Monthly Archives: January 2016

On this date…

Posted on January 30, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

On January 30th, 1703, the 47 Ronin fulfilled their debt of honor, and claimed their place in history. The 47 had been samurai, loyal retainers of  Asano, the daimyo of Akō. Asano Naganori was a powerful and respected provincial lord, … Continue reading →

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Burns’ Night! “We hae meat and we can eat”

Posted on January 25, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Happy Burns’ Night, Scotland! Haggis, neeps, and tatties for all!

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Human trafficking reveals the cracks in our civilization

Posted on January 21, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

There are certain flaws in our world, defects and blemishes, that should rightly be recognized but instead become invisible. They blend in with the background, either through the numbing of repeated exposure or through our willful desire not to see. … Continue reading →

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RIP David Bowie (Jan 8th, 1947 – Jan. 10th 2015)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

Actor, musician, singer-songwriter, and latest cancer-stricken hero to leave us—are we in the midst of a rock-and-roll rapture? David Robert Jones, b.k.a. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, and The Thin White Duke, died Sunday just two days after his 69th birthday, … Continue reading →

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First they came for the monkey’s copyright…

Posted on January 8, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

To be sure it was not the most uncomplicated of copyright-protection cases. Wildlife photographer David Slater owned the camera that took the most famous (and arguably, the most glamorous) selfie of the twenty-teens. But it was Naruto the crested macaque … Continue reading →

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Did it come with a data plan?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by editor, facilitator, decider

I want to believe, I really do. But the purported find of this ancient Nokia-esque cuneiform tablet has my BS-meter blaring an alert. Its conspicuous similarity to a twenty-first (or at least, late twentieth) century comm device, albeit with an … Continue reading →

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