This week as I watched California burning and read in the evening paper that in five years 36% of our states will face a water shortage I thought that’s something we ought to be genuinely concerned about.
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Watch the shrinking ice cap
Here’s a little video with some disturbing information about the shrinking polar ice cap. We can debate the causes of climate change but there can be no doubt that our climate is changing and with it our life on this earth. The source is a time lapse camera at NASA. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMQ21p93JZc]
Spoken text
I have a very good friend who is legally blind. He is 85 years old and gets around very well for someone who has difficulty seeing. He goes to work everyday and presides at family court. We visit a lot and he tells me about his grandson that he is very proud of and his five daughters and their families.
Information Revolution
As bloggers and regular readers of RSS feeds many of us almost take for granted the information revolution that we are very much a part of. Nonetheless, we are witnessing a paradigm shift equal to Gutenberg’s press. Web 2.0 and all that goes with that cliche are really defining life in the early years of the 21st Century. This video does a great job of illustrating the power of the connected generation and those of us who read and write on the web everyday.
His agent
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, pondering and meditating lately. I live a life of active contemplation. Despite this or because of it I am blessed. My recent decision to apply to an MBA program has been born of this contemplation. At the same time I am given to pondering the imponderables and wondering if I’m doing the right thing. Everyone including one of my spiritual advisors have suggested that I should pursue this thought with more action.
Dynamite birthday
Today is the birthday of Alfred Nobel who actually invented dynamite. He intended it to be used for peaceful purposes. “I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibit and use.”–Alfred Nobel I’m indebted to Brother David Steindl-Rast once again for this … Read more
Lifelong learning
This afternoon I enrolled at Excelsior College’s Master of Business Administration. In the past nearly two years of blogging I’ve written about a number of different topics. Blogging has been cathartic and catharsis often gives birth to new ideas and new directions. I have ten years to complete the program. I don’t know how long … Read more
Paradigm change
In reading one of the blogs that I regularly read I came across this video which is well made, timely and poignant. I work in an educational establishment. I have a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology. I’m always watching other teachers teach and I love to watch students learn. I love to teach myself, … Read more
Colbert for President
I called Stephen Colbert with a dare: if he thought it was so easy to be a Times Op-Ed pundit, he should try it. He came right over. I had staged a coup d’moi. read more | digg story It’s been reported that Stephen Colbert is running for President though only in his native South … Read more
Never the same
We are always at the beginning. It is always the very first time. Truly, there are no repetitions. When I play the piano, I often come to a repeat sign. Can that passage be repeated? If I am teaching a piano student and we see a repeat sign, I tell the student that there are … Read more