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January 2004
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Way of the scramble
As I scramble to get things ready for the beginning of the spring semester here, the two following Taoist poems from 365 Tao (and the Hives) have helped me keep perspective.
Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
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Open letter on behalf of Atlanta public transit
Judith Dovers
Coordinator of Public Involvement
Atlanta Regional Commission
Ms. Dovers,
I write to express my enthusiastic support for the proposed C-Loop and Beltline transit projects.
As a native of Oklahoma City, I grew up without any meaningful public transit. Using cars was so ingrained in the culture of Oklahoma City that persons using the meager bus system were […] -
Announcing a new US holiday
Forget Presidents’ Day. We want Deliberation Day. (But maybe change the name to something better, like “Democracy Day.”)
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The emerging democracy will be transparent
01.12.04 | Permalink | 2 Comments(Draft of a book review for work. Please comment.) A growing corporate “transparency movement” and growing global civil society-both enabled by information technology-will pull globalization into the side of the good. So says Ann Florini in The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World.
Florini likens the current information […] -
Published!
I wrote a review of a Slavoj Zizek book for work early last year, and it was recently republished in Chile. (It just arrived in the mail today.) For your reading amusement, the Google re-re-translation is here. (I had an easier time with the Spanish, but the Google version does make me […]
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Names currently being considered for the puppy
01.08.04 | Permalink | 4 CommentsStapler
White Noise
Speakerboxxx
Coffee Mug
SARS
Puzzler
Luke Skywalker
Thumb Tack
Thesaurus
Second Draft
Kleenex
Gramophone
Transistor Radio
Serial Monogomy
Phone Jack
TCP/IP
Mother
Grandpa Riley
Jake 2.0
Embedded
1986
Jesus Christ
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