A random Oklahoma County Commissioner decided to put out a comic book as part of his campaign. The main theme was to show how he is a true social conservative. I mean, I’d understand if the drawings were at least good. But, they are not. Oy…
Archive for July, 2008
One and One Only
July 19, 2008I want to view fresh things.
If you could only view one blog from now until you die, which one would it be? Just one…
What’s the premier for you?
…Update… I should mention that mine would be: The Daily Dish
Walk Score
July 18, 2008This is a cool little site that ranks each address based on how walkable it is…
Walk Score, which launched last year, allows users to type in an address and get a “walkability score” from 0 (must have car) to 100 (walker’s paradise)…
But there are kinks still to be worked out…
Mr. Mathieu acknowledged these sorts of errors. “There is no data source out there that actually reflects the real world,” he said. But he said that the scores remain pretty good indicators for people looking for a new home. “We get lots of emails that say, ‘Hey, this bookstore closed, and you don’t have this new cafe that opened, but yeah, you pretty much have it right,” said Mr. Mathieu, whose Seattle neighborhood, Laurelhurst, scored a 74.
The reliance on nearby amenities to the exclusion of other factors, such as sidewalk and street design, neighborhood safety and road speed limits, is a reflection partly of a lack of data. Such information, if available at all, tends to be for a city overall rather than for specific addresses or neighborhoods, Mr. Mathieu said.
My Champaign address: 74 out of 100
My current address: 98 out of 100
Yours?
Photos That Stick With You
July 18, 2008Maybe its just me. I love the ears though…
Brian Belefant / 2004
Morning Music
July 18, 2008Penny Evans – Steve Goodman
Some consider this the best war protest song ever written. And Yes, it is the same Steve Goodman who wrote and performed the “Go Cubs Go” masterpiece.
Reporter Swallows Bug
July 17, 2008Funny. There is some language though, so turn the speakers down if you must.
The Lawn Chair Pilot
July 17, 2008Have you hear this true story before?
Larry Walters was always fascinated with flying. But he couldn’t afford much; he just dreamed about it. One day in 1982 he decided to do something he had been thinking about for quite awhile. Larry got a lawn chair, tied fourteen helium filled weather balloons to it, got friends to hold him down while all was set, brought a radio/map/bb gun/six-pack of beer, and then floated up in the air.
He made it to 16,000 feet. Airline pilots saw him…a man floating in a lawn chair. Four hours later he landed, tangled in power lines. Unhurt. The gun and beer were gone- he had dropped in his gun and drank his beer.
He was fined $4000 for breaking some laws. Would he do it again, he said, “No.” Was he glad he did it once, he said, “Hell Yes.”
- Larry Walters / Arizona / 1982
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My question: What is the switch in the brain that makes us actually decide to act on the things that run through our heads? I bet you are like me, and have dozens of wild ideas hit you on a daily basis. Why don’t we do them? Why do we rarely even try?
I’m inspired by Larry. Sometimes I think too much. Or maybe I think just right, I just do too little.
What do you think?
Morning Music
July 17, 2008Keep Breathing – ingrid michaelson
I want to change the world…instead i sleep.
I want to believe in more than you and me.
But all that i know is i’m breathing.
All i can do is keep breathing.
All we can do is keep breathing now.
