not that I am going to start shooting bears or anything

"Let the man of learning, the man of lettered leisure, beware of that queer and cheap temptation to pose to himself and to others as a cynic, as the man who has outgrown emotions and beliefs, the man to whom good and evil are as one. The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt. There is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty, whether in achievement or in that noble effort which, even if it fails, comes to second achievement." -- The Bull Moose

So, like, dream big.

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XKCD: http://xkcd.com/621/

Things that happened in the past 30 days:

- Gabriele's death.

- Mark's death.

- Sam's death.

- Haiti.

- CitizenLab's identification of the hacking attempts on Google and other private companies.

- Google's threatened pullout from China.

- With Jay/With Conan. (Ratings stunt is my guess.)

- Turkish/Israeli diplomatic flap, and it wasn't me visiting TBG's parents.

- SATBG got a show up and is about to do another.

- Much press for The Bitter End.

I'm working, now, not schooling. Currently not flying, but singing. Working largely deals with planning, budgeting, scheduling, timelining, coordinating, ego-salving, bureaucracy-dancing.

I'm not exactly creating anything at the moment, unless you count SATBG. New things going into and out of brain are a rarity. Occasional FB/OPSp status updates in haiku form.

Music: we've got Acappellooza on Sunday the 31st at George Ignatieff Theatre. I'm with the VJs for that one. Cabaret begins rehearsals in late January.

Thinking Work: may present an Ignite-style talk on Citizen Lab. Will elicit Doda's assistance.

Back on my head, now.