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Marshmallow goodness (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:48:43 -0500

Marshmallow goodness (Taken with instagram)

(via Alternative Beer Opening on Devour.com)

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:53:34 -0500

(via Alternative Beer Opening on Devour.com)

Son was watching LEGO cartoon when this character appeared....

Mon, 28 May 2012 20:11:29 -0500

Son was watching LEGO cartoon when this character appeared. #RonSwanson in LEGO form? (Taken with instagram)

Welcome arch for #HonorFlight. One of the largest non-athletic...

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:58:53 -0500

Welcome arch for #HonorFlight. One of the largest non-athletic crowds I’ve seen in #chambana. (Taken with instagram)

Waiting for the #HonorFlight to return. Vintage aircraft. (Taken...

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:52:51 -0500

Waiting for the #HonorFlight to return. Vintage aircraft. (Taken with Instagram at Flightstar)

"Above all, their friend wanted to be authentic, they said, and no one could doubt that he had been...."

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:56:00 -0500

“

Above all, their friend wanted to be authentic, they said, and no one could doubt that he had been. This was no small thing.

His death was terribly sad, and yet there was also perfection about it.

Micah True died while running through a magnificent wilderness, and then many of his closest friends came together to search for him, stepping through the same alluring canyons and forests and streams, again and again calling out his name.

”

- Caballo Blanco’s Last Run - The Micah True Story - NYTimes.com

Hammock acquired. (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:32:07 -0500

Hammock acquired. (Taken with instagram)

That’s a big number on that birthday cake. Will attempt to...

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:16:13 -0500

That’s a big number on that birthday cake. Will attempt to embrace it. (Taken with instagram)

Raised beds…finally. Not perfect, but good enough for me....

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:36:36 -0500

Raised beds…finally. Not perfect, but good enough for me. (Taken with instagram)

The Perennial Plate Episode 70: The Cows and The Horses (by...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:48:21 -0500

The Perennial Plate Episode 70: The Cows and The Horses (by Daniel Klein)

Willie Nelson “Just Breathe” Live on...

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:20:24 -0500

Willie Nelson “Just Breathe” Live on SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse HD (by sirius)

Waiting for my [bike] ride this morning. #sunrise (Taken with...

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:09 -0500

Waiting for my [bike] ride this morning. #sunrise (Taken with instagram)

A shot of the Space Needle right after construction for the...

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:56 -0500

A shot of the Space Needle right after construction for the World’s Fair. Part of a great series of images from In Focus.

(via 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962 - In Focus - The Atlantic)

Belle dog. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 13 May 2012 19:40:17 -0500

Belle dog. (Taken with instagram)

Molly dog. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 13 May 2012 17:38:11 -0500

Molly dog. (Taken with instagram)

Found Photo: My mom holding me on the day I was born....

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:16:00 -0500

Found Photo: My mom holding me on the day I was born. #mothersday (Taken with instagram)

Review: Bully (2011, Documentary)

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:03:36 -0500

I finally had a chance to see Bully on the big screen and it was an emotional punch to the gut. On more than one occasion I wanted to reach into the screen and give some of these kids a huge hug, and some of the school officials a swift kick in the ass.

As a parent of children slowly testing their independence, I am constantly trying to find a balance between being overprotective and responsible. Watching this film makes you realize just how difficult that process is. Kids are generally hesitant to tell you the details of their daily lives at school, so you place your trust in the hands of teachers and administrators to keep them safe. Many of the kids featured in the film didn’t have that support system in place, and it cost them dearly.

The movie is not without its flaws. There is no attempt to understand what compels the bullies to act as they do, and there is very little offered in the way of solutions. I’m not implying that should have been the goal of the filmmaker, but as it stands, Bully is a portrait of victims and their families, and not a comprehensive look at a very complex problem.

(3.5/5.0)

Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru - WSJ.com

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:05:44 -0500

Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru - WSJ.com:

The idealism, ambition, self-assurance and total hubris at the heart of this salmon escapade are all hallmarks of the Chouinard executive style. His approach to leading a company is perhaps best understood as a sort of performance art—less about the bottom line than about providing a road map for future entrepreneurs. “I never even wanted to be in business,” he says. “But I hang onto Patagonia because it’s my resource to do something good. It’s a way to demonstrate that corporations can lead examined lives.”

Yvon Chouinard is a true original.

I love this album cover. (via Best Coast | Best Coast band...

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:13:16 -0500

I love this album cover.

(via Best Coast | Best Coast band website)

"And Technology Review? We sold 353 subscriptions through the iPad. We never discovered how to avoid..."

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:23:27 -0500

“And Technology Review? We sold 353 subscriptions through the iPad. We never discovered how to avoid the necessity of designing both landscape and portrait versions of the magazine for the app. We wasted $124,000 on outsourced software development. We fought amongst ourselves, and people left the company. There was untold expense of spirit. I hated every moment of our experiment with apps, because it tried to impose something closed, old, and printlike on something open, new, and digital. Last fall, we moved all the editorial in our apps, including the magazine, into a simple RSS feed in a river of news. We dumped the digital replica. Now we’re redesigning Technologyreview.com, which we made entirely free for use, and we’ll follow the Financial Times in using HTML5, so that a reader will see Web pages optimized for any device, whether a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet, or a smart phone. Then we’ll kill our apps, too.”

- Why Publishers Don’t Like Apps - Technology Review