Comments for Upper Left Edge http://www.upperleftedge.com a small paper for a small planet Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Zedhead Reunion by Haley http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-246 Haley Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:56:44 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-246 Music is often a uniter of people regardless of their disagreements. It reflects society, human behavior & its desires. Lyrics & sound opens our minds & emotions. Its helps us realize we share the same weaknesses, needs, desires, loves, etc.... No definite answers in music, its endless with many possibilities. Maybe questions like Dan the Devil mans, “Are God and the devil really the same?” are better answered while listening to music together. Music is often a uniter of people regardless of their disagreements. It reflects society, human behavior & its desires. Lyrics & sound opens our minds & emotions. Its helps us realize we share the same weaknesses, needs, desires, loves, etc…. No definite answers in music, its endless with many possibilities. Maybe questions like Dan the Devil mans, “Are God and the devil really the same?” are better answered while listening to music together.

]]> Comment on Zedhead Reunion by Katie http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-245 Katie Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:44:18 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-245 No, I would not be she :) though I wish was good at clogging, sword dancing or some sort of ceremonial dance, because I do like old traditions. I'm actually the sister of JRandall and former roommate of one of Zed's members. No, I would not be she :) though I wish was good at clogging, sword dancing or some sort of ceremonial dance, because I do like old traditions.

I’m actually the sister of JRandall and former roommate of one of Zed’s members.

]]> Comment on Zedhead Reunion by Watt Childress http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-244 Watt Childress Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:51:21 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-244 I know a Katie who I hear is a cool clogger. Could you be she? If so, maybe we could make our YouTube debut in tandem! Tell you what -- I've been working on a song that might be a natural fit for this post. The family says I ain't ready yet, but I'm practicing. If I get some more comments here, I'll take that as a sign that I should go public with the effort. I know a Katie who I hear is a cool clogger. Could you be she? If so, maybe we could make our YouTube debut in tandem!

Tell you what — I’ve been working on a song that might be a natural fit for this post. The family says I ain’t ready yet, but I’m practicing. If I get some more comments here, I’ll take that as a sign that I should go public with the effort.

]]> Comment on my response to Boone re forest transfer by Rabbi Bob http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/19/my-response-to-boone-re-forest-transfer/#comment-243 Rabbi Bob Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:26:17 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=1036#comment-243 Thanks, Victoria, for your action on this issue. I wholeheartedly agree with you. In fact, I will be writing about this very subject soon on the Edge. We can't continue to fund local government by cutting down trees. That policy is from the past; we need to look to the future and change the way our local governments get revenue. The services that local governments provide are more in need than ever, so the present plan of cutting back these services doesn't work either. There are several answers, but most involve cutting back on our overall material and energy needs, and this won't be easy or popular. But certainly any of these cutbacks would be preferable to literally cutting back the trees of our life-giving forests. Thanks, Victoria, for your action on this issue. I wholeheartedly agree with you. In fact, I will be writing about this very subject soon on the Edge. We can’t continue to fund local government by cutting down trees. That policy is from the past; we need to look to the future and change the way our local governments get revenue. The services that local governments provide are more in need than ever, so the present plan of cutting back these services doesn’t work either. There are several answers, but most involve cutting back on our overall material and energy needs, and this won’t be easy or popular. But certainly any of these cutbacks would be preferable to literally cutting back the trees of our life-giving forests.

]]> Comment on Zedhead Reunion by Katie http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-242 Katie Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:47:09 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-242 The influence that music has over thoughts and emotions can be surprising. When you find a good song it can express feelings in a whole new way. I am glad that you found some joy and inspiration from listening to their songs, and I am sure that the members of Zed Whimsy will be touched by your own words of encouragement. It would be pretty cool to hear a Watt Childress banjo melody. You do have a YouTube account… just putting it out there. The influence that music has over thoughts and emotions can be surprising. When you find a good song it can express feelings in a whole new way. I am glad that you found some joy and inspiration from listening to their songs, and I am sure that the members of Zed Whimsy will be touched by your own words of encouragement.

It would be pretty cool to hear a Watt Childress banjo melody. You do have a YouTube account… just putting it out there.

]]> Comment on Zedhead Reunion by Watt Childress http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-241 Watt Childress Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:27:59 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-241 Thanks J. It was great to see you on the weekend of the reunion. Give me a call next time you're planning to visit the bookstore and I'll bring my banjo. Speaking of which -- thanks for recommending Sufjan Stevens. I'd heard of him, but didn't know he was a fellow picker. Someday soon maybe we'll all get our wings, and the spirit will flow from the masses to the masses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgJ7o6mv8Q&feature=related Thanks J. It was great to see you on the weekend of the reunion.

Give me a call next time you’re planning to visit the bookstore and I’ll bring my banjo. Speaking of which — thanks for recommending Sufjan Stevens. I’d heard of him, but didn’t know he was a fellow picker.

Someday soon maybe we’ll all get our wings, and the spirit will flow from the masses to the masses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgJ7o6mv8Q&feature=related

]]> Comment on Zedhead Reunion by JRandall http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/02/12/zedhead-reunion/#comment-240 JRandall Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:50:54 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=670#comment-240 I truly love those times where you can find an artist that crosses over those barriers that we have set up and have the spirit flow out of them to the masses. A great example that comes to my mind while reading this post is the great folk singer Sufjan Stevens (I highly enjoy his album Seven Swans). And while reading this post I can't help but feel inspired (as you were in the car) to try and start making music again. I truly love those times where you can find an artist that crosses over those barriers that we have set up and have the spirit flow out of them to the masses.

A great example that comes to my mind while reading this post is the great folk singer Sufjan Stevens (I highly enjoy his album Seven Swans). And while reading this post I can’t help but feel inspired (as you were in the car) to try and start making music again.

]]> Comment on Wave Energy for the Oregon Coast? by Argo http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/01/23/wave-energy-for-the-oregon-coast/#comment-239 Argo Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:13:05 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=562#comment-239 This photo comparison would be more helpful if you showed what it would look like from 12 miles out, where even if visible would not be that noticeable. Any company engineering and installing these should be required to take tsunami's into account but I would be surprised if this is an engineering challenge, given that most boats don't notice tsunami's when at sea. Wood frame building in the inundation are going to be destroyed by the wave and debris so if any of these are taken from their moorings, its impact on the destruction will be hard to differentiate from the general destruction. This seems to me like a interesting energy option to explore since it is not based on fossil fuels, and uses natural forces to generate electricity. It also operates 24/7. This photo comparison would be more helpful if you showed what it would look like from 12 miles out, where even if visible would not be that noticeable. Any company engineering and installing these should be required to take tsunami’s into account but I would be surprised if this is an engineering challenge, given that most boats don’t notice tsunami’s when at sea.

Wood frame building in the inundation are going to be destroyed by the wave and debris so if any of these are taken from their moorings, its impact on the destruction will be hard to differentiate from the general destruction.

This seems to me like a interesting energy option to explore since it is not based on fossil fuels, and uses natural forces to generate electricity. It also operates 24/7.

]]> Comment on Wave Energy for the Oregon Coast? by Tom Bender http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/01/23/wave-energy-for-the-oregon-coast/#comment-238 Tom Bender Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:27:22 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=562#comment-238 And here's a size comparison for projected windmills. They now acknowledge they're visible from 12 miles out, though TIDE has proposed NO restrictions on their placement. And here’s a size comparison for projected windmills. They now acknowledge they’re visible from 12 miles out, though TIDE has proposed NO restrictions on their placement.

]]> Comment on Wave Energy for the Oregon Coast? by Tom Bender http://www.upperleftedge.com/2012/01/23/wave-energy-for-the-oregon-coast/#comment-237 Tom Bender Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:25:40 +0000 http://www.upperleftedge.com/?p=562#comment-237 Here's "wave energy" comparison: Here’s “wave energy” comparison:

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