Posted in Books and Literature, Comix, General Xtian, Media, Reading on February 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’ve recently developed a massive appetite for books. I loved books before (having been a lit major) but it has been a long time since I’ve juggled so many books at one time and kept going through them. Currently I’m reading 5 books for pleasure, and I’m going to have to crack open some technical [...]
Posted in Creativity, Media, Pirates, Video, movies on January 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
I have a new favorite actor. Since I was a child, there were 3 who had my heart. Boris Karloff who gave us the iconic face of Frankenstein’s monster AND the Mummy AND the voice of the Grinch, just to name a few, was probably my very first favorite actor (Lon Chaney Jr. might have [...]
Posted in Day Job, GTD, Holliday, Meds, Reading, Social Issues, Video, wellbeing on January 1st, 2007 2 Comments »
Making resolutions this year is difficult. Last year it seemed so easy, yet so many of them didn’t quite work out the way I’d intended. This year I’d like to make some that work out a bit better, but am just finding it difficult. I have some. It is late and I need to go [...]
Posted in Holliday, Meds, Social Issues, Theater, Video, movies, wellbeing on January 1st, 2007 No Comments »
A year ago I posted a set of resolutions for 2006. Six months ago I did a review of those resolutions. Now I’m going to do a final review in preparation for tomorrow’s new resolutions. So here goes: 1. More Exercise – Particularly more wallking. I did very well on this one for most of [...]
Posted in Media, Science, Social Issues, Video on December 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s death, and in celebration of his life, many bloggers are writing down their thoughts. The thought that he is gone still shocks me. He is the person in the public sphere (I hesitate to write “celebrity” because his public face was so much more solid) who influenced [...]
Posted in In My Head, Music, Writing on August 5th, 2006 1 Comment »
Still at WordCamp. Andy Skelton just sang Randy Newman’s “Drop the Big One”, had many folks (including me… I love Randy Newman) singing along by the end. One of two musical interludes… really rocking! Earlier Eric Haller sang his heart out and played the “geetahr” like his life depended on it (I’m definitely going to [...]