4 days agoEnter GileadAs a Canadian, the concept of conservative vs liberal judges is difficult for me to understand. I’m not naive enough to believe in pure neutrality, any more than I believe in photographic objectivity. But shouldn’t a judge — any judge — at least aspire to this? …Justice2 min read
Jun 19RollingIt’s the roar of an airplane, I think, lost behind those big menacing clouds. But it isn’t. What I’m hearing is thunder.Essay2 min readRolling----
Jun 16Surfacing and Sparks, with ReadwiseMost mornings, when I can, I more or less follow the same routine: I sit on the couch with a cup of coffee and my iPad, open a daily note in Craft, set it to my Daily template, and write “morning thoughts”. These are usually brief, but they sometimes branch…Reading5 min read
May 27The Terrifying Shortening#personal notes “Everyone’s attention spans are shortening,” says Katie Feeney, a 19-year-old Penn State student experimenting with all of the services. “It’s what people like.” In her view, the era of the three-minute video — or television, for that matter — is over. I made a resolution, a few weeks…Thoughts2 min read
May 191000 Songs (Or A Music Story p2)I had a Walkman, back in high school. Not a real one: mine was a Panasonic — larger, not as sexy, and definitely not yellow.I Pod2 min read
May 17Almost RightI find it soothing, springtime rain, once the leaves are out and they glisten and we can again bask in deep pools of green. You sit with your coffee, and you put on some music, and the world feels almost right. We closed the windows this morning, after days of…Essay2 min read
May 10Flow Week, Time, and DirectionsIt was probably inevitable, given the birthday marker and the weight that stems from absorbing the passage of time. A change of seasons…Journal4 min read
May 5GildedIf you’re reading this on the day it’s published (May 5), then you’re reading it on my birthday — which also happens to coincide with Flow Week, a seven week sabbatical model I’m experimenting with. Hopefully spring is in the air and leaves have started to show. …Elon Musk3 min read
Apr 22A Music StoryThe CD player was on a makeshift table, next to a door leading to the small balcony of my equally small apartment. It was summer, or maybe spring, but warm, almost hot. The player was new and a splurge for me at the time, but I didn’t care — Compact…Music2 min read
Apr 12Display TalesWhen the iMac 5K died on me last year, I’d been using iMacs for over a decade, so shopping for a display was a very distant memory. That situation changed when I replaced it with the M1 MacBook Air, but I decided to compromise: after spending a couple of months…Gear5 min read
