The most important things
Putting human struggles and value into perspective.
Carnival & Actors
Carnival at Great Western; actors from the Jewish Communit Center. 2002 photos by Shawn Olson.
Where are you now?
A poem on emotional fatigue and self-doubt.
Reviewing the Slate
Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.
MySQL Arbitrary Ordering
Order your results in any way you choose using the CASE clause
Ambitions and Weekends
Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes.
Adding some style to your web page
A beginning example of adding style to your web page.
This Art is Alive
Poem about the nature of human interactions. We all want to impose ourselves, visions and beliefs onto others. But it is always a give-and-take adventure.