Monthly Archives: May 2005
Bye, Fred and Ethel
Our neighbors from across the street, our best couple friends, our very own Fred and Ethel moved off to Kansas yesterday. He had a job transfer and now they’re gone. They were such good friends I don’t think I’ve had … Continue reading
Catching Up With God
So today we gathered 45 or so friends and family members around the font in the back of our church and baptized Olivia. She was charming as usual and a little bemused to see everyone gathered around so. When she … Continue reading
Hijacked
I went into work today fully intending to be productive. I had to participate in a hiring interview, so there went the morning. At lunch I went to have a quick bite and head back to the office, all the … Continue reading
43, not 42
Don’t care what the Hitchhiker’s Guide people say. 43 is the answer, not 42. 43 is my latest favorite number. It’s the number assoicated with my latest social online collaborative find – 43 Things (from Matt) It’s also the number … Continue reading
Trying Comments Again
(pokes head out) They Gone? The Comment Spammers? Think they gave up on me after little more than a week? Well, commenting is back on provisionally.
Poem: Story
Just a good poem. Nothing more. (from Slate) “Story” By Joanie Mackowski A man loved a woman who was the eye of a storm. She swirled around their cottage at the curve of a stream and kept a small calm … Continue reading
So what’s with the ties?
I’ve started to wear ties to work again. Been doing so for a coupla months now. I just woke up one morning and decided I wanted to wear ties to work again. Yes, I’ve succumbed to my inner dork. Of … Continue reading
Process Ontology
Okay I’ve had this idea jangling around the bottom of my “round to it” file drawer for about a year and a half, but after yesterday’s meeting I am more motivated to dust it off and toss it out there. … Continue reading
we are jerry-built on the Pleistocene
A few weeks back, at this salon Heidi and I started called Second Thought (a whole ‘nother post) I argued rather inarticulately that the great problems that face Humanity will never be solved unless we make up for the fact … Continue reading