Russell Davies talks about how to be interesting:

While I was at the U of O I kept going on about how the core skill of any future creative business person will be ‘being interesting’. People will employ and want to work with (and want to be with) interesting people.
And since I’d spent quite a lot […]

Sickening story in the NY Times on hazardous waste disposal in the new millenium:

It came from a Greek-owned tanker flying a Panamanian flag and leased by the London branch of a Swiss trading corporation whose fiscal headquarters are in the Netherlands.

This is getting to be a very complicated world.
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Jackie deJonge is the wife of Hendrik, a friend and colleague of mine.
Right now she, Hendrik, and their 5 kids are going through a very tough time - just as they were about to move to Australia, she was diagnosed with a very severe form of cancer in her left arm. She’s recently gone through […]

Had my first Twinkie today. In 34 years of life.
The guys in the Art Prep department of my company forced me too. Or, more accurately, Dave Mazer forced me to.
Yuck. Fake. Gross. Twinkies are one unhealthy food I won’t have any trouble resisting. Unlike chips, hamburgers, chocolate, etc.
Well, at least there’s one.
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I just saw POV on PBS: Waging a Living, and I am ashamed that I am ever in any way discontent with my life or my job or my salary.
Waging a Living follows the lives of 4 individuals who are “working poor.” (More details about them.)
One’s a security guard in downtown San Francisco, making $9-10/hour. […]

I had a strange feeling today. For a while, I couldn’t put my finger on it.
Then I realized what it was: for the first time in months, maybe years, I was pain-free. I’m sitting here typing with the same kind of wondering, puzzled, amazed emotion. I can hardly believe it.
As I’ve mentioned recently (one, two, […]