nlgI’m no connoisseur (tea-wise or otherwise), but I’m pretty sure Mighty Leaf tea has to be the top dog of the tea-drinking world. I’ve never really noticed much difference between good tea and cheap tea before, but this stuff is like sipping on a little bit of heaven.
How much does the ancient tower of Babel have in common with our modern day world wide web? According to that ancient story, everyone in the world spoke the same language. They were building a tower together and God realized there was nothing they wouldn’t be capable of doing. He caused them to speak different […]
“in Just-spring when the world is mud-luscious the littlelame balloonmanwhistles far and weeand eddieandbill comerunning from marbles andpiracies and it’sspringwhen the world is puddle-wonderfulthe queerold balloonman whistlesfar and weeand bettyandisbel come dancingfrom hop-scotch and jump-rope andit’sspringandthegoat-footedballoonMan whistlesfarandwee” — e. e. cummings
An American tourist was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The tourist complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “Only […]
I am a strong believer in the exceeding value of intentional community, not just as an experiment or a short-term solution, but as a way of life. One of my dreams is to start a yurt village. I was also thinking about the reasons why an intentional village would be better than our modern-day alternative. […]
So, here’s a brief history of Scatterseed so far: * The idea for a comic book based on the story of Gideon from Judges ch. 6 has been floating around my head since 2001 when I was shown and briefly told about The Red Star which I never actually read. * The idea for a […]
* Rocketo: Journey to the Hidden Sea by Frank Espinosa * The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss * Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics as well as Google’s comic about its new browser, Chrome * Google’s new browser, Chrome * Portal, the crazy innovative first-person puzzle game by Valve * Viva […]
I’m a little kid. I’m not sure how old, but little. Like maybe 5. I think it’s in Haiti, which means I’d have to be 5 or 6. We’re at the beach, the family. I don’t remember Dad or Jer around, but I’m sure they would have been. I’m playing on the beach, either in […]
I’m listening to Best American Travel Writing 2000 edited and introduced by Bill Bryson. It’s really good listening. Each story is about 15 to 20 minutes. It brings back memories of traveling. And a strong desire to go travel some more. It makes me not want to settle down, or at least only settle with […]