I am pretty sloppy with my file organization. Usually, I just store things where I think they would be useful at that point in time, not necessarily where they logically belong. Eventually, I get curious of how many of a particular file type I have and how much space they are taking up. Below is a convoluted shell command that searches the home directory for every file with a particular extension and displays how many of that type there are and how much space they’re taking up.

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Christina Hendricks performed a four hour DJ set at a San Diego bar the other night, which consisted of primarily shoegaze and dream pop, such as Slowdive and Japanese Breakfast and Cocteau Twins. She has great taste.

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When I was 5 or 6, my family briefly lived in a trailer park in southern New Mexico. I don’t remember why we were living there. Probably to run away from something or someone, usually bill collectors or repo men. It was easier to do that back then.

I was outside playing with the neighborhood kids. We ran around and raised hell. At some point we rested at one of those big, wooden picnic tables at the center of the courtyard. We talked for a while and began busting each other’s balls. One of the kids took it a little too far and began cruelly insulting the others. He turned his attention to me, called me names, made fun of my family. He jumped on top of the table and put his feet in my face. The anger welled up inside me and I saw stars. I couldn’t take the abuse anymore. I grabbed his ankles and yanked as hard as I could. The kid’s body slammed against the picnic table, and he made a loud thunk sound on impact–a sound that sound still resonates inside me to this day.

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I will be honest here: I set up this blog because I was curious about how to set up a static blog using GitHub as a host. This came to fruition out of some technical desire. Beyond that, there is no plan going forward.

The name Veblenia is derived from Veblenian, i.e. someone who adheres, in whole or in part, to the institutional economics of Thorstein Veblen. He was a fascinating character, and it would be well worth your time read up on him.

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