Value, Emotion, and Money
TL;DR, Summary, Breakdown What is value? Are emotion and value the same? She says no. I say yes. The value of a sack of grain to a starving man is to sate his hunger. The value of a dollar to someone who needs a dollar is to fulfill a need, too. —Is fulfillment of a…
Father of Boys (at the twilight of a woman’s right to choose)
I wrote this in June and published it in November. I think I have always been afraid of entering the discourse, particularly as it seems to be devolving and may be held against us in the uncertain future. No, I’m going to resist. I want to lean the fuck into humanizing and listening and –…
A crime of identity, Artist Lizania Cruz at Alma|Lewis
TL;DR, Summary, Breakdown My first impression of Performing Inquiry, The Alma|Lewis Gallery’s latest exhibit was confusion. I thought I was trying to understand a crime scene from the perspective of learning about how governments were investigating people and taking away rights. I was confused by the display of migration patterns into The Dominican Republic. I…
Bartees Strange is 🔥 Bartees Strange is ⚡️Bartees Strange is 🎸
TL;DR, Summary, Breakdown: Fire, Electricity, Guitar I met Bartees Strange for a few minutes before his show, his tour opener at The Thunderbird in Pittsburgh last Thursday night. He’s soft spoken. He’s bald, squat, maybe even frumpy looking. He had a mask on — the smart thing to do in a crowd. I learned he…
Net Detractor: Alexa, STFU
I played a song on Alexa. I settled into my work. As the song ended, I was deep in thought. Then Alexa said, “by the way, I can notify you…” “Alexa, shut the f*ck up!” I’m really tired of the Amazon product managers trying to notify me of new ways to spend money on Amazon.…
Scott Galloway, iconoclast and genius ironist
Scott Galloway’s latest “No Mercy No Malice” post, “Text-ure,” was a little shocking and then I found the genius in it. I hope it’s either genius or an issue of limited time to think through the implications of the article. In particular, Mid-way through the article he says, “On average, they’re [rich people] more intelligent and harder working…
60 feet under, in the presence of a true giant
Dedicated to Janet Ferguson, who loved to travel I met Hilary through a mutual friend. Hilary was interested in talking about establishing her sustainable travel business. In the end, I don’t even remember that conversation. I’m grateful for her, though. I told her I wanted to swim with a whale shark, but do it responsibly.…
Summer Dinners with Tunde Wey
I consider artist, philosopher, chef, Tunde Wey, a friend. He’s not a friend who will be calling me to discuss relationship issues. Tunde is more like a shooting star or supernova—something that captured our ancestors’ imagination for a moment, and sparked their curiosity and imagination. Tunde is a brief experience, that in the right situation,…
Supporting the Dream
The Student A few weeks ago, I opened my home to S, a current student at the non-profit coding bootcamp, Resilient Coders, focused on training students of color. I met S through their longtime mentor, Mike Skirpan, Exec Director of Community Forge. Like any 19 year-old, S loves video games, social media, and talking. They struggle,…
A Peach
There is nothing like an early August peach. Georgia rightly claims to be amazing, but Pennsylvania has some of the best. Sweet and juicy, obvious adjectives. Yet, wholly inadequate. The peach overwhelmed my primary senses of sight and sound. For a moment, taste and smell and touch were in focus. I don’t have the words…
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