Grow the family

July 5, 2010

Are you in the arts? Frantic about funding? You might want to take an hour to listen to Michael Kaiser‘s presentation at the Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas: the entire presentation, including an extended discussion period, is here. Kaiser is the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 4, 2010

Evolutionary Psychology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) “Evolutionary psychology is one of many biologically informed approaches to the study of human behavior. Along with cognitive psychologists, evolutionary psychologists propose that much, if not all, of our behavior can be explained by appeal to internal psychological mechanisms. What distinguishes evolutionary psychologists from many cognitive psychologists is the […]

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Frames

July 3, 2010

A couple of nights ago I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s clever and satisfyingly grippping Shadow of a Doubt – what a great film! At the risk of sounding like a fogy, I’ll say it anyway: They don’t make ’em like that anymore. (Blue Velvet was just a happy aberration!) There’s an interesting 4-page analysis/ synopsis that […]

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What about widgets?

July 2, 2010

I go to my local YMCA a lot, and every time I’m there I think about energy use: how much energy I could be generating, how much I’m using, how much others are using. My “plus” membership entitles me to use the sauna and steam room, and I get towel service, too (yes! – love […]

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Dear Facebook: give us back Joe Average

July 1, 2010

Joe Average is a Canadian painter who changed his name to Joe Average. It wasn’t his name when we were in high school, but it has been his real name for decades. Joe Average was on Facebook, but last night (at the GFs-from-highschool-meetup) I learned that his personal account has disappeared. His fan-page still exists, […]

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Late night out…

June 30, 2010

Late night out with the GFs from high school – I’m pretty lucky to have friends like Kathryn Popham and Betsy Burke. Among other things, Betsy is now the first real live author I know who has a book on Amazon Digital Services: read her book The Laughing Madonna (Kindle edition) now. More on this […]

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Tax deadline coming up

June 29, 2010

I’ve put it off, but it’s due tomorrow (or Friday, after the Canada Day holiday on Thursday): property taxes. There are some things I’m happy to get for my taxes. But the state of those off-leash parks, with spear-grass (“the generic term used for any wild grass that has barbed seeds”) growing rampant and left […]

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Talking to a deaf dog

June 28, 2010

A while back, I posted that I was worried about my dog. He’s getting on (he’s 12 years old), and he has had some chronic health issues for years (hypothyroidism, eg.) Well, last week (after I got back from a week away), I noticed that he is really quite deaf. He seems to hear some […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 27, 2010

Placemaking in Waterfront Cities « Project for Public Spaces – Placemaking for Communities Upcoming September conference in Norway on waterfronts and public space. QUOTE The important themes of the conference include creating “Multi-use Destinations”, forging an “Architecture of Place”, expanding the idea of accessibility and the role of transportation on waterfronts and the important potential […]

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Royal jazz

June 26, 2010

Another night out for me, and now it’s almost midnight – where’s my blog post for today? I got to hear Joshua Redman and his new collaborative project, James Farm Band, this evening. The concert, which took place at the Royal Theatre, was part of the TD Victoria International Jazz Fest. The musicians: Joshua Redman […]

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