Donate to End MS!

I cycled from Houston to Austin to raise money for MS research.

Here comes Facebook

This is exciting: Facebook Launches Facebook Platform; They are the Anti-MySpaceLet’s see how deep this one goes.

Happy New Year!

Oh my god, I haven’t posted in forever. Back from Europe. More to come…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Baseball playoffs!

It’s my favorite time of year again! The baseball playoffs have begun! There are so many reasons to love the MLB playoffs. Let’s hope it’s a great year for postseason baseball.

Sunday Night

It’s Sunday night and another weekend gone by. I’m feeling rested and ready for the week ahead. Haven’t posted to the site in a little while, so I thought I’d put something on now. Later…

Thomas Jefferson’s Ten Rules for the Good Life

I was inspired by Jefferson after a recent visit to Monticello. I have a print of his “Ten Rules for the Good Life” hanging on my wall at home. I’m inclined to share here:

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. Never spend . . . → Read More: Thomas Jefferson’s Ten Rules for the Good Life

Big redesign!

Oh yes, finally I’m getting my butt in gear! As you can see, the site looks considerably different. I’ve redesigned the look, simplified the navigation, and done a lot on the back end to make things run better. It’s also easier for me to update. In case you’re interested, I’ve switched from Blogger to WordPress, . . . → Read More: Big redesign!

US Cellular Field

Checking out the White Sox!

Create your own net radio station

Check out Pandora.com, where you can enter the names of artists or songs you like and the site will generate a radio stream of similar music. You can tell it whether you like the songs it chooses–to help “hone” your station. It’s easy and fun. And I’m not getting paid to write this! (I found . . . → Read More: Create your own net radio station

On Luck

I read a great article in Scientific American’s Skeptic column called As Luck Would Have It. Give it a read–it’s short, and I found it pleasant and uplifting. As someone who thinks of myself as risk-averse, I still agree with the benefits of feeling lucky. I certainly do. Tell me what you think of the . . . → Read More: On Luck

Santa Monica Saturday morning

This is turning ridiculous: Danish paper pursues Holocaust cartoons

This issue of cartoons inciting such a level of violence is awful. There seems to be nothing productive or enriching coming out of this controversy. No lessons learned. No discussion. It’s hard for me to believe that riots or fires or deaths of protesters in any way shed a better light on an already sore . . . → Read More: This is turning ridiculous: Danish paper pursues Holocaust cartoons

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