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January 2004
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Way of the scramble
01.14.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Way of the scrambleAs I scramble to get things ready for the beginning of the spring semester here, the two following Taoist poems from 365 Tao (and the Hives) have helped me keep perspective. Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and […]
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Open letter on behalf of Atlanta public transit
Judith Dovers Coordinator of Public Involvement Atlanta Regional Commission Ms. Dovers, I write to express my enthusiastic support for the proposed C-Loop and Beltline transit projects. As a native of Oklahoma City, I grew up without any meaningful public transit. Using cars was so ingrained in the culture of Oklahoma City that persons using the […]
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Announcing a new US holiday
01.12.04 | Permalink | Comments Off on Announcing a new US holidayForget Presidents’ Day. We want Deliberation Day. (But maybe change the name to something better, like “Democracy Day.”)
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The emerging democracy will be transparent
01.12.04 | Permalink | 2 Comments(Draft of a book review for work. Please comment.) A growing corporate “transparency movement” and growing global civil society-both enabled by information technology-will pull globalization into the side of the good. So says Ann Florini in The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World. Florini likens the current information technology revolution to the […]
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Published!
I wrote a review of a Slavoj Zizek book for work early last year, and it was recently republished in Chile. (It just arrived in the mail today.) For your reading amusement, the Google re-re-translation is here. (I had an easier time with the Spanish, but the Google version does make me sound more like […]
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Names currently being considered for the puppy
01.08.04 | Permalink | 4 CommentsStapler White Noise Speakerboxxx Coffee Mug SARS Puzzler Luke Skywalker Thumb Tack Thesaurus Second Draft Kleenex Gramophone Transistor Radio Serial Monogomy Phone Jack TCP/IP Mother Grandpa Riley Jake 2.0 Embedded 1986 Jesus Christ
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