Since moving to Oregon in August 2008, I have had the extreme good fortune to spend my birthday celebrations with friends and family, mostly in pursuit of wine and food. This year, Darby and I motored to Seattle early on the 4th. After a morning business meeting and a...
Young Americans Challenging High Technology
YACHT lights me up. Their grooves are infectious and the meaning in their work is at times profound. I know this is high praise for any artist, but it's not everyday that a New New Wave band with deep philosophical underpinnings kicks ass like YACHT kicks ass. "The...
Netflix Encourages Binge Viewing With New Below The Beltway Series
It's been one week and a day since the terribly disappointing season ending episode of "Downton Abbey." I do like a well made dramatic series, so Downton's seasonal close leaves a void. One we are attempting to fill by watching "House of Cards," the newly released...
How Adams’ Arrived At His Endless Horizons of Meaning
Thanks to advances in point-and-shoot technology, everyone's a photographer today, or so we imagine. Of course, taking pictures for fun is a different practice altogether than making images of artistic quality with a camera. For more information on the latter, please...
My Three Words for 2013
Chris Brogan has unleashed a meme, or narrative construct, that helps sum up what you want to work on, change or improve in the coming year. My friend, Dian Crawford, is participating in #mythreewords. Her three words are "Velocity, Simplicity and Laughter." I had to...