“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.” ~ David Lynch I am not convinced that I will ever understand all of the rules by which I live. Although, it is important to remember that “understand” is not the same as “agree [...]
Back in 2002 when I was a sophomore at the University of Michigan, and probably for some time before that, I had plans or dreams to open a crepe stand. While chatting with the bartender, Dan, at the TCG&CC last night the topic came up again as I ordered the chicken and mushroom crepes for [...]
Do you, in all active and passive decisions and actions, seek to better yourself? Probably not, and neither do I, but it is interesting to think about trying to seek to improve our individual existence and that of our surrounding world with each action and decision we make. I do strive to better myself over [...]
Mike Lewis inquired in his blog entry, “Things We’ll Say to Our Grand Kids,” (Link) about the things will tell our grandchildren about today that the grandchildren will be unfamiliar with. This was inspired by a Wired magazine article. (Link) Mike and Wired each came up with some good ones. Here are some that I [...]
When I read an excerpt of, for example, an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel or a quote from a poem by John Keats, what am I missing? What am I gaining? I miss two things: 1) The rest of the story; and 2) Developing the skill required to recognize the remarkable. I gain one thing: 1) [...]
Dear Newspapers and Television Networks, the fact that I can’t get everything you offer for free on the internet at the same time, or earlier, than when you print or broadcast it is unfortunate in this day and age. Newspapers, most of you are starting to get it. But you’ve been slow on the uptake. [...]
A few years ago I heard that the most informed people were those who regularly watch the evening news – local and national. This came as a surprise to me, a guy thoroughly overwhelmed by hundreds of minute-by-minute RSS feed updates. I thought that I was surely the most up-to-date fellow around. But, I’ve never [...]
I have this idea for an art show based on the law. I would display in clearly legible printed text various clauses of the United States Constitution, statutes, and case law. The laws displayed would vary in their difficulty of interpretation. It gets tricky at this point. My initial thought was to have a pad [...]
Beloit College’s Mindset List: The Mindset List is a set of constants that each graduating class grows up with – significant people who’ve always been dead, the emergence of trends, etc. The list is very retrospective, and may appeal more to those who came before the birth of the graduating class because the emphasis seems [...]
I read 300+ blog posts a day thanks to Google Reader. It’s my homepage. Every time I open my browser I’m bombarded with new postings. I’ve done this for almost a year now. Before that I visited the individual blogs. Jakob Lodwick makes the following point in a post today: This urge to make everything [...]