April 2009 Books
“The Caryatids” (Bruce Sterling) “The Road” (Cormac McCarthy) “Accelerando (Singularity)” (Charles Stross) “Men and Cartoons” (Jonathan Lethem)
A Beautiful film by Jeff Desom
Check it:
Hauschka – Morgenrot from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.
A lovely, if haunting, way to start the day.
One More Reason to Crush on Amanda Palmer
Actually, several more reasons:
She is also co-creating a play with high school students at Lexington High School. How many Rock Stars do that?
And then there is this:
*sigh* *swoon*
This Ain’t Your Father’s Jazz Arrangement
Wow. Just . . . wow.
Big World, Big Dreams, Small Me
This is my current desktop background: I tend to change my desktop backgrounds on my computer along with my moods and this image perfectly captures the feeling of being a small boy in a big world. A feeling I’ve been having a lot lately, despite nearing the last year of my 30s. Looking at this …
Tweenbots and Turning Away
Some thoughts about Tweenbots and how helping cardboard robots relates to helping people.
Nifty Keen Stuff on the Interwebs
When time moves around space. Even as the air lights up the night. Bi-valves taste the past to trace the future. Spacey music from a cork. I’m inspired, let’s take a trip into space!! Now for videos: See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today’s Big Thing.
Push Ups
I am about to start my 3rd week in a training program called “One Hundred Push Ups.” I started off doing 15 push ups in a row and yesterday I did my first exhaustion test and reached 30. Looking at the next week’s goals is a little intimidating. Tomorrow I need to do the following …
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
From Glenn Greenwald: Ultimately, though, motives don’t matter. Simply put, there is no excuse, justification or mitigation for advocating blatantly unconstitutional and tyrannical powers or claiming that secrecy shields the President from the rule of law. Nor is the faith-based belief that Obama is a Good Person who therefore deserves trust even remotely rational or relevant. As Professor Turley …
A Gnat’s Ass
From Devilstower: Hoarding weapons because the outcome of an election didn’t go your way doesn’t make you tough. It only proves that your belief in America is no bigger than a gnat’s ass. That your faith in democracy is as transient as a mud puddle on a hot day. That your love for country goes …