friend of the built environment

Yeah, September was a rather dry month for journals. Sorry to those who have endeavored to keep up with me the past month. I almost feel guilty doing a journal entry when I’ve got so much email I haven’t answered…
But at least this way I can send an impersonal update to everyone at once…
The past [...]

The hottest week I’ve ever experienced (living or visiting) in the City. The only choice I have is to be naked at all possible times. I don’t think David minds… Or the neighbors for that matter.
One more good thing about having the iBook is that I get to connect to the internet by dial-up even during a power outage.
So [...]

Damn, where did the week go?
Oh yeah, two specific places: work and other work. The long hours at work piled up this week, and will probably continue to do so for the next few weeks, as my company prepares to move our offices. The day work has involved preparations for moving as well as making [...]

Back to Fresno for the weekend. To celebrate “Cow’ifornia” at the Big Fresno Fair. Highlights included pig races, boy watching and general gluttony. David shot most of the video, so I’ll let him do the full report (if he feelz like it).
Had a breakthrough in the bathroom remodel plans whilst touring the Lowe’s in Fresno, [...]

Now these were the San Francisco days I was looking forward to… The relentless wind, the sun gone missing, the homeless back in their shelters (most of the time), and me clinging to my coffee morning and afternoon both.
It’s horribly out of fashion now, but I warn y’all that I’m composing one of those 100 [...]

Yesterday I was surprised as the day unfolded to find that my office was moving. Relocating an office is tough work when there’s no outsourcing, and totally killer for a server farm. I’m glad I’m not a tech. They’ve still got their work cut out for them.
So today we were working on cleanup and damage [...]

I know, it’s been a week. I’ve finally hit that wall…
My energy needs to be refocused right now. I’ve noticed lately that I get too complacent with just updating the blog, and lose sight of my more complex and in-depth writing, to my detriment, I feel. I want to change my focus on this site [...]

There are three basic types of results from the activity of the creative mind: the raw, the refined and the contrived.
“Raw” is not necessarily normative, and describes the results of creativity in its most basic form, prior to any true product or end result. The raw result of a musician’s creative process is in most [...]