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way past logan’s run

Friday, June 30th, 2006

“Show me your hand, Logan,”Logan obeyed.“Do you know why you have this?” he said,tapping the palmflower with an index finger.“To tell my age,” said Logan.“And how old are you?”“I’m six.”And what happens when you are seven?”“It goes to blue… and I leave the nursery.”- from logan’s run
Ok, so it’s the day AFTER my birthday. [...]

. . and the beat goes on. . .

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

The grocery store’s the super mart, uh huhLittle girls still break their hearts, uh huhAnd men still keep on marching off to warElectrically they keep a baseball score- sonny & cher

Well I hope you’re not too sick of my little parlor trick infatuation recently. But for me it’s been another little epiphany. [...]

Landed In Heaven

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Heaven’s in hereAmong the twilight and stars-bowie
Ok, Let’s do this today. Each one of us take a moment to go to Rotem Ron’s Journal and post just a quick note of encouragement. Yes, that means YOU too. Rotem is now on her way south down the Eastern coast of Iceland in her [...]

an illustrated zen thing

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Communion

Relaxation

Balance

Cheetos!
What’s this about? Well, I’m turning 41 in two days. Reed sent me my new cag in 5 days! Now that’s beyond amazing. . I’m finding a new way to play with my kayaks. Standing gives you a new understanding of secondary stability. Gryphon did his first trip around [...]

balls

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Nothing too prosaicNothing too archaicHere’s your wakeup callWe are provocationWe are instigationHere’s your wakeup call, your second call
Balls. All you need are,Balls. To succeed areBalls. All you need areBalls. All you need are,Balls. To succeed areBalls. All you need are- sparks

Ok, so here’s something I picked up from Shawna and Leon of Body, Boat, [...]

2006 Presentation

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

We had a nice evening out under the stars chatting all about kayaking. We even beat the lightning that was slowly sneaking up on us. I was asked by someone recently if I liked public speaking because I seemed really comfortable leading on the water. My answer was that I do feel comfortable “On the [...]

momentary systems analysis

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

As the people here grow colderI turn to my computerAnd spend my evenings with itLike a friend.
I was loading a new programmeI had ordered from a magazine:
“Are you lonely, are you lost?This voice console is a must.”
I press Execute.
- k. bush
To offset my post yesterday I should mention a good customer service experience. Thinking [...]