Dude On The Beach

Waiting for the next explosion

Richie Paul — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:14:30 +0000

When you light the fuse, you got two choices. You can run, or cover your ears and stare the explosion in the face. The safe choice never gives the most spectacular view. It’s a trade off between injury and experience…

Why drama is good for your kids

Richie Paul — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:05:00 +0000

How many times in the course of your work have you had to sit through boring presentations and training days? I know I have been through a few! Not because the presenter was not knowledgeable about their subject, but because they did not know how to present. At school I opted (was coerced) to do [...]

My first “real” lightsaber was a disappointment

Richie Paul — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:02:09 +0000

Growing up in the 1980s, the thing I wanted more than anything else in the world was my own lightsaber. The power, precision and effortless grace of a Jedi. Of course I had to make do with a blade of imagination and voicing the distinctive hum. Nevertheless, I was out there battling the forces of [...]

Mirror my soul

Richie Paul — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:15:38 +0000

I look into your eyes, it is late But I still see the freshness of the morning The warmth of summer, the purity of winter The seasons pass and you endure, always changing And nothing so different, only deeper From the first time our eyes met. I look at your lips, older with your love Still [...]

Losing my wings in order to fly

Richie Paul — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:26:36 +0000

There was a time when I was scared of the future, but I was really trying to escape the past… I woke up with nothing but time. And the sea. The sea? “Where the hell am I?” I looked at my feet and sure enough the rivulets of the morning tide swayed about my ankles. The sun [...]

Gisele Jaquenod & Birdie

Richie Paul — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:07:49 +0000

Following a link from a link from a link, I happened across the site of Gisele Jaquenod. Gisele, born in Argentina, describes a life dominated by art and her site shows that it was not time wasted! The bright layout loses nothing in usability, inviting a great reader experience. The site is part showcase, part [...]