My DNA Journey: From National Geographic to Donegal
Michael Gallagher Last year roughly at this time, I participated in the The Genographic Project at the National Geographic. It was a project designed to “chart new knowledge about the migratory history…
January 2010
Thoughts from a train in Connecticut
I am returning home from the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in 2010. We just pulled into Mystic, Connecticut (yes, from Mystic Pizza) and I wanted to remark how pleasant…
Guy Clark with Karen Matheson: Dublin Blues
Beautiful lyrics, beautiful rendition, and a song that is always on my iPod.
Hamlet as (e)learner 2: Bad dreams and play
I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. –Hamlet Vincent Van Gogh bounded within his…
1.13.2010 song(s) for the day, ALA, and Shipping up to Boston
I thought some upbeat numbers would help us all move through the cold and lack of sunlight and lethargy for this Wednesday, January 13th, 2010. I like both of these…
Magic Number 7 and the limits of learning?
We are awash in information. We drowning in our communication channels. We have access to everything so we can process nothing. All is lost. I don’t believe that. I imagine…
Lucid dreaming and Second Life
“A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and…