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Friday, 13 January 2012 - 5:38pm by Steven M Scotten
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA

Monochromatic Outlook is having some work done, and in the process, things might go totally wonky. You might see the site with a different theme or some parts missing or out of place. There is some exceptionally heavy load on the server that is causing my hosting rates to be about 120 times as expensive as it should be and I'm trying to get to the bottom of the issue.

Once this gets sorted maybe I can go back to writing content. Wouldn't that be nice?

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Gary Johnson announces support for same-sex marriage

Thursday, 1 December 2011 - 11:59pm by Steven M Scotten
Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco, CA

Today Gary Johnson, GOP candidate for President in 2012, announced that he is updating his position on same-sex marriages versus civil unions. I support the legalization of same-sex marriage in my own state so overall I'm pleased to hear this announcement. I am also a little concerned about the language Gov Johnson used when he said that marriage should be up to individuals rather than the states. 

I'd like to see the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) go away and I would like to see the federal government recognize for tax and other legal purposes any marriage that was legal in the state in which it was performed. But I'd like state legislatures or the people of each state to make that call. If a state does not wish to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, I don't think the Federal Government ought dictate that they do. That seems almost as bad as DOMA.

I appreciate Gov Johnson's rhetoric concerning the role of government, but as he is running for President of the United States, I'd prefer that he not take a position one way or the other on issues that the Federal Government ought stay out of.

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Nighttime at the Wharf

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 22:48
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8.06Km
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Wharf at NightThis is one of my old routes from before my motorcycle accident in 2007. This was before I had a GPS so I measured out distances using my bicycle and then stuck to routes I'd measured. I measured enough segments to give myself a reasonable amount of variety when running, but it still felt very modular: if I want to add a half mile, go to the end of the Municipal Pier and back.

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…because it would be hard

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 14:05
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Golden GateWeather report said it was going to rain. I talked to another runner before the race who said he hoped it wouldn't rain. The skies were totally clear, but I don't think rain on a race is a bad thing. It cools us off without having to sweat so much. Even without the rain, the air was pretty cool—probably about 55°F. A little cool to be standing around in shorts and a T-shirt, but just fine for running.

Lexical geekery

Greed

Excessive desire for more.

Note the word «excessive» in the definition above.

This word has been coming up frequently these days with the Occupy Wall Street protests happening. It comes up in two contexts. First, on cardboard signs, t-shirts, and website manifestos, usually paired with the word, «corporate.»

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Freedom-hating Apple fanboy

Wednesday, 2 November 2011 - 2:00pm by Steven M Scotten
Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Android is the platform of freedom and openness. Apple's iOS by contrast is a «walled garden» in which Apple holds strict control over the tools of development and even the content available on its platform. Freedom is better than tyranny, so ideologically as well as practically everyone should abandon Apple and get an Android device so that they can live happily, productively, and freely ever after.

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Where God speaks

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Sun, 10/23/2011 - 20:03
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ImageI'm not pretending that any deity gives me sports scores or tells me to start a cult but I do have process of putting questions to the universe and waiting for answers to appear in my head. Some would call it subconscious information processing, others meditation, and still others prayer. Under various names most people have some way of doing this by letting go of the questions and somehow letting the answers come to them. I find it works better to anthropomorphize it and let the information come from someone somewhere else even if they are coming from within. At least that's how I explain the benefit of prayer without delving into theology. Whether I believe in God is a question I don't know how to answer. But I do ask Him for advice and sometimes even listen for answers.

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One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.

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