an outsiders inside view

Recent discussion of Facebook’s new privacy settings and the media backlash (mostly by newspapers and magazines financially suffering at the expense of Facebook’s popularity) in many blog du jours of 2009 prompted me to take a closer look at the social networking craze. I also have a vague notion that Facebook will be considered very [...]

The most contentious aspect of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, 2009 was not the award recipient himself, but the general media reaction to the announcement around the world.
We now live within a media landscape in print, television, and online that theoretically increases the amount of news that can be distributed [...]

It would have been around 1992 or 1993 that I met one of my favorite American artists, Liza Lou.
Her atelier was around the corner from where I worked.  She was crafting her now famous beaded kitchen and had recently moved from Los Angeles to San Diego.  I served up hot drinks and pastries at the Pannikin Coffee [...]

One of the many improvements to Antwerp in recent years was the addition of a TRIX, a music center for professional recordings, music and voice lessons and workshops tailored to an ever more demanding youth population of wanna-be rock and pop stars, and venue for great sonic talent of the lesser and better known varieties. [...]

I am currently recharging my spiritual battery pack. In my opinion, the most important foundation upon which to build a happy and healthy life. The holiday season brings out the pagan in me- so I’m getting in sync with my air, fire, water, and earth elements to create what I expect to be a totally [...]