The climax of the new album All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris is this poignant song, inspired by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Knopfler wrote the song after reading the empathic article Only Love and Then Oblivion which the author Ian McEwan published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper four days after the attacks. Out of such ugliness comes such beauty.
If This Is Goodbye
Our Cities Suck…
You owe it to yourself to visit the TED site and see its wonderful short videos of ideas. One of my favorites is this call to action by James Howard Kunstler to re-engineer our abysmally dysfunctional American cities.
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The Humans Are Dead
Two fellows from New Zealand cracked me up today with this video clip. You can check out their new show on HBO or on iTunes.
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Oregon Trails
Highlights from my 2006 Oregon Trip
I don’t have the luxury of a long vacation in the Pacific Northwest this summer, so I’ll have to rely on fond memories of last summer’s dayhikes and tourism along the Oregon coast.
Roger’s Flames
Roger Johnston’s Flame Favorites Album
Roger Johnston, a physicist and optical engineer in the Seattle area, produces absolutely gorgeous fractal images. You can view and download hundreds of beautiful images from his albums on Webshots.
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Meador Manor 