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I stumbled upon a wonderful article in the New York Times. It was written this last January but the information is still fresh and valid. The article addresses the issue of cyberspace after death—what happens to our digital lives when we die? A lot of people don’t like to think about death—so...
I’m adopting Anderson Cooper’s concept RidicuList. This week I have three things to nominate to the list of ridiculousness.
First, a man browsing books and offering an ignorant statement at the library.
At my last visit to my local library, I dropped off some books to a table outside...
*Update ~ Tomato plants on August 6, 2011
*Update ~ Tomato plants on July 13, 2011
I have always wanted to grow a vegetable and fruit garden. But due to lack of skill, space, and ambition I have never succeeded in doing so—until now. Three weeks ago I procured two starter tomato...
*Update ~ July 29, 2011 ~ San Francisco judge removes circumcision ban from ballot
What’s happening with San Francisco?
San Francisco is trying to ban the sale of pets within its city limits. A proposal to ban the circumcision of male children has been cleared to appear on the November...
*Update ~ August 14, 2011: I've had a change of heart. I am confronting my past head-on. Anyone who wants to find me and befriend me on facebook is welcome! Come one, come all!
When I was ten years old I was a wonderful best friend. I was attentive, engaging, loyal, fun, enthusiastic...
From top left to right:
Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany
Jeff Lewis from Bravo Channel's Flipping Out
Young Morrissey
Banksy original
German film director, Werner Herzog
Young Christopher Hitchens, Oxford days
Eddie Vedder, promo for Ukulele Songs
Actor Ryan Gosling...
*Update 5/16/2011: This post was kind of experimental in nature. It was meant to be raw and cathartic. Not sure how successful I was. It is also a companion piece, meant to be read along with my prior post If I Get a Lobotomy Will You Love Me?
So often, when we write--especially me, we check...
*Update 5/16/2011: This post was kind of experimental in nature. It was meant to be raw and cathartic. Not sure how successful I was. It is also a companion piece, meant to be read along with my next post If You Were Brilliant Could I Love You? So often, when we write--especially me, we check...
I am having a difficult time focusing on reading one book at a time on my Kindle. Depending on my mood, I’ve been selecting one book over another each night I settle into bed for my nightly reading. Last night, I was in the mood for something light, as I was tired from editing my print book...
I think I’m onto something here. Check out these pictures.
Anthony Weiner Twitter Exhibitionist
Eliot Spitzer Purveyor of Prostitutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Maid-in Voyage
Tiger Woods and Many Holes
Mark Sanford South of the Border Scandalous Soiree...
Home Coming
There’s a land where I go
When my energy is low
And I long to escape.
It’s a magical place
Where girls wear horned-hats
And vintage lace.
Where a snow-shoed mother
Pulls her infant across ice
In a wooden carriage.
It’s a world full of wonder
With times-past colors...
Here's my (kick the) Bucket List ~ So Far:
Go to London
Become a grandmother
Publish a book
Have my art displayed in public areas
Find a best friend
Be free of regret
Drive a racing boat
Have a love affair with Keanu Reeves
Publish an illustrated children's book
(* New addition...
I just found a little gem of an essay written by Anthony Lock, the founding editor of the online news-source The Secularist, and a writer for the online magazine Technorati. He argues that the terms left and right are misleading and are often used to obscure relevant truths in important...
Socrates famously declared, "The unexamined life is not worth living." I would agree with that. But how about this one by me, "The edited life is worth writing?"
I am currently editing my journal of seven years to be published as a Kindle book on Amazon.com. There are over five-hundred...
Death is everywhere and nowhere.
Death's a predator and no one is spared. Natural disasters and wars are taking the lives of millions. We are bombarded by one catastrophe and conflict after another--in rapid succession--without time to recover before we're assaulted by another. It's crisis...
Christopher Hitchens has lost his voice to esophageal cancer. His health is rapidly deteriorating. It doesn't look good. Though I have only come to know and love Hitchens in the last six years, I consider myself a true fan. Fan is probably not the best word. I suppose I can best describe how I...
