For those of you out there who feel that an electronic PDA or Blackberry is the shiznit, you will have a difficult time convincing me. Six months ago I left a job of five years that required me to carry…
The good delusions
I heard someone on a radio show recently talking about the beauty of nature. She went on to explain that if you are “in the moment” and in tune with what is going on around you — let yourself tune in, as…
Don’t monkey with my sun
It would seem that someone (more than once!) has had the hallucinagenically-induced idea to control global warming by building mirrors in space that would partially reflect the suns rays. To paraphrase Babbage, I am unable to apprehend the state of mind that…
The fickle green wave
Humans are the most fickle of creatures. We have invented fashion as an antidote to boredom and it is this tendency to continually seek, invite, or invent change that is at once our most valuable attribute and our most vexing shortcoming. With respect to global…
The nature of an artist
A simple definition of an artist is “one who creates art”. Of course, this is also a useless definition. Good definition or no, there is, I think, a quintessentially true statement that can be made of all artists. I have…
Key to a low maintenance life (#1)
Socks are a troublesome clothing item since they come in pairs that must be properly reunited after washing. In order to reduce the time spent sorting and matching socks to an absolute minimum, rid yourself of all current stockpiles and purchase…