Some days…some days…

Some days…some days…

This is Alberta.  This is where I live.

The Winner Is by Devotchka

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Love is but a prelude to life, an overture in which the theme of the impending work is exquisitely hinted at, but which remains nevertheless only a symbol and a promise. What is to follow, if all goes well, begins presently to appear. Passion settles down into possession, courtship into partnership, pleasure into habit. A child, half mystery and half plaything, comes to show us what we have done and to make its consequences perpetual. We see that by indulging our inclinations we have woven about us a net from which we cannot escape: our choices, bearing fruit, begin to manifest our destiny. That life which once seemed to spread out infinitely before us is narrowed to one mortal career. We learn that in morals the infinite is a chimera, and that in accomplishing anything definite a man renounces everything else. He sails henceforth for one point of the compass.
George Santayana, The Life of Reason

John Lobb 2011 Saint Crépin

The John Lobb 2011 is the first limited edition to be offered in suede in two different colours. Firstly, a new and stunning Prune Suede, lined with the delicate Pale Grey Museum Calf for an exciting contrast, and also, the John Lobb classic Dark Brown Suede complimented with a Bronze Lord Calf lining. This model is also presented in the Malbec Moonlight Calf, a black that shows a beautiful transparency in natural light, lined with the contrasting Slate Lord Calf adding a luxurious look. Lastly, it is offered in the iconic Dark Brown Museum Calf with a complimentary Bronze Lord Calf lining.

My 2010 Crépin comes in on October 25, 2011.  Time to order the 2011 now? I think so…

Young Blood by The Naked and Famous

We lie beneath the stars at night
Our hands gripping each other tight
You keep my secrets hope to die
Promises, swear them to the sky

The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I never met him. We never corresponded. Yet he profoundly changed things for me. He’s a tech icon and a man who not only dared to dream, but dared to implement.  The difference between Steve Jobs and everyone else was that he could deliver.  Repeatedly.  Not just small wins but deliver dramatic shifts in the way we thought about our everyday tools.   I think this sums up how profoundly he impacted the lives around us. How, through technology, he not only changed how we see things, but in this case, gave someone the basic ability to see.  First, I saw one of my beautiful salt lamps in its various shades of orange, another with its pink and rose colors, and the third kind in glowing pink and red. I was stunned.The next day, I went outside. I looked at the sky. I heard colors such as “Horizon,” “Outer Space,” and many shades of blue and gray. I used color cues to find my pumpkin plants, by looking for the green among the brown and stone. I spent ten minutes looking at my pumpkin plants, with their leaves of green and lemon-ginger. I then roamed my yard, and saw a blue flower. I then found the brown shed, and returned to the gray house. My mind felt blown. I watched the sun set, listening to the colors change as the sky darkened. The next night, I had a conversation with mom about how the sky looked bluer tonight. Since I can see some light and color, I think hearing the color names can help nudge my perception, and enhance my visual experience.I have seen a lot of technology for the blind, and I can safely say that the iPhone represents the most revolutionary thing to happen to the blind for at least the last ten years. Fifteen or twenty years brings us back to the Braille ‘n Speak, which I loved in the same way, so have a hard time choosing the greater. In my more excitable moments, I consider the iPhone as the greatest thing to have ever happened to the blind. The touchpad offers the familiar next/previous motion which the blind need, since speech offers one-dimensional output. Adding the ability to touch anywhere on the screen and hear it adds a whole other dimension, literally. For the first time, the blind can actually get spatial information about something. In the store, mom could say “Try that button” and I could. Blind people know what I mean. How many times has a sighted person said “I see an icon at the top of the screen?” For the first time, that actually means something.  It’s rare that a man such as Steve Jobs is around.  Imagine if every industry had a dominant force like him; imagine what the automotive sector would look like, finance, energy, agriculture, even government… He inspired a generation and I hope that flame he kept burns bright with those he touched and is passed down. As Steve quoted during the Stanford commencement: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

I never met him. We never corresponded. Yet he profoundly changed things for me. He’s a tech icon and a man who not only dared to dream, but dared to implement.  The difference between Steve Jobs and everyone else was that he could deliver.  Repeatedly.  Not just small wins but deliver dramatic shifts in the way we thought about our everyday tools.  

I think this sums up how profoundly he impacted the lives around us. How, through technology, he not only changed how we see things, but in this case, gave someone the basic ability to see. 

First, I saw one of my beautiful salt lamps in its various shades of orange, another with its pink and rose colors, and the third kind in glowing pink and red. I was stunned.
The next day, I went outside. I looked at the sky. I heard colors such as “Horizon,” “Outer Space,” and many shades of blue and gray. I used color cues to find my pumpkin plants, by looking for the green among the brown and stone. I spent ten minutes looking at my pumpkin plants, with their leaves of green and lemon-ginger. I then roamed my yard, and saw a blue flower. I then found the brown shed, and returned to the gray house. My mind felt blown. I watched the sun set, listening to the colors change as the sky darkened. The next night, I had a conversation with mom about how the sky looked bluer tonight. Since I can see some light and color, I think hearing the color names can help nudge my perception, and enhance my visual experience.
I have seen a lot of technology for the blind, and I can safely say that the iPhone represents the most revolutionary thing to happen to the blind for at least the last ten years. Fifteen or twenty years brings us back to the Braille ‘n Speak, which I loved in the same way, so have a hard time choosing the greater. In my more excitable moments, I consider the iPhone as the greatest thing to have ever happened to the blind. The touchpad offers the familiar next/previous motion which the blind need, since speech offers one-dimensional output. Adding the ability to touch anywhere on the screen and hear it adds a whole other dimension, literally. For the first time, the blind can actually get spatial information about something. In the store, mom could say “Try that button” and I could. Blind people know what I mean. How many times has a sighted person said “I see an icon at the top of the screen?” For the first time, that actually means something. 

It’s rare that a man such as Steve Jobs is around.  Imagine if every industry had a dominant force like him; imagine what the automotive sector would look like, finance, energy, agriculture, even government…

He inspired a generation and I hope that flame he kept burns bright with those he touched and is passed down. As Steve quoted during the Stanford commencement: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine

And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I’m always dragging that horse around

Bread and Butter by Hugo

Oh all the street lights
May know your name
Out in the moonlight
Don’t you feel no shame
Oh don’t you worry
You little flame
Baby all the street lights
Will know your name

Someone Like You by Adele