I had an extraordinary meeting yesterday morning with a group at a conflict center here in my city. They’re actively studying and responding to conflict scenarios of huge variety–  international to organizational– and they were interested to discuss tools and … Continue reading →

Monday Dec. 3, 2012. I had a busy weekend, mostly writing, and I tried some cooking that required paying attention. And I trained like a motherfucker. After a few false starts at my stand-up desk in the living room, I … Continue reading →

Quick week with good training and good eating. I feel healthy and strong, and I feel excited to keep working on my projects, even though the future of my mainstay employment is uncertain. Maybe a major shift in employment status … Continue reading →

It’s a great feeling, but is accompanied by a feeling of always being just shy of the ideal amount of sleep. When you have red eyes, people make assumptions. I don’t usually care. But I could probably use more sleep. … Continue reading →

Uptown downtown, lefttown right, Who’s your momma, who’s your pappa, … fight, fight… flight. Snowing and raining. I feel good today, mostly from great training last night. I’m sore as a motherfucker and it’s good. There’s a movement in higher … Continue reading →

One of the most relaxing holidays in a while. I liked it so much I stayed home from work today, and now feel guilty about it. I drank a lot over the holiday, mostly Jack Daniels. No particular reason for … Continue reading →

Catch you all after the holiday and I hope it’s great for everyone.

like a like a like a sex machine! 1, 2, 3, 4! The agent-model of community behavior is taking shape and I feel pretty good about the whole thing, still. We have two others interested in adapting the basics for … Continue reading →

Further down the rabbit hole of complexity theory. Scale and perspective. We see natural phenomena that strike as us interesting and sophisticated, yet mindless. For instance, we see plants grow in the direction of the sun, some of them even … Continue reading →

Finally a long held question is answered: are there any planets that are not in orbit around a star, like, free floating through the galaxy, maybe even between galaxies, unattached? You know, the Obsidian Duck of planets? Indeed, there is … Continue reading →