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Thinking of the aesthetic imperative in cities: how will you distinguish from the rest & convince me to live, work, or play in your town?
| wrench Pledging to repair before I replace; trick before I trash; update before I upgrade; preserve before I negate; translate before I transform. |
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| wrench Researching US's five "unincorporated territories" (political way of saying "open loops") & guessing which will mature into a state first. |
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| wrench Discovering my 3 drink maximum: two screwdrivers, a glass of white, & ugh, I'm toast the next morning. Bless those beach city bars. |
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| wrench Celebrating the US's 232nd birthday. Happy to be in CA, the lower 48's historical realization of the American Dream, & eager for new stars. |
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| wrench Cursing at Twitter for taking more than a week to address my profile's disabled "Older" link & then misunderstanding the issue. Lame. |
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| wrench Turning in the third art article of my "Kalos Trilogy" for JITP & paraphrasing Voltaire that "perfection is the enemy of 'good enough.'" |
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| wrench Friending pals from Loyola High on Facebook & feeling strangely proud of their achievements: DJ, Navy SEAL, probate officer, etc. Go Cubs! |
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| wrench Growing convinced that the Beach Boys' true masterpiece is "God Only Knows" (1966), with "Good Vibrations" a close second. Mmm, Baroque pop. |
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| wrench Bobbing to Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal." Beach Boys + Neil Young + Pacific Northwest = Ecotopia's soundtrack http://xrl.us/ew8ze |
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| wrench Recapping my Sunday: whole wheat pancakes; Italy v. Spain match on ESPN; swimming & sunning at Zia's; a bit of Dewey's "Art as Experience." |
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| wrench Reckoning I should visit São Paulo, the world's biggest "Little Italy." Plus I want to see Brazil's increasing connectivity (BRIC) up close. ... |
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| wrench Reading "Human Capability" (1994) by Jaques & Cason. A must for any productivity guru. What's your Current Applied Capability (CAC)? |
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| wrench Following Italy v. France (Euro '08) & recalling Gumbrecht's 7 sport fascinations: bodies, suffering, grace, tools, forms, plays, & timing. |
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| wrench Wondering if, like widening rich/poor gap & expanding middle class, the greatness/mediocrity gap grows while quality pop culture increases? |
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| wrench Experimenting with different mantras ("I am that," "Thank you," "Just this"). Reminds me of Dafoe in "Last Temptation": http://xrl.us/bk97q |
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| wrench Resonating with Thomas P.M. Barnett's definition of the American Dream: "We're built to maximize personal happiness—however defined." |
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| wrench Denouncing mundane (web) content as the sprawl of the Noosphere, while talent is "the needle in today's digital haystack," as Keen put it. |
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| wrench Grinning at the "Zen Sarcasm" poster at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. My fav.: "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." |
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| wrench Following "Fight Quest" & vetting boxing, Bukido, etc. as ways of self-defense. It's insurance against threats of physical violence. |
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