Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Failed digital camera hack.
Presh’s camera needed to be taken apart and played with. Always fun until the bastard capacitor takes someone’s eye out. Made a satisfying spark crack noise when I finally snipped it. Hair not curly and all other devices seem to be working okay. We live to hack another day.
No Comments » - Posted in Poetics of Peet's by Lloyd Y. Asato
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Hepatitis B Virus
Hepatitis B virus is a silent killer of Asians and this needs to stop. There is a test for the Hepatitis B virus. If you are negative for the Hepatitis B virus, there are vaccines that can be administered to protect you from getting HBV. If you are positive for HBV there are new treatments and management strategies that will improve outcomes and save lives.
Chronic HBV affects 1 in 10 Asians, and 1 in 4 of those affected will die of liver cancer. This needs to stop. There is a test and there is a vaccine.
Get the facts, get tested, and scream.
Stop this silent killer.
No Comments » - Posted in Poetics of Peet's by Lloyd Y. Asato
Monday, July 30th, 2007
Poetics Live
Wicked storms blowing through again. Trees and brush all over the road, flood advisories for our area of town. Sent from my iPhone.
No Comments » - Posted in Poetics of Peet's by Lloyd Y. Asato
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
“go raiders”
I looked it up.
We use lethal injections.
Comer was the most recent. Executed just a few months ago.
I oppose the death penalty without reservation because I believe that the State should not kill. But I did not vigorously oppose Comer’s execution.
And yes, I oppose that also, but also not vigorously.
Choose life in the first case and choose to prevent the occurrence of unintended consequences in the second.
No Comments » - Posted in Poetics of Peet's by Lloyd Y. Asato
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
More than meets the eye.
Last year during one of our runs to Vegas our trip across the dam was slowed because of filming. We saw movie vans and trailers and these ridiculous looking futuristic army vehicles. I remember thinking that this must be some low budget sci-fi crap shoot. I was wrong about the budget.
Following the plight of Jones, the car thief whose police chase caused the midair crash. His bail has been set at 1 Million USD. People in this town want his blood and they will make a good effort to get it. Read Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. and let me know if you think Jones should hang for the four deaths?
I forget, how do we kill people in Arizona?
Just realized that the hotel we will be staying at for the conference is across the street from Disneyland. Should we go?
