Interviewing one’s self presents two challenges. The first is that the subject of the interview ought to be interesting. The second is, that the interviewer ought to have some talent at interviewing.
But, no matter.
There is also the choice of format. I could use the Donald Rumsfeld approach: pose your own question, then answer it. To wit: [...]
Archive for June, 2009
I interview myself
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, Wilson family, tagged Daniel R Wilson, Michelle Yauger, Robert Reich on June 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Scene through my viewfinder
Posted in Art, Scene through my viewfinder, Tucson on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The talk on the street is that the saguaro cactus is an anarchist species. Each plant grows willy-nilly, impervious to advice or genetic influence. It is not about to listen to anybody.
The crested variation goes all out to flout conformity and to reject prevailing social standards. The specimen shown here lives in the Desert Botanical [...]
Count the miracles
Posted in Inspiration on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How many miracles do you find in this scene from last winter in Chapin, South Carolina? The rain drop knows how to shape itself into that familiar teardrop shape that is common to all water. The water itself knows how to circulate around the entire Earth. Two weeks from now it might be part of an [...]
My new look
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I noticed the text was sliding off the page of my blog. The reason turned out to be that they retired the template I was using. Hence, this new look.
On having a Latin lover
Posted in In the News, Wilson family on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Joey, a good friend of mine, and a lady of great reserve and propriety, asked me how the governor of South Carolina could have a girl friend, given the circumstances of his life. For that matter, she asked, how could any married man do that.
I can’t speak for the governor, but I can speak from my [...]
I’m on Facebook again
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, Wilson family on June 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am on Facebook for maybe the third time. I’m still trying to figure out a use for it. Anyway, I’m there.
The ambience is strange. It calls for an avatar of some kind, or if not that, a photo that shows perhaps my right ear, or just my nose. Maybe my full face, but with most of it lost [...]
Schroedinger’s cat
Posted in Inspiration, Science, World peace on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a famous story from the world of physics that says we find what we look for. Light is either particles or waves, depending on the structure of our experiments.
Erwin Schroedinger, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, used the strange example of a cat in a sealed box to make a point. Is the cat alive or dead? [...]
Going to the dogs
Posted in Inspiration, World peace on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was my third photo shoot for the 2010 Golden Retriever calendar for the RAG AZ organization. The money they make selling the calendars is used to pay veterinary bills for homeless goldens.
It is a treat to be around a gaggle of goldens. They are particularly enthusiastic dogs, and they are extraordinarily affectionate. I have mentioned [...]
Happy Father’s Day!
Posted in Family & Friends, Wilson family on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I recently posted two articles in honor of Father’s Day. They are The Mythical Dimensions of Fathers, and On Being a Son.
My regards to the photographer who took this photo. The images in this blog are 99.9 percent mine, but I couldn’t have taken this one.
This is Robert Morris Wilson when he was a teenager.
Happy [...]
A gift from many sources
Posted in Family & Friends, Inspiration on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is TaylorJo at two years. The location is the Santa Barbara zoo, and she is rejoicing in her newly-acquired ability to run.
We are picking her up at the airport today. She is now ten years old, and she has added piano playing, surfing, and a number of other skills since I took this photo. [...]
