low inertia

Baltimore Faces

Baltimore is a city of characters. A character is someone who has transcended person status via extreme regularity in location and/or unique attitude. A character is someone you can count on to be who they are at all times. An even keel, if you will. Spectacularly even.

the crazy guy in Charles Village
Stacy, the dude from […]

The door locks after all

I’m in upstate NY to visit my mom for her 65th birthday. It’s been great so far. It’s always pleasant to come back to this house I spent some formative years in. One of the things I always remembered about this house is that none of the doors ever latched. The house was built in […]

Snap!

That’s HILarious!

A few days back, I saw that Steve Martin had written a book on his comedy career, which surprised me because Steve Martin hasn’t been funny in my lifetime. In fact, the most recent thing I’ve seen where he was prominently involved was Shopgirl, possibly the worst movie I’ve seen in the last three years […]

Staying positive

RU Sirius’s recent publication True Mutations is full of fascinating interviews from edge thinkers. In particular, I’ve really enjoyed the interview with Jamais Cascio and Cory Doctorow (surprisingly, since boing boing has given me the impression he’s spasmodic; of course, he’s extremely thoughtful and well-spoken when not in tidbit form). I’d recommend reading it, particularly […]

That’s a good idea!

Right up there with green roofs in the category of “good uses for wasted spaces” is mounting gadgets under your desk.

You have the depressing future to look forward to!

I am often solicited by the AARP to become a member. While I don’t have many of the traits that generally define those worthy of an invite to such an exclusive club, such as being retired, I did cash out my defined retirement plan when I left my job in 2006. Apparently, that’s good enough […]

Pavlov was right!

There used to be a bizarre circuit training room in the basement of the Johns Hopkins athletic center, right down the hall from the more standard issue weight room. The circuit training room had early versions of today’s fitness machines; the resistance was provided via pneumatics. To adjust the difficulty, you would adjust an air […]

Hilarious hi-jinx

If you have not yet seen Xavier: Renegade Angel on Adult Swim, I’m not surprised because their ads suck, I have no idea when it’s on and it’s only 15 minutes long. However, I’ve been lucky enough to catch it twice, and it blew my mind the first time and made me laugh a whole […]

Preparation and Mental Modes

Procrastination: it’s what separates us from the animals.

Creative outburst

A lot of links to Boing Boing posts, some wordiness on words.