A Winter Muse

I see a deer. Suddenly. It runs from the forest edge on to the asphalt. The hooves slip. Just a bit. Have you ever seen a deer fall. Two jumps. And 20 feet of road: cleared.
She runs into the snow covered field on the other side. There are still stumped corn stalks staring through the flakes. The deer's breath make small clouds as she runs to the forest line.
Brown field. Patch of green. Harrowed rows.
Then gone.
No trace. No breath. No motion.
The still trees consumed that distant figure.

recycling 101: aluminum

as promised. (days ago). and introduction to recycling from how stuff works

now ask yourself why would a hospital with thousands of employees and probably thousands of cans not recycle? seems unwise and wasteful.

most relevant graphic i could find. everybody loves pictures.

We Don't Recycle

just saw this at a major medical center. my first thought: why not?

my next thought: how much could they get for the thousands of cans trashed every day?

ill work out some estimates later.

Email disease

so you want to send your most important thoughts and plans to a colleague. how will you do this?

lets begin all this by considering a different era. it's the 18th century. you only have two options: face to face & letters.

lets stop there while you consider the effectiveness of these two options

why would i post a picture of a radiator?

from TED talks: $8 billion iPod

i wanted you to see this talk. an amusing and telling perspective on internet impact on media.

e-mail disease

what are the symptoms?

e-mail disease

what are the signs?

e-mail disease

what is e-mail disease. thus, i offer the teaser to a rant that follows the next few days.

you probably have your own definiton. e-mail revolutionized communication. but what has been it's most enduring legacy: e-mail disease

colors of the past: photos from the 40's

i would love for readers of this blog to see this collection of photos. yes safe to look at. photos from the 40's. for some reason in my mind those decades are all black, gray, and brown. go now!

you should look at url for this library of congress photo

new orleans pelicans

would you rather learn about the bird than the basketball team? travel here to national geographic.

could this be a new orleans pelican?