In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007

Melançon Enterprises • a multidivision multinational since 1980

Status

a few hours with Grandpa alone, after a hellish commute from a meeting in Cambridge, now Rich and Manda have arrived
thinks 8:45 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. is a luxurious night's sleep
mountain biked with Dan at the water tower; pushups, situps, curls, and showered; feel great! If only i'd gotten some work done
back from Cape Cod, Audabon in Wellfleet was great, mailing Meady's laptop after him. Oh, and work attacketh.
red kidney beans, chickpeas, tempeh, vegetables, tomato sauce, excellent company Meady, Crystal, Alan, Veronica, Dan, & Shannon
plan for the day: work, drupal teaching session with Agaric's hangers-on, and a semi-glorious vegan dinner featuring chickpeas
a meeting all day in Cambridge, lunch with Meady and Crystal at Grendel's Den, and now slow slide into sleep-working
cooked vegetable stir fry at Vafa's and then saw The Dark Knight with Dimitrius

Ted Rall, capitalist:
Campaign season moratorium on old jokes
On loss and life
Media sexism needs to be addressed
Replacing the system
Clay Shirky: provide people the legal/practical benefits of incorporation without the rigidity/overhead (a PWGD goal)
Greyhound complaints against the company moderated by praise of a driver
Memo to Barack Obama: Subsidizing low-wage work is an inefficient anti-poverty program
They may define you as a disease next
Have to do in San Francisco area

Murder and Profit: Chiquita in Colombia
Corn controls us
Personal democracy is an oxymoron; the next renaissance must be for collective participation, reprogramming our culture
Mass Support of Journalism through Funding Stories
Auction module and nonprofit fundraising
I don't mind the government listening in, but I wish they'd contribute to the conversation once in a while
if people have the power to act, in the long run they will, most of the time, reach the right decisions
Nuclear option

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