Website Revisions

I just finished the revamp of my editing website. Janet Brown made a great logo for me and now it's public. I might even have business cards some day! Adulthood is creeping up on me. Speaking of adulthood, quarterly taxes are due Tuesday. Are you ready?

Playground Rules

Sara over at Dumb Little Man has written about the 5 playground rules that still apply:

No takebacks.

No cutting.

Take turns.

No do-overs.

When it's time to go home, find a partner to cross the street with.

And she's got a good point. It's not the lessons or the rules that change, but the context. As we get older, things make sense in a different way. It's good to be reminded that the rules of life don't change when we get older and that like the Robert Fulghum's book said, All I really needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten.

Stuff

Get Rich Slowly has a great post about the story of stuff.

The Story of Stuff is an interesting short film, particularly in its last half. Writer and narrator Annie Leonard explains that the “golden arrow of consumption” is the heart of the modern economic system, a system that’s really only existed since the 1950s.

The excerpt makes an interesting point tying planned/perceived obsolescence and the general happiness decline since the 50's.

Quotation

"The Hindu teacher Swami Muktananda was once asked why he didn't work miracles. He replied, 'I have no need to work miracles. The circulation of blood through my body is enough.'"
- Wes Nisker, The Essential Crazy Wisdom

World of World of Warcraft!

When will it stop?


'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'

FCP

Free FCP Plugins here.

Reading List

I almost put this book on my reading list:

SNUFF
By Chuck Palahniuk.

I like Palahniuk's work, even though I've never mastered pronouncing his last name. I'm not often swayed by book reviews. I made an exception for this one.