I told myself a while ago that I would pay close attention to what Jason Calacanis said; the guy’s as close to tech as you can get and he’s got his brain in lots of different pies. Now, unfortunately, he occasionally offers opinion in some of the pies that he has no business talking about. [...]
Archive for the ‘feelings’ Category
We must do things these days
March 5th, 2010
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Not sure why I’ve chosen to post this today. I am troubled, deeply, by the billions of people worldwide who will go to bed tonight hungry, fearful for their safety, or sick from disease. These days, it’s not worth mentioning the statistics concerning how many people live on less than $2/day. I even hesitate to [...]
Losing old gods, finding nature
January 26th, 2010
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I recently headed back to Colorado for a wonderful weekend of R&R with my girlfriend and her family. We went skiing at Crested Butte, an absolutely amazing mountain way out in the center of the state. Here’s what happens when I ski: 1. I fall down. This happens a handful of times. During this particular [...]
Five myths around disaster relief
January 19th, 2010
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Edward Brown, relief director for World Vision, debunks five myths around disaster relief. I offer my thoughts on each point in place of Brown’s remarks. This came in the form of a Facebook note: 1. Collecting blankets, shoes and clothing is a cost-effective way to help – When I worked with The 1010 Project, we [...]
Poorism
January 4th, 2010
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Ode Magazine, which I once subscribed to, ran a story this past April called “Slum tours: Traveling off the beaten path” detailing the rise of what some have dubbed “poorism”, or traipsing through the slums of this planet for an alternative travel experience. Coming from Ode, I figured that this would be a hit piece [...]
Hotels.com drops the ball
November 30th, 2009
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AWESOME UPDATE: I posted this entry at 12:07 pm. At 1:34 pm I received a phone call from Hotels.com saying that they had tracked down the booking agent who processed my bad booking and were refunding the money immediately. I’m not going to accuse Twitter, Facebook, and a blog of ensuring the abnormally quick turnaround, [...]
Proof of Mozart
November 10th, 2009
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I needed to learn a bit more about Meister Eckhart, so I Googled him last night. That led me to Eckhart Tolle, and to Paul Tillich, and then finally to Karl Barth this morning. I guess you could call it a theologian binge. In my readings, I happened upon this interesting quotation by Barth: It [...]
Health care debate actually making Americans sicker
November 7th, 2009
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New research shows that the past few months of debate (often more like shouting) over the reform of the health insurance process has actually worsened our nation’s already-fragile health. I should probably disclaim what I just wrote and what I’m about to write by saying that this research was conducted by me. Let’s put some [...]
Dream of failed suicide?
November 2nd, 2009
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I had a very interesting dream last night. For starters, please acquaint yourself with the idea of interfaith work, which I blog about often. If you’re already up to date, awesome. In the dream, I was traveling with a crew of interfaith leaders. These were shadows of people that I know in real life, although [...]
President Obama and the Nobel
October 10th, 2009
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The announcement threw me for a loop, but after reading President Obama’s comments on the matter, I was unconfused and relaxened. Is that a word? In any case, I’m not going to not reproduce the speech here in its entirety: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON WINNING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Rose Garden 11:16 A.M. EDT [...]
