“ All these facts (original) suggest that there may be, somewhere in United States government (or better yet, the privately-held Federal Reserve system), a department of gnostic artists who perform the priestly function of communicating between man and God.”

Tammy Baldwin appears to be fairly sensible for a politician.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie is called Punch-Drunk Love, and is due to hit theaters in October. As per normal for his films, he’s released little information about it — it’s a romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, and that’s about it. The site linked above now has three trailers, hiding behind the three words of the title. They are the most non-spoiling trailers I’ve ever seen. Cool stuff. Can’t wait.

Check out this [beautiful shot of a Child of Light](http://web.archive.org/web/20210609195135/http://web.archive.org/web/20250325044542/http://www.flyinglab.com/deltagreen/ (original)potw.htm) (original) from the Delta Green CRPG (original). Wow, that’s batrachian. (Picture changes weekly, so if you look at it and say “Hey, that’s not batrachian at all,” it’s not my fault.)

Wired does an admirable job of covering the laws regarding air travel and government ID. In short, it appears to be the case that the airlines must request a valid form of ID, but it is not the case that the airlines must turn away a passenger who does not present a valid form of ID. Airlines can, of course, refuse to allow passengers to board for any reason.

The kind of person who browses weblogs has already heard about Lawrence Lessig’s brilliant copyright presentation, but sometimes you want to make really sure the meme has spread widely. This is important. It’s an eight gigabyte Flash animation and it will take half an hour of your day but it actually contains information and concepts you want to hear about. Cure for the common complacency, you know?

Part one, if you happen to have come over from “…inexplicably fancy trash.” (Oddly, I was just reading some of Patrick Farley’s comics as well.) So. Grant Morrison has been meditating on identity in his own chaotic way for quite some time now; those of us fortunate enough to have read Flex Mentallo have seen the deepest expression of this. I don’t take Morrison literally when he talks about fiction suits, although I know he may mean it literally. What I find interesting is the result. Whether you think King Mob is walking among us, or whether you think Morrison has deliberately taken on aspects of King Mob, the outcome is the same. Morrison edited his own sense of identity. ...

Delaware Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden; Wisconsin Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner; Virginia Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott; Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers; North Carolina Republican Rep. Howard Coble; and California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. What do they have in common? Those are the Congressmen who signed a letter asking the Justice Department to aggressively prosecute people who download copyrighted music files. Cause jail time for MP3 downloading is so very appropriate.

Very cool blog covering appellate litigation. Quite informative. Covers all kinds of interesting legal cases so much better than I ever could.

Well. Verbal confirmation of employment today, and an offer on Monday or Tuesday. I would be very surprised if I didn’t accept the offer. Oh; it’s back in Boston. There will be moving in my future.