brainstorms [next bit]

"this has caused me the greatest trouble, and still causes me the greatest trouble: to realize that what things are called is unspeaka...

a good time to repost this quote from my good friend. "Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intel...

I once had a powerful AHA moment about clarity, accuracy and availability of technical communication in development/it environments. I ofte...

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya...

"The supposedly dystopian aspect of my work has never been that, but rather the application of literary naturalism to imagined futures...

revisiting an old favorite for a touch of color and dynamic range. this one is from new orleans french quarter, february 1999. i'm out v...

head full of light and white water eyes gleaming stones I have become a river running to you and time the canoe overturned ...

imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but continuous flattery, however sincere, is extremely irritating. -- me "People are...

[from @scalzi on twitter] Going to do a series of tweets relating to the Hugos, but I'll be quick and there will be a kitten pic at th...

"Originalism is philosophically incoherent (the old texts bear the same multivalent marks of dispute and argument that persist now) a...

following is a partial illustrator/inkscape  rendering of a sukashi tsuba design, based on existing japanese designs. [i happen to own edo...

"selling out is usually more a matter of buying in." -- bill watterson “the main function of the human brain, the primary insti...

well now. while digging into the content stored in my iphone, i found out the drafts app which I'm slowly abandoning by removing my cont...

never mind the abstract  reader's digest  quote poster that is going around. this is my transcription of what Ira Glass actually said...

a period of time a few minutes long fifty eight years wide.   -- Tomas Transtromer ["the sad gondola"]

"The clock is ticking. Life is fleeting. If you don’t feel alive now, when will you?" -- guy tal "forget the big picture. ...

"be yourself and style will follow" -- guy tal ‪ "we are who we are - eventually."  -- constantine "no-on has ...

Deniers are not Skeptics December 5, 2014 Public discussion of scientific topics such as global warming is confused by misuse of the t...

reading at the back deck with the kid - Keith's red, spring breeze, Magritte clouds, peace. [oz/14]

"be nice. it's the smart play." -- capt. gregson ["elementary"] "sometimes the only real difference between c...