Veggie Corporate Crusader
Just when I’m about to give up on the idea of a socially responsible corporation, along comes news that someone in power is actually trying to influence positive social change. Vegan CEO, Norm Mason, of Cat Communications Inc. has taken it upon himself to introduce his 200 some employees to a diet that does not [...]
Man In A Box
Here is a passage I took an affinity to from a piece entited Dear Norm. … It strikes me you are obsessed with boxes. You live in one, work in one, travel in one, eat out of one, and are entertained by one. You put really bad people in them, you put yourself in them. [...]
Incoherent Beach Ramble
Today I was enticed to head for the coat for Lincoln City’s fall kite festival. (still home to the eyebrow-raising Filthy Lapdog Cabbage Depository) On the drive to the coast I followed a railroad track most of the way and imagined myself making the same trip via rail-bike. Anyway I arrived at the beach of [...]
Precipitation
It seems that when you mention Oregon to anyone, the first thing that comes to mind is rain. Oregonians have various attitudes toward their climate (which frankly is quite varied – it does NOT rain all or even most of the time). Some hate the gloominess and raininess that fall and winter bring to the [...]
Personality
This evening while cleaning junk email out of my inbox, I stumbled upon a message containing little more than a few unrecognized acronyms within virtually no context. Well, leaving a mystery unexplored just isn’t my style so to the borg (google) I went. Tangents spawned tangents, and hours later I found myself reading about pyschological [...]
Whats In A Name
Lately, words and names have been occupying my mind and apparently I am not the only one with this kind of pastime. The other night I decided it was time to find a good name for a future website devoted to one of my other fascinations – bamboo. Lucky for me there were plenty of [...]