OK, even watching it for the third time, this "just another juggling act" video still makes me smile:

http://marketplace.espeakers.com/flavplayer_content.php

That is all.

It's been taking me a long time to decompress from Burning Man this year, which is strange since I've not really even HAD a sense of "decompressing" the last 5 years I've gone. I don't think I'm there yet.
On the other hand, this was by far my most satisfying and unquestionably worthwhile Burning Man for me everDon't get me wrong: I've had ( Read more... )

I received official word this weekend ( Read more... )

Eighteenscore and eighteen years ago, Thomas Morton caused an enormous Maypole, probably the first to be seen in the New World, to be erected atop a hill he named Merrymount, which overlooked the bay in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. He and his fellow renegade colonists at this remote trading post in the wilderness conducted what was by all ( Read more... )

This is the question asked by a boy named Reggie to the protagonist in a HIGHLY unusual, genuinely indie film that's just out on DVD titled "What the bleep do we know ( Read more... )

An extemporaneous recount of my top six happy foods:
-Ripe strawberries just picked from the garden, still warm from the sun
-Homemade pizza with some random gourmet toppings, just out of the oven
-A King apple, fresh from the orchard
-Fresh, homemade tortellini with a just-made fresh plum tomato sauce (Hi zogathon-My apple pie, a la mode ( Read more... )

Since the "ten unique things" meme can be approached as a game/challenge, i'll try to make the last 5 in my "25 unique things" less specific. If you've had the same experience, tell me so and I'll cross it out.

Have you ever:

21. Encountered a wild bear (or other potentially aggressive animal/s bigger than you), in the middle of a forest, alone ( Read more... )

OK, the first ten "unique things I've done" whetted my appetite.
Just ten more things for now.  I'll have to save the stories for another time.

Have you ever:

11. Spent nearly a month on the jury of a sensational murder trial involving an insanity defense?

12. Heard a bullet whizzing past you at supersonic speed, followed 2 seconds later by the ( Read more... )

OK, OK, lj-land, I give up.  I submit to the power of the lj meme.  It nearly had me with the "post what you read on line x of page y of the nearest book", just because what I got when I tried it was so shocking when taken out of context.

But everyone likes to feel unique, so the seductive pull of the "10 ( Read more... )

This started out as a comment in a friends-only post elsewhere on lj. I realized I actually liked it well enough to consider it worthy of posting in my own livejournal ( Read more... )