I’m not going to sit here and say that all books are better than movies, but for the Salander trilogy they are – the second book was so engrossing that the first time I became aware of the trilogy was in Europe when I saw Spaniards, Germans, French and Portuguese with a copy of The Girl Who Played With Fire in their respective language in front of their faces. That book was a doozy –…
Yesterday went so swimmingly, we decided we’d try to head out to PoBoy Fest today to hear some more live music and eat a poboy and enjoy the last of this good weather, even if it did get a little chillier today. Heading out the door already proved ominous when Tin refused to budge unless he had his sunglasses though it wasn’t sunny outside. We got to Oak Street and instantly scored a great parking…
A neighbor was walking her dog on the bayou today and stopped to chat a while during lunch on the porch time. Dining al fresco as we like to say around here. She had been in a long marriage and divorced and not too long ago had married again and it ended in divorce shortly afterwards. She said one thing that keeps her going is there is no scarcity of love, so she’s not worried…
Our nanny has been out this week and will be for the next two weeks, so it’s been a juggle to work and mind Tin and alternate between the two of us. But one thing that has been consistent since the nanny left and spent the weekend at the beach and then back home is that we have been digging having him to ourselves. The nanny gets the best time with him – the time…
I was reading an article about a friend’s architectural project in Zagreb and the writer quoted Wittgenstein saying “unhappiness in life is directly related to frustration, fear and pointlessness.” I would have to agree with that statement hands down. One of the theories that Shirky talks about in his book on Cognitive Surplus is that people in their lives are motivated by autonomy and competence and I’d have to say he summed it up for…
William Blake said the fool who persists in his folly will become wise and last night I was speaking to someone who is funding his passion through his job – in other words, your job doesn’t have to be your passion or your do good or feel good work. Last night, we had friends over for a wine and small bite round table – everyone’s mandate was to bring their favorite wine and the reason…
Years ago while traveling in Italy I was robbed by a mob of gypsy kids. The Italians in the square just turned a blind eye to the whole fiasco and later I learned from Italian friends that people do not stop the gypsies from robbing tourists because it is almost like welfare and no harm is done except the tourists are relieved of their pocket money that day. I was thinking about this when I…
Yesterday a car was in front of me that was plastered with bumperstickers. My fav was this one: NO ONE DROWNED WHEN BILL WAS AROUND
Last night Aaron said the life of a yogi is devoted to sweetness, intoxication and beauty. Not a bad lifestyle.
November 11, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) You’re always interested in questions of how what you’re doing fits into a larger context. You might wonder about your work’s impact on the environment, your work’s impact on your community, or your work’s impact on society at large. Right now, you’ll be particularly interested in these sorts of questions, and you could well get some very interesting — and perhaps even spiritually satisfying — answers. So how do you fit…