Mom was quite a character; she was smart, funny, loving, and creative. She taught herself to use the computer in her seventies and was thrilled that she could travel the world in the privacy and comfort of her own home. Have Google Earth, Will Travel was her motto. She had pen pals from around the planet and when she discovered Facebook she became addicted.
Archives for August 2013
Birthday Canyon
This amazing photograph of Birthday Canyon in Greenland was taken by James Balog and is part of the Extreme Ice Survey.
The Sad Demise Of The Screensaver
Montreal based writer DC Stubbs gives us a light look at the demise of the once proud screensaver.
Our Favorite Soul Soothing Islands
There’s just something about visiting a small island that is instantly relaxing. Perhaps it is because you truly feel you’ve left your troubles behind on the mainland. Perhaps it is because you can hear the sea wherever you are. Or maybe, it’s because you feel a sense of discovery.
Frackenstein Versus Ra
An epic battle is coming to a head between Frackenstein, the human experiment gone wrong, and Ra, the all-mighty sun deity. But it’s not a combat of tanks and artillery. It’s a World War Frack (WWF) showdown.
We Took A Bite Out of The Big Apple
Sitting in my zero gravity chair in the back yard listening to the chirps and tweets of the birds, the rustling leaves on the trees and the distant barking of a dog it’s hard to believe that just a few short days ago I was in New York City. The tranquility of my back yard is the absolute opposite of the hustle factor of the greatest city on earth.
My Imperfect Dog
Some dog trainers might say my dog isn’t perfect. She doesn’t always come when called. She can sometimes take a little too long to sit when I ask. She pulls on her leash on walks. But for all of her imperfections, she is perfectly Tiramisu – the dog I trained and love. Maybe “perfect” isn’t really what I wanted in a dog at all.
Growing Weary of Macon Leary: A Review of “The Accidental Tourist”
I truly wanted to like this movie as The Accidental Tourist is one of those “little stories” – ordinary people struggling with the acceptance of a universal truth or wrestling with a great dilemma – that I am always drawn to. Unfortunately, the struggle here is so protracted that it becomes tedious, giving rise to my own struggle to keep my focus all the way to the final scenes.
Uploading your Art to Canvas
Why would you want to do it? Here are a few examples and some ideas on which prints make great candidates for transference onto printed canvas.
The Cause and Effect of Conscious Experience
Our brain has a fundamental influence on our ‘mindful’ experience, not to speak of conscious responsiveness. It has a demonstrable pattern, or a synergetic symmetry, no less. Yet, when consciousness is ‘measured’ in conventional parlance, the emergence of conscious experience seems mystifying. Author Raj Nidamboor explains how our mind and consciousness interact with our body and brain in innumerable ways.