Merlin Mann: Scared Shitless Talk

this video – from merlin mann : makes me feel  sensitive in the worst but best and most human connected way. The dessert :  his comments , about the experience , on his site :(The Post is Here) ” So, yeah. I did something really weird at Webstock. Weird for me and, honestly, just plain weird for […]

Aaron Swartz 1986-2013

The Manifesto below was written by Aaron Swartz, who commited suicide on Jan 11 2013, at  26. Aaron was being charged by US DoJ with wire fraud and computer fraud, carrying a potential prison term of up to 35 years and a fine of up to $1 million -not to mention -family debt-inducing legal fees. To […]

ricky-isms via mia

      Ricky-isms’s: http://trailerpark.wikia.com/wiki/Rickyisms 

How Would You Spend One More Day with Your Dad?

Creelmans Roundhouse

In an old corevette- (rented for Dad Awe factor only) i’d pick him up ( at the heavens gate depot?–somehow i imagine him waiting with albert brooks and meryl streep from that movie…sort of at a’cloud’ stop) and head out of LA to Palm Springs- giving us an easy long drive to catch up- I […]

music is the best (reprise)

i dont play any instruments- i CANNOT hold a tune.( but i do SING) regardeless..Music is the most valuable and powerful *thing* in my life- barnone-  has been since i was a kid- Music causes me the most joy and pain. Songs have the most poweful emotional tapping-in to my psyche…random radio songs make me […]

One amazing quality , that can change you’re life.

Not sure whether it was a gift i was born with or just my inner Pavlov’s dog ..working out the way to adapt to these situations…

Regardless, I’ve realized lately, as i attempt this conscious-of-my-reactions-thing, how  important and rare a trait this is.