Sunday Series

I am now posting a video from the TED Lecture series in order to provide you with something constructive to view on Sundays. The Sunday Series is a response to the usual political slice-and-dice negativity you get on TV. It covers the positive, inspiring and constructive things going on in our world. The first video is of my hero, William McDonough. His talk is amazing. Watch.

The MAM

If anyone in Milwaukee or Chicago has time, I recommend going to the Milwaukee Art Museum to see Unmasked and Anonymous: Shimon & Lindemann Consider Portraiture, which is on display August 14, 2008–November 30, 2008. Really nice photos by the Wisconsin duo. The MAM has a nice online gallery of the exhibition you can peruse. Also, I have to say that you must see my friend Santiago Cucullu's installation, MF Ziggurat, which is running until Jan 4, and is part of the ongoing On Site exhibition series. He's got really terrific work up.

Freelancing

Freelancing is a battle with your own mind.

Six weeks on one tank - Week 1

Week one has not gone as well as expected. Well, technically I'm 10 days into this experiment, and I'm over my permitted usage for the week. My tank stands at 5/8 today. I had a business meeting in which I had to travel about 40 miles round trip, along with some other errands that ate up my tank. At this rate, I'm barely going to make it a month. It's important that I try to group all of my business and personal tasks into as few trips as possible, eliminating inefficient and/or redundant trips. Pimping out my routes using Eulerian circuits would help, too.

First Fire

Last night was the first fire of the fall season. It's pretty hard to beat sitting in front of a fireplace on a cold evening. I've been using fire logs from log jam, which are 100% natural hardwood logs made from compressed wood shavings. No creosote or wax buildup, and no petroleum binders. They burn hotter than cord wood, and are cleaner.

They are made by Log Jam, a company in Michigan. Every time I buy them, I think of Jackie Treehorn, which makes me happy.

ShopDropping

It's the holidaze already in retail stores, so I want to share with you (again) a cool site called shopdropping.net. It's a place to get our culture jamming fix. Their latest project involves modifying Hallmark cards, sharing them, and then of course dropping them back in circulation at popular retailers.

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