I want to borrow the legendary complaint of Jewish mothers: You never write!
Blogs are today what telephones were a century ago, or what microwaves were in the 1970s. Lots of people had them, but lots more thought they were icky.
I remember friends who would not buy answering machines because they thought they were impersonal. Just [...]
Archive for July, 2009
You never write!
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, Family & Friends on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Mercy” begins at 110 degrees
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phoenix competes with Hades itself for the title of hottest place in creation. Phoenix often wins. The Arizona Republic reports that 11,368 homes in the Phoenix area had their electrical power cut in the month of June for non payment of their bills.
In Arizona, July is hotter than June.
The local power companies delay cutting the [...]
Celebrating bewilderment
Posted in Inspiration, Yoga on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons I love Rumi’s work so much is that he celebrates bewilderment. I’m inclined to run from it, deny it, and try to neutralize it.
Rumi reminds us to sit with our bewilderment, have a conversation with it, and let our intuition, not our cleverness, be our guide.
One of my favorite Rumi poems [...]
Quirk’s World: Ending the recession
Posted in In the News on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quirk reads The New York Times, and he shares what he learns with the employees he has left.
Microsoft’s hard spot
Posted in Management on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft has never been a company that was concerned with making friends. Making money has always been a sufficient reward. They will have to reckon with this choice, and in the not-too-distant future.
I have been buying Microsoft products since the company began. I learned DOS commands, for crying out loud, and entered them at the [...]
No tea with the neighbors. Why is that?
Posted in Family & Friends on July 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Note: I published this post a year ago in my now defunct blog, Tucson Dialog. I am reprinting it now because it is one of my favorites.
We visited our friends in California this summer. Our main group of friends has been hanging out together for 25 years now. We used to have lots more friends [...]
Imprisonment: not the career choice it once was
Posted in In the News on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
State governments all across the country are having trouble deciding if they want their prisoners or not. The arguments for keeping them in lock up are as legion and compelling as the arguments for releasing them early.
Prisoners sued the state of California for cramming too many people into inadequate facilities. California fought the action, but [...]
A day at the beach
Posted in Family & Friends, Wilson family on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a picture of my family celebrating at Seaside Beach, in Oregon. I’m not in the photo.
One of the great shifts that comes with getting older is that yesterday keeps creeping ever closer to today. Events that were conveniently lost in the mists of time regain a remarkable freshness and vitality. I’ll leave it to the [...]
Mort on medical care
Posted in Management on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They say that if the government gets into the health insurance business it would keep me from seeing my doctor and getting the medical tests I need. Would somebody mind telling those folks that I already can’t get those things, and so I have nothing to lose by giving the government a shot?
Surely I jest!
Posted in Art, In the News on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you need, sirs, is a Director of Corporate Karma, and I …
The New York Times crossword puzzle editor is currently accepting questions from the public about puzzles, puzzle design, and being puzzled.
That’s not really the news. The news is that they have a crossword puzzle editor. He has a college degree in puzzles. He [...]
