new roots album

Did you guys see the new roots album? I just picked it up, let me know if you want me to burn it and send it to you. I haven't had a chance to listen to it all the way through yet.

heading to england

guys

i leave for england tomorrow. am very excited. the academic stuff (industrialization in england) is exciting. also looking forward to the travel (hopefully scotland and ireland) and adventure. wish you both would be there to share some pints. evan - would love to hear more about your business decision. in regards to favorite roots album - i love "things fall apart." also really like "tipping point." hope you and your families are all well. peace.

aaron

Taj Mahal

Here is a picture from the Taj Mahal (finger is pointing to Taj up on stage) concert Tina and I were able to catch at the Portland zoo on a beautiful Sunday evening. Taj is a living legend and I'm happy we got to see him perform. I hope your summers are going well! BTW, just inked a deal to sell my company to a larger operation in Portland called Mortgage Trust, Inc. It's a good move for my company but I'm working for the man again. -evan

dc update

gentlemen

dc is great. hot and humid though. you are all cordially invited for a visit. avoid july and early august though, cause i'll be in europe.

i have not yet formally adopted the nationals or wizards. am enjoying the opportunities to see them play though.

hope everybody is well.

does swanny have the new iphone yet?

Checking in

Yo team-
I thought I would sound out a quick shout out.

First, Aaron, what is your story? When is the move to DC taking place? Are you on summer break yet? When can we crash your pad?

I'm going to the M's vs. Nat's game this Sunday and looking forward to seeing the M's blast your squad.

Also, just re-connected with The Roots album, "things fall apart". I think this is my favorite Roots album, how about for you guys?

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Super tight video

Nice work on the video CPT

Check this video

Some talented friends in CPT made this video. Check it out. Pretty funny stuff.

Congrat's to Dr./ Aaron is a buster!

Dr.- That is super tight. I'm glad to know that this opportunity has come to fruition. Just think, maybe one day you can build Aaron a house with no tele-communication or electrical outlets. After all, we all know the Internet and electricity is the downfall of mankind (Facebook is the tipping point).

Aaron- Congrat's on the move to DC, I can't wait for the wedding. One suggestion- have Dr. DJ the reception. He plays all the dope cuts to get all the skates out on the dance floor. In the meantime, please look for a residence that has a guest bedroom. Tina and I would like to come visit.


As for me, I'm going to go back to helping my clients achieve the great american dream of homeownership.....

Congrats to Dr. I am sending you a great book on home building/architecture. Think you will really like it. Does that school have a class in building garages? You should learn to build one to hide all the damn Volvos you keep on blocks. Evan is a you-tube-aholic. Why don't you go push some sub-prime mortgages on unsuspecting buyers? By the way. I am moving to DC. Went this weekend to interview for some jobs. Expect to be there around June 10th.

I got into Sci-Arc yo!
I am going in the fall.
This is interesting to me.
http://revminds.seedmagazine.com/revminds/member/benjamin_aranda_chris_lasch/

Flight of the conchords

For all of you flight of the conchord fans....

New Tunes to check out

I came across this album of Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby from 1969. It's pretty fresh- you should try to check it out. It has a number of artists on it including:
*Jimmy Smith
*Eddie Hsrris
*Milt Jackson
*Ray Brown
*Monty Alexander
*Joe Sample

You should be able to pick up at a local library.

Linfield baseball wins 2008 NWC Championship

The movie "Sprout"

If you're into surfing movies this one is amazing. I would highly recommend adding Sprout to your netflix que. It mixes the coolness of surfing with an artistic touch. Very good flick and very good soundtrack as well.

Where's Dr.?

Where the heck is Dr.? By the way, Aaron, how was DC? Are you moving there?

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Facebook video is pretty good. Am hesitant even to consider the implications of extending the behavior of the kitfox. Speaking of the kitfox, where is Dr? Now that there are some non-literary elements to our blog, maybe the hippie will grace us with a picture of a field full of telephones or something. By the way, raise your hand if you expected the A's to be tied for first in the AL West on May 2nd. The legend of Billy Beane continues to grow. Lucky or good? I would love to see what the guy could do with $100 million.

Facebook Comedy skit

Aaron, this is hillarious in light of our conversation about Facebook ruining civilization!

National Geographic: Biomimetic's

This is a pretty interesting article about Biomimetics.

Can you think of any biomimetic uses for the kit fox?

Grand Canyon Photo's

Fella's, hit this link up for a view of our Grand Canyone Trip photos.

Evan's response to Economist Article

I just read the Economist article on Social Mobility and found it interesting. I agree that "well-off" youth have many advantages which effectively perpetuate their families socio-economic status. There are obviously barriers to upward social mobility that stem from lack of resources, education, expectations, etc. which keeps disadvantaged youth from climbing the economic ladder.

However, some of the stat's used in the article are difficult to compare over time periods because of the substantial increase of income inequality. It isn't surprising to see fewer people start in bottom income quintile and move to the highest when the gap between the two has increased by two or threefold. When I think of upward mobility I don't necessarily think about the ultra-poor becoming the ultra-rich. I think about the poor having the ability to earn a "middle-class" livelihood. I wonder if the two measures are correlated????

The article was very interesting and I enjoyed reading it.

41st home for 'zers=41st win for season

Blazer's secure 1st .500 season in 5 years! Next? NBA champ's no later than 2011! You heard?



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Meritocracy in the Grand Canyon?

Dr, Evan and I were fortunate to backpack in the Grand Canyon a couple of weeks ago. A spirited discussion of the state of the American Meritocracy spiced up our games of hearts (ask Evan how he did by the way). Here is part of the Economist article that inspired the conversation:

"America has repeatedly succeeded in living up to its best self, and today most Americans believe that their country still does a reasonable job of providing opportunities for everybody, including blacks and women. In Europe, majorities of people in every country except Britain, the Czech Republic and Slovakia believe that forces beyond their personal control determine their success. In America only 32% take such a fatalistic view.

But are they right? A growing body of evidence suggests that the meritocratic ideal is in trouble in America. Income inequality is growing to levels not seen since the Gilded Age, around the 1880s. But social mobility is not increasing at anything like the same pace: would-be Horatio Algers are finding it no easier to climb from rags to riches, while the children of the privileged have a greater chance of staying at the top of the social heap. The United States risks calcifying into a European-style class-based society."

Read the rest of the article: Meritocracy in America, The Economist, Dec 29th 2004

Goon

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about a "Goon".:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goon

Foamy the squirrel

Welcome to the Tea Pad

Welcome to the Tea Pad! My hope is that we can use this medium to remain in touch regarding personal developments (i.e. Aaron proposes to Dana), share thoughts (i.e. Facebook is going to ruin mankind), share music recomendations (i.e. Go check out Jackie Mitoo), and/ or anything else that you'd care to publish.

At this point only myself, Aaron, and Dr. will be authors. As soon as we get folks like Carl, G-Dogg, Dave, or Cape-girl back in the mix we can add them to.

I would encoruage you to post interesting articles and music recomendations or just send a shout out. When you set up your profile you can request that you be emailed everytime a new post is entered (this may be easier then checking in every day).

I hope you find this entertaining!