Laura Hazard Owen wrote an interesting piece for PaidContent about the role of a personal journal in the digital age. Her journaling experiences were of the keyboard input nature: I sat down at the big old desktop PC in my family’s basement, opened a new Word document and started my… more »
Only Different in Your Mind: Pirates to SEAL Train…
February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Sportswriter Murray Chass just posted an interesting piece about the unusual training program that the Pittsburgh Pirates are putting their young players through this Spring. To make the players mentally stronger and more able to block out distractions, the Pirates have brought in Navy SEALS. Per Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington,… more »
About Doc…
January 10, 2013 by 5 Comments
Doc is Ed Ricketts, a pioneering marine biologist and philosopher who influenced Joseph Campbell and John Steinbeck. Steinbeck used him as the model for some of his most memorable characters (such as Doc in “Cannery Row“) Also, “The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951)” was a collaboration with Steinbeck…. more »
What if Sisyphus Shrugged?
November 18, 2012 by 1 Comment
You all may know of Sisyphus… the guy who was condemned to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again. Talk about laboring in futility! Sure, he was given a particularly wicked punishment for what has been described as crimes against the gods, but… more »
Artist Rendering: Allegory of Complacency – A Ponderable…
August 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’ve always like Plato’s Allegory of the Cave because demonstrates so well the way much of the world works — where shadows become reality. It takes courage to take the steps to seek out the light and pursue “true things.” I am reminded of what John Steinbeck said about Ed… more »
