For the longest time, I have felt like I needed something. Like I needed to go and talk to the trees, stick my feet in a river, listen to the wind, and count the stars. I grew up out in the country. Where on a cloudy moonless night you can’t see your [...]
Today I was reading one of my favorite blogs and I came across this press release:
Team CarboRocket is looking for a few good, ordinary folks who are on the verge of doing something extraordinary. You may not even know what that extraordinary thing is yet, but you can feel it burning inside of you. Hopefully, [...]
Today is Yesterday was World Cancer Day, and it seemed like a fitting day to have a “better late then never” launch of my LiveStrong Challenge participation.
For those of you not familiar with the LiveStrong Challenge it’s the main event fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s fight against cancer.
There is a ride in Seattle this [...]
From Time.com, Original Story Here
David Chameides is not your average American. For one thing, the TV cameraman owns two Emmy awards — how many do you have? But more importantly, while the average American throws out around 1,700 lbs. of trash annually, for the past year Chameides has thrown out absolutely nothing. A deep [...]
There were a great many themes that I really latched on to in Obama’s speech last night. Several threads resonated with me. This morning I had an email in my box from We Can Solve It I thought this was an awesome, non-partisan video that lit a little fire under my butt, and [...]
Yes! It’s true, and now months after it actually happened, I am permitted to talk about it. We (my co-workers and I) received a whole big bunch of Nikon D90s a couple of months ago. We basically each had a camera, and took a whole bunch of pictures testing the thing out.
Last year, at the beginning of this blog, I led with my New Years Resolution, which was to “Be Shiny and Bright”. I think I put forward a really solid effort. I am sure that I left a little to be desired from time to time, but overall I think I did quite [...]
I’m in the midst of another night of insomnia. It’s the wee hours of the morning. I actually appreciate these nights, they don’t happen too often that they worry me. I am sure that they are stress related, but I don’t see them that way. Often what accompanies these late nights is a bit of a vision. I am [...]
I remember the day quite well despite the years that have passed. I was in second grade at the Barret Elementary School in PA. It was a crisp September afternoon. The sun shown brightly in the sky and lit the gold, and orange trees that lines the school yard with a [...]
So this morning Marcos asked me who invented Hallowe’en … and although I quickly remembered the reference to All Hallows’ Eve, I couldn’t quite remember what that meant. So in the spirit of the day. I bring you the history and origin of All Hallows’ Eve (or Halloween for you less adventurous types).The modern holiday [...]
Hong once took me with her
to the nail salon. I had never had my nails done, and I certainly wasn’t planning to. Hong did however talk me into having a polish-less pedicure. The entire experience was very strange for me, and if you have never been to a nail salon, run by [...]
… speeding down a steep hill in a car with no brakes.
… seeing the wall of snow approach.
… knowing you can’t stop the car before you crash into the back of that car.
I suppose the “désespérément” might be a little exessive, but I don’t know a less expressive french word to get the point across. [...]
