No, this post is not just an attempt to bribe you to visit my blog by posting a picture of a very cute babe. Not quite anyway.  If I had wanted to do that, I would at least have picked a photo of a baby I know, or better yet, posted a picture of my dog, Sophie.

I ran across this post by artist Susanna Bluhm while I was researching the Youngstown Cultural center which I wrote about earlier.  But her post for some reason was a wake up call to me to remember to get away from the computer once in a while so I can go out and meet actual, real live people in the flesh.  When I worked a stressful 9-5 job, I couldn’t wait to get some time to myself.  But now that I’m mostly just writing and working from home, I often forget that life needs balance.

So, my peeps, don’t forget to prod me once in a while to make sure I make live contact with someone other than just my very adorable Sophie.  Because if left to my own devices, there is a very real danger I could turn into a hermit.

At least I won’t have to worry about growing a beard.

This post is really just to say that I’m so glad I’ve gotten to know you. I really really like you.

via Writing this blog was how I got to know people in the art community here in Seattle. | Getting To Know You Better.

What do you think of the recent controversy over the SXSW using the homeless as wi-fi hotspots?  For the March weekend of the SXSW Interactive Festival, homeless individuals were paid at least $50 a day for a minimum of 5-6 hours of work.  The program generated outrage for objectifiying the homeless as something less than human, but not everyone agrees with that.  Where do you stand?

Was BBH Labs experiment perfect? No, but we should applaud them for trying something new in a population that is so difficult to garner support for. People like opening their wallets when they see kids who are suffering. However, they don’t when it is for something like homelessness, mental illness, or adults with disabilities. People have misconceptions that for a person to become homeless they have done something wrong and that is far from the truth in many cases

via Homeless hotspots at SXSW – Examiner.com.