Mind blowing guitar playing
The dude incorporates the tuning pegs into his composition, need I say more?
Month: January 2012
Buying coffee
This is a lovely story that made me smile: It all started two years ago at Corner Perk, a small, locally owned coffee shop, when a customer paid her bill and left $100 extra, saying she wanted to pay for everyone who ordered after her until the money ran out. The staff fulfilled her request, …
Storytime
There are days when I am a bit overwhelmed by the PhD process and life in general and I spend about thirty seconds wondering why I keep doing the sound production for PodCastle when I have so much other work to do. Then I quickly remember a) I really enjoy the work, b) I really …
A random act of kindness
One of my favorite authors, Jonathan Carroll posted this on his Twitter feed and I just had to share. Such a simple gesture, but I would bet that it caused dozens, if not hundreds of people to smile and increased the amount of joy in the world by a small, but meaningful amount. So, I’ll …
Sometimes it is enough
Yesterday was a bad day. I felt alone, disconnected, and grumpy about the world and my place in it. Today is . . . better. I’m not, to be honest, jumping with joy, but I feel a bit more grounded and less angry at the world. Sometimes, it’s enough to have an ok or mediocre …
The start of something new
Starting a new story is like starting a new relationship: all giddy and exciting and fumbling. For my writing today (I’m trying to get back into writing at least 300 words every day—not ambitious but manageable while doing grad work), I started a new story called “The Lock”. I don’t think it will be a …
Brendan’s short movie
When I was in high school, and later at the University of Rhode Island, Brendan O’Malley was a huge figure in my life. We weren’t close friends, though we did hang out occasionally. Mostly our interactions came through drama club in high school and the theatre department at University of RI where he was consistently …
Perspective under the ice
It may take bit to work out just what you are seeing, but when you do, it’s kind of magical: Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo. Via IO9 It really is all about perspective isn’t it? The world, our lives, our understanding of each other and ourselves. We spend so much time taking …
test
testing the if this then that service
2012 blogging plans
This past semester has been a rather slow blogging one for me, but, more troubling, I’ve also done relatively little writing of any kind. As I considered some of my desires and goals for the coming year, I realized that this blog deserves a bit more attention, but I also needed some kind of focus …