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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Crunch
Three more laid off yesterday. The crunch is on. The unemployment stats are around 6.3% for the state of Washington. During the height of the depression it was much higher around 24%. As a company we're doing okay in certain divisions.
What's next? The auto industry layoffs will panic the public I think. Obama's redistribution ideas sound like something FDR said many years ago. Let's see if big money can rattle him. During the Depression the elite rich tried a coup. Maybe again?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Stop The Boil
I could spend the next three days listing the benefits of forgetfulness but Ive forgotten most of them.
I sometimes think that human memory is something like a boiling pot of stew. When the pot is filled halfway the stew (that is swept up in the currents of the pot (my metaphor for a heuristic structure of knowingwith apologies to Bernard Lonergan)) runs efficiently with carrots rising to the top in unison with the other vegetables. But when the pot becomes too full and unable to process all the elements of the stew some elements cannot rise up to the top. The boil runs but not efficiently. More vegetables are loaded into the pot every day of course. Every time I get a phone call or email Im adding a few elements. The deeper the stew becomes the less I can recall.
The boil is a reflective activity of consciousness organizing past memories and making conscious judgments about them. The boil is also in many cases the process that blocks deep recollection.
The only way to allow the deep elements of memory to resurface is to stop the boil and let the trace elements of the depth float back to the top. (Dreams are an aberration of the process. The boil is of a different sort; a deep mixing unencumbered by the conventions of the day to day world.)
More on the Benefits later.....................
I sometimes think that human memory is something like a boiling pot of stew. When the pot is filled halfway the stew (that is swept up in the currents of the pot (my metaphor for a heuristic structure of knowingwith apologies to Bernard Lonergan)) runs efficiently with carrots rising to the top in unison with the other vegetables. But when the pot becomes too full and unable to process all the elements of the stew some elements cannot rise up to the top. The boil runs but not efficiently. More vegetables are loaded into the pot every day of course. Every time I get a phone call or email Im adding a few elements. The deeper the stew becomes the less I can recall.
The boil is a reflective activity of consciousness organizing past memories and making conscious judgments about them. The boil is also in many cases the process that blocks deep recollection.
The only way to allow the deep elements of memory to resurface is to stop the boil and let the trace elements of the depth float back to the top. (Dreams are an aberration of the process. The boil is of a different sort; a deep mixing unencumbered by the conventions of the day to day world.)
More on the Benefits later.....................
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Rolling Stone : The Rolling Stone Interview: Iggy Pop
The Man! Good to see Mike Watt's playing with this guy. But Iggy is a dictator in the studio I hear.
Rolling Stone : The Rolling Stone Interview: Iggy Pop
Rolling Stone : The Rolling Stone Interview: Iggy Pop
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Sunday, November 19, 2006
A wonderful movie that I highly recommend, 'The Story of the Weeping Camel', was directed by a film student and is set in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. It's slow at times but it's real-time, meaning that in real life some of the time people just sit around. It actually had a very soothing effect on me. Slowed me down.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Fullhouse @ Jubilante's
For all you folks in the Seattle area join our band out in Renton at Jubilante'. Login to our website to see where we are playing, www.fullhousefunkband.com.
Just got out of practice. We'll be playing at Jubilante' for New Year's Eve.
Just got out of practice. We'll be playing at Jubilante' for New Year's Eve.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
On Vacation
What is a vacation? Leisure time from work? Hmmm... why is this 'leisure time' always filled with things to do? Just because a guy has some spare time does not mean that everyone (mostly women that fill now is the time to get the poor guy to do all those things that she thinks he should do) needs to start planning his time off.
My idea of leisure time is sitting on my ass playing my guitar, drinking espresso, and doing my home recording. I let my beard grow, stay up until daybreak, sleep late into the afternoon, and generally become a slob. My vacation has started and I have two weeks to be a slob. Now what can a slob do....
My idea of leisure time is sitting on my ass playing my guitar, drinking espresso, and doing my home recording. I let my beard grow, stay up until daybreak, sleep late into the afternoon, and generally become a slob. My vacation has started and I have two weeks to be a slob. Now what can a slob do....
Monday, September 12, 2005
Barney Versus Gilligan
It was Sunday afternoon and my friend Christop and I were sitting at a local Coffee Bistro sipping on Lattes and talking smack. Amid the talk of World Domination, Grammatology, New Orleans, and other modern day issues we talked about what we watch at 6:30 am in the morning while we get ready for work. Nick at Night changes up their menu with The Munsters, Bewitched, etc. They also show The Andy Griffith Song and Gilligan's Isle. We both agreed that these last two were our favorites but what we couldn't agree on is which one was better. Christop insisted on The Andy Griffith Show and I thought that Gilligan's Isle was the superior show.
"I tell ya Christop it's Gilligan's Isle because of 'Gilligan'. He's thrown on this little isle with his buddy the Skipper with 'others' that he doesn't know. He makes the best of it. He doesn't care that he's without civilization, he becomes one with the island."
"I tell ya Christop it's Gilligan's Isle because of 'Gilligan'. He's thrown on this little isle with his buddy the Skipper with 'others' that he doesn't know. He makes the best of it. He doesn't care that he's without civilization, he becomes one with the island."
"Naw it's Barney that the mensch." Christop responded. "Andy slides along without any problems or issues. Barney is the Gadfly. He always is bringing up the alternative viewpoint. He point out the unthought of. If he was in politics he would be Samuel Adams."
Christop had a good point but I counter, "It is Gilligan that's the true hero. He embraces the World even though it floats along in an Ocean that is unknown to all on the island. He says 'Yes' resoundingly to the horrors, the uncertainties, the violence, and the solitude of the island. Even though Barney is the Gadfly that shakes language and spurs thought, he is also the lone individual destined to be the bachelor without the feminine traits to go with the ebb and flow of Nature. Gilligan is the 'Ubermensch' destined to plant his seed and become one with the island."
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Where Does The Money Go?
I really am happy to see the out pouring of care, good will, and money going to the releif efforts down in New Orleans. However, I am cynical about how effective the conduit of getting money donated to actual victims of the catastrophe. Why? It's the track record. How many times have we seen the news about monies misappropriated? What's different here?
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