From Carl Honoré’s In Praise of Slowness. Emphasis and notes mine. On many journeys, speeding will not save any time at all. The spread of synchronized traffic signals means that drivers who flout the speed limit come up against more red lights.¹ Weaving in and out of heavy traffic is often counterproductive, partly because lane [...]
Rise, lyrics by Eddie Vedder such is the way of the world you can never know just where to put all your faith and how will it go gonna rise up burning black holes in dark memories gonna rise up turn my mistakes into gold oh such is the passage of time too fast to [...]
Last night Kathleen and I went to the Capital City Gastropub for drinks and dessert. It was pretty quiet there, and we sat at the bar. The Gastropub has two new things: a liquor license and a tv. I’ll start with the tv. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be. And at [...]
I am starting to favor things that are built to last. Electronic gadgets frustrate me. They are meant to be obsolete in less than a year. They are designed to be replaced in less than a year. People pay hundreds of dollars for something they are going to throw away by next Christmas. (And they [...]
Today Kathleen and I biked to the Radix Center for a tour. It was sunny and 38°, perfect weather for a ride. Inside the massive structure it was over 80°. Everyone shed layers. Scott gave us some background on his family and their work, and the center itself. Then he launched into a very detailed [...]