Twitter Updates for 2009-01-15
Sunrise through fog, clear skys above...The sun rises on one side, the moon sinks on the other. We start out in winter and warm into spring. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Author: Gary Boyd
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-14
"Creative Consultant for the upcoming Stargate: Universe " http://bit.ly/hMhl Way to go Scalzi... # If I could just convince my wife..."Simplify Your Space" http://bit.ly/hoTQ # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Seth’s Blog: When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?
Wandering down my Google Reader list today led me to Seth Godin's Blog and his muse on Newspapers...Go check it out... I worry about the quality of a democracy when the the state government or the local government can do what it wants without intelligent coverage. I worry about the…
Peanut Butter – Second Strike
Health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, schools and restaurants to throw away containers of peanut butter that have been linked to the 43-state salmonella outbreak. The peanut butter, manufactured by Lynchburg-based Peanut Corp. of America and distributed by King Nut Cos. of Solon, Ohio, was recalled by the distributor…
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-13
Nice service for tweeting from a web page http://bigtweet.com/ # Cooking for Pollan! Yikes! http://bit.ly/62X6 The man continues to amaze. Too bad he didn't want the government job. # I'm back to following Dave Winer...again. Interesting. "sphere of consensus...it doesn't matter if they're true or not" http://bit.ly/hfu9 # Clear sky,…
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-12
There is something beautiful about naked tree limbs against a pure crystal blue sky. Take the time to contemplate the view today. It's life. # One of my favorite short life lesson sites...Try this: http://tinyurl.com/5nqbah # Powered by Twitter Tools.
TED – Ideas worth spreading
Mark Bittman at TED Why you should listen to him: Although Mark Bittman never formally trained as a chef, his pursuits as a curious and tenacious foodie have made him a casual culinary master. His weekly New York Times food column, The Minimalist, meshes accessible and inexpensive ingredients with "anyone-can"…
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-11
The day is over half gone and I haven't really moved. Other than throwing together breakfast and rocking a baby through a nap nothing doing. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Nature in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ike
In my daily walks with our dogs I travel a route through the woods behind our house along a pipeline right of way then along Mustang Bayou to anther pipeline right of way and back home.The trip if I wanted to hurry it would not take much over 10 or…
The Power of Less
The Power of Less Video from Leo Babauta on Vimeo.
A Friday Morning Muse…
While I was do my house-husband duty folding laundry I started to muse on the condition of some of our towels...You know you've been married a while when you hold up a towel and can see through it. Now granted we own a lot of towels...I know, it a woman…
Winter Visitors
When I went walking yesterday with the dogs I sat down for a while on the grass by the bayou. I kicked of the shoes and pulled of the shirt I was wearing and soaked up some sun. Sitting there I heard a heck of a commotion in a tree…
Mid-Week Muse
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you were dazzled? When was the last time you lay down on a block of granite and fell asleep beneath the sky? Our few remaining pockets of unconnected, unwired time—walks, airplane trips, camp-outs, reading a novel on a beach—are dwindling fast. And yet: The Earth…
The First Church of Scoble (Scripting News)
Image via CrunchBase You can't be on Twitter or FriendFeed and not be inundated with comments from and about Scoble. I don't know how he does it, but it's really annoying. I find myself relaxing when he takes a break from Twitter, for example to fly from Europe to the…
In good company…
Wow, am I relieved to see you. Wasn't sure anyone would find me at my new address (or recognize me from NPR circa 1979). And having come out today as a casuality of the recession and one of the 64 folks laid off from NPR, I frankly wasn't sure how…
End of Year Muse
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 61° F | 45° F 61° F | 56° F 76° F | 61° F 72° F | 58° F 70° F | 52° F It seems that 2008 is insistent on going out looking more like summer in the mountains than winter...Today has been…
Where Have the Bees Gone?
Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance. "Nature Deficit Disorder". Now there is a public health issue I can understand. I have been aware of being prone to the condition…
I Have Something to Anticipate…
According to Rob, I must have jumped the gun on his prediction for my horoscope. Aquarius Horoscope for week of December 25, 2008 Imagine you're driving down a very wide highway that's 50 lanes across even though there are no lines dividing one lane from another. Speed limit signs aren't…
An Unexpected Christmas Gift From An Unexpected Place…
FAR, far above the earth, the goddess of winter storms discovered mealy moths in her flour. Lifting the enormous bag, she staggered out of her cloud home and hurled the whole thing into the black sky above Wisconsin. Far below, Rudi Saxon was splitting wood behind his rural cottage. The…
Merry Christmas
From Coffee Muses A fifty year old Christmas Card greeting being sent from my family one more time just as it was in 1958. Merry Christmas all... I'll be doing the family bit for the next couple of days. Y'all enjoy the holiday and I'll catch ya on the other…
Journalism in the 21st Century…
The MSM is full these days of stories of the demise of the MSM. Having argued continuously for limits in the ownership of news organizations I feel that a lot of these failings can be laid at the feet of the consolidators. As in most of the rest of the…
Solstice Muse…
Sherry and I were in the car this morning heading to the grocery store for the weekly shopping and listening the Christmas music on the radio. I started thinking about what our children and grandchildren must think about the words to the traditional Christmas songs. I am sure my children…
Foie Gras To Sustainability?
This is an amazing story...
Some cutbacks may be hard…
Image by winzu via Flickr To get past the better half. WINEDALE — OK, I believe it. They’ve got me convinced. Here at the old country house in Washington County, winter has come to the front porch so I’ve moved inside by the fire. I’ve sat here and read three…
And the good news keeps on coming
The deepening recession has eroded the financial standing and optimism of a broad swath of Americans, nearly two-thirds of whom say that they have been hurt by the downturn and that the country has slipped into long-term economic decline. In New Poll, 63 Percent of Americans Say They Have Suffered…
One Garden
A Promise To Myself
Back last month as I began to think about what I was going to do with myself I wrote on a list that I was going to watch a video a day from the TEDtalks series. I haven't completely kept that promise but I have watched multiples on numerous occasions.…
Just Muses
Thursday Morning Muse…Coffee and Weather.
Coffee Muse I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep. Therefore, I celebrate it two hours later when I am fully…
It’s Snowing On The Texas Coast…WOW!
Most of the evening we have been having snow flurries off and on. This following a day of falling temperatures and sleet. Considering that when I went to bed last night the temperature had just fallen into the 60's, having snow starting to accumulate is kinda strange. From air conditioning…
