A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
On Wednesday I get things poked into my nose for two an half hours. As I said in a previous post I’m having my sinus operated on to improve the drainage and hopefully reduce the frequency and severity of the sinus infections I’ve been getting. As I get near to the date I’ve realize that … Read more
This is an interesting excerpt from the New York Times as it’s related to empowering a community, it’s challenges, and how they’ve managed to channel the empowerment constructively in spite of the fact that they aren’t acting on it. I found it remarkable that they have bought in and validated their consumers in a way … Read more
Somewhere in the last week I changed my mind about my next step. Rather then cool my heels for a time here in DC while waiting for Angela to return to Cape Town then migrating there, I decided that it makes more sense to get out there and stop treading water here in DC. I … Read more
I also know that all of this is an irrational feeling, one that is based on our irrational programming.
When it comes to rational verse irrational, irrational generally wins, and that’s why you have markets that panic and cause devastation. That’s why people irrationally do things (like save money) when the best thing for our market is to spend money. (Assuming that our market is sustainable and sensible, which I won’t stipulate.)
Living in DC describes a bubble of existence, where one can spend years living here and forget what the rest of American really is and almost neglect to consider what the rest of the world’s fate is. So filled with power, money, paradigms of either or thought, enveloped in a artificially defined square which comes … Read more
I’m wacked out on over the counter drugs and prescriptions for yet another sinus infection that’s been lingering for the last 2 weeks. I’m home this weekend, trying to take it easy, listening to my heart beat, trying to distract myself from the pain in my head. What does one do during such a time? … Read more
This is long out of the news by now, but some of you expressed interest in my experience at the Inaguration so I thought I might reflect on it for a bit. Overall I found it an experience that was heartwarming and tiring with a minor undercurrent of frustration. I’ll lay this out chronologicly. I … Read more
It dawned on me when I was listening to the Daily Show talk about Obama’s mea culpa on his day 15 of being in the White House, that the first 100 days of any White House is destin to screw up quite a bit. Most new people in any job take somewhere around 3 months … Read more
Stand in front of the elevator, thinking about the 8 hours of work you are trying to accomplish and all the things you are falling behind on, or should do, and how exhausted you are wanting only to take a nap, all the while realizing that this is irrational, “not really you,” and just a manifestation of the depression makes you all of a sudden just want the tide to break… Even if it’s just for a few hours.
For those of you in DC, you might want to keep tabs on my A Smarter Smartrip page as it might turn out to be a useful way to improve your SmarTrip experience. As I explain on the page: I’ve grown to loath these SmarTrip cards because they break or get lost. It’s a pain … Read more