The Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic below reminds me of the old quote from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened
I try to avoid politics on this blog, so feel free to skip this one.
With Rob Portman announcing support for gay marriage, folks on the left argued that it’s not cool that conservatives only support causes that impact their direct family.
While that is a partly fair criticism, I think that reasonable people will see that if your entire background tells you that position A is correct, a child driving you to position B should be viewed as personal growth, not hypocrisy.
I just read this post by Andrew Sullivan, an openly gay Catholic (talk about reconciling contrary positions). He had been supportive of Portman in the first place. The money quote for the first post (sic) is
My mother had the only response an Ohio mother of a gay son could possible have: “Holy shit.”
So we move forward (or backwards depending on your position). Again, I disagree with some folks on the left who argue that people should have had empathy in the first place and realized how they’d feel if their son/daughter was gay. It just doesn’t work that way. We are human.
Though from a political standpoint, it is somewhat concerning that no Senators’ children can come out of the closet and announce that they are poor. Politically, that explains a lot.
Well I’m not. But you may be. At least according to this, which pretty much matches my opinion entirely.
My daughter is learning Slam Poetry, so she showed me this. No comment other than watch it.
I’ve been away for a few days so when I got back to my office I was surprised to see this in the plaza right in front:
Turns out this is Heartwalk, a project built from wooden planks salvaged from the boardwalks destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. It had been sitting in Times Square for about a month and I guess they relocated it.
Working in Dumbo is never dull…
Well, on top of a mountain anyway. During our annual company meeting, a portion of the Origami team climbed Camelback Mountain in Phoenix. It was a gorgeous day and a great hike.
This chart amuses me:
My office is very close to a well known mural in Dumbo, Brooklyn. It used to look like this:
ArtInfo.com actually puts this area in the “20 best spots to see street art in NYC”.
It’s not a particularly scenic building. It’s just a garage. My office actually looks out on the “No Parking 24|7” part.
I walk past the mural every day (well, most days I scooter). Imagine my surprise when I saw this:
(my office window is second floor, one to the left of the “b”)
No one was happy about it. Though it turns out that “bright” is a commentary on the mural itself. The garage is going to be demolished to make modern housing, so this is a brief final tribute to the mural.
Sad to see the mural go. And I’m not looking forward to construction right outside my window…
Cool use of personal technology for healthcare, but I’m just amused by the post title.
As Dave Winer says, this really is a fundamental rule, but one we often forget.
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