monkey see, monkey do

granny rocks the paris disco

David — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:19:10 +0000

inspiring palindrome

David — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:45:45 +0000

second place award winner for an AARP video contest, titled “U @ 50″, that was posted one year ago.

structural issues

David — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:17:36 +0000

i really appreciate jsmooth’s videos and commentary. it does seem like we hyperfixate on the sound bites more so than the underlying context, especially as media becomes faster.

looks like he has a new blog up now too: http://nildoctrine.com/nil/

happy gregorian reset

David — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:20:30 +0000

welcome 2010, let’s get to work!

i’m not sure why we celebrate the new year close to the winter solstice. sure days are starting to get longer now, but it’s still the dead of winter. i can appreciate why some cultures celebrate the new year closer to the spring equinox. that is more a time of renewal to me.

in 2010 the tibetan new year coincides with valentine’s day, which will make being buddhist and in a relationship trickier. if you had to choose which activities to attend, would you do something with your sweetie or with your sangha? if i have a sweetie when that lunar event arrives, i think she would have all my attention honestly.

2009 was a year with many big transitions for me, but it still felt like it flew by; very rich year nonetheless. welcome 2010, you’re looking full of possibility.

kanye or hitler?

David — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:13:32 +0000

heh. garfunkle and oats ftw.

oregon commission for the blind

David — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:40:34 +0000

the oregon commission for the blind has a short poem in braille on the hand rail outside their building cast in bronze by keith jellum in 2008. it reads:

The brash, strutting crows
Impress themselves
Their private joke
Aloft in the wind.

i noted this some time ago, but it’s a riddle for me. why this poem in particular?

clean energy talk

David — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:35:47 +0000

just watched president obama talk about clean energy at a presentation at mit yesterday. the talk is thirty minutes in total; including the first seven minutes of introductions and the national anthem.

http://amps-web.mit.edu/public/amps/webcast/2009/obama-2009oct23/ondemand.html

he has some cute mit specific jokes to start, and is overall fairly sweet to mit.

introducing iOrwell

David — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:20:53 +0000

yikes, the L.A. iwatch promotional video is horribly creepy

and then if you’d like an additional WTF chaser here’s some recent press about scientology.

at least he works for a living

David — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:00:48 +0000

laughing yoga

David — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:16:43 +0000

sharon reminded me of this today. heh