mason jennings tells us there’s so many ways to die in his new album of b-sides. it’s a nice little tune that says when your time comes, it can come from the most random things, shooting stars, unprotected sex, or driving while you text. i’m thinking it can come if you’re sitting at home on [...]
Why The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted, a piece by Malcolm Gladwell, examines twitter and its use in social change. He asserts a point like the Iranian elections weren’t being tweeted in Farsi by participants, but other sources outside the fray with little first hand perspective, and also he tells a story of how a wall street banker used crowdsourcing [...]
Over the years the thing that makes sense in a connected world is to expend emotional churn. Google hit #1 erodes that which is protected by national boundaries, laziness. The days of people relying on easy mechanisms to keep pace are coming to an end, what’s new is beyond the things that are literally projected. [...]
Traveling shows me the logistical rubs that go on from culture to culture, generation to generation. Tonight as I’m sitting in Heidelberg, I can only imagine how things were 50-60 years ago, cleaning up after mobilizations, there was plenty to do. Now, these old barracks seem sleepy and somewhat out of place. One thing about [...]
I’ve been a drifter long enough to realize many organizations suffer from the same sorts of dysfunction, shape shifting, politicking, and drain. Personally I’ve been weary, even though I don’t engage bullies in fist fights nor give words to politicos to contort, while I dream of that research and development position off to the side [...]
A buddy of mine encouraged me to get into this line / sector of working professing, ‘see the world for what it really is,’ which has been both a blessing and a curse — I’ve got to see a lot of different versions of what people consider ‘right’, and I’ve seen disparity on so many accounts. [...]
– i really am happy here, sometimes it sucks though – – ate at an iraqi generals house last night, it was the first time i felt free in 197 days, i had a glass of hot tea, and some food with touch – – 3 weeks to the day i begin the trek [...]
The Obama rally Austin, it was somewhere up there, couldn’t really get that close. Somewhere up there, here’s when it got shoulder to shoulder uncomfortable. Last minute visit from Sarah B! Haven’t see her in ages, glad she’s back in Austin. 3 beers for me on the night, or maybe 4, few too many I’d [...]
Happy Valentines day to everyone, I’m happy to have Jolen this valentines day. That’s the blue clear water. Pretty cool, just right down the road. Great mural on the wall Nice building, ones like this are all over the place. Wonder where the train goes, there’s tons of them all evening every evening.
First time for ‘real snow’ in 20 years! A therapeutic visit to Jolen in the frosty north. Loads of pictures, here are a few for the hallowed pages of the blog. For millions more, join facebook and check them out. My first wiff of cold air, I’m like ‘holy sh*t’ is this for real? For [...]