Monthly Archives: March 2003

One of my online favorites, Matthew Sturges, posted one of the best things I’ve read in a while. See if you can figure it out before the surprise ending. Excellent!

Eric Umansky at Slate came up with the perfect word for the faction in the Bush Administration that is pushing for this global dominance model of forcibly spreading democracy worldwide — “conservatopians”. Brilliant. The “Conservatopians” (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Cheney) don’t … Continue reading →

Dear Science Teachers, As a long time science fair judge, I recognize you as a key figure in the success of the kids you send to be judged by me and my associates. Therefore I think we need to clear … Continue reading →

I went to U.T in Austin, Texas. I’ve stepped over and around my share of “dragworms” — the bums who squat along Guadalupe Blvd right off the west side of campus. Sarah Hepola made friends with one and wrote about … Continue reading →

I want to go on record, explicitly and uequivocably, that I am against the current war in Iraq. I believe it was the wrong thing to do for a number of reasons. I figure this is one of those posts … Continue reading →

An email came to me from Micheal Herman via a mail list I am on with some cheerful news. In what seems to me an extraordinary act of faith, this Chicago woman purchased a huge industrial-sized solar oven with the … Continue reading →

This is a very, very cool idea. Makes me wish I had been this cool when I was younger. The Punx and Monx community is a small household of young creative people attempting to live in community. They all have … Continue reading →

I found an online collection of the poetry of James Tate. I find his “conversational surrealism” appropos of current events, which are surreal in themselves but becoming mundane by their constant exposure on TV. And I re-found this poem, which, … Continue reading →

“Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? I believe that all religions of the world are true more or less. I … Continue reading →

I have some pretty cool kids. I was on my way to drop them off at our babysitter service on my way to the H-Town blogs meetup yesterday when I was compelled to crank up my Bowling For Soup CD. … Continue reading →

Do you like tools? Do gadgets cry out to you, saying, “Play with me?” Turns out it’s a neurological thing.

Lest you think I’m horribly pious and all Goody Two Shoes, I’ll point you to Maggie Berry’s new article at The Morning News called Releasing Your Inner Slut. It’s a fashion article about the proper way to wear daring or … Continue reading →

A new book called Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order examines symptoms of Synchronicity — concerning evidence of “spontaneous order” evident throughout nature. The book does a service by pointing out the many instances which give evidence of an … Continue reading →

“The inexhaustible nature of transcendence is expressed in the profusion of creatures. The universe is the first Bible. Each being manifests the creative word which gives it its identity and attracts it. Each being manifests a dynamic idea, something willed … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting collborative Wiki focused on waging peace. Addresses peace from teh perspectives of governance, systems theory, group process, semiotics, and any other angle you want to contribute. (thanks to Feming Funch for the pointer)