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beneficial life lessons

everyone should give this article a nice once-over.  it’s well worth their time.  here’s an excerpt:

When you first learn to ride your bike you may fall over and over. Bruise a knee and cry a bit. But you get up, brush yourself off and get on the saddle again. And eventually you learn how to ride a bike. If you can just reconnect to your 5 year old self and do things that way - instead of giving up after a try/failure or two as grown-ups often do – you would probably experience a lot more interesting things, learn valuable lessons and have quite a bit more success.

new game in development

thanks to the recent release of spirit seeker 2009, the game-making bug has bitten let-off studios once again. a brief, simple game is now in development.  it’s an arcade-style, vertical shoot-em-up featuring one mean cup of coffee.

the release date is estimated to be sometime in late summer ‘09.  we’ll just see about that.

never forget

i read an article this morning about a FEMA documentarian currently living in exile in south america; apparently, he was too good at finding evidence about foul play related to the u.s. government’s collusion with and involvement in the 9/11 attacks in new york city.  here’s a fantastic response the documentarian has to an initially benign question, emphasis in bold is mine: [Read more →]

new game: spirit seeker 2009

let-off studios has happily completed development and released spirit seeker 2009, a remake of the 2006 game spirit seeker.  from the readme file:

HOW TO PLAY: this is a quick-to-learn arcade game, where the object is to destroy five of the obsidian pillars that gradually appear throughout the arena.  collect good spirits by touching them, and avoid or destroy the evil ones.  to gain more energy, touch the mentor’s platform when it glows.  do not dawdle; astute players will find the game easier, while those who take their time will see the difficulty accelerate quickly out of control. [Read more →]

pix: yippee, june ‘09

“yippee” stands for “yurts in progress; prettey exciting, eh?”

two dear friends of mine are building their home on the side of a mountain in western vermont.  these are the pictures i took with my mobile phone camera while  there.  unfortunately, there’s no real chronology to them, but i will provide explanations of each where applicable. [Read more →]

ever think…

…that there’s so much positive energy and creativity that’s being utilized for only the benefit of those with a lot of money?

…that some of the creative people you know haven’t ever been truly challenged by life?

…it’s sad that people end up with the perspective that, “life sucks, let’s get fucked up”?

…that people are afraid to realize their own greatness?

…that regardless of all the affirmative action programs in the world, true equality does not and will never exist?