Stumping.

Dear Green Stump,
We had a good run.  Now you are defenseless on the street and workers in fluorescent vests are going to have their way with you.  At the 11th hour, your extended plant familie was evacuated.  Where will they go?  Who will accept flora evacuees?
Love,
Albany League of Spies.

On Sparrow.

Yesterday, Janet Hamill, Tom Devaney, and Sparrow gave readings at POINT 5 and it was quite delicious.  In one half-hour I will meet Sparrow and do an interview with him (KEEP TALKING, GENIUS goes out into the field).  Here are some pre-interview questions:
Proverbs: At night, all milk turns black (a proverb that Sparrow wrote): What [...]

Ingenuity: Tinkering, Creativity, and Making Mistakes

This post comes from reading the following websites:
http://www.tomtaylor.co.uk/talks/delighting-with-data
http://www.ted.com/talks/top10

Watch Sir Ken Robinson’s and Johnny Lee’s talk

http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/27/community-solar-power/
One part of CDFi’s mission is to help Albany citizens execute their ideas, whether they be of musical, theatrical, political, culinary, etc nature. In bringing people together from across other civic organizations, neighborhoods, or even across the road, we want to [...]

Support Same-Sex Marriage

Call 518.474.8390 and say “I support the Governor’s directive to support same-sex marriage! and provide your zip code.
What an easy, easy, easy way to demonstrate your support.
The hotline has apparently been around for years.

THIS SATURDAY!!!

Hello,
Please join us on Saturday, June 28th for a poetry reading featuring
Janet Hamill, Sparrow, and Thomas Devaney. This event will be held at
Point 5 (383.5 Madison Avenue) in Albany, New York.
The reading will begin at 5:00 PM and is free, with a suggested
donation for the readers. Their biographies are below. We hope to see
you there!
Biographies [...]

Personal Democracy Forum #2

Per my last post about Personal Democracy Forum, I now have a free registration pass.  Registration costs $695!!!!–though as the PDF site claims: Admission includes access to all the sessions, breakfast, lunch, an open-bar cocktail reception and unlimited networking.
I’m getting in for free because I’m doing some work for the event.
Any takers?

On The Queen Bee.

If you didn’t know, CDFi will be hosting a Queen Bee at OH BAR this Wednesday evening. It starts at 9 PM, is at OH BAR (304 Lark Street) and is free to play.
I once had a chance to help host the Seattle Spelling Bee with my friend Josh in a low lit bar [...]

Queen Bee

Emergency Reminder:
Join hosts Thomas Wilk and Simone Snead at Oh Bar! (304 Lark Street) at 9pm.
Prizes for best and worst spellers.

Personal Democracy Forum

I’m trying to get free tickets to this gathering (http://www.personaldemocracy.com), and maybe some of our blog readers are interested as well. We can certainly car-pool.
Here are the two ways of–hopefully–getting the tickets for free:
1) Read the summary information in this blog post and leave a comment
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/16/technology-and-politics-collide-at-the-2008-personal-democracy-forum/
2) Volunteer at the end
http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/26452/volunteer_scholarships_available_for_pdf_2008
If any one or several of [...]

25 Questions with me.

Your deal (Whatever makes you notable in Albany – official titles, activities, bands, etc):
I’ve played in a buncha bands that have been made fun of for their names.  I do other stuff too.
What’s your favorite take-out food?
Seitan products from Empire Wok on Delaware Ave.
What is your favorite season, and why?
Fall, duh.  For jackets and feeling [...]