Welcome to 2010
I’m starting the year with bread.
How about you?
Archive for Life
Airline Terror Odds
This graphic from Jesus Diaz based on analysis by Nate Silver makes me wonder about the TSA. May make you thankful for the TSA.
Lottery ticket anyone?
Midnight Candles
A cold wind from the future blows into my nighttime bedroom, more often than not during those midnight hours when fear dominates and hope retreats to a netherworld. This wind is a spectre, an oracle of darkness and eventual death, not easily dismissed. Once merely a whisper, its decibels intensify with the advancing years. It [...]
Someone Once Told Me
Mario Cacciottolo has crafted the wonderful web site Someone Once Told Me. In his words:
Black and white photographs A new one every dayEach person writes a messageSomething that someone once told them
Somehow I found the site and then spent a Sunday going through the years of history. There’s folklore, advice, parting comments, [...]
Waning Summer
Saturday morning brought gales of laughter. The first day of the last three day holiday weekend of summer and it’s raining strong and steady. How Portlandesque. Adding to my glee was the prospect of yard work I was to do, my Labor Day weekend was scheduled to be filled with manual [...]
Letter to Danny Hauser
With all the media attention the Hauser family has appointed a contact person, Jim Navarro, and established a website. The home page on the website has a side bar Being in Touch which says “If you have an inspirational story, information about your experience … please consider sharing that story with us.”
I wrote a [...]
Daniel the Chemo Kid
(two updates below)
Are you aware of Daniel Hauser? At this time he’s 13, has Hodgkin Lymphoma, and is on the lam with his mom. They are running to prevent a court order that would force Daniel to resume chemotherapy for his Hodgkins.
There is a lot of controversy over this case. People argue over [...]
Carlos Villa Practice
When I was in college, or what approximates college in an Art Institute, I had a drawing/painting teacher named Carlos Villa. (Or check his SFAI listing) He is a great artist and better teacher.
My introduction to him was in Drawing I, the Art equivalent of English Comp 101. On the first [...]
Quick Thoughts
- I joined peopleforbikes.org in uniting a million voices to improve the future of biking. Won't you? http://bit.ly/bexolZ
- You want to know. Don't you? http://dogtrainer.quickanddirtytips.com/why-do-dogs-eat-poop.aspx. Sure!! http://myloc.me/4CCCy
- RT @kentsbike: Author JA Konrath says think hard before e-publishing. http://bit.ly/b65jGF reads more like epublish won't make you good
- With or withou an internal hub this is something to investigate http://bit.ly/bn4ejI no grease or rust and a long life.
- You have to know the big player in your area. http://bit.ly/blT50Y because the burger urge must be fed http://myloc.me/4ttQ0
- En una clase de Español. Estoy el alumno solo este semana. http://myloc.me/4rO7E
- Quick Flat! The photo shows the 2 inch nail that punctured my commute, caused the bike to hop along. http://tweetphoto.com/13033094
- http://twitpic.com/168b1j - Quick Flat! The photo shows the 2 inch nail that punctured my commute, caused the bike to hop along
- RT @SOTMario: RT @big_picture: Chile, three days later - http://b.globe.com/ca95bz #chile. Best slideshow I've seen http://myloc.me/4mWmG
- Fun! http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd
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