Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
I am virtually attending BlogHer. You can do it, too!! Visit the Conference site at BlogHer Participate to the live chat at PingV. (All the transcripts of the chat session can be found at Laura Scott‘s blog) Track the Conference through live bloggers at Track Blogher. Donna Mills has been blogging live like crazy...
About 100 billion years from now, all but the closest of galaxies will be dragged away by the swelling space at faster-than-light speed and so would be impossible for us to see, regardless of the power of telescopes used. If these ideas are right, then in the far future the universe will be a...
My “Leaving IT” post has received some attention; the trackback on Misbeaving.net was picked up by Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer and made it on Computerworld’s blog. Although I found quite interesting my obsession in reading my name quoted by others (think John Milton|Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate: “Vanity! definitely my favorite sin”), I would...
Addiction: “The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.” (from Dictionary.com) I hope it’s just because of the novelty of blogging, but I am kind of obsessed with it. Ask my husband. So I thought that these t-shirts for sale at Blogher are very appropriate: Sad but not...
In Italy, geraniums are resilient plants that can live outside all year around. It turns out that it’s not the same in Pennsylvania. Last year, I left my geranium too long outside during the winter, and it almost completely died. After being inside for while, one of the three original plants slowly started making...
As all cops know, there is something exceptionally relieving in telling the truth. Lying takes a big effort; expressing who we are and how we really feel is the satisfying path of least resistance. This is all good, but the impulse to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth creates some...
