thankful for…

free writes, rewrites, civil rights, mermaids, sasquatch, wilco, weezer, new love, old talking heads, good friends, deep kisses, mother’s little helper, baby luella, auggie’s wedding gift, guthrie-style fascist killing machines, harmony, discord, family, grace, it’s not about us – it’s about me, mindfulness, joe biden, limitless hope, thai food, heath ledger, human calendars, wiki wiki ways, and dances in her eyes – spinning there forever.


Wak this way

My beloved Seattle Mariners today made Don Wakamastu the first Asian-American manager in Major League Baseball. As a baseball fan, I’m happy because I think the signing signals a positive new direction with the organization and it’s philosophy. From all reports I believe Don Wakamatsu will be in a good position to work with the


Dead Gods, These Things

I tire of blogging about dead gods. Today’s news of Mitch Mitchell’s death finds me in a weird place. As I put it on Facebook: “Sad news. Mitch was never as bombastic as his ‘Band of Gypsies’ replacement Buddy Miles, but man could Mitch play. Certainly not the greatest rock drummer of all times, but


Human(e) Calendar

This is such an awesome project, I just felt it deserved it’s own post — I’ve added the cool “Human Calendar” to the sidebar. This calendar is composed of everyday people in a “Brady Bunch” grid with everyone looking at the date. Most of the models were friends of the programmer who happened by his


Non-partisan wiki voting resources

Just a head’s up, I’ve fallen off the <nowiki> wagon </nowiki> (that’s a really funny joke if you understand MediaWiki syntax*). And am doing some consulting and blogging for AboutUs among other non-AboutUs wiki and writing projects. Among other things, I’m helping to build out templates to make using AboutUs easier (and prettier) for community