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"this my excavation and today is kumran everything that happens is from now on" - bon iver, 're: stacks' i've been wondering why i haven't written much over the past few months (at least outside... More »
"this my excavation and today is kumran everything that happens is from now on" - bon iver, 're: stacks' i've been wondering why i haven't written much over the past few months (at least outside... More »
i got this from my friend, jim (thank you). dr. taylor's account of her stroke is remarkable. coming from a perspective of a brain scientist, this is brilliant. i've watched ted talks for a while... More »
leisure and work tend to be blurry for me these days, seemingly like dogs lying around one moment then protecting the turf of their master in another, not knowing the distinction between the two. lazing... More »
an sms from my friend and mentor, 02/27/08, 18:34: "after a string of moderate success and progress in endeavors that i've dedicated myself to, my mom asked me: are you happy? funny that she asked.... More »
it felt very much like home and yet very different. was it that they drove on the other side of the road? or a majority of them have another religion than mine? or was it... More »
i am still amazed to what has been transpiring here in bangkok. as po bronson said in one of his books, it's been a rediscovery of awe. i still fail for words at this point... More »
and so last night i learned how to bike. oh, yeah! (by next year, i'll be off to mountain trails! oh, yeah!)
how is it to really live a life fully every single day as if it were the last? to grant a dying person's wish all the time? i tackled this back in 2005 for apojim... More »
back in college, my professor (and eventually became my mentor and friend) asked us to read 'sickness unto death' by soren kierkegaard. it is a discourse over the types of despair that people excruciatingly go... More »
"let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf." - rabindranath tagore over the weekend, i received a message on my mobile informing me that the... More »