Louisiana. Across the Mississippi from New Orleans.
• 04-Oct-2022
  Parking lots at the beach are a bit emptier each passing day. Very close to wetsuit times.
• 05-Oct-2022
  Stayed in the water 15 minutes past sunset. Wetsuit time.
• 06-Oct-2022
  Wetsuit last year XXXXL. Wetsuit now XXXL. Also this is my waves are good for my use face. #stoke
• 07-Oct-2022
  Galloway on Musk

  Always worth a read, Galloway on Musk, October 2022 edition. You’d hope the richest person in the world would assemble a circle of advisers who push back when appropriate (i.e., not yes men). But Elon’s history of reckless, childish behavior and these texts prove there is no group or individual who is a truth-teller. In…

• 07-Oct-2022
  setlist.fm / user / artlung

  It is delightful to revisit concerts I have attended. My account: https://www.setlist.fm/user/artlung Sep 29, 2022: Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA Nov 20, 1992: Morrissey, Performing Arts Center of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA, USA Sep 17, 1992: Tori Amos, Old Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA, USA Aug 16, 1992: U2, Robert F….

• 08-Oct-2022
  6 feet away from me this morning.
• 09-Oct-2022
  Trash is classy in Barrio Logan because of this lovely Lotería card—meta-trash on an actual bote de basura — painting by @german_rojas789
• 09-Oct-2022
  Fellow bodysurfer @quantumprimordial I met in the water! #stoke
• 09-Oct-2022
  I found these in the sand but I don’t think they’re me.
• 09-Oct-2022
  Third photo for tonight’s beach session: rainbow time.
• 10-Oct-2022
  15 minutes past sunset
• 12-Oct-2022
  Terramar Beach. Haven’t been here since March.
• 13-Oct-2022
  Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1988: Bodysurfing

  BODY WAVES: Surfers Take to the Water Without Much Gear, Looking for a Free Ride: The style of bodysurfing is that there is no established style. “Bodysurfing is just you and the wave,” Budman, the lifeguard, said.

• 13-Oct-2022
  Bivalented! Did you know that bivalent is a synonym for divalent?
• 13-Oct-2022
  The lights are for the netsports folk.
• 15-Oct-2022
  Session in the rain. Then sun. Then rain.
• 16-Oct-2022
  I went to OB for “The Meeting of the Mats” put on by @lowerpowered & @yuccafins — I bought a surf mat from @packrattrecords before the summer. I struggled with the thing this morning but I have mucho positive vibes for inflatable surf mats. My earliest memory of being in the surf is on top of a canvas mat next to my dad just south of Crystal Pier. I was probably 3 or 4 and it was my pop setting me up to ride waves. Lots of fun and super fun feelings this morning around several dozen mat riders #surfmat #stoke #surf
• 16-Oct-2022
  @arthang1 / @trixxieland called for an impromptu art hang at @mikehessbrewing and so here I am sketching
• 17-Oct-2022
  Victory at Sea
• 18-Oct-2022
  “whether wind withers memory”
• 19-Oct-2022
  Heck yeah I voted. Hey you vote!
• 20-Oct-2022
  Since the summer ended the sun goes down earlier. The lifeguards go off duty earlier. When they do, they remind folks about safety, they remind folks that alcohol and smoking are not allowed on the beach, and that “if you experience a water-related emergency to dial 911 and ask for lifeguards, we have a 24 hour service.” And tonight: they wished a new married couple to the north of the lifeguard tower “congratulations.” #sandiego #lifeguards @lifeguardsofsandiego
• 21-Oct-2022
  “Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock”
• 22-Oct-2022
  It’s swell out
• 23-Oct-2022
  Beach Hazards Statement did not disappoint. Waves big. Tried two handplanes for the first time. Hour session wore me out fully.
• 24-Oct-2022
  Waveriding is partly motor memory and partly improvisational. I’m happy to practice.
• 26-Oct-2022
  Was feeling poorly yesterday and took some time to assemble my water gear into clarity. Twin foci.
• 27-Oct-2022
  US Level 125

  via https://tenpages.github.io/us-level/us.html

• 27-Oct-2022
  Orangey
• 29-Oct-2022
  A bit after sunrise at Sunset Beach in Orange County. Punctuated by freighters offshore waiting on the Port of Los Angeles, some soul surfers, one paddleboarder, one swimmer, and a bunch of dolphins feeding.
• 29-Oct-2022
  Behind me on the shore is the madness that is @socalcorgibeachday / Huntington Dog Beach. #huntingtonbeach #socalcorgibeachday
• 29-Oct-2022
  @gwenthegoblin doing some actual fetching with @hellokellykuhl at @socalcorgibeachday!
• 29-Oct-2022
  After sunset at Sunset Beach. That’s the moon up there. That’s Catalina out there. A lovely day with @hellokellykuhl & @gwenthegoblin
• 30-Oct-2022
  Stopped at Aliso Creek Beach in Laguna in Orange County. Not to be confused with the rest stop in northern San Diego County. No waves breaking, but I got a nice swim in.
• 31-Oct-2022
  sunset was on fire tonight
• 02-Nov-2022
  I’m calling these conditions “chaotic garbage” but it was fun to fight em for a half hour. Terra Mar Point.
• 03-Nov-2022
  Twitter went private, then it got weird.

  I’ve been using twitter since October 2006. That’s not a short amount of time to be using a service. 16 years! It’s deeply weird to return to what was once called “internet time.” Internet time was what we called the era where brand new web pages or services would pop up and get massively popular…

• 04-Nov-2022
  No beach yesterday but there were rainbows.
• 05-Nov-2022
  I don’t think about my novelty among the surfers but I am. Two conversations today. (I ride in on the face of a wave, end up near a surfer). He asks: “how are you doing that?!” “What?” I reply. “I mean, what are you riding?” I hold up my handplanes: “handplanes—for bodysurfing.” “Cool! Thanks!” …(later)… A surfer turns around and starts his takeoff in front of me. I go to ground, going to the bottom—it’s in my interest to be well out of the way of large heavy fiberglass boards moving fast. When I come up, the surfer is still there. He missed his wave. “You scared me!” he exclaims, but friendly. “Sorry,” I say, sincerely. “I didn’t know what you were! I thought you were a sea lion!” “Aren’t we all though?” I reply. #bodysurfing #stoke #handplane
• 06-Nov-2022
  51°F air when I hit the water. Standard Time. Dawn patrol in my future.
• 08-Nov-2022
  Mastodon!

  Back in 2019 I first heard of Mastodon. I saw this: a Pi Zero with stats back at XOXO in 2019. Since the Twitter changes, I’m using my Mastodon account more than my Twitter account. Simon Willison recently wrote Mastodon is just blogs, having blogged for twenty years I definitely feel that. Anyway, read Simon’s…

• 11-Nov-2022
  dawn patrol
• 12-Nov-2022
  O.B.E. (Ocean Beach, early)
• 12-Nov-2022
  I collect shells from the beaches of Southern California and sometimes I have enough to look at together.
• 13-Nov-2022
  Neck Foam. This morning was “messy” as I overheard one surfer say. But I got a “right” so good it might have been the best I ever rode a wave. I stayed on the lip as it did several shape changes. A fine long improvisation.
• 13-Nov-2022
  It’s perfectly rational to acquire the same make and model cassette player I used to play my tapes in 1986 in my 1972 Volvo so that I could fully appreciate the ambiance and tales of the Nick Bernal (@burn_all_books) release on @helloamericalit cassette.
• 16-Nov-2022
  Saw Moulin Rouge in Orange County over the weekend. Delightful! Segerstrom Center for the Arts is darned impressive.
• 16-Nov-2022
  New Bot Day! I’m out of practice but every day is a great day to begin afresh. Welcome Getter Robo 1! ゲッターロボ hails from 1974; this special pink variant vinyl is a recent brilliant creation of @maxtoyco
• 16-Nov-2022
  Predicted. Quote of the Day

  Running Twitter Isn’t Rocket Science. It’s Harder by Clive Thompson. In the near future, Musk and his engineers may yearn for the days when their hardest job was merely landing reusable rockets. from October 29 of this year

• 16-Nov-2022
  Rare middle of the day aquatics
• 19-Nov-2022
  Detail: “Beach Toys” a risograph print currently hanging at @thebrownbuilding in the “POOR MATERIALS” show curated by @sketchbook.definition and open Saturday and Sunday evening this weekend. I’m so proud. As we were driving home from the show and after-show tacos I got a Venmo notification that for the first time ever a stranger paid money in exchange for art I made. 80% of that sale will go back to The Brown Building which is a wellness and community center run by and for BIPOC trans folks. Feeling: gratitude and joy.
• 19-Nov-2022
  Parked at Belmont Park & walked to the Jetty. Thanksgiving week for San Diego means folks visiting the beach. I’m all for it.
• 20-Nov-2022
  Colder than yesterday. But better lefts and rights.
• 21-Nov-2022
  California State of Emergency for COVID-19 ends in February.

  Governor Newsom to End the COVID-19 State of Emergency

• 21-Nov-2022
  Massive thickets of seaweed. I stayed until my toes were numb. Rode waves with fellow bodysurfer @quantumprimordial. Great session.
• 22-Nov-2022
  Note: @gwenthegoblin is not particularly a morning dog
• 22-Nov-2022
  QOTD: Code

  The sooner you realize that ALL code is temporary trash destined for the garbage heap of history, the sooner you can start making rational decisions. From Technical Debt is a Choice

• 23-Nov-2022
  I’m over on Mastodon

  For those few of you who also follow my Twitter account you may have noticed a severe drop off in my participation on that site. The overall quality of interaction there, along with the aggressively poor behavior of the owner has been enough of a prompt for me to step away from it to a…

• 23-Nov-2022
  Negative low tide nonetheless produced some fun powerful surf.
• 24-Nov-2022
  Thankful. 2022. #stoke
• 24-Nov-2022
  Thanksgiving relish trays 2022. By me and Kelly. Happy Thanksgiving!
• 24-Nov-2022
  Start the day in water / End the day in water
• 25-Nov-2022
  over\under at Scripps
• 26-Nov-2022
  Scripps. Big waves today. Several jaunts spent getting trapped in; and getting out of rip currents.
• 02-Dec-2022
  New Bot Day! Jet Jaguar (ジェットジャガー) is from Godzilla vs Megalon (1973). Jet is a mecha created based on a fan contest by Toho to create a new hero. Mazinger and Ultraman were popular at the time! This robot has evolved, gained sentience, and is friendly. This is the Cherry Blossom edition, a 2022 San Diego Comic Con MONDO special edition my pal Andrea scored for me. Long time no bot!
• 02-Dec-2022
  I took the day off today and it was a chance to introspect my feelings, fears, angers. Knowing precisely or at least closely how I feel is always step 1 of sorting out what to do next. Also scored sweet shells. And I always consider dolphin sightings an auspicious omen. Despite my rational brain rejecting that as, of course, ridiculous. Onward.
• 03-Dec-2022
  Saturday mornings are good.
• 04-Dec-2022
  Bodysurfed at Del Mar with a bunch of other bodysurfers. Weird but very pleasant to be in a lineup with only other bodysurfers. So much skill on display. I’ve learned a lot; I have a lot to learn.
• 07-Dec-2022
  Expatriate

  I posted over on Mastodon. The most important thing that happened to me was to become, at age 7, an expatriate kid. I was only that for a few years, but the learning stuck. I retain this point of view even decades later. Here’s 5 lessons. 1. I know that the things taken for granted…

• 07-Dec-2022
  This photo is from when Kelly and I had been dating for 2 months, when things were—complicated. I could not post this photo then. Five years later? I am delighted to. What a happy night at the Liberty Station tree lighting! May your holidays be as happy!
• 10-Dec-2022
  At Moonlight Beach earlier. Taken by my pal Margot visiting from NorCal.
• 11-Dec-2022
  Conditions before the storm: plenty chilly; wind rising; some good waves; better, maybe, for kiteboarders.
• 12-Dec-2022
  Popehat exits Twitter

  I have been a fan of Ken White for quite a while. He’s the sort of contrarian thinker who nonetheless is able to actually have convictions about civil liberties. His assessments read as evenhanded to me, which does sometimes make them frustrating to read, but he leavens these views in a way that makes me…

• 12-Dec-2022
  New Bot Day! B2EMO is a hard working scavenger droid and a trusted part of the Andor family. And every day is a good day to quote Maarva Andor, who relied on Bee especially as she took sick. From her own eulogy: “The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we asleep. It’s easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it’s true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it’s too late. But I’ll tell you this, if I could do it again, I’d wake up early and be fighting those bastards from the start!”
• 13-Dec-2022
  QOTD: MDWA

  “Tell me, why do we require a trip to Mount Everest in order to be able to perceive one moment of reality? I mean… I mean, is Mount Everest more “real” than New York? I mean, isn’t New York “real”? I mean, you see, I think if you could become fully aware of what existed…

• 15-Dec-2022
  Next week I will do something I have not done in 11 years. I’m moving. I will not be alone, I will be moving in with Kelly and Gwen! It’s going to mean a lot of things: I’m not much further from the beach, the toy robots will have more room, and I’ll be on the Green line. 2023 might be great. I am very lucky!
• 16-Dec-2022
  Ice cream headache at the top of me; numb toes at the bottom of me.
• 17-Dec-2022
  swim zone\o.b.
• 18-Dec-2022
  Let the boxing and packing and dismantling begin.
• 21-Dec-2022
  I’m moving. Some parts of the English speaking world say “moving house.” What do I watch or listen to when moving house? So far: Moneyball. My Dinner With Andre. Also there’s a little weeping because moving house is emotional and somewhere in my 40s I abandoned stoicism because it’s mostly overrated.
• 23-Dec-2022
  The verdict from my wonderful girlfriend at the end of yesterday, said with utmost love and affection: “Joe, you have a lot of stuff”—no truer words ‘twas ever spake. Mostly moved. It’s wonderful.
• 23-Dec-2022
  Cultures and religions across the world, have different definitions of adulthood, landmarks, sacraments, traditions—but few acknowledge obtaining and maintaining a moving dolly (e.g. checking the air pressure in the tyres; and filling them) as a signifier of maturity. Pastors, Rabbis, Priests, get to work on that. It’s important.
• 24-Dec-2022
  Kelly and I can’t quite understand how and why the 1972 Sonny & Cher Christmas Special has William Conrad as the featured guest. Merry Christmas to us all and our atemporal world!
• 25-Dec-2022
  Jessica and Miles’ new pup. As yet unnamed. Dogfooting.
• 26-Dec-2022
  It was big and firing today! I have been a week away from the ocean. Too long but worth it to be on the new adventure of moving!
• 30-Dec-2022
  Do you love art? Would you like to buy a moody evocative 4’x4‘ oil and mixed media painting? Are you in San Diego? Then you can purchase this painting. The artist is my extremely talented ex @leohblooms serious offers only via direct message please. Local inquiries only.
• 30-Dec-2022
  Swam some laps in mostly dark. Move nearly done.
• 31-Dec-2022
  I’ve moved so much I’m not totally sure how many. 22. Depending on how long you have to live somewhere to make it count as a move. My most recent move happened fast. I lived in that apartment longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life, and this is the longest years in a row I’ve ever lived in any city. It feels good to have a home I like. Moving is dislocation and disruption; it’s hard in any circumstance. I’ve moved broke, depressed, divorced, unemployed. Here at the end of 2022 I’m happy and working and creating and I’ve got family and friends and the means to take action and a I have a terrific girlfriend I’m moving in with. Here’s to 2023!
• 31-Dec-2022
  Last swim of 2022 was in a pool.