The original idea for my oncoming adventure was to move to Truth or Consequences, try to find work at the Spaceport in order to be part of building something that I find terribly exciting, blog, podcast or otherwise document the building of the Spaceport and create a life that let me focus, as much as …
Yeah – McCain used the word “trollop.” The gall of him. Oh yeah, and that other word . . . So I loved the musical theatre bit and wanted to come up with a song list for the rest of the musical: I’m Old, but Dagnabit I’m Young Enough for You Women, Git Yerself Educated …
There’s a new episode of my podcast posted. I’m up to episode 6 of Letters to Lost Friends. If you haven’t listened to any of the shows, please do! If you have, thanks!
And I do need submissions for both the “letters to lost friends” and the “friend of the day” segments, so if you’ve been mulling over whether to send something, mull no more! Send them to submit (at) letterstolostfriends (dot) com. You’ll feel all special and tingly inside when you do.
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, …
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What’s sad is that, but for human greed and short-sightedness, this could have been the path for the automotive industry beginning over a century ago.
Oh, but you can’t make nearly the money on compressed air as you can on selling fuel, be it gasoline or biofuels or hydrogen. So yeah, all those corporations and selfish assholes who happen to control the means of production are going to sabotage these technologies, or poison our perceptions so that, in the end, money continues to line the pockets of the already obscenely rich.
Cynical? Who me?
Nahhh.
From Jonathan Mead comes the question “why do we avoid doing what we love:” When we create, we come alive; we’re making love to life. We use our unique talents, perception and skills and make the intangible tangible. Most of us generally know what we want in life. For every person, the answer to what …
We can take pictures like this:
Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars 03.03.08 [From NASA – Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars]
I’m not sure I have anything to say about this, but while Philip K. Dick was kinda crazy, sometimes crazy is kinda right: The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. George …
Umm . . . They’re mad as hell, and Hillary Clinton’s supporters aren’t going to take it anymore. Some Clintonites are so mad about Barack Obama’s Tuesday victory that they’ve launched a web site to build support to launch a lobbying group to support Republican John McCain. “We’re going to run campaign ads to defeat …
Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts
According to some people, there are only 36 basic story plots that just get reused. Others say there are merely 20. Some people even say there’s only one plot, but they probably just watch too many Michael Bay movies. I like the theory that there are only seven plots. It’s a nice round number, and the plots are vague enough that you can shoehorn anything from Citizen Kane to a cereal commercial into them. In the spirit of oversimplifying things so that you can smugly shove human endeavors into pre-labeled slots, I’d like to present my own, contemporary take on this premise: the Seven Basic Blog Posts.
Go, read, recognize the truth of our sad, self-referential virtual existence. Then laugh, and link to it on your own blog!
You’ll feel better, I promise.