Douglas Dollars is Six Times Alive

I’ve arrived, here’s an update. I have full data...

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:59:22 -0600

I’ve arrived, here’s an update.

I have full data access, but this phone is my only ‘computer’ for the week.

doug@dougstewart.org / 7809643684 (email or iMessage) or @theDoug for Twitter if you need to get in touch.

YACHT - “Shangri-La” (3:55) I left this here to...

Wed, 30 May 2012 05:50:21 -0600

YACHT - “Shangri-La” (3:55)

I left this here to brighten your morning.

Being a helpful time-traveller (for a dummy)

Tue, 29 May 2012 23:12:58 -0600

Just now when checking into my flight I remembered that past-Doug paid for a seat with no seat in front of him. Maximum legroom! Thanks, past-Doug!

In exchange, here’s a note to future-Doug that only makes sense to present-Doug, “Calm down, enjoy it.”

Beards and glasses making apps for the masses. We’ll have...

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:17:00 -0600

Beards and glasses making apps for the masses.

We’ll have news in a month when bidding ends. Wish us luck.

Bustr Bensn: Health Month is up for auction

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:21:00 -0600

Bustr Bensn: Health Month is up for auction:

healthmonth:

This morning, my listing for Health Month went up on flippa.com.

As a past Health Month user, fan, and someone interested in improving the lives of the people who improve mine, I have placed a bid to purchase Health Month.

It’s a Rails app, is revenue-positive, and is also really fun to use. If any development friends want to go in on this with me, let me know.

Summer On

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:07:00 -0600

Via unbornwhiskey:

There’s fragrance before the storm.
I know it’s June because there are kids laughing
in the night at nothing for no reason
and your skin’s so soft I can barely tell I’m touching it.
The sound of a thirsty dog
drinking down the hall finally
interrupts us—
Oh yeah, and the storm;
clouds full of dimes
threaten the dream
and the dream’s architect.

People are becoming their essence
and the calm is verging on excessive.

Gordon Downie, “Summer On”

Mostly packed. This is half my bag.Flight is early Wednesday,...

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:06:00 -0600

Mostly packed. This is half my bag.
Flight is early Wednesday, Tuesday is off-limits to stress.

The next 24/48/240 hours are going to be incredible

Mon, 28 May 2012 07:58:00 -0600

So please take any silence or strangeness here in the next few days as a sign that something good is happening. I have plenty to do when I get back, and these are very exciting times.

I wrote less than a week ago that I’m good at naming...

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:51:00 -0600

I wrote less than a week ago that I’m good at naming things, and that it’s my 9th most useful super power. Here’s two cases from today.

Sam has a birthday coming up. There will be a Justin Bieber piñata. The idea is now that people can buy Sam a beer and in exchange get a whack at the piãta. Thus: the Birthday Bieber Bash.
Another pal, Leda, was making a super cake. Coconut almond meal cake with banana liqueur, custard filling, sliced bananas and a chocolate sauce topping. Thus: Drunken Monkey (My original idea was The Monkey’s Birthday Cake)

Mirah - “Apples in the Trees” A lot of the lines in...

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:47:00 -0600

Mirah - “Apples in the Trees”

A lot of the lines in this are nice, but this one always comes to mind first, “There’s apples in the trees / Let’s take all that we need”

nudewave replied: “one of my favorites”

Same! I’ve got a special thing for songs that encourage remembering that good things can be endless.

Today’s Sunday thinking-walk was fun. These were my...

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:13:00 -0600

Today’s Sunday thinking-walk was fun. These were my rules:

Must wander, but walk quickly
Listen to YACHT, Nana Grizol, and Cloud Cult
Every time a new topic comes to mind, you must change direction
See what shows up, and go a bit further

I’m on day four of the Hipster Habit App by Buster Benson...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:50:00 -0600

I’m on day four of the Hipster Habit App by Buster Benson and I’m finding it quite positive, and some of you might want to print one out for yourselves. Think of it like an app for your iPhone, but made with a single piece of paper.

I’m using mine to help make sure people know I appreciate them, which for me comes down to remaining sincere.

ghostofwhatshouldhave: graduated 2k12 So damn proud of you....

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:46:00 -0600

ghostofwhatshouldhave:

graduated 2k12

So damn proud of you. Keep destroying. Keep building.

Nana Grizol - “Everything You Ever Hoped and Worked...

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:18:00 -0600

Nana Grizol - “Everything You Ever Hoped and Worked For” (2:58) (lyrics)

This is essentially what I’ve been trying to express the last week or two. Keeping the fragile excitement of creating alive and encouraging its growth in the face of all the things that can easily kill it.

You have the three minutes it will take to listen through. If you don’t, you’re probably grumpy and need to start creating something.

photosdaily: 111015-4 - I will say it more and I will mean it...

Sat, 26 May 2012 14:47:00 -0600

photosdaily: 111015-4 - I will say it more and I will mean it more

A longtime friend asked about making a print of this photo and I completely forgot to post my rule up to the net about prints. Here is:

Want a print of anything in I Make Photos Daily? Let me know and I’ll make sure you can either get a perfect print at cost or the original to print your own.

I forget (almost always) just how many friends’ homes have my pictures, but damned if it doesn’t make me so happy when I overcome these lapses.

Trying a new hair style. Edmonton gents, put some Barber Ha...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:49:00 -0600

Trying a new hair style.

Edmonton gents, put some Barber Ha into your life. They’re moving to Whyte in the fall to get closer to me.

Seeing the way David and Kelly have fun is truly some of my...

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:29:04 -0600

Seeing the way David and Kelly have fun is truly some of my favorite stuff in Tumblr and Twitter. (so I suggest you all do follow them)

Keep your animated space cat gifs, following them both creates some really good reading, filled with the substance of two people’s obvious care. They’re both in Chicago, have great taste in things musical and cultural, and are individually only slightly less funny than a pair. I think the part I like best, though, is that the parts that end up online are essentially a story simultaneously being written by both of them. Every day they add a new page and the story (which was already interesting and sweet) only gets better.

This one post David wrote on Valentine’s Day really cemented my fondness for the pair. I couldn’t speak more highly of them individually, but as a pair they’re the good stuff. I suspect the parts that no one gets anything but a hint of are even better.

In a world where over-sharing seems to be encouraged, I wanted this thing, this wonderful incredible thing, to be hers and mine.

For Valentine’s Day, and every day, I’m thankful and charmed to have her want to share her life with me. She’s amazing, which many of you already know, but I’m truly the lucky one to see the small and beautiful things she shares each day.

Untitled by Mike Monteiro (2012 (like half an hour...

Fri, 25 May 2012 21:58:00 -0600

Untitled by Mike Monteiro (2012 (like half an hour ago))

I’ve asked Mike if it’s going up for sale. I really want this Jackie Robinson quote.

Bridges has only gotten more well-known with time.

Update: Looks good

bigbigheavy: Alonzo Kimball- Telltale Lines

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:21:00 -0600

bigbigheavy:

Alonzo Kimball- Telltale Lines

via showslow: ‘Please don’t break my heart’ by Sandy Smith,...

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:29:00 -0600

via showslow:

‘Please don’t break my heart’ by Sandy Smith, August 2007.

“Let’s get personal. Since my early twenties (and possibly a few years before), I’ve imagined that any long hours I put into something, any extra effort I exert, for essentially work on my own terms was to make myself better, stronger, more capable for whomever it is I end up with for a big part of my life.” - My thoughts whenever I see this piece

I should have been asleep a couple hours ago but I got talking with a friend about being the best Bill Murray one can, life as expression of one’s will, and how there’s really so much more to any of us than any other of us will be able to find out. Goodnight Tumblr!

Big day tomorrow, let’s have some fun with it. If we do it right no one will ever believe the story.