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Looming Cyber Trade War With China

It's clear that the road to war with China resides in ethernet cable. We have heard suspicions about the Chinese government supporting attacks on Google, Yahoo and Adobe, but in the end what matters most is their insistence on pegging their currency to ours. It's a lot like having your little sister follow you around all day with her finger 1 millimeter from your eyeball while repeating over and over "I'm not touching, I'm not touching you." Fun.

Now they wouldn't risk physical war with the U.S., but if they can poke at us through the wire to see our defenses then they will. As Buster would say stop essing with us! I will leave China with a couple more gems, lifted from my Israeli friends:

Play nice, there are lots of funs to be had, but if you continue to fucking up with us then we won't bring the snakes to the picnic.

Babies Need Food

On our way back from mountain biking we spied little babies feasting on a dead deer carcass. Yum. They know what is real.

Pink Martini on The Rocks

A short time ago I was able to witness the genius of Pink Martini. The band is down to earth, enthusiastic and a lot of fun to hang out with. Start with their album Hang On Little Tomato and move on from there. Further more Tim Nishimoto has an excellent wine bar in Portland: Vino Paradiso http://www.vinoparadiso.com/. Go there and you will Identify Real.

Jackson's Dead Leave Him Alone, Now More Important Things

I have discovered, through a friend of mine (Red Seagull), the most impressive art. I can't remember the last time I was this impressed. Through clouds of electrons, stale martinis, and sugar glazed eyeballs emerges David Stafford. He is a mystery to me, I know only one thing about him: genius. That is clear in every vector line and pen stroke.

I will occasionally drop more of his images. I have identified real.

More BK Please!

Let it be known that it was here that Billy Kane was first discovered on the web. Check out this clip, cool. After some investigational journalism I have found that there may be a Genetic link to the waterworld guy and BK.

Coming soon, something about Michael Jackson.

Billy Kane Lives

Steaming ahead into the distant future past, Billy Kane will deliver. Look for the Gunrunner webisodes. Some guy somewhere (that looks like Kevin Costner) living in a trailer concocting new schemes, new ideas and fresh images. That's the world we live in. User generated content was the way we used to work. Sitting around the fire telling stories, making music and acting out mythic scenes. Long live the web. I have identified real.