Category Archives: Favorites
The Power to Create
Create is what we do all the time. Long before we became ‘consumers’ we were creators. We created fire and food, weapons and wheels. We created relationships and communities. Contrary to pop culture portrayal, we are still creators. We create data and meta-data by pouring them into social-media sites that power a good portion of […]
This is Water
After enduring one of those vague and pointless meetings at work I asked Google to show me something that could revive my hope for finding meaning in an environment where droning meetings, like the earlier one, are branded as brain-storming sessions and the all seeing eye of the Internet answered me with this. There are two […]
The Life Of George Orwell
Without much notice I suddenly became aware today that a I will be a spending a large portion of this weekend watching this great BBC documentary about the life of the man who forever defined the words ‘Big Brother‘ and gave us ’1984′ and ‘Animal Farm‘. George Orwell, his writings and his ideas, on everything from totalitarianism […]
List Of New Year’s Resolution From A Famous Person
I know what you are thinking. Isn’t it a little late to introduce a New Year’s resolution list ? – Well, I reply to you, ‘Not if it’s an awesome list’. Published in Boing Boing, this is a list of New Year’s resolution from legendary musician, singer-songwriter Woodie Guthrie who has inspired a generation of […]
Act Of Valor
Act of Valor must be the last and final movie about the US Special Forces. Oh, there will be many more I am sure, but I hope this is the last, because it is impossible to top this one. This is not a pro-war movie or a pro-military movie or a pro-America movie. Whatever prejudice […]
50 Years Ago, John Glenn Defined Awesomeness
Today, Feb 20, 2012 is the 50 year anniversary of John Glenn’s historic trip to outer space and back to Earth.. It was the very first time an American traversed the orbit of Earth in his space shuttle, Friendship 7. Commemorating this incredible feat of badass from John Glenn and NASA, The Atlantic has posted […]
Top Ten Myths About Introverts
Found this list of common misconceptions others seem to make about introverted people. I didn’t know people made these assumptions about the inward focused among us – some 25% of the population is insufferably introverted – and the common labels that I hear stapled on introverts are that they are shy/reserved or indifferent/aloof or just […]
Post Number 200 – Double Century!
That’s right. TWO HUNDRED’th Post. The Double Hundred. The big double O, with a two in front of them. The level of excitement I’m feeling is a just a bit more than the excitement I felt when I turned in a hundred and fifty posts. It’s twice the joy of writing one hundred posts. It […]
