NAME THOSE TRACKS! Tour d’Joko Yellowstone Edition: Episode 12

Yellowstone Episode 12 takes us into my last day at the park.  I was ready to leave, but found myself snowbound early that morning as the road to the north gate of the park had yet to be plowed.  Six inches of snow had fallen overnight. Here I write, on the 4th of July, as […]

The Secret of the Green Man

Clannad – Siúil A Rún The Rooftop Garden The Secret of the Green Man A Fable by James Clair Lewis No one knew how old the Green Man was. It seems that he had always been around. I remember my Grandfather had told me stories of the Green Man, when I was just a boy, […]

the Hypocratic Oath works…or Desperate Men Do Desperate Things

I’ve been without my BP meds for awhile…I’m currently not a patient of the Clinic…I hope to fix that soon, but in the meantime I was getting scared…I don’t know why, but I asked my ex-brother-in-law to write the ‘scripts…and he did…He said it was not illegal or unethical, and that is important to BOTH […]

ACROSS A DARKENED SKY

ACROSS A DARKENED SKY Fireworks flash across a darkened sky,streaking points of brillianceon here another Fourth of July.Our flag proudly wavingwith honor and pride,we have so many to thankfor our freedoms on this day,our voices rising abovethe din and the strifeas we celebrate todayour independence,our nation’s birth. And with our songof freedom and pridego our […]

TED x KIDS 51

TED x KIDS 51 TEDxYouth@Toronto – Ziya Tong TEDxYouth@Toronto = The Great Baldini TEDxYouth@Toronto – Rob Sewart TEDxYouth@Toronto – Jordan Banks TEDxTeen – Sujay Tyle: Make Your Own Road TEDxTeen – Mahmoud Jabari: Shaping a Global Lens TEDxTeen – Angela Zhang: Breaking Down the Unknown TEDxYouth@Bruce – Caryn Davies: The Team Machine TEDxYouth@Bruce – Tim […]

The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar : Week of The Pot

Fraternity Of Man – Don’t Bogart Me~Easy Rider~ † Dennis Hopper The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar #29 : The Pot Gather your friends around the pot Have faith in your abilities. Respect your Family. Expect Changes. Fit into the pattern. Prepare before you Start. Be aware of your Conduct Plan upon creating Success. Make […]

TED TALKS 72

TED TALKS 72 Dimitar Sasselov: How we found hundreds of Earth-like planets Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves Kevin Stone: The bio-future of joint replacement Sheena Iyengar: The art of choosing John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean Laurie Santos: How monkeys mirror human irrationality Lewis Pugh’s mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim Jason Clay: How […]

random thoughts

last night I heard/watched a drummer NOT know how to play OHIO, but nail U.S. BLUES…the former song is fairly famous, the latter not nearly as much…another drummer was (at first) playing on the 1 and 3 because for God only knows what reason, people don’t wanna count the effin’ song in…(sigh) the storm that […]

Meet Ocean Acidification

Meet Ocean Acidification Ocean Acidification) Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification Oceans and Climate Change: Impacts and Opportunities Acidic Oceans: Why Should We Care? Ocean Acidification Part 1 of 3 Ocean Acidification Part 2 of 3 Ocean Acidification Part 3 of 3 Ocean Acidification — Changing Planet Ocean Acidification: Where will all the […]

TED TALKS 71

TED TALKS 71 Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue Nalini Nadkarni: Life science in prison Hans Rosling on global population growth Carl Safina: The oil spill’s unseen culprits, victims Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex Ethan Zuckerman: How to listen to global voices […]