Long-term to do and "He's the kinda guy who" list

• Add artnoose to mailing list.
• Update Zen and the Art of Small Claims with the correct dismissal form.
• Read Zen in the Art of Archery.
• Read Jason Saltzman's Making the News.
• Read about Aztecs.
• Study light Einstein-style.
• Mess with smart cards. Work on decentralized electronic currency system. Should probably: use encryption to verify "identity"; work in a finite, closed group as well as the world in general; be configurable at a system-level regarding trust methods (pgp's "web of trust," third-party key servers, etc.), interest rates (I vote no usury at all), etc.
• Yoga with Lisa
• Read Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.
• White paper: What "don't walk" sign? The use and effectiveness of various attitudes and excuses in re possible jaywalking citations.
• Read about boats.
• Question: What would it cost to purchase or build a laser that you could shine at an imaging satellite and have a little red dot show up in its photos? (Note: this is likely illegal.)
• Send anonymous, secret admirer flowers to someone I don't know.
• Read about human chemistry and nutrition.
• White paper: How much is an eighth anyway? The relation of profit and the English measurement system in marijuana culture.
• Read about clouds.
• Buy Qwest's marketing list and mail to it, letting people know that Qwest is selling their info.

Character development for fiction I will never write.

He's the kinda guy who thought the only thing more unamerican than buying a Japanese car was buying a British car.

He's the kinda guy who once stapled his ear and could never explain beyond "it was an accident."

He's the kinda guy who could actually send faxes using computer software and have confidence they went through.

He's the kinda guy who manages to slip the phrase "the problem with the mafia is that they didn't keep it in the family" into every conversation.

He's the kinda guy who would conciously program his mind to respond reflexively to certain phrases. For instance, if someone asked, "don't I know you from somewhere?" he would instantly respond "we had sex in college" regardless of the appropriateness of such a comment in a given situation. He thought this an interesting scientific experiment and often very humorous.

He's the kinda guy who figured he could attain Buddha status simply by not taking things to seriously.