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Steve | February 19, 2011
Something that has long amazed me is humans’ ability to convince themselves that things are permanent, unchanging, and capable of lasting forever. Here’s an interesting story about the effects that microbes are having on the 12th-century Hindu temple at Angkor Wat. We seem to think that somehow we can prevent the inevitable morphing of our [...]
Steve | February 2, 2011
It’s Friday night in the big city.
It’s time to unwind, time to chill.
A lawyer, a judge, and an oil driller
Walk into a bar. Really, they do.
The light in the bar is dim,
Not too bright, not too low.
There are no black robes here,
Just brown beer bottles.
No banging of the gavel,
Just the clinking of glasses.
No passionate legal [...]
Steve | February 2, 2011
The early days begin with so much
Warmth and promise. They hold the vast
Expanse of the world, nay, of all the cosmos.
We slip and trip and fall, but always
We raise ourselves and start anew.
Each breath, each step, each tingling of
The nerves within the skin announces
The start of newness, of wonder, of beauty.
But oh, when the days [...]
