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Make yourself a nice hat to wear about town.  Like this very nice hat, or even:

A couple weeks ago on Twitter, the mighty Vaguery sayeth: “@mcburton Alas, the unsuspecting coder at the edge of the pack doesn’t realize a Business Development Consultant is lurking in the corner…”

To which there was the reply from the wily mcburton: “@Vaguery my beard will protect me”

That prompted me to remember a conversation that came up at a party while talking to a bearded fellow about how our beards may relegate us to a certain class in society.

On Twitter/Facebook, I asked: How many political or business leaders do you know of that have beards?

1st reply: libbyh : @dcooney bill richardson and al gore sported beards. abe lincoln, of course 😉

From the photos I looked up, I think Al looks fine with the beard. 


Replied: @libbyh those are good ones. There are a few academic + business types, such as John Seely Brown or Vint Cerf, but they don’t really count.

next:
billmerrill @dcooney don’t forget @homelessdave 😉

shadow power 

What are adaptogens for our culture?  Certain types of re-framing?  What systems are they administered to and by whom?

write a song about losing your cellphone.

I just drank a little 7.5oz Coke after having a tuna fish sandwich, celery, carrots and chips.  The sensation and tastes took me back to Stoney Point in Canada, and being at my grandparent’s cottage.  I think the memory is also helped along by me having just played outside with my kids, and it’s afternoon on a cool sunny weekend day.  AND, my wife Wendy brought this sandwich to me, which is how things were when I was a kid.  My time at Stoney Point was quite wonderful.

I’m not really spending much time outside these days, as it’s quite cold.  Certainly not gardening weather for me.

I did plant some hairy vetch in a pot in the house just to see what it looks like.  We’ve got some very spindly shoots coming up.

Partially designable society. Partially designable systems. Embodied and practiced culture tends to resist design. I’m sure there are philosophers and social scientists that say this quite eloquently.
But opportunities are always presenting themselves for partial modifications.
I still need to read Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.

A human named Dennis Tokarski sent to the A2B3 mailing list a link to the following article:

Earth’s Inconstant Magnetic Field

UPDATE: Ed Vielmetti added this link to a USGS movie of the moving magnetic field.

My brother Jon made the label for a new drink being produced by Northville Winery – which is housed in Parmenter’s Northville Cider Mill.

We recently had a bottle and it was surprisingly delicious.  I’ll be having more I hope.

His longtime friend Rob helps run the winery, as well as the cider mill.  They are also making a Blueberry one, but I’ve not tried it yet.

(all rights reserved on these images by Jon Cooney)