Driving through the California desert and into the vast emptiness of Arizona after seven days digging through my family’s past, I’ve had this song in my head all day. And I wonder how I have ended up where I am. Sometimes I think I took a wrong turn:
Out there in the spotlight/You’re a million miles away
Every ounce of energy/You try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body/Like the music that you play
Later in the evening/As you lie awake in bed
With the echoes from the amplifiers/Ringin’ in your head
You smoke the day’s last cigarette,/Rememberin’ what she said
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I should start by [...]
Big ups to my friends at Boing Boing (Xeni, David, Cory and Mark) for this:
This is the best description of my weekend. Despite the canceled trip to Cleveland (to be made up ASAP), my heart is light. For reasons that are unknown.
That’s okay, though. I’m going with it. Here’s what it sounds like inside my insides:
I think this clip says everything.
Maybe one of the most influential groups in my life. This is what motivates me.
Sometimes life breaks the right way. The stars align. The seas part. I’ve given up worrying about how long it will last or what it all means. It’s enough, for me, that the moments right now are perfect. This is what that feels like:
I have nothing to add. Enjoy.
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I don’t want to say my friends are badass, but Jessie and Rob have one of only 1,000 of these cars in service in the world. The Tesla is a new generation of electric car.
Jessie produced the film Who Killed the Electric Car? and the forthcoming sequel (I didn’t know documentaries had sequels), Revenge of [...]
The Year of Friends is off to a good start. I’ve already booked four different trips.
I’m still angling to put together my trip to St. Louis (the Steph), New York City (Jen, Lisa + Heather) and England/Germany (John + Aimee). I expect to book those within the next few weeks.
On top of that, I’m squeezing [...]
