Archive for May, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma.

First off a confession. I am not a good environmentalist. I purchased a pillow today. A newly produced pillow which probably came from some pillow producing factory pumping pillow producing sludge into some pillow producing country. Immediately after doing so, I stepped onto the sidewalk and  ran into Brad, an advocate for Children International, and the [ READ MORE ]

Self Imposed

  • May 24th, 2009
  • Posted in self

For most of my life I I’ve believed I’m brilliant.  I guess it never really occurred that you might have to create something brilliant before you’re brilliant.   But I always felt I was unique enough that I must be brilliant.  And then walking the streets on a saturday night eating chocolate raisins out of a [ READ MORE ]

Mandatory minimums are fucking bullshit.

  • May 22nd, 2009
  • Posted in rant

My neighbor was a juror on a trial dealing with a really fucked up situation, that I won’t go into here, but lets just say he was the only one who didn’t want to crucify the defendant.  So they fought it out for 3 days and eventually he conceded defeat, after getting the charges cut [ READ MORE ]

Art Games – Passage

I have just come across the world of art games, a tiny genre hiding among millions of time wasters, brain teasers, and violence simulators.  I’ve been waiting for games to transcend the category of entertainment and become something emotional, meaningful.  For the first time I’m actually experiencing just that.  Here’s what I’ve come across. Passage is [ READ MORE ]