First blooms of the year on our orchid stand.
Statuses
Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today and I’m Going to Write About It
some web space turned into a site called 0sil8, which became a playground of sorts for my experiments in writing and design.
Osil8 is when I started reading Kottke. So, longer than 25 years for me.
Amazing.
Reminder: We’ll be in Amsterdam from 19 March — 21 March. Then in Berlin from 22 March — 25 March. We’ll be back near AMS in Haarlem on 26 March — 27 March.
Happy to meet up with any of you fine folks. I love turning online acquaintances into ILR friends. Email to arrange.
Today we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy by strengthening public confidence in our banking system.
Translation: This will not be 2008 if we can help it.
Finally, the Answers to Cold Weather Mysteries
Fascinating. I always wondered about this.
Today’s job: Talking to these fine Minnesota citizens and leadership at the State Capitol about passing comprehensive mental health legislation.
Meet the owner of a historic St. Paul home who helped save the Justus Ramsey House
Lovely profile of our dear friend, financial advisor, and comrade-in-preservation-arms Elyse Jensen.
For any who believe anything Fox news or any of their hosts tell or show them, the hosts themselves are now on public record not only telling you it’s all a bunch of lies to boost ratings but they also laugh at you and call you idiots behind your back.
So, yeah. Keep watching.
Aim off-center to counter a bias — Derek Sivers
Another definition of the word “true” means straight and accurate. And the word “bias” means angled or curved.
I’ve recently been in the local news speaking in support of state funding for 988 — The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
This is important.
Minnesota sees surge in mental crisis calls after switch to 988, straining call centers