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On a hot summer night, sitting out on the front porch under a blue light reflecting against a humid haze hung low, you find yourself silent. Quiet reflection in a blanket of blue smoke.

I’m trying out the Imeem playlist player. The version on the Imeem site is fancier than this but thank the stars the embedded version is plain. It fits red leopard’s minimalist sensibilities. Sweet! It’s super simple to use. Find a playlist you like, cut and past the code snippet into your blog. Like that and it’s done! So why Aaron Lewis? I like his solo acoustic work over his staind electric work. Not everyone shares my opinion but Imeem has beaucoup playlists. Go get your own! ...

I’m re-reading Tom Peters’ Talent. It’s funny—not the ‘ha-ha’ type but the ‘strange’ type of funny—that on a second reading, the material often takes on an entirely different cast. I believe it’s the time in between the readings, the between time, in which your daily experiences are interpreted within the context of ideas gleaned from the first reading. In any event, Peters accomplishes at least one of his goals: “I don’t expect you’ll agree with everthing that I say in this book. But I hope that when you disagree … you will disagree angrily. That you will be so pissed off that you’ll … Do Something.” [p.9] ...

At work, we ditched our cubicles and went straight up desks. It is amazing what breaking down the cell walls will do. Anyway, here’s ten points of interest in this “Kelly’s Office Tour.” Mazzy Star Promo Mazzy Star was an American 1990s dream pop/alternative band. They formed in 1989, from the band Opal, a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith. Smith’s friend Hope Sandoval became vocalist when Smith left the band. ...

Eight forces sustain creation: Movement and stillness, Solidification and fluidity, Extension and contraction, Unification and division. —Morihei Ueshiba

The Art of Peace functions everywhere on earth, in realms ranging from the vastness of space down to the tiniest plants and animals. The life force is all-pervasive and its strength boundless. The Art of Peace allows us to perceive and tap into that tremendous reserve of universal energy. —Morihei Ueshiba

“Long you live and high you fly And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be” —Pink Floyd, Breathe (second stanza) One chooses or not. Nevertheless, one is; you are; I am. At the root of not knowing who one is a failure—or a refusal—to choose. Our personalities, our identities, our ingrained patterns of behavior are all antithetical to choice. Personality, identity, ingrained behavior are the default that suffers no possible alternative, only itself. It (personality, identity, ingrained behavior) is a mechanism, the design function of which is survival—primarily /its/ survival. ...

“so far as i am concerned, poetry and every other art was and is and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality…poetry is being, not doing. if you wish to follow, even at a distance, the poet’s calling (and here, as always, i speak from my own totally biased and entirely personal point of view) you’ve got to come out of the measurable doing universe into the immeasurable house of being…nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else. toms can be dicks and dicks can be harrys, but none of them can ever be you. there’s the artist’s responsibility; and the most awful responsibility on earth. if you can take it, take it—and be. if you can’t, cheer up and go about other people’s business; and do (or undo) till you drop.” ...

If you have not Linked yourself To true emptiness, You will never understand The Art of Peace. –Morihei Ueshiba

I just added the cluster maps app. It uses ip address lookup to put a pin on the world map. I hadn’t done anything on the blog in a while and thought it might be a fun diversion. :^)