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Photos of the Moment Today's theme, random things around Boston. Miller ran a very excellent grunthunt puzzle contest, and my team with Sarah and two other newbies (though our other two newbies were really, really good at puzzles) did ok, third out of seven. Here's a play-doh castle Sarah made for one of the challenges, note the drawbridge to the left and the dragon peeking around the moat in the back.  I was surprised to see one of Boston's duckboats at a normal filling station. I'm not sure what I expected them to use, maybe have their own at the duckboathouse or something, but still...  It's hard to see but the inscription on top of Wendell Phillips monument here says "Whether in Chains or in Laurels / Liberty Knows Nothing But Victories"  Finally, Boston finally got its own Mac store, the pilgramage to the Cambridgeside Galleria is no longer needed. Here it is the opening evening: 
Quote of the Moment "Debt is your future self sending you money back in time. So the question is, are you and your future self both happy with the deal?" --Tim Harford - talking on NPR in part how as a student economist, he over-scrimped and saved, and kind of wishes he could undo that. As I've previously mentioned, I like the idea of a distinct "future self", related but not quite the same as who I am now. Turns out Tim Harford also runs an interesting Undercover Economist blog with this bit of career advice: Economist Andrew Oswald believes we work too hard and under-invest in friendships. So if my career advice is depressing, ignore it and talk to your friends instead.We gotta watch out for that! Doodle of the Moment 
I was happy with my heart cellphone for May's edition of the Blender of Love -- this is the full size version.
It might be asymmetrical, weight towards the negative; bad news does more coloring than good. Or maybe... Murphy's Law-derived ideas, like how there's no situation so bad that it can't get worse, seems to mean that most news is bad news. Happy status quos aren't news; good things usually have to build gradually and slowly. No wonder Confucianism-based cultures have such disdain for change! It takes a long while for change to show its positive side. Like Hamlet said, "for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" which is a complete crock, but still most of our lives will be spent failing to appreciate our good condition, combined with worrying that doom and gloom is right around the corner. (And sometime it may well be, that's the trouble of it!) Ramble, ramble, ramble. Quote of the Moment "I laminate things that don't really need to be laminated." --Micaela Blei, Third Grade Teacher, on how she Procrastinates, in this Slate gadget showing procrastination across professions Link of the Moment This guy is flying over the Swiss Alps on what is essentially a tiny jet-powered glider. He's like a superhero in training!
So those are the ideals... then it hit me that I'm more dealing with
Video of the Moment MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. --via Mr.Ibis who points out "it all starts as Alien Bill" -- pretty much does! The whole video is pretty amazing. I love how it "lets the strings show" in terms of the erased part from previous frames... Quote of the Moment "Your problem is that your inner child is a bit too outer." --Ksenia, a long while back. Now THAT'S what I call SUCCINCT!
I've never been a believer in the "album" as the basic unit of music. At best it's a large and potentially unstable molecule. A song is an atom, and it has quantum subparts of melodies, harmonies, lyrics, hooks, and rhythm. (And I usually only care about those last three.) I'm sure I've spent at least $5K on CDs over the years, and the number of tracks that just seem like filler is astounding. I try not to be completely "hit singles" centric, there are a number of "B sides" I love, but I'm just done with listening to whole albums. Video of the Moment --Yogurt: Food of Women! I love this; it's funny and goofy and snarky but still a bit understated. Quote of the Moment "Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital." --Arsène Houssaye. I'm not sure I grasp the full implication; is it condemning love as unsustainable?
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