Prompted by my last post, Ben Mack Is an Extremist Idealist, I was just Googling the words “idealist” and “extremist” and came across Joe Satriani’s “The Extremist”. Enjoy! Also check out the original music video for the studio version of “The Extremist” (embedding is disabled on it or I would have included it here)....
Ben Mack Is an Extremist Idealist
Every human being on Spaceship Earth deserves clean drinkable water. Is that such a crazy idea? No, I didn't think so.
Saturday Night at SXSW – Standard Answer Launch Party
Saturday night, March 14th, I’ll be at Red Eyed Fly for the StandardAnswer launch party. danah boyd will be there too, along with the fun folks from Aquarium Drunkard. If you want to attend, you have to register at StandardAnswer (click on the RSVP Here button). You even get to help pick what songs...
I Had No Time to Hate
Someone got under my skin tonight. I’m unashamed of the fact that I try to maintain a positive outlook on life, and some people apparently have a problem with that. Life’s too short to suffer fools. This all reminded me of my very favorite poem, by Emily Dickinson: I had no time to hate,...
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