NOTE: This post is part of the Blog Action Day: loads of blogs talking about the environment on October 15. Well, T-F is certainly a personal blog…the crux of it this past year as been my Project 365 photo gallery and a few random surveys and posts. When I created this blog, I had two…
Category: ruminations
Finding the time to blog….yes, it can be done
Exactly! That is what I said to myself (well, maybe I said “Self, Exactly!”….when I read this article from Amy Gahran (which I got via Stephen Downes’ OLDaily) Maybe it is because I am not a writer by profession, but I have been treating my blogging as just a part of the process. Sure, some…
A Tribute to a Teacher – PS, I love you.
I learned two days ago that one of my high school teachers had died suddenly. She had retired from the high school several years ago but was teaching at the liberal arts college in town so she still had a classroom of students. When she didn’t show up for class on Tuesday morning, someone went…
Shutting down the internet so we can make content – what am I doing right now, then?
Much as I love Elton John’s tunes…I find this little rant disturbing. Surely he is getting plenty o’ pennies from iTunes and other online music services. And, this article points out other uses of the web that Sir John has used. The more art there is, the better in my mind. If the internet gives…
What will you be doing on 080808?
Well, I might make 8 lists of 8 things…but exactly one year from today, I will also be watching the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing! yes, I know the air quality will stink (maybe literally). But, it is the OLYMPICS! One of the things that makes the world feel right for about…
Sky Mall Musings
Since I was trapped for over an hour on the tarmac in Detroit awaiting our ground crew (which totally wiped out our early arrival from Duluth), I actually looked at EVERY SINGLE PAGE of the Sky Mall magaine in the seat pocket in front of me. It was a fun mix of all kinds of…
New Seven Wonders of the World (man-made)
The candidates (via Wikipedia). My votes are below the list. Acropolis of Athens Alhambra Angkor Wat Chichen Itza Christ the Redeemer Colosseum Easter Island Moais Eiffel Tower Great Wall Hagia Sophia Kiyomizu Temple Kremlin, Red Square, and Saint Basil’s Cathedral Machu Picchu Neuschwanstein Castle Petra Statue of Liberty Stonehenge Sydney Opera House Taj Mahal Timbuktu…
Email Bankruptcy and other communication changes
I have read a few articles in recent days about folks declaring themselves email bankrupt. The term has been around for a while but it it just know hitting my radar. The email bankrupt among us just cannot and/or will not keep up with the barrage of email and feel overwhelmed and unable to get…
NPR Story – a true techy-feely moment
I was driving home yesterday from work and heard this story on NPR’s All Things Considered. I had missed the first story, however, that aired about a week earlier. The first was a commentary about a charm bracelet that had been lost 20 years ago and the person who had the bracelet accidentally placed in…
Considering my Routines and Rituals
I have been thinking a lot about the routines I have (and don’t have) in my life and how they can impact things. Over 13 years ago, I heard a pastor talk about how routines are helpful in a relationship…whether it is “watching the same TV show every week” or cooking a certain meal together…