It was twenty years ago today that I took my last drink of alcohol. I was 21-years old at the time and it was my third or fourth attempt at stopping. Today I am living on grace, and though I don’t speak publicly of this very often, I want everyone to know how proud I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Today I Have 20 Years Sober, Thank You
June 8th, 2009 · Comments
Tags: Buddhism · Environment · Family · General · Politics
Twitter Dominated ALA Midwinter
January 27th, 2009 · Comments
The predominant player at ALA Midwinter Meeting, at least from my personal angle, was Twitter. Though I have been using Twitter for two years, I continue to find more useful applications for this free tool. It does seem that Twitter is reaching a more critical mass, based on the meeting tag (#alamw09) activity, and so [...]
Tags: Environment · Library · Ojai · Technology
Work and Play - Keeping up with Technology
September 13th, 2008 · Comments
Unbelievable that it has been three weeks since my last post here on misc.joy, but some of you already know that the Fall semester has begun and I am teaching two extra classes this semester. It has been a blast to teach the San Jose State class again, though the work load is high. I’ve [...]
Tags: Buddhism · Environment · General · Library · Ojai · Technology · teaching
Being Vegan
July 21st, 2008 · Comments
Back in 1985-1986, I was deeply troubled by the plight of the rainforest in the Amazon. The information I received at that time came primarily from the Rainforest Action Network who talked about deforestation to support the booming fast food industry and the American hunger for cheap hamburgers. I felt helpless to do anything until [...]
Tags: Buddhism · Environment · Family