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Ha. No.

My debit card was declined at a gas station today. After checking to make sure that I had a balance in the account, I called up my bank’s phone support to discover that my card number is part of a block that’s been “compromised” from a certain merchant (they won’t tell me which). Anyway, I have to wait 5 days for a new card with a new number.

Apparently I forgot to post this, but I got my union made bandana a week or so ago from Proletarian Threads. Joy for sweatshop free apparel.

Neil Stephenson’s System of the World: Volume Three of The Baroque Cycle comes out in two weeks. Happy days.

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I’ve ordered a few things from these guys lately. Highly recommended.

Issue 2.1 of Binary Revolution Magazine is finally available for online order. Go buy it.

Yesterday I went to the 9th annual Mt. Baker Blues Festival. It was really good, although some bands just shouldn’t try to play Hendrix. You might be wondering why I went. Three reasons: “Hubert is the heaviest, most original guitar player I’ve ever heard in my life and that’s the truth” - Stevie Ray Vaughan “My favorite guitarist is Hubert Sumlin.” - Jimi Hendrix “Hubert Sumlin is truly amazing!” - Eric Clapton

Yeah. I went to see him.