I entered the apartment and looked around, not feeling at home but somehow knowing that it was okay to be there. It was a modest, uncluttered place, yet spacious and airy. Books and papers however were piled high on a dining room table across the room to my left. Behind the table bright sunshine blared through a huge floor-to-ceiling glass window. So bright it was difficult to look in that…
Gotta say what you need to say. And with that I am going to post some videos to view. Yeah, I know. I'm going to say what I need to say by posting videos...pun intended... R.I.P. Big Guy... Time to go back to the places you will be from...
Fresh off of being called a "pseudo-intellectual" by an obvious admirer (I've been called worse, this year too, and hey, who am I to argue with other people's opinions of me), it's a good time to update what's been happening lately. To me. A narcissistic, pseudo-intellectual. Sorry, I neglected the narcissistic part earlier, however after looking in the mirror, hey what can I say that hasn't already…
As I hit middle-age, I am driven every waking moment by a mix of dynamics that include urgency, presence, awe, and serenity among others. Life is delicious. Heck, I would submit that even my dreams have become more vivid; I'm dreaming more in technicolor. I'll never forget my first dream in color. March of 1977, the night before two friends and I were leaving for spring break in Daytona Beach.…
I went back through my blog recently; all the way back. Someone had to do it, why not me? Well, I think mostly because this is all in from my head. This is my proverbial tree-in-the-forest. Words fall; does anyone hear them? God, I hope not. Anyway, revisiting my past from 2007 it becomes evident where I was intellectually and emotionally. Almost every entry represents a wayside where I…
It's been almost 4 years since I was regularly updating my blog. I pretty much said see ya later with that pic on the left. I was enrolling back in school for the fall 2010 semester. I had no idea what the future held either long or short term. The economy was crash(ed)ing, I had lost one of my top accounts and was staring…
The music on the pages of my site are from a diverse range of performers. Pat Metheny's "We Live Here" is featured on my home page. It is from his 1995 album of the same name. I've been a Metheny fan since the late 80's. This album is intense, forceful, and drives home strong feelings through a sense of place and foundation.
I recently finished reading Tariq Ramadan's "Islam and the Arab Awakening" I bought before his lecture at ASU. After his wonderful address, I was humbled to meet him and receive his personal message. As for the book, in my opinion Ramadan elucidates an extremely knowledgeable, consistent, prescient, balanced discourse. He most assuredly has the credentials to contribute a much deeper and nuanced interpretation of events which have…
In June I found a gift card buried in a junk drawer so Aubrey & I went on a shopping spree at Barnes & Noble. I picked up these four. Granted my use of the DC book didn't pan out as planned, but I know I'll be visiting there often enough down the road. As for the other three, The Narrative of the Life…
There's a list somewhere of the top ten stressors in life. It includes major life changes which put a lot of pressuse on an individual or family. Well, 2013 saw my sons and I engage in 7 of the 10. Exciting ya, stressful, hell ya, and sometimes depressing. Other times exhilarating. As soon as things settle down a little more---getting close--- I am going…