Interesting: The times we're in

One lesson from The Wire is that we're all interconnected. Our actions, our kindness, our unkept promises, all of them can make a huge difference in someone's life. In this time of economic turmoil, more people will be living on the brink. We don't have a housing bubble to depend on to bail us out. We don't have a stock bubble to bail us out. In these times, we need to play defense. And to me, that means taking care of each other. Reducing risk. Emotional risk, physical risk. Take care of each other. Be good to each other.

Merry Christmas.
MK

Helpful: Resolutions for 2009

1. Learn the accordion.

Helpful: Write something

I looked down at my todo list just now and realized that "write blog post" was on it. Normally, this would be a project, requiring a topic, insight, or at least a picture of my cat.

Instead, I'm just posting this:

It snowed yesterday, about five inches. I needed to go to the corner store, so I waited until evening, when the snow had gotten pretty deep. I went out the back alley to take out the trash, it's amazing how even alleys can be beautiful when a few inches of powder cover everything. I walked out of the alley and down the sidewalk, sliding in the snow as shopkeepers shoveled their front walks. I looked both ways, no cars at all coming from either direction as far as I could see. I took a deep breath through my nose and crossed.

Not helpful: Rick Warren

In a nutshell--

Sean Hannity: War is in the Bible, so it's OK right?
Rick Warren: As long as the other guy is evil, you betcha!