Jane Jacobs, writing in her landmark The Death and Life of Great American Cities, remembers Ebenezer Howard, whose ill-named Garden Cities were essentially an anti-urban utopian impulse and, unfortunately, an inspiration for much of the disastrous Urban Renewal of the post-war era. His aim was the creation of self-sufficient small towns, really nice small towns [...]
At their General Assembly this year, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is asking churches to send a chalice (the kind you drink out of) to swap. I’m getting a terrible “white elephant” vibe, but you know there are some potters out there who are quite happy about the news. Still, it’s a nice thought. [...]
Last Christmas, Hubby and I agreed that “O Holy Night” is in the top tier of favorite Christmas hymns. Provided it included the third abolitionist stanza: Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother; And in [...]
I know the whole Mac v. PC ad campaign is already old, old, old but this parody — the first I’ve seen with a dominant Linux character — makes me laugh. At least at one point. I don’t know if it’s a real Novell/SuSE Linux ad, but they’re hungry to take some of the Vista [...]
I write about sustainability — it’s the blogosphere’s new cottage industry — and have been batting around an article about useful life changes and those that aren’t. I was inspired by a recycling blog that I think takes things too far. Some of my own environmental choices I could point to include shaving with brush, [...]
D. W. Congdon’s 2006 writings at The Fire and the Rose have been re-syndicated, so my news reader thinks they’re news. (This happens occasionally, but I don’t know why.) Just as well: his “Why I Am A Universalist, §6: Jesus Christ, the Judge Judged in Our Place” is a delight. James Relly would feel right [...]
With the hit carbon offsetting firms are getting — how do you know they do what they claim to do? — the usefulness of offsetting carbon emissions for the UUA General Assembly is at least questionable. And even if it worked perfectly, it seems the greater energy and resource drain comes from the flying or [...]
Now that I’m temping — and a great thanks to ChaliceChick for her kind and thoughtful gift; I may have more to say about that later — I have a solid fifteen minutes on the subway, plus another half hour walking to and fro’ the stations. I rely on my MP3 player to use the [...]
OK, no names. I sold publications and media for an Association here in D.C. for my last Day Job. I’m working for a Media Outlet, in sales support, near D.C. right now for Temp Job. Tonight, I enjoyed some media through a conduit related to Temp Job about the old Day Job Association, and which [...]
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