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2024

Lengthy Memoranda and Gobbledygook Language by Maury Maverick

Posted on 19 Mar 2024 in #inspiring, #laughing & #working

Sometimes a wild god by Tom Hirons

Posted on 5 Mar 2024 in #playing, #teaching & #wilding

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry

Posted on 13 Feb 2024 in #crying & #teaching

2020

Wildfire by Bill Mollison

Posted on 11 Jan 2020 in #designing, #healing & #teaching

2016

Nanolaw with Daughter by Paul Ford

Posted on 16 May 2016 in #crying & #imagining

2013

Hopes for Humanity by Wendell Berry

Posted on 1 Nov 2013 in #failing, #healing & #teaching

2012

My Advice to Others Planning to Start an Ecovillage by Lois Arkin

Posted on 1 Jan 2012 in #inspiring, #making & #teaching

2011

Ergonomic Guidelines for Computer Work by Unknown

Posted on 19 Feb 2011 in #teaching & #working

Food Allergies & Intolerances by Unknown

Posted on 9 Feb 2011 in #healing & #teaching

Red Head Facts by Terry Comber

Posted on 9 Feb 2011 in #laughing

The Parable of the Fisherman by Unknown

Posted on 1 Jan 2011 in #crying, #failing & #laughing

The Egg by Andy Weir

Posted on 1 Jan 2011 in #imagining

2010

The Lizard, the Catacombs and the Clock by Sean Michaels

Posted on 1 Jul 2010 in #daring, #playing & #working

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul Kingsnorth

Posted on 1 Jan 2010 in #reflecting & #wilding

2009

The Monkey Experiment by Unknown

Posted on 1 Aug 2009 in #crying, #laughing & #working

Untold Truths About the American Revolution by Howard Zinn

Posted on 1 Jul 2009 in #crying & #teaching

Structured Procrastination by John Perry

Posted on 1 Apr 2009 in #laughing, #teaching & #working

21st Century Syndrome by Ty Power

Posted on 1 Jan 2009 in #crying, #failing & #wilding

2008

10000 Maniacs: Hey Jack Kerouac by Natalie Merchant

Posted on 5 Dec 2008 in #loving

The Last Viridian Note by Bruce Sterling

Posted on 18 Nov 2008 in #designing & #reflecting

The User's Guide to Steampunk by Bruce Sterling

Posted on 11 Jul 2008

Food And Permaculture by David Blume 

Posted on 8 Jul 2008 in #inspiring, #teaching & #working

How I Roll: The Ten Day Rule and Other Consultingology by Stewe Boyd

Posted on 9 May 2008 in #working

1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly

Posted on 4 Mar 2008 in #daring, #teaching & #working

How to Disagree by Paul Graham

Posted on 1 Mar 2008 in #talking & #teaching

2007

A Brief History of Christmas by John Steele Gordon

Posted on 21 Dec 2007 in #reflecting & #teaching

There's Never Enough Time to Do All the Nothing You Want by Bill Watterson

Posted on 2 Aug 2007 in #loving & #playing

How to Give a Technical Presentation by Ken Caruso

Posted on 18 Jul 2007 in #travelling

Rules for Lockheed Skunk Works by Unknown

Posted on 5 Jun 2007

Women Who Pee Standing Up by Denise Decker

Posted on 9 May 2007 in #laughing, #playing & #teaching

Lessons on Public Speaking by Dave Hitz

Posted on 29 Apr 2007 in #talking & #teaching

The Myth of Talent by Craig Tanner

Posted on 11 Jan 2007 in #daring, #failing & #working

2005

Being with Ourselves by Unknown

Posted on 23 Aug 2005 in #inspiring, #reflecting & #teaching

This is Water by David Foster Wallace

Posted on 21 May 2005 in #daring, #inspiring & #teaching

My Father's Creed by Brett Shand

Posted on 16 Mar 2005 in #loving, #making & #teaching

2004

Pairing by Wilfred Bion

Posted on 18 Sept 2004 in #teaching

Saying Yes by Dave Eggers

Posted on 23 Jan 2004 in #daring, #making & #reflecting

Ladder of Inference by Gene Bellinger

Posted on 1 Jan 2004

2003

Where Ideas Come From by Warren Ellis

Posted on 22 Apr 2003 in #laughing

2002

George Carlin: The planet is fine by George Carlin

Posted on 1 Apr 2002 in #laughing

Time Travel Spam by Robby Todino Jr.

Posted on 29 Jan 2002 in #laughing, #nerding & #travelling

2001

The Zen TV Experiment by Bernard McGrane

Posted on 18 Dec 2001

Lobsters by Charlie Stross

Posted on 1 Jun 2001 in #imagining, #loving & #nerding

2000

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us by Bill Joy

Posted on 1 Apr 2000 in #breaking, #daring & #imagining

Hard Times: A Letter From 2035 by Bruce Sterling

Posted on 6 Mar 2000 in #crying & #imagining

Reality Check by David Brin

Posted on 1 Mar 2000 in #daring, #failing & #imagining

Logical Rudeness by Peter Suber

Posted on 1 Mar 2000 in #talking & #teaching

1999

In the Beginning… was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

Posted on 31 Oct 1999

Absolutely Clear by Hafez

Posted on 1 Jan 1999 in #healing & #loving

Ship of Fools by Ted Kaczynski

Posted on 1 Jan 1999 in #failing & #teaching

1998

Surviving the Nippy Bitch by Mark Muro

Posted on 12 Nov 1998 in #reflecting

What the Living Do by Marie Howe

Posted on 1 Jan 1998 in #healing

A Cure for Waves and Jams by William Beaty

Posted on 1 Jan 1998 in #playing

1995

Keynote Address at the "Eleventh World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children" by Linda Silverman

Posted on 31 Jul 1995 in #imagining & #teaching

1991

They're Made of Meat? by Terry Bisson

Posted on 1 Apr 1991 in #imagining & #laughing

1990

Some Thoughts on the Real World by One Who Glimpsed It and Fled by Bill Watterson

Posted on 20 May 1990 in #daring, #inspiring & #making

1985

Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind by Julian Jaynes

Posted on 1 Jan 1985 in #imagining & #wilding

1984

Man Eating Lizards by Charlie Stross

Posted on 1 Jan 1984 in #failing & #laughing

1983

Aikido in Action by Terry Dobson

Posted on 1 Sept 1983 in #inspiring, #reflecting & #teaching

1982

Dr. Marten's Boots by Alexei Sayle

Posted on 16 Nov 1982 in #laughing

1974

Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons? by Ursula Le Guin

Posted on 1 Jan 1974

1973

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin

Posted on 1 Jan 1973 in #crying, #imagining & #reflecting

1971

Secrets of the Little Blue Box by Ron Rosenbaum

Posted on 1 Oct 1971 in #daring, #nerding & #playing

1970

The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman

Posted on 1 Jan 1970 in #breaking, #teaching & #working

1967

Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen by Alan Watts

Posted on 1 Dec 1967

Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4 by Richard Brautigan

Posted on 1 Apr 1967

1958

Belief & Technique for Modern Prose by Jack Kerouac

Posted on 1 Jan 1958 in #playing, #teaching & #working

1953

The Man Who Planted Trees by  Jean Giono

Posted on 1 Jan 1953 in #daring, #healing & #working

1949

How to Get Things Done by Robert Benchley

Posted on 1 Jan 1949 in #teaching & #working

1945

As We May Think by Vannevar Bush

Posted on 1 Jun 1945 in #designing, #inspiring & #working

Letter Home From Repatriation Camp by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on 29 May 1945 in #reflecting

1944

The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis

Posted on 1 Jan 1944 in #daring, #teaching & #working

1941

Letter #43 to Michael Tolkien by J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted on 6 Mar 1941 in #loving, #teaching & #wanting

1938

The Price for Doing Professional Work by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on 9 Nov 1938 in #inspiring, #teaching & #working

1935

In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell

Posted on 1 Jan 1935 in #playing, #teaching & #working

1910

Marriage and Love by Emma Goldman

Posted on 1 Jan 1910 in #daring, #loving & #teaching

If— by Rudyard Kipling

Posted on 1 Jan 1910 in #daring, #inspiring & #loving

1900

What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years by John Elfreth Watkins Jr.

Posted on 1 Dec 1900

1741

Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues by Benjamin Franklin

Posted on 1 Jan 1741 in #failing, #teaching & #working