Lux Benigna
Posted on | August 27, 2008 | No Comments
Lead kindly light. (Very loosely translated. I think literally it means, “kind light”.) There is a Gregorian chant of that name.
Good television
I like Netflix a lot. And I find the company’s service a good source for good television series: The Sopranos, West Wing, and others. I am currently watching the fourth season of Northern Exposure. Specifically, just now, the “Northern Lights” episode. I am having difficulty describing the power of the last few minutes. I sensed it coming. Good writers, directors, and editors help with clues that magic moments are imminent. And they delivered. I am not the artist that they are, so I can but describe my reaction. I took part in the celebration described in the medium. Now that’s art.
Life as theater
My business partner and I have been working on a big project. Well, big for us, anyway. And we were fired. Not directly, but we lost the work anyway. The consultant who hired us got fired, and we went down with the ship. Getting paid for a lot of very good work, very hard work, was looking unlikely. But, as I suspected, that’s a negotiating ploy. I have found that getting paid for work for big companies is often like that. Find the work; bid; do the work; bill; fight for getting paid. But there is drama in this. And the strife, if well acted, is full of energizing ups and downs. I can still garden, and hike, and fight. And I like our opponents. We have to find a place where each of us wins. I think we can.
Walk well. God is love.
Something New
Posted on | August 24, 2008 | No Comments
One of the things I most like about the Internet and Web publishing is its transitory nature. Things change. Web pages are/should be fluid. And in the process of changing hosts, from Network Solutions to Go Daddy, I am also updating my BLOG. There were several reasons for my leaving Network Solutions. Costs were one. Decreasing service; increasing costs. Tech support was another. The company had outsourced a lot of the tech support, and the support company which picked it up had not adequately trained their technicians. Qualified technicians were especially difficult to find on weekends. That aside, Network Solutions did not frequently update their version of WordPress, the BLOG engine I use. In changing hosts and WordPress versions, I thought I would take the opportunity to change the site.
More changes are coming: categories added, such as photography, media (including television and movies), and reviews. I have shied away from politics for fear of antagonizing friends, but want to see if I can participate in civilized discourse on the subject. A big test for me.
I’m looking forward to the new Old Man Walking.
Walk well.