Respect The Man’s Shrubbery
New Mexico politics quote of the week: I can honestly say I think I would recall being cited for urinating in a bush. And I don’t think I would urinate in a bush at a police station. Jerome Block, in today’s Journal
Archive of posts filed under the mind category.
Taters of the Lost Ark
So you’re in a product marketing meeting for a major toy company that’s developing an Indiana Jones Special Edition Mr. Potato Head. And you are pure inspiration: “Why not call it `Taters of the Lost Ark’?” A product cycle later, you walk into your local K-Mart, and there it is. How cool would that be, …
bees
John Fleck visits my beehive Originally uploaded by chantal foster. That’s me, looking at Chantal’s bees this morning. Chantal’s the smartest person I know about the nature of self-organizing web communities (she’s the founder of Duke City Fix). You can’t exactly manage them. Instead, you provide the seed to get things started and the necessary …
Pride summed up
Aaron sums up the importance of the ordinary at a pride day barbecue for his friends Ron and David: The real story there, the real victory, is that Ron’s parents are there at his cookout, chatting about lawn care and paint chips with their son-in-law in a way that you’d never ever have imagined fifty …
and colorful, too!
High praise that recently showed up in a comment on an old thread on climate change adaptation and mitigation: This website is very nice and colorful too. Its nice to have something to show others where you attend church and to show all the smiling people filled of the goodness of the Lord. You have …
Peak Women’s Tennis Shoes?
Lissa made a startling discovery yesterday at Costco. There were no women’s tennis shoes in stock. It was not just that they have become more expensive. There were none available at any price. This raises an interesting question: have we reached peak women’s tennis shoes? Will women have to start going barefoot? Or will they …
What is this?
fleck.com The web is the biggest source of information. We all know a tiny bit. Fleck combines the knowledge of your friends.
On Jumping to Conclusions
Looks like I drew an improper inference in my post earlier today about the Clovis yearbook advisor: A Clovis High School teacher is no longer the adviser to the yearbook, which this year came under fire for photos and interviews with gay couples. School officials say teacher Carol Singletary announced her decision before the controversy …
Kids still great, adults not so much
Clovis teacher out as yearbook adviser after kids included pictures of lesbian couples
The Sheet Metal Screw Fairy
We have a bit of a mystery at our house. This time of year, I usually walk around barefoot. But lately I’ve been wearing sandals because of a puzzling problem. Sheet metal screws keep appearing on the floor of our house. It started by the back door, between the door to my office and the …