Moving Forward...
It is Thursday, finals are done and my life at community college has drawn to a close. After two solid years of edification and personal growth at Portland Community College, I am transferring, albeit not too far, to Reed College. I leave behind a legacy community service, leadership, activism and a kick-ass GPA at PCC to endeavor even more service, leadership, activism challenges while suffering the intellectual slings and arrows of Reed.
I have been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of superb instructors, supportive staff and good friends at PCC. After all, it is neither the school itself nor its location that makes a school great rather it is the people and their commitment to excellence that does. As such, while this move is both a joyous and momentous occasion, I am melancholy about leaving the great people of a fine institution.
I look forward to my time in the halls of Reed but will do so with a mind full of wonderful memories of a place that prepared me well for life. The voices in my head remind me that if Reed is to take credit for molding me into a scholar, then PCC must take credit for cultivating my compassion and humanity.
A New Year!
It's been a long time, sorry I left you...
So I've been busy sorting out the particulars of my life and made the conscious decision to put the blog on the back burner. That said, the voices in my head are clamoring again, demanding that I give them equal time. Perhaps it’s the weather, a procrastination device or a vain attempt to indulge in self-aggrandizement. Whatever the reason, I’ll ease back in a writing habit, maybe one or twice a week as time permits. That’s all I got.
Peace,
-Duke.
Life
So, I've been away from the blog for a while...why? Well, in a nutshell life has been in the way. Been working on the house, busy with school, crying over the Blue Devil's implosion, migrating all my crap from one laptop to another and entertaining. Yeah that's right, entertaining. Look, the voices in my head have been trying to convince me that a little human contact goes a long way and I finally buckled and gave it a try. It wasn’t easy mind you, but it was fun to laugh with some good friends without the use of a computer. In any event, I’ll be posting some new photos and verbals in the next couple of days. Hope everything is well with all of y’all.
Peace!
-Duke.
Guinea-Pig-Powered Lawnmower
The good folks over at Engadget have a pretty funny article about...you guessed it a Guinea-Pig-Powered Lawnmower. It squeaks, it gnaws, it rolls itself. Its cheap power source is environment friendly and uses neither electricity nor petroleum based products for fuel. heh! The voices in my head want to know two things before they greenlight this expenditure: 1) does this lawnmower qualify for energy efficiency tax credits, and 2) will PETA come banging down my door wanting my hide so to speak.
More Photos
A-yo! Yup, got the quick turn around on getting new photos posted. Today’s offering: Sleepy Afternoons, a few dining room shots, and some miscellaneous house and kitten pix and a couple of photos from downtown.
