Thoughts on the 1960’s and now

In reading the comments on the feed at Lifehack.org that I wrote about yesterday I’m struck by the tone of some of the comments. Life is not as some would have us believe an us vs. them. It’s not conservative vs. liberal. Life is very nuanced. Life in the 1960’s that’s drawn the ire of some conservatives was very unsettling. It was a time of flux much like today. There were wonderful things that happened like Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights movement, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 1964 Worlds Fair, Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.  There were terrible things that happened like the little girls getting killed in the 16th Street Baptist church bombing, the Kennedy assasinations, the Martin Luther King assasination and the Vietnam war.

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Good news from Google

Google is going to start giving away Star Office as part of its free toolset that includes Picasa and Google Earth. Read more from this post at Novell’s East blog. The boys in Redmond have to be taking a deep breath. Open source software advocates are breathing a sigh and the internet connected public including … Read more

Be yourself

I came across a great piece of writing this morning and I wanted to share it. Conformity has very little to recommend it. Trust yourself and trust others. Our world has so little trust even a little more is precious. If you can’t trust who you are—the naturally valuable, curious, interesting, and exciting person you … Read more

Doors

Today started out with a drive over the Mt. Irenaeus for Mass this morning. I wasn’t going to go, but being a creature of habit I got in the car and drove over. I listened to Bill Douglas on the way. It was a change. This summer for one reason or another I’ve listened to a lot of Jimi Hendrix. I can’t seem to get enough of Voodoo Child and some of his other cuts from the Woodstock Concert.

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The surge is working?

I spent a few minutes watching Mike Barnicke sitting in for Chris Matthews on Hardball. Today’s topic among others on the pr ogram was, “Is the Surge Working?” Mike interviewed some arm-chair general who is a paid consultant for MSNBC. I can’t remember the general’s name and that’s not important. What is important is the surge is working. Today, our newest Republican candidate for President, Hillary Clinton

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