I was checking out the website of a friend of mine and in his artist statement he talks about the importance of play in his work. Play embraces ways of seeing, doing and being that are easily lost in our fast-paced world. The examples of artwork on his site are elaborate projects and performance pieces [...]
Entries from July 2007
Here’s a Game You Won’t Find On Your iPhone
July 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments
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Supporting Your Family: So Easy a Caveman Could Do it
July 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
You’ve heard the expression “bringing home the bacon”, usually used when referring to a man making money for his family. This phrase has a deep-seeded meaning to us humans and goes back to our earliest ancestors, the Hunter/Gatherers (or as I’ll show you it should be phrased, the Gatherer/Hunters). The age of Hunting and Gathering [...]
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Give Me 30 Seconds and I’ll Give You Control Over Your Thoughts
July 20th, 2007 · No Comments
I recently traded my car for a bus pass and I’m getting a lot of reading and writing done on my commute. The only problem is that sometimes when I read in a moving vehicle I start to get car sick. When I start feeling bad I put the book up and immediately start to [...]
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Who Else Wants to Coin a New Word?
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Yesterday I was talking about the phenomena of forgetting someone’s name immediately after they are introduced to you. The word name-nesia just came to me and I was pretty sure I had never heard it before. I just coined a word! Well, not so fast. I went to Urban Dictionary, of course, and I’ll be [...]
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Name Memorization Lesson from Flight of the Conchords
July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I was watching this Flight of the Conchords clip where a guy named Brian bumps into a girl named Jenny, but can’t remember her name (or anything about her) for the entire song. Never has nervous laughter been put to music more awkwardly or hilariously. Being married to someone with an uncanny memory for names [...]
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