Working weekend this weekend. I’m finally finishing my writing for the UPT book after too long a break (with apologies to my long suffering and extremely patient editors). And I’m finally porting my weblog to Movable Type, hopefully finishing by Monday or Tuesday. I am partial to Blogger, and think it’s the best blogging tool to use when a […]
Category: Burningbird
Held Captive
We are a society that is progressively looking inward rather than outward. As we spend more and more time among concrete towers and experience more and more of the world through our computers, we’re relying less and less on our senses, on all our senses. We are quite strong visually or aurally, but even that […]
And the patient had chains
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. More adventures, but Golden Girl had to sit this one out. Today I went to San Francisco General Hospital for an abdominal CT scan. The scan was interesting, but the waiting room was more so. Once I turned in my paperwork at the X-Ray department, a nurse brought me into […]
Reflections on Still Water
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. When I worked at Stanford last year, I used to take the commuter train to work. It was a ride of about an hour each way and I always looked forward to it. Head phones on, favorite music playing, I would lay my head back against the seat and spend […]
Funky Bird
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I am just not feeling hot today. And I am feeling hot today. I am in a funk and I’m funky. Unlike Jonathon, I did not indulge in foods direct from the great salt lick; however, I want to indulge in visions of the Great Salt Lake. I am sick, but […]
