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See, the life, you never know.

This is my wishful thinking.
Somewhere, somehow I will meet someone. I want to see him again and again though I am not sure why. We become comfortable and open to each other slowly. We probably don't agree everything but we would listen to what the other say. One day I realize that I am in love with this person and he will too. Time goes by, things has changed, but after all years, we are still together. Is it possible? I don't know. I wonder if anyone ... Life, you really never know, is full of surprises. That is why I am writing this now. Relationship, it takes a simple chance to start and requires a lot of time to grow.

i love your opening paragraph. it is beautifully written, and it is a beautiful vision. and it is courageous for you to say it so truthfully. peace and love with kind regards, hippie lou


hippie lou

Thank you. I appreciate what you wrote for me.

It is a still wishful thinking.

Same here, peace and love with kind regards.

Have you played guitar early morning on 1st avenue East village before?

thank you for your kind words. it may be wishful thinking, but it is expressed in a beautiful way. a lot of women express the same sentiment on okc, but not as beautifully. yes, i used to play a lot on first avenue in the early morning, on the corner of 7th st. and between 6th and 7th on the west side of the street. and sometimes near the magical corner of 1st and 1st. have you seen or heard me there? if so, hopefully i did not disturb your peace. with kind regards, hippie lou


It was last summer, weekend, early morning. I was walking along First avenue. I saw someone playing a guitar, bear feet, which could be wrong memory though. I like waking in the village in the morning. It has different face from night time.

I looked your profile before, maybe it was early summer or spring. One of your photo reminded me of that person. I almost wrote to ask you, but I erased the message. You didn't disturb me, instead made me smile. It is a funny coincident. You were in my photos. Even I sent that photo to my nephew in Japan.

See, the life, you never know.

If I don't hear back that's ok, what you said really made me think.

Hey Hippie Lou, thanks so much for sharing that, made me think about it all day. Made me remember of a story from years ago, this young boy came to visit us, he came from Jamaica and his family didn't have much. He stepped into my kids playroom (this is a long time ago) and said "OMG! this is better than toys r us! I was so ashamed of what was in that room, my kids didn't ever care about the stuff, how could they there was just too much of it! I guess I started getting rid of stuff then, giving everything away to hospitals for kids, I still can't believe what I still have here. It is a waste, and it is sad.
Anyway, thanks for sharing.

I understand what your saying as far as the connecting thing goes, I think that my reluctance is more in actually meeting someone. I have a lot going on at the moment and feel I need to finish cleaning my act up before I can invite someone in.

My stay here has been brief but I did enjoy meeting you, thanks again.
If you want to keep in touch you can write me.

If I don't hear back that's ok, what you said really made me think.



thanks very much for your nice note.  believe it or
not, it's nice to know that my point of view and/or
take on the world made you think.  it's what i
live for, what i love to do.  because imho we are what
we think, and if we can change the way we think, we
can change the world.  for the better, hopefully. :)

i wanted to share a story with you (attached) about
a profound experience that changed my life.  food
is one of the main characters, and so is "losing it."
thought you might enjoy.

and i get wanting to get oneself together before
inviting someone in.  a couple of years ago, i came
to the realization that my construction attracted ppl
with a similar construction.  to attract different sorts
of ppl, i had to reconstruct.  once i realized the
cause/effect, i wanted to finish reconstruction before
inviting someone in.  kudos to you!

on a lighter note, i love the typeface in your newsletter.

peace/<3 with kind regards, hippie lou

Hey Normy,

Reading your story left me inspired and curious to know more. This is exactly what is missing in NYC and everywhere else! I agree with you that restaurateurs are skeptical to try this business model because of their self-limiting conversations, whether it be money, image or lack of local support. This should not be the case!

After reading your story, I googled Balasia and saw outstanding reviews that aren't seen in the NYC area, including outstanding reviews about "W-Land". I would love to get in contact with her if you have her information and want to thank you for sharing this with me. With your permission, I'd like to share this with Melissa and my co-workers.

Have a lovely evening!

security is
knowing
who you are
what you're good at
what ppl love about you
what you love to do
and having the
confidence
the courage
the skill
the passion
and the
infectious desire
to do it
to do what you
love to do
and to be who you are.
and lest we forget
it helps to have
a hospitable and
peaceful world
in which to do it.
these two things
work hand in hand;
the more of the
first,
the more likely
the second.
this is real security
this is real safety
this is what freedom looks like.

Missing Brooklyn,My iced (drip)coffee (WITH NO ICE CREAM ),the pizza,the mexican,the grittiness,the randomness, going out at 12am with no plans,never knowing what strange exciting things you may encounter. Missing New York. The city that makes me passionate about art and always inspires me to create. most importantly I miss all of you in it,even if its been hard keeping in touch . You are all in my mind inspiring me.

thank you so much for your kind words, sister. i saw newton last weekend and just bumped into harry on second ave. and i was talking about you the other day to a friend seeking advice about following her heart to india. i told her how you just picked up and went halfway around the world. i miss you so much and my thoughts are always with you. peace/♥ with kind regards, ur hippie godfather :)

you come down here and stay some where else  your not about this
family or tryimg to help this family get back to where they were  all
of this for what when all you had went do is go to the doctors like i
ask you.  Dave you ran from me and you are still running from me.  i
have  not done anythimg to you. This family has been rip out our life.
Dave you went back out there to get yourself in trouble for what.
Pease Pease and Pease

two days ago, i met up with my friend, a very interesting young woman (in her
mid to late 20's) who dated a good friend of mine a couple of years ago.  from time to time, she has
sought me out for advice.  she just got back from a trip where she, like me, is searching for
real meaning in life with the ultimate goal of doing what she loves to do, being who she is, and in the
process, making the world a better place to be.  she has a passion for women and acting, and
i think she will combine her interests in very interesting ways in the years to come.

we met and she took me to a magical garden on 6th street in the east village.  she wanted to take
a few pictures of me; she then shared an account of her recent travels.  we sat in the garden
and talked, and i shared some advice with her.  i think she was grateful, saying that there were few
people in this world that she could talk about such subjects in a free and open way.  i was so happy
that i could help her out in some way, and feel that somehow i am making a difference in her life.

i wanted you to know this because i owe an enormous debt of gratitude to you.  it is because of your generosity and the generosity of others that i am able to, in my own small way, try to make the world a better place.  i thank you from the bottom of my heart.



you're welcome d/q!  a little investment for a new vision.  spread the seeds...i feel like i should be thanking you!  peace bro.  c/q


Lou,
That is really wonderful. Nothing better then giving back and making you feel wonderful. I hope you are going to make it to my house on Saturday for a fun night. If you like you can bring your friend to the party.

congratulations!!

Thanks obi wan !

so proud of u luke...so inspiring to see you going after what you love to do, despite all the obstacles and the difficulties.

:-D I have a great team of friends to pick me up when I'm down and cheer me on... I'm glad that group includes you

team luke 4evah!!

sister, i wanted to thank you so much for stopping by yesterday. it may seem like a small thing, but it was so beautiful.  i am so lucky to have beautiful ppl in my life, and you are one of them. keep stopping by! much appreciated and continued good wishes for your success, for your dreams coming true.

My Darling Brother,the pleasure was all mine ,I am so happy to have a friend like you,you put a smile on my face.Thanks for always being supportive,it means the world to me,much love and many blessings.

i did like her because she let me play led zep ii, whole lotta love, for show & tell.

you're the best, c/q...did you make a project out of tracking down obits of all our elementary school idols?  how the fuck did you get this?

by reading the obit, i guess we had her for her last year in teaching...lucky us!  she had a long life, too, she was a good egg.  i don't know if you liked her, but i think she was perfect for me.  peace & many thanks & glad you're back in my life, d/q


i went through a newspaper clipping phase.  you should see the crap I cut out and glued into a three ring binder!  i did like her because she let me play led zep ii, whole lotta love, for show & tell.  i too am glad your around again.  and i'm rooting for your success!  later.  c/q

and guys thinking girls that hit on guys are sluts and/or desperate, that's just fucking ridiculous.

greetings, earthling!so r u in dc or nyc today? i like yr new okc profile, tho the other was more creative, i like the straight up-ness of it better. it will also prob get rid of ppl who don't get it.

i keep experimenting with mine, but it seems to be ok now, cuz for the most part, i'm getting more quality humans & less dumbasses.

started dating someone i talked to there. i dunno what's going on exactly cuz like i said i don't necessarily get what everyone else seems to overstand as a given.but we've seen each other twice & he's a gentleman (what the hell are those, anyway? whuh? hey, my clothes are still on. what's that about? r u gay or something? i don't understand.) got a kiss and an asian pear at end of 2nd date & a longer hug. and we've talked since on okc. didn't know if we were just gonna b friends, which would b all rt, or more, which i was hoping. kiss told me sumthin, sort of. capricorns, apparently they don't do stuff in public & they're old skool. idk. i'm certainly not, but it's kinda cute.i just don't know what to do with that sort. scared that if we keep seeing each other, i might fall for him. bad idea. not that it'll stop me, just scare the begeezus outta me. i took a leap and intimated that it might be fun to make him dinner some time cuz his wife never cooked & i know he likes to & he's got good taste.and i'm a goddess in the kitchen, amongst other places.

who knows? most of em run, so we'll see.


sister, thx so much for your thoughtful message. re that guy, i can't speak for other men, but i am a lot like that guy...i am super shy with women. i go on dates and don't kiss girls or try to rip their clothes off. i'll tell you why -- i am friends with a lot of women and there seem to be an endless supply of guys who are super aggressive and their advances are not appreciated at all. a lot of women walk the streets of nyc and will not look guys in the eye because i guess there are so many slimeballs that will use any excuse to, in the words of a friend of mine, "shoot their mustard gas" at women, looking for any momentary letdown in defenses to touch them etc., even if the advances are completely unwelcome. i've learned that a lot of my shyness has to do with NOT WANTING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CREEPS.

also, i've found that a lot of women seem to like me and find me charming but really are not interested in a more intimate connection because they may be bf'ed/gf'ed up or they think i'm too weird to be associated with in that way. but they can't take their eyes off me at the bar! i also want a woman to meet me halfway...this whole me chase you and you never show me your cards thing leaves me wondering do you really dig me and if so why can't you put yourself out there? if a woman can't take a risk and come towards me as i come towards her that's not prolly someone that i'm going that far with. finally, i think we should all get over ourselves and chuck this outmoded system...why can't girls and guys just talk to each other and say i dig u, do you dig me? girls don't wait around for their bosses to give them raises, most of them ask these days. why should they wait for some guy to make a move on them? and guys thinking girls that hit on guys are sluts and/or desperate, that's just fucking ridiculous.

"Many people might think that this is a good thing for ... Aventis, but actually it's not," Webster said. "All manufacturers get tarred with the same brush."

When Chiron Corp. sneezed Tuesday, businesses throughout the healthcare industry -- and beyond -- caught cold. But others may get a shot in the arm this flu season.

Chiron slashed its profit forecast by more than half after British health officials suspended production at the company's Liverpool plant, blocking shipment of some 48 million doses of its Fluvirin vaccine -- almost half the expected U.S. supply. Chiron shares plunged 16%, or $7.44, to $37.98 on Nasdaq.

The fallout spread well beyond Emeryville, Calif.-based Chiron. Novartis, the Swiss drug maker that has a 40% stake in Chiron, slipped 22 cents to $46.60, while Henry Schein Inc., a New York-based distributor of Fluvirin, lowered its 2004 profit forecast to $3.01 to $3.07 a share from as much as $3.61 in August.

Chiron, which was founded in 1981 by three college professors and employs 5,300, makes four influenza vaccines. Its Fluvirin, which was affected by the Liverpool production problem, is the top seller in Northern Europe and No. 2 in the U.S. after the flu vaccine marketed by Aventis Pasteur, a French pharmaceutical company. Chiron also makes Fluvirin in Italy and Germany, but those lots have been committed elsewhere.

Analysts and consultants said the effect on Chiron could be long-lasting. Flu vaccine customers are most concerned about reliability, and failing to deliver could make it very hard for Chiron to sign them up next year, said David Webster, whose Webster Consulting Group advises health firms.

Shares of Aventis rose $1.18 to $86 on the New York Stock Exchange. But it has said the earliest it could make more flu vaccine was after November.

"Many people might think that this is a good thing for ... Aventis, but actually it's not," Webster said. "All manufacturers get tarred with the same brush."

He said the Chiron problem would put pressure on federal officials to line up additional suppliers of flu vaccine, "so Aventis might be facing a couple of new, additional competitors in the next year or so."

That notion buoyed shares of Canadian firm ID Biomedical Corp., which supplies flu vaccine there. ID's shares jumped about 6% on Tuesday.

Vaccine makers also will have to work harder next year to convince people that they should get shots and that the supply will be there, Webster said.

The problems at Chiron, he said, aren't "going to help grow the market or help get people more immunized."


Chiron's Flu Vaccine Woes Infecting Others
October 06, 2004 | Lisa Girion | Times Staff Writer

errrrmmm no, just like using email doesn't mean the post office is on strike.

what do you find interesting? i find your okc reluctance fascinating, love your goal to open a closet and have nothing in it. peace & welcome, it's not that serious, with kind regards, hippie lou


I found your nomad type of life interesting.

Yes I have been working my way around the house for months now, amazingly disgusting how much I have! I have donated, thrown, and given away so much and there is still more! It sickens me to be honest. I have made quite a dent in it but may be awhile before it is all clear.

Why would it be fascinating that I am reluctant? I thought that would be more common that I was, no?


thank you for your note and for sharing what you found interesting.

i had a similar experience as i was watching a house that i had lived in being packed up a few years ago...it contained the accumulated belongings of a lifetime. all i can remember is the pile of shoes and the handbags/pocketbooks. this is not to say that i wasn't guilty of acquisition/accumulation myself, but the shoes and the handbags really got me. there were just piles of them. most of them had been used for a very brief period of time. i remember thinking wow, and what a waste, and it made me sad. i have not bought an item of clothing since, and still have way more than i need.

i guess i don't find your reluctance fascinating, but more so the common reluctance. in the old days we sent letters. then email came along, we use that too. in the old days we met ppl in the real world, now we can meet them virtually too. no big deal, right? somehow somewhere someone came up with the idea that being online means no one is interested in you in real life, because if they were, you wouldn't be online, right? and then they sold that idea to the world. errrrmmm no, just like using email doesn't mean the post office is on strike. my two cents. :)

i can't carry squat, but can make time fly. if we go out for coffee, i gotcha. :)

since complete candor and me are good friends, or at least casual acquaintances, i want you to know a couple of things.

i was raised by circus clowns. when i was eight, they ditched me in the mountains on their way to a gig in plattsburgh, ny. i ran with wolves for a bit, then lumberjacks. lastly, mohicans.

i don't have anything remotely resembling a day job. i work every day, but since i'm doing what i love to do -- writing up a theory of the universe and putting music in the air -- i really can't call it work.

in my spare time, i help nascent creators and stitch together worlds which are (hopefully) more hospitable to people who, above all else, want to do what they love to do and be who they are. truly.

and also, so as not to mislead you, i don't have anything remotely resembling my own apartment. i've been fairly successful in setting up a johnny appleseed existence, relying on the kindness of friends and strangers for a meal and/or a soft pillow on which to lay my head.

i try to spread myself around so as not to burden anyone unnecessarily...and try always to walk softly through the forest. i bring news of neighboring villages, a good story or two, and an orchard that bears fruit every once in a while.

car? gave it back to the universe. love to walk, johnny did too. bank account? nope. i learned the hard way that it didn't really belong to me. and, strange though it may seem, losing it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

i do have a phone, which has been a plus when it comes to talking to or texting folks i meet on okc. not completely necessary, though, with the apple store and its bountiful harvest of available computers just a stone's throw away.

i'm a bit of a nomad. manhattan is base camp, but i venture out for ten days at a time (or so). washington, d.c. is an important nexus for me, it's where my daughter currently resides. if i go somewhere, i often change my okc location setting. that fact might tell you more about me than anything i've written so far.

i <3 connections, random and otherwise, and am a big fan of open circuits. i love surprises, pleasant or unpleasant. pleasant slightly preferred, though, truth be told.

if i know one thing to be true, it is that you cannot bid the flower not bloom. it thrives, when, on mild zephyr's wing, the spring arrives.

i can't carry squat, but can make time fly. if we go out for coffee, i gotcha. :)

I love all your posts and visuals.......fire starting is a life force right?
I can see your are a life force....a real live force....I have to run to chiropractor my brother and much <3  to you...I ope we meet soon.
ope=hope

maybe the universe has some secret plan for me?

i'll be completely straight up -- girls mystify me, women too. always have. all i know is that i love love, i love intimacy, it's beautiful.

not getting much play these days; it's lonely, i can't lie. i'd really like to have some in my life, and i've got a lot of love to share. maybe the universe has some secret plan for me?

currently modeling my life after johnny appleseed -- making use of what's around, what's available, whilst trying to plant and tend a multitude of orchards.

some people see beauty in nature, i see it in people. i'm a big fan of surprises, and leave lots of unscheduled time in every day to avail myself of (seemingly) random encounters.

what I’m doing with my life:

mostly:

-playing guitar
-helping creators, discoverers, seekers, and other nice & interesting people
-working to change the world so it isn't so hard for people to be who they are and do what they love to do
-inspiring my daughter (hopefully!)

i’m really good at:

letting the universe order my steps, going with the flow/undertow, swimming upstream, following my flip flops, letting the moon turn my tides gently, gently away.

your message made me think it might be a possibility. A remote one, perhaps, but a possibility nonetheless.

hi sister, just received your message from branch out...wasn't sure if it was a mass mailing and if u intended to send it to me but oh well, thought i'd take a chance and write you.

i have a lot of regret about things that happened back in 2010 but i cannot go back and change things...i have a pretty good understanding of what happened and why, and feel that i've always acted with a good heart and honorable intentions. i completely understand though why many ppl have chosen to, for lack of a better word, terminate their connection with me.

one of my real regrets with respect to the loss of the connection with you and your family is my friendship with your mother. i liked her for many reasons which i won't go into, but for the purposes of this message i had and still have a specific interest which is related to my ongoing work on the dynamics of creation and creativity, whether it be art or music or design or biomedical science.

while i was visiting your farm, i spent some time with your mother in the garden and was fascinated with her description of the dynamic processes at work there. there was a deliberate component of the garden, but also a fair amount of seemingly random forces at work. one of the random elements was seeds blowing into the garden, which your mom had a specific name for (sic). i went away from my visit anxious to talk to her and learn more about the various forces at work. i believe the garden is one of several useful metaphors nature has provided us for good design of a creative space (a space that fosters creativity), whether it be a company, a science laboratory, or a city.

when you and i had a parting of the ways i did not feel comfortable contacting her, and would never reach out to her without your knowledge and support. i had somewhat resigned myself to never having the opportunity to speak with her again, but your message made me think it might be a possibility. A remote one, perhaps, but a possibility nonetheless.

peace with kind regards, hippie lou

WoW! Lou - I knew you had it going on, but I am struck by this lovely woman... If she's 10% of what her smile reveals, you're doing great. :-)

despite all the crap going on, life is pretty good.

wow lou! i appreciate you telling me yr story, though you didn't have to.thanks for entrusting me with it. that's horrible. i didn't think you had done anything really wrong, it would seem so out of character.

i agree with you. despite all the crap going on, life is pretty good. i got a cheap karaoke machine from craigslist today to practice using a mic, on the advice of one of the artists at work- he used to have a band. so i;m gonna plug the thing in & try singing into it like an idiot. at the very least, my friends will ham it up at the next party i throw. so what the hell? why not?

how are things going with yr daughter? have you told her all or part of what really happened? i hope you're able to mend things with her. i just started dragging my 82 yr old father to therapy with me cuz he was driving me crazy lately & i couldn't take it anymore, but i don't want to drift apart at the end of his life or near it, so if someone else says the same things i wanna tell him & he pays for it, he'll listen. 2nd session today. it's tough but we're working thru some deep shit together. it's never too late, but i'm not taking any crap from anyone ever again. not even my dad. i've had all i can stand, lou. i'm really good at unconditional love, but dad's too insecure from his own deepseated stuff to understand that it's unwavering and constant regardless of whatever happens and whether i say it from day to day. it's kinda crazy at my age to go thru all this, but it's about growth & change, so i'm down with it. heal the past and change the future. for my dad and for me. he's still wounded from his dad. we just got to that one today. i've been waiting for someone to call him on that one for a long time. i always saw it. we carry such burdens with us, all of us. it's nice to lighten the load a little. as the witches say, perfect trust, perfect peace. that's not easy.

everyone suffers and knowing that, takes away a lot of the pain and disappointment in my own life.

Hi Hippie Dave Appleseed,

I enjoyed talking and listening and although some of what I heard was sad news, I'm grateful that you trust me enough to share it.  One thing I've learned in all my sufferings through life is that everyone suffers and knowing that, takes away a lot of the pain and disappointment in my own and helps me to be more open-hearted and less opinionated.  I have my bad days too when I simply cannot understand why things and people are the way they are, but when i remember that everything that happens to me is impersonal (because everyone suffers whether I am there or not), i'm better able to just let it go and move ahead.  It seems like that's what is happening for you! ♥

I love trees because they keep trying to bend and twist in unfathomable ways - always towards the light.

To David Webster, an industry consultant, flu vaccine is like a mixed investment portfolio.

To David Webster, an industry consultant, flu vaccine is like a mixed investment portfolio. Some is pre-sold at low but secure profit margins, like bonds. The rest, like stocks, might be sold at varying prices in a "spot" market.

To Mark V. Pauly, a health economist, flu vaccine is like avocados. It's a perishable product whose price can go up, producing a windfall for the distributor when supply is short. On the other hand, if you don't unload your avocados quickly, they go bad and must be tossed out.

Neither is surprised at reports this week of prices reaching $600 or more for a 10-dose vial of a vaccine with a normal price tag of $85. A production problem blocked distribution of nearly half the country's vaccine supply, which has set off a scramble by providers to get their hands on what's left.

Although the production and safety of flu vaccine is tightly regulated, it is distributed through a complex and free market in which the balance of supply and demand can bound between extremes. While the system provides a chance for some distributors to profiteer, it also makes wide-scale price gouging unlikely, industry experts say, because much of the supply is committed under contract, at set prices, to customers who ordered it months ago.

Vaccines are distributed differently from other medications, which reach patients through retail pharmacies. Because they must be administered by a doctor or nurse, they get to the patient through hospitals, physicians offices and clinics, including inoculation clinics designed to generate customer traffic at stores and malls.

And flu vaccine, although sold through many of the same distributors to many of the same users, is unique within vaccines.

While most vaccines have a shelf life of about two years, Webster said, flu vaccine is made fresh each year, to match the strains of influenza expected, and sold during the fall and winter flu season.

Some years, when supply moves smoothly and demand is slack, "I have thrown out 5,000 doses," Lessans said.

Other years, supply is short.

Typically, Webster said, distributors base their orders for flu vaccine largely on early commitments from customers, then order extra to "set aside 30 to 40 percent for the spot market."

The distributors, he said, "have decades of experience, and they know if there's a shortage or delays, they're going to get a higher price."

Up to 40 companies are in the flu vaccine distribution business, which grosses about $350 million annually, Webster said.

But a handful of companies dominate, including Schein, which had ordered 20 million doses from Chiron, and PSS World Medical Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., which has been adding a growing number of flu vaccine doses to its doctors office sales in recent years.

Vaccine gap shows faults in supply system; $85 vial may cost $600 amid shortage in U.S.
By M. William Salganik and Julie Bell
October 08, 2004|

Why can't people just fall asleep wherever they want, Lou?

I'm holding a Clothes Only Yard Sale at my mom and dad's house. Trying to get rid of clothes I have been too fat for over a decade now. Some of them are quite nice. You can have three closets' full of sz 14-18 clothes with a couple sz 12's thrown in for the low low price of $100. Some of the suits and dresses were bought for speech meets, etc. Two or three of them max combined would have easily set you back $100 when they were new. If anyone is remotely interested, please hit me up. I have pants that look like "chefs' pants" and a sz 12 purple dress that is sure to turn heads at any interview.

will you be using the proceeds for your walk across the nation?

So far the clothes have been out there all day and I have only made $10. Someone idled by and stole my cutest jumper too while I was inside fixing a hamburger. The George Foreman Mini Grill is very quick but not quick enough, apparently. If I could just find a sponsor, I would be planning my walk right now! Subway, Nike, Weight Watchers, Heart Association, Cancer Association...No one is interested. :(. Why can't people just fall asleep wherever they want, Lou? I could easily sleep in a sleeping bag alongside a highway if it were legal. Tired of all my dreams being dissed, Lou. This is one Wagon very much in need of a faster, more powerful Star. A Star with blond hair and twinkly blue eyes a plus but optional at this point.

i've always claimed to be lover of intractable problems...so i will scratch my head on your walk across the nation...but i think there's a way, honest to god...blonde haired/twinkly blue eyed star, that one you're on your own :)

blue skies ahead
grass between my toes
sunshine on my face.

i am a vagabond for beauty,
a signpost for otherness.

it looks like you’ve been building an empire of fun...I’m curious to see that in person!

Hey Hippie!

Just got your message. Don't know why I didn't hear it ring 3 hours ago...but here i am. Tried calling your cell and was told your voicemail isn't set up yet by a strange sounding lady robot. But you sounded really great Dave!!...(i mean, Hippie!) And I look forward to hanging with you soon, perhaps over lunch or coffee. I have been lazy about going into the city this summer but have been slowly coming back as the high temps go down.

Something has come up where I need a signature from all my old employers to confirm that I am not entitled to any job benefits from them, that's all. Sorry to have this be the reason that gets my lazy self down to the les to see you after so long…but I promise you I was going to make the trip soon anyway. I just got this thing in the mail and apparently they sent a copy to your old address in Nazareth too. It’s so strange to get this only a few days after we reconnected; though perhaps the connection was always still going on and you were just psychically tuning in ;-D

Let me know if you’ll be around in the next few days. After tomorrow, I am pretty much free flow and can mosey on down to that awesome neighborhood. But I just noticed on your fb page that you might be out of town, so whenever you return would be great too. I’ve enjoyed seeing your photos and it looks like you’ve been building an empire of fun...I’m curious to see that in person!

Let me know when’s a good time to get together. Miss you too!

much as astronauts returning from weightless space have a difficult time reacquainting themselves with earth's gravity.

i saw a young girl today perched on her dad's shoulders...she was big enough where she prolly only has several months more of free rides.

reminded me of my babii gurl, how i used to hoist her on my shoulders and walk to the flossmoor train station.  we were always running late, so i had to hump it, and it wasn't a short walk.

and when we finally arrived, i would put her down and we had to rush to the train.  but something strange always happened.  her joints, or her limbs would hurt, much as astronauts returning from weightless space have a difficult time reacquainting themselves with earth's gravity.

i miss u kaishaa and i love you very much.

august 3, 2012

Biogen is a classic example of what can happen to a biotechnology company that hits a home run with a single product early in its life.

Biogen is one of the industry's biggest and most established players, with a 30-year history, annual revenue of more than $3 billion and a market value of $18 billion.

Even so, over the past three years, its shares have fallen roughly 6.5 percent, hurt by the temporary withdrawal of Tysabri from the market in 2005 because of safety concerns. That result compares with a 46 percent rise in the American Stock Exchange Biotechnology index.

"Biogen is a classic example of what can happen to a biotechnology company that hits a home run with a single product early in its life," said David Webster, a consultant with Webster Consulting Group. "They start developing big egos, buying other companies, building office space in high-rent districts and expanding into areas in which they don't have expertise."


Carl Icahn seeks to extract value from Biogen Idec
By Toni Clarke
February 6, 2008

A rising tide, us.

i don’t want a big pile of money in the bank
or a 401K
or a big house
or a nice car.

all i want is 10 or 20 ppl
I can take care of
and they of me.
perhaps a different twenty,
depending on the hour,
the day, the month, or the year.

20 i can love, and they me.
20 I can create with
20 I can sing with
And they with me.

And a few more things
The time
The where-with-all
The passion
The energy
The freedom
the good health
To do it with.
And the
FREE SPACE
To do it in.

A space
Uncluttered
By taxes and tolls
For dipshit wars
For dipshit k-12 experiences
That bulldoze the minds
And spirits
Of countless generations

We can all
Raise each other’s boats
A rising tide, us.
We can learn from,
teach each other,
We can love one another.

Just 10 or 20 Ppl
and hectares, perhaps?
That’s all.

If it’s more,
it’ll be icing
On the cake.

A simple life
A life worth living
A world worth living in.

i truly believe that peace in the individual and peace in the world work together...we are what we eat, we are what we breathe!

The Arts of Peace... beautiful... And peace comes from within...

peace from within, but perhaps what is within is a recombinant soup of what's in one's outer space...hence, very difficult to be peaceful in a space/world that is not.

but you have control over what's inside not so much with what's outside... work with what you know - yourself. once you have peace within you can work with the world...

i respect your point of view...and i've heard it many times...ppl who were in the most deplorable conditions, for example auschwitz-birkenau or eastern europe under communist rule were able to find peace and beauty in their lives, and were able to find things to be grateful for. and ghandi, be the change you want to see in the world. but i have come to believe that this point of view is defeatist (ie we can't fix the world so let's not even try) and is also promoted by those who place the blame for non-peace back on us (the individual), not on social, political, economic, and cultural institutions, where much of the responsibility lies. i truly believe that peace in the individual and peace in the world work together...we are what we eat, we are what we breathe! so let's work on both simultaneously, y traer paz al mundo...

But then Blythe’s sister was like “Hippie Lou is totally serious.You have to take advantage of this-it’s a New York moment” and no matter how cheesy that sounds it totally changed my mind.

First things first is Lula’s Sweet Apothecary.

The all vegan old fashioned ice cream parlour in the East Village which opened about 2 months ago now.

I already had plans to meet up with friends there and then a big PPK meet up on the 15th before I got to New York.But then I ended up going there almost every single day they were open.And then I kind of became BFF with Blythe and Derek,the wonderful proprietors.And one night I ended up hanging out there after a school open house for like 6 hours and met this amazing man named Hippie Lou and we talked for hours and he let me get whatever I wanted on him.And he was serious.And I had already eaten ice cream so I wasn’t going to get anymore.But then Blythe’s sister was like “Hippe Lou is totally serious.You have to take advantage of this-it’s a New York moment” and no matter how cheesy that sounds it totally changed my mind and I realized that later is never and I needed to take advantage of being in an all vegan ice cream parlour and being able to get whatever I wanted for free,and so I did.I got a banana split with every topping.Over 19 toppings.All over a banana and a Sweet and Sara Peanut Butter S’mores Pie that Blythe threw in.

There was 4 different types of Newman Os,non pareils,vegan almond joy bar thingies,graham crackers,gummy worms,gummy bears,sour gummy bears,all sorts of nuts,candied pecans,white chocolate chips,all sorts of jimmies,and even carob chips,which I like,and I wanted EVERY topping.And some more stuff topped off with hot fudge,caramel,whip cream,and a cherry.

via bjorkedoff.

we are the world, we are the muses…

you, we
live to create
live to discover
live to learn
live to connect
live to teach
live to love
live to live
a life
worth living
in a world
a neighborhood
a village
a city
a space
worth living in.
we haven’t
made it
in the old world
but we know it
well.
we’re on the
hustle.
often broke
because
our time
our incandescence
our blood
our sweat
our tears
goes to our
skunkworks
for the new dawn.
we work on
what we love
to do.
we’re curious
we like learning
we’re open circuits
we trust
that if we
do what we
love to do
and if we
are who we are
the rest will
take care of itself.
we dream of a
new world.
we are impatient
with the
old world
but we still
cherish its virtues.
its beauty.
we will use
the driftwood
of the old
to build
the spaceship
of the new.
we are muses.
sometime we muse
or are caught
musing.
we are lumen
light
we illuminate
together
our light
shines brighter
as one
as a collection
of many
diverse
lives worth living.
one’s light
does not
diminish
the others’
we are lumens
not luminaries.
definitely not.
we eschew
the architecture
of the old.
no leader
follower.
no indian
chief.
we love
having money
in our pocket.
but we
won’t sell
our soul
for it.
we know
if we do
what we love
if we become
what we are
the duckets
will follow.
$ is not
the organizing
thread
of our narrative
of our thinking
of our passion
of our life.
we realize
that we
live in a
rare moment
in time.
a time
unprecedented
in human history.
we don’t
need
vulture
capital
we don’t
need
head wrecking
patrons.
aristocrats.
angels
we don’t need
their money
their hangups
their desire
to make our lives
theirs.
we don’t need
financial capital
to create.
to discover.
to seed the new dawn.
to illuminate
the new rising sun.
to tell the new truth.
it’s a world
where human capital
not financial capital
rules
without ruling :)
what we know
what we’ve learned
our knowledge
our skills
our experience
who we know
and what they
think of us
our health
our energy
our passion
our disposition
our transparency
our authenticity
our honesty
our consideration
our conduct
as citizens
of ourselves
our households
our blocks
our neighborhoods
our village
our laboratories
our cities
our states
our nations
our universe.
we are
relentless
in pursuit
of our passion
our dream
our new world.
we don’t want
to change others’
world.
only if they choose
to enter ours.
elective affinities.
not affinities
of force
abuse
oppression
violence
skewed rules
of the game.
engineered
to perpetuate
the province
of the toll booth
takers.
the gatekeepers.
the headwreckers.
those that have
99 of the 100
marbles.
and they
won’t rest
till they get
the 100th.
goodbye
headwreckers.
u can have ur world.
go smart bomb
each other
and rip each other
off
and ponzi scheme
and defraud
each other
into oblivion.
stumble, diplodocus, stumble.
it stopped raining
10 years ago.
you have about 40
more
until you collapse
in a cloud of dust.
trouble takes care
of itself
i don’t need to
be judge
jury
executioner.
i can focus on building
the new dawn
as i see it.
a new spaceship.
and then invite
others on board.
if it’s a better
spaceship
it will fly.
if not, no one
will get on. np,
or back to the
drawing board.
we are bumblebees
we like flying into
different hives
checkin em
learning
eachin one,
teachin one.
loving.
we love flying
to different
meadows
getting a
beautiful
heterogeneity
of pollen
stuck to our legs.
sometimes
we need
shelter from the storm.
shelter
from the
heddwrekkers
the naysayers
the nattering
nabobs
of negativism
we gather together
to inspire
to be inspired
to collect dots
how they will
connect
we know
knot(s)
the universe
knows
we don’t
until
we
awake
one day
and see
a lilypad
on which
we’d
like to
stand
we reach
back
weave the dots
weave the pollen
weave the disparate
threads
in our basket
and step
onto our
magic carpet
our beautiful
new tapestry
our trussed
up bridge
to the new dawn
to the new rising sun
to the new truth.
:) <3

Dear Dave,

Your note brought tears to my eyes - literally. I’m really cheering for you and hope you succeed in your ambitious endeavors. Above all, let’s stay in touch!

and lo and behold, there she was standing before me.

was playing on first ave yesterday in front of Polish GI Delicatessen…along comes a little girl with her seemingly harried mom…precocious little thing, didn’t think she’d stop but she told her mom she wanted to and lo and behold, there she was standing before me. asked me what i was playing but i really couldn’t hear the “what”…it kind of sounded like “why”…but anyway i asked her if she knew any songs and she requested abcdefghijk el-emeno-p qrstuvwxyz…forgot that abc’s are recited to a melody…my daughter is 22 so it’s been a while…so i said hey, ho, let’s go…started it out and played it by ear…i think i only made one mistake…pretty happy about that because it shows my ear is coming along…then she requested twinkle twinkle little star…we rocked that with no mistakes…then little precocious girl walked south, disappearing into the late afternoon sun…

03/21/12