Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Remembering Brad Graham: The Lesser Kudu
On January 24, 2010, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will open its doors to the public for "A Memorial for Brad L. Graham," 6pm at the Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, Missouri 63119. More details, as well as an online Remembrance Book and memorial donation form, on the Rep's (fantastic, courtesy of Brad) web site: http://repstl.org/brad
If you can't attend the service, I encourage you to check out some of Brad's writings on his blog-that's-so-oldschool-it's-called-a-weblog, "Bradlands": http://bradlands.com For me, The Lesser Kudu is perhaps his finest work; it really captures his spirit and outlook on life. I've gone back to it several times over these past three weeks and am always left upbeat, inspired. I'm reposting it below and of course with links to the original source:
The lesser kudu
My favorite animal at the Zoo is the lesser kudu. You have to admire an animal with a name like that, laboring as he must in the shadow of the greater kudu. It must be like having an older brother who excelled at sports and academics in school, to whom you have always been compared and found lacking. A few months ago, I was visiting the Zoo at lunch with a friend and discovered the area where the lesser kudu is ordinarily found was empty.
I hope he made a break for it. I hope he made his way out into the world, free of expectations, shedding labels, determined only to be the best damn kudu he could be.
--Brad Graham (originally posted July 28, 2000)
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Monday, December 07, 2009
8 days 12 hours 49 minutes
8 days 12 hours 49 minutes...or...the approximate amount of time I spent on an airplane this year. Check out more of my stats at OpenFlights.org.
| Distance | |
|---|---|
| Total flown | 86694 mi |
| Around the world | 3.48x |
| To the Moon | 0.363x |
| To Mars | 0.0025x |
| Unique | |
|---|---|
| Airports | 19 |
| Carriers | 5 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Northernmost | CPH (55.62°N 12.66°E) |
| Southernmost | MDE (6.16°N 75.42°W) |
| Westernmost | SFO (37.62°N 122.37°W) |
| Easternmost | PRG (50.10°N 14.26°E) |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
BHL at #TDWG09 - CiteBank & other developments
Friday, October 16, 2009
Save Balloon Boy
I was out to dinner last night with friends and there was a TV on mute covering all the "Balloon Boy" madness. I'm glad the kid's ok. The family seems a bit...odd...but that's beside the point, which is:
I can't believe how big the story got so quickly. But then, with our "always on" culture, why should I be surprised? It all made me consider "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and my favorite moment from that flick - the shot of SAVE FERRIS painted on the water tower. I remember watching that for the first time in the 80's thinking "oh, ha ha, how could you get the word out that fast?" This was pre-cell phone, pre-internet, pre-social networking, and so of course it was an absurd idea; that's the joke. Now that we're always connected, is the joke on us?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Anchoring and delimiting
I cast anchor with a long, long chain,-Pierre Deleporte, Université de Rennes, Station Biologique de Paimpont, France,
it hardly anchored anything at all
I cast anchor with a short, short chain, it anchored pretty well and I was nearly drowned
I cast an anchor with no chain at all,
it anchored just itself, and strictly nothing else
the anchor was a stone I choosed to pick around, and the chain had a look of human artifact
I questioned the stone about its feelings
the stone didn't know it could be an anchor, it didn't even know that it was a stone, and other stones around didn't care more
while nobody thought of questioning the chain
"playing deliberately evasive methaphors [sic] game" concerning the differentiation between species entity, a species concept and species name. Originally posted to TAXACOM listserv, 10 Sep 2009.
