Mental health break: Jellyfish

"I for one welcome our quadrotor overlords." Ha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk

St. Patrick's Day Parade

They hold it early 'round here.

Sounds lovely

BOOKS

In Knots

By ELEANOR HENDERSON

Published: March 1, 2012

In Amber Dermont’s debut novel, a talented young sailor at a New England boarding school tries to cope with the death of a friend.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/books/review/the-starboard-sea-amber-dermonts-debut-novel.html

Peter Weyland: I will change the world

RIP Davey Jones

The other three members of the Monkees also survive.

Perhaps Mr. Jones’s most enduring legacy takes the form of a name. The name belongs to another English musician, who burst on the scene some years after the Monkees. This man, too, had been born David Jones. But thanks to the Monkees’ renown, he knew he would have to adopt another name entirely if he was to have the hope of a career.

So he called himself David Bowie.

--NYTimes, 1 Mar 2012

Whither the job

"Figuring out what will replace the job is the great challenge of the next 30 years"

--Paul Saffo

Feb 24, 2012

Recycling some older images with a new eye.

Lunch—dinner, drinks, any occasion—with Christopher always was [bracing]. One of our lunches, at Café Milano, the Rick’s Café of Washington, began at 1 P.M., and ended at 11:30 P.M. At about nine o’clock (though my memory is somewhat hazy), he said, “Should we order more food?” I somehow crawled home, where I remained under medical supervision for several weeks, packed in ice with a morphine drip. Christopher probably went home that night and wrote a biography of Orwell. His stamina was as epic as his erudition and wit.

When we made a date for a meal over the phone, he’d say, “It will be a feast of reason and a flow of soul.” I never doubted that this rococo phraseology was an original coinage, until I chanced on it, one day, in the pages of P. G. Wodehouse, the writer Christopher perhaps esteemed above all others. Wodehouse was the Master. When we met for another lunch, one that lasted only five hours, he was all a-grin with pride as he handed me a newly minted paperback reissue of Wodehouse with “Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.” “Doesn’t get much better than that,” he said, and who could not agree?

The other author that he and I seemed to spend most time discussing was Oscar Wilde. I remember Christopher’s thrill at having adduced a key connection between Wilde and Wodehouse. It struck me as a breakthrough insight; namely, that the first two lines of “The Importance of Being Earnest” contain within them the entire universe of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.

Algernon plays the piano while his butler arranges flowers. Algy asks, “Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?” Lane replies, “I didn’t think it polite to listen, sir.” And there you have it.

--December 16, 2011

POSTSCRIPT: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, 1949-2011

Posted by Christopher Buckley

Finally, brethren

When Hitchen's spoke at his father's funeral he read a passage from the King James Bible, in the New Testament book of Philippians -- and said that he would hold the words close himself at his final hour:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there by any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

--Philippians 4:8

This is your life.
Do what you love, and do it often.
If you don't like something, change it.
If you don't like your job, quit.
If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV.
If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be
waiting for you when you start doing things you love.
Stop over analyzing, Life is simple. All emotions are beautiful.
When you eat, appreciate every last bite.
Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people. We are
united in our differences.
Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your
inspiring dream with them.
Travel often. Getting lost will help you find yourself.
Some opportunities come only once, seize them.
Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with
them. So go out and start creating.
Life is short. Live your dream and share your passion.