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California and water
Selling bottled water from California sources during a drought is bad/stupid, of course -- and this article has started me thinking: Much of what we celebrate as tech innovation isn't really that important - a smartphone, smart watch, etc. may be cool or fun, but we have serious problems we're ignoring.
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pop music and story songs
I popped my head into some pop music lately (blame Sirius XM) to find that there are melodies again - and there are story songs again. I wandered away in the rap era. It didn't appeal to me.
I've latched onto a Taylor Swift song, "Blank Space." It's catchy, sassy, and tells an impressionist story. (The music video fills in details you might ( Read more... ) -
where to start?
I didn't go to Berkeley for MBA ( Read more... ) -
a lot to learn
Assume that your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something important to teach you every day. (source) -
public education SUCK!
I just got off the phone with Student Svcs at my school district.
The magnet school that was supposed to have plenty of space has waitlisted us.
I wish there were some way I could bring in my f'ing property tax bills and pull rank. Damnit, I pay a lot for public schools in this city - give me a good kindergarten for my kid. -
Writer's Block: Happy New Year of the Dragon!
I'm proud to be a Metal Dog! -
OMG - rudeness
I had an experience on Saturday that still irks me.
At a company event, there was free food - with tickets - and I was standing in line with a baby on my hip in the sun waiting my turn. The vendor called next and someone from behind me came rushing up waving her tickets. I spoke up. "We've all been waiting here."
She turns on me.
Huh?
She ( Read more... ) -
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you *not* to be?
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is ( Read more... )