To Seeing the Invisible

Hey Rachel, I thought I should share something with you, because..I have to confess: I haven't seen any Pixar movies for weeks until today. Jason, Austin, Lisa, Ninad and I went to see Brave , Pixar's newest creation. Overall I enjoyed it, but here's the thing--the flick felt too noisy . It just felt like too much was happening too quickly at any given moment, with the triplets scurrying around, the kings infighting, the crowds, the cutaway moments. I can't remember if other Pixar flicks felt this quickly paced, but at least something like Finding Nemo really builds its sequences from quiet to loud, with the jellyfish scene and the whale scene, and Wall-E had that marvelous opening that's so careful to invite us in instead of blast us with incident. I think Roger Ebert put it very accurately: "The good news is that the kids will probably love it, and the bad news is that parents will be disappointed if they're hoping for another Pixar groundbreake...

How a Mexican Drug Cartel makes its Billions What an amazing piece of journalism.  It's honestly sad to know that society deems a company like Instagram, or Zynga to be more valuable than NYT and its team of the finest writers in the world. Regarding the content, this is simply capitalism 101.  Raw capitalism, where killing someone is cheaper than settling on a solution that works for everyone.  One where power amasses.  But most importantly, where all actors are innovating.  You can be amazed at crudely built submarines, underground tunnels, and private cell relay stations, but really it's just market pressure at work. In the blue corner we have black market capitalists engaged in an enterprise with extremely high risk premiums.  In the red corner we have socialized law enforcement.  If we truly believe that capitalism is the superior force, we can't help but know that the war on drugs is an absolute unwinnable folly. This brings us b...

Not gonna lie Rachel, there is something inherently attractive about the unattainable...

Miss you man, I just wanted to let you know we're all doing fine over here.