If you want to fall outside of the construct of linear time, poach eggs. Not every morning for breakfast – no the magic is too delicate for something so circadian – but at least once a month. Never put it on your calendar, it must be a surprise, something that unfolds from a lazy morningContinue reading “Egg Eigenzeit OR Breakfast is Served”
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Mediations on “Process,” OR the ratchet of linear time and the clockwork universe
Recently, I started a new job with a vague and fancy title. I am a Process Architect, specifically a Business Process Architect. Now, as titles go, I understand how pompous and jargon-y it is. I have worked in IT and IT-adjacent fields for over 15 years, and I know that the words we use –Continue reading “Mediations on “Process,” OR the ratchet of linear time and the clockwork universe”
On Freedom, OR: ‘Murica!
This is a post I wanted to write, or was mentally writing, on US Independence Day, but was not at liberty to sit down and actually write, which continues to strike me as ironic [kind of like everything about the American concept of “freedom”]. I don’t know what “freedom” is, or rather that is misdirectionContinue reading “On Freedom, OR: ‘Murica!”
Rebuilding your ship at sea: a practical guide
First, a paradox: The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned from Crete had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their places, insomuch that this ship becameContinue reading “Rebuilding your ship at sea: a practical guide”
The Oracle of Z 