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Drink the Wine (Poem and Song)

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So you’ve got some wine and you’ve got some time

But you just won’t drink it in

Cause you’re always waiting for some dream to begin

Yea excuse you need an excuse for each and every use

Cause tasting grapes for the sake of life

Is a foul abuse

So you take a knife

And cut a portion

Carefully and gingerly

To keep up with the notion

That you’d better be so very spare with joy

Because you can’t stare at the common fact

That we’re a million miles from Troy

And each and every act Is a circle and a line

So you’ll sit and wait and wait and wait

And you won’t drink the wine

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‘Murica Month| Speechcraft + 1776 (Vlog)

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A brief vlog discussing the importance of skilled oratory for every citizen of a democratic republic. June is ‘Murica month on Mellow Mission Productions. I’ll be reading up on all things Locke, Washington, 1776, and Murica. Videos and essays are forthcoming.

|Reading List |

Washington, Webster, and Lincoln (Lake English Classics ~ Denney)

1776 ~ DavidMcCullough

The Constitution Two Treatises of Government ~ John Locke

Common Sense ~ Thomas Paine

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Linguistic Myopia | Art as Remedy (Vlog)

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You can’t fix what you can’t describe…you can’t describe what you can’t see…A brief take on a problem I’ve been trying to pin down for years.

I propose that a lot of the depression, ennui, and disaffection is due to a poor descriptive capacity.

This was take five or so and I’m thinking of uploading the very first take where I give a bit more context (but also meandered a tad overlong.)

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The Wisdom of Grain (Vlog)

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This is basically just a monologue. The video is of a recent hike that I edited to look kinda grunge rock in Kdenlive.

The discussion centers around why lower quality video may be a better stylistic choice. Having more real than real HD can blur the line between reality and presentation in unwholesome ways.

Here’s the link to the Lunduke video I was referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUznH_3kKHI

TFJ Vlogs – Business, Data, and Law: The Case for Oversight

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In this ‘TFJ Vlog’ I discuss how the solution to many problems of technology like Big Data may not be technological but legal and societal.

I was heartened when I found out that the CEO of AT&T had mentioned the need for an ‘Internet Bill of Rights.’ I had long had the ‘Big Data/Privacy/Quality of Life’ conundrum milling about in my head. Especially after reading Cukier and Schonberg’s book. It was refreshing to see these issues being addressed from a policy perspective by a business interest.

Now I realize that as was mentioned in the Variety article that’s linked below, there are inconsistencies in AT&T’s behavior and the CEO may have self-interested motives. Nonetheless at least lip service is being given. Though we must of course call for much more.

Which will require us to look into the matter closely as it unfolds and educate ourselves on all its permutations.

Toward’s that effect here are the videos and background reading that I read in preparation for this post.

News Sites:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/books/big-data-by-viktor-mayer-schonberger-and-kenneth-cukier.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaarthur/2013/08/15/what-is-big-data/#b581ebd5c85b

https://harvardmagazine.com/2014/03/why-big-data-is-a-big-deal

Big Data Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Data-Revolution-Transform-Think/dp/0544227751
Tim Pool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bg1t7zB1qw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bg1t7zB1qw

Extra:

This is some truly glorious and informative kvetching from the illustrious Bryan Lunduke, on the subject of cell-phones, which is an issue directly related to the topic of this vlog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeSoN-XLF9Y

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TAP # 12 – Win like a Winston (Vlog)

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I talk a bit about the need for replacing your ‘dopamine hit’ activities with more productive pursuits. So instead of a beer learn a guitar lick etc. Though of course you’ll want to have that beer once in a while. Striking the right balance is what I’m aiming for.

Links n’ Such

  • Towards that end it’s good to have different creative and productivity outlets. Something that was called to mind by a post on Winston Churchill on this blog:

The Churchill School of Adulthood Conclusion: Thought + Action = An Awesome Adulthood

(I don’t think this is the exact article I read. I actually can’t find it and don’t have the time. But this has the same spirit and I hope you enjoy.)

  • Here is a similar website in terms of good advice:

Home

The vibes from those sites are what got me goin’ on this little riff.

 

Addendum: “Sales is a transfer of energy.” That’s a thing I heard a lot a couple of gigs ago. “Sales is also a transfer of debt.” I thought to myself in my illfitting suit. Though some might think this vlog just another rah rah motivational they may be right. But so was my old boss. There is value in a transfer of energy.

IMO, This little vlog  is a much more useful transfer than convincing you to switch your cable provider. I also made sure to intersperse it with some pretty sound philosophies and facts.

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