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  1. I skipped the damned introduction (as per. I don’t read introductions first, they are for re-readers) and read it after, which is a lot of words to say some interesting things but mostly conclude that Walter Benjamin gets the closest to figuring Kafka out

    so I’ve now got https://docslib.org/doc/5900836/franz-kafka-on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-his-death open to maybe read, maybe abandon, at some later time, idk

    Franz Kafka: on the Tenth Anniversary of His DeathWarning Concerning Copyright Restrictions The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or otherDocslib
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 08, 2023 - 7:41 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/08/111201097251689358/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/08/111201097251689358/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  2. 22nd book of the year: “The Trial" by Franz Kafka.

    Someone in Bernal Heights (Bonview at or near Cortland? It was a few months ago) left a box of books on the sidewalk with “FREE” written on a flap that had a few things I grabbed, among them, DFW’s “Consider the Lobster, and other essays” which I started and abandoned (lol), and this.

    I enjoy stuff like this from time to time but don’t think I’m “smart enough” for it, whatever that means (and I’m not entirely sure).

    paperback cover, Schoken press edition, introduction by George Steimer, a red tinted photograph of a face—really only the right half from chin to eyebrow—peers through four black bars inset on a black cover
    Figure 1. paperback cover, Schoken press edition, introduction by George Steimer, a red tinted photograph of a face—really only the right half from chin to eyebrow—peers through four black bars inset on a black cover.
    the copy I read, yesterday, on my blue beach towel in the foregrown, my own shadow on the patio pavers in the background, where I was working on my suntan yesterday, wondering why god gives me his toughest battles (why I chose to read this instead of a page-turner that would actually be relaxing for the weekend)
    Figure 2. the copy I read, yesterday, on my blue beach towel in the foregrown, my own shadow on the patio pavers in the background, where I was working on my suntan yesterday, wondering why god gives me his toughest battles (why I chose to read this instead of a page-turner that would actually be relaxing for the weekend).
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 08, 2023 - 7:36 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/08/111201076486425085/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/08/111201076486425085/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  3. Arrabbiata base is just garlic, tomato, salt¹ and pepper²

    ¹ kosher, anchovy

    ² paprika, cracked black, red flakes, greek pepperocini

    arrabbiata base in the bottom of a sauce pan: minced garlic, tomato paste, kosher salt, anchovies, paprika, cracked black pepper, red pepepr flakes, minced greek pepperocini
    Figure 1. arrabbiata base in the bottom of a sauce pan: minced garlic, tomato paste, kosher salt, anchovies, paprika, cracked black pepper, red pepepr flakes, minced greek pepperocini.
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 07, 2023 - 11:49 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/07/111196409458823807/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/07/111196409458823807/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  4. Does bill graham have air conditioning? going to the qotsa show tonight and haven’t been there on a hot day before

    trip report: if they did it wasn’t up to the day or crowd, it was hot as hell in there

    nevertheless, great show

    audience photo of Queens of the Stone Age performing at Bill Graham Auditorium, the band is lit by a triangle of pink lights overhead hard to believe, I’m sure, but with a crowd of mostly 40-something couples in black rock t-shirts (yours truly included), the damned bar ran out of IPA before the band even started
    Figure 1. audience photo of Queens of the Stone Age performing at Bill Graham Auditorium, the band is lit by a triangle of pink lights overhead hard to believe, I’m sure, but with a crowd of mostly 40-something couples in black rock t-shirts (yours truly included), the damned bar ran out of IPA before the band even started.
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 06, 2023 - 11:07 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/06/111190581274327122/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/06/111190581274327122/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  5. Two nights of clean living, exercising again after a week of office work followed by a weekend house guest, plus a new pillow top on the bed, fell asleep at 9:30, did not wake up until 5:45.

    i will learn nothing from this pleasant experience.

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 04, 2023 - 3:01 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/04/111177345960417616/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/04/111177345960417616/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  6. Hosting my kid’s birthday party yesterday answering a friend’s question, “so how do you know all of these kids?”

    “Well that kid is so and so, they went to pre-school together. And that kid is so and so, they are in TK together. That kid in the red shirt is, ah, jeeze, a friend’s kid who we see all the time but I’m completely blanking on their name"

    She says, “Yeah, that’s so and so.”

    I say, "right, I forgot.”

    Then I realize I’m talking to the kid in the red shirt’s mom.

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 02, 2023 - 8:02 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/02/111167204587518582/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/02/111167204587518582/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  7. O/ to whoever left an entire box of http://www.totalgrantsolution.org mugs on the sidewalk by my place today. my first name is Grant so I grabbed two of them. the saul bass lookin’ design and generic company name are perfect

    photograph, white corporate coffee mug, company name side “Tekmeca” in red helvetica next to an abstract geometric green and blue logo
    Figure 1. photograph, white corporate coffee mug, company name side “Tekmeca” in red helvetica next to an abstract geometric green and blue logo.
    photograph, white corporate coffee mug, product name side “TOTAL GRANT SOLUTION” in red helvetica under to an abstract cut-up looking block and line three point star in red, yellow, and blue
    Figure 2. photograph, white corporate coffee mug, product name side “TOTAL GRANT SOLUTION” in red helvetica under to an abstract cut-up looking block and line three point star in red, yellow, and blue.
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon September 29, 2023 - 3:19 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/29/111149105812464645/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/29/111149105812464645/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  8. Guy next to me on bart is reading the last few pages of The Road between civic center and the mission, brutal

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon September 28, 2023 - 4:46 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/28/111140953504063432/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/28/111140953504063432/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  9. Content warning: “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” thoughts

    It’s all in the second person, which i got used to but, ugh

    it’ll probably make an OK movie

    it reminded me a lot of Jeff Noon who I enjoy more for this kind of thing

    Being set in and about Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka politics was really neat

    it’s pretty brutal in some places, which I don’t get down with

    the twist was annoying

    the last 20 pages were not needed

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon September 25, 2023 - 12:11 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/25/111122884888604631/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/25/111122884888604631/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  10. 21st book of the year: “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”, by Shehan Karunatilaka

    A friend posted that they’d just read a book that they think might be the best book they’d ever read, and it was this one. 4, 3, 2, 1 was listed for a Booker and this one won the prize? OK, I’ll try it.

    I really wanted to like it more than I did, and the second act really flows well, but I had a hard time finishing it, today, finally. It’s right up my alley in lots of ways. v0v

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204-the-seven-moons-of-maali-almeida

    The Seven Moons of Maali AlmeidaColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler,…Goodreads
    Paperback cover, as I read it, centered all-caps futura lookin' font w/ thep points all alightly rounded in white over a multicolor acrylic painted face in bold geometric cirles and rings and swoops in vibrant colors
    Figure 1. Paperback cover, as I read it, centered all-caps futura lookin' font w/ thep points all alightly rounded in white over a multicolor acrylic painted face in bold geometric cirles and rings and swoops in vibrant colors.
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon September 25, 2023 - 12:00 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/25/111122842830317244/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/25/111122842830317244/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.
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