universe

Holiday vs. Vacation
What do you do when you aren’t feeling motivated? What do you do when you feel like you’ve come up to a dead end–when nothing seems to be panning out and you aren’t especially excited about where you are at, and you have no faith in your ability to get anywhere else? Well, [...]

So it’s Memorial day here in the states, one of those days when most people are firing up the grill, taking in a street fair, going to pay respects at a cemetery, or some combination of all of the above. And for me it’s a day to get up, scribble on 3 pages of unlined [...]

Little Blue Masks
Well then. Four down and eight to go, as they say. Another Walpurgis Nacht has come and gone and the Magic Theater is obviously alive and well. And what has this week brought our way, besides little blue masks on the streets of San Francisco and a few days rest from the constant [...]

I Ain’t no Doctor
an occasional column by charles faris, hhc

Panic is fear of the natural
So here we go again, the latest outbreak of the disease that is going to

destroy civilization,
bring on martial law and enforced vaccination, or
bring the population down to a sustainable level.

Well sorry, I don’t really have the time in my day [...]

i’m up especially early today
it’s marathon day here in boston and i’m going out to mile four in a few minutes to help with the distribution of water. i’ll be joining a running club that a few of my yoga students are members of–the thirsty irish runners. apparently there is going to be beer involved. [...]

 photo by sensual shadows photography

idea generator
i got some feedback this week that got me to thinking about my influence, and to look back at some things i’ve shared freely in the past. huh. kinda shocking that the answer to a current quandary was staring me in the face as i looked back upon some of [...]

 
numbers and chaos
number theory, from its humble beginnings as “one, two, many” has always existed as an attempt to make sense of the world we live in, give us some firm mental ground to walk upon, and, when we are lucky, offer us some predictive value. ironically enough, the field of mathematics has become a victim [...]

 
downtown
it’s 7:15 am and i’m sitting in the “lower level” of the starbucks outside arlington station, boston. funny thing that i live in boston technically, and spend almost no time here. maybe that’s because roslindale, my community, is off the subway, so it’s either pony up the big bucks and take the commuter rail, deal [...]

this message has been brought to you by the network
the idea of networks within networks, like chinese boxes or russian dolls, like solar systems within galaxies within Universe…these ideas have been filling my heart and mind since friday. the stretch of the network metaphor has blossomed like a mushroom, and threatens to continue to do [...]