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So for those of you who are using WordPress 2.0, what are the plug-ins you can’t live without? I’ve tried looking through the lists they have at codex and other places, but there doesn’t seem to be any indication of what’s good and what isn’t. Thanks!

The new blog isn’t 100% yet, but it’s good enough to stop the comment spam. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Pin it on an overload of comment spam, a plug-in installation gone awry, and a loss of interest on the part of the blog manager. We’ll be back soon. Go play around on MySpace in the meantime…

Four Jobs I’ve Had In My Life in LA:
Product Manager
Product Manager
Product Marketing Manager
Program Manager

Four Movies About LA I Could Watch Over And Over (in fictional chronological order):
LA Confidential
Chinatown
Heat
Blade Runner

Four Places I’ve Lived All Over L.A. (With Food Memories From Each):
Beverly Hills: Mulberry Street Pizza
West LA: Cacao
Culver City: The Outdoor Grill
West LA: Hurry Curry of Tokyo

Four LA-Themed Shows I Love(d) To Watch:
Three’s Company
The A Team
The Tonight Show
Eye On LA
(ok, so I don’t really watch TV anymore, but when I was a kid, I watched a bunch)

Four Places I Would Vacation At In LA:
Beach
Mountain
Casino
City

Four LA-Based Websites I Visit Daily:
Bill Rini
WWdN
The Obituarium
Curbed LA

Four Of My Favorite Foods Found In LA:
The last or second to last chicken dish at Havana Mania
The chicken supper at Uncle Darrow’s
Fatburger
Korean food

Four Places In LA I Would Rather Be Right Now:
In Bed
Asleep
Not working
Relaxing

Tagged:
Screw it.

I may have to restrict comments until I upgrade to something better.

I don’t know what was going on with the commenting on this blog, but apparently even registered TypeKey users weren’t able to sign in and comment. I’ve turned unregistered commenting back on for the time being. I’ll try installing the next version of MT and see if that helps any.

Far beneath the ship
The world is mourning
They don’t realize
He’s alive
No one understands
But Major Tom sees
Now the life commands
This is my home
I’m coming home

It’s a pain in the ass for you readers, but I’m going to require TypeKey registration for comments to prevent the deluge of spam I’ve been getting the past few days. Unfortunately I haven’t quite figured out how to make it work, and at this point I don’t care to figure it out, but hopefully I’ll get it up sometime in the next month.

Not to put anyone down or anything, but it seems like there’s an excess of melodrama out there. Which isn’t to say that content theft, art vs. commerce, idiot strippers, huge suckouts, quitting poker, poor table manners, etc. aren’t worth talking about, but when something seems to crop up every two months to get this or that blogger riled up, it starts to look like a familiar formula with new dressing. Y’know, like a Goobernator movie. And that’s enough to put anyone on tilt.

Ultimately, none of this shit really matters all that much (and I say this even if some of this stuff pissed me off at the time). So take a step back, clear your head, and hit the tables. The come back and share your thought processes and experiences. Help me become a better player by writing about your own games.

One more thing to think about: It might be a sign that poker blogging’s jumped the shark when you get post after self-referential post about the “community.” Not that it doesn’t exist, or that it’s a good or bad thing, but sometimes it’s just a little over the top.

The second in a series of random iTunes lists in lieu of actual content.

The White Stripes - I Can Learn
The Shins - Fighting In A Sack
Boards Of Canada - Olson
Grandaddy - AMMO
David Holmes - Higher Ground
The Dandy Warhols - (It Dosen’t Take A) Genius
David Bowie - Fame
Cyril Neville - Gossip
The Verve - Star Sail
Mazzy Star - Disappear
Cocteau Twins - Pandora
Portishead - It’s A Fire
Komeda - Curious
Cocteau Twins - My Truth
Ivy - Kite
U2 - The Wanderer
Stereolab - Fuses
Luke Vibert & BJ Cole - Nice Cave
Placebo - Blue American
Blur - Sing
The Sad Chicken - Leroy & The Drivers