Pandemonium Medicine ShowWeblog of Mike Duigou aka bondoloWho Owns My Trash- December 12, 2007 Wednesday is garbage day in my neighbourhood and I duly put out my trash, compostables and recycling before my weekly 7am conference call. This morning two of my neighbours were having an argument outside of my house around 9am. They were squabbling as to who had a better claim on my recycling. The local "crazy old lady" (and this is Berkeley so that's a title of distinction) voiced the opinion that the cans and bottles were rightly hers because she lived on the same block. The other...http://blogs.sun.com/bondolo/entry/who_owns_my_trash In Memorium : James Barber- December 8, 2007 James Barber, the Urban Peasant, died last week. He died peacefully sitting at his kitchen table reading a cookbook while attending a pot of soup on the stove. Very apropos. I started watching the Urban Peasant TV show in the early 1990s around the same time I started cooking on a regular basis. I found the cozy, low stress, loving, and joyful world that James created in every episode very inviting. It was nearly the complete opposite of my super high stress, intense, demanding and...http://blogs.sun.com/bondolo/entry/in_memorium_james_barber Life Without WiFi- December 7, 2007 I attended an all day training session yesterday. I had expected to catch up on some of my back email during the sessions but unfortunately there was no public WiFi available in the hotel conference room. The presentations were excellent and interesting but I nonetheless found it excruciating to have to pay complete attention!http://blogs.sun.com/bondolo/entry/life_with_out_wifi |