Author Archives: Len

The First Revolution to be Twittered…

Since walking  back home from a Colorado Rockies baseball game tonight, I’ve been transfixed by words and images tumbling forth from Tehran in the aftermath of what is beginning to look more and more like a stolen election.  Twitter’s #iranelection … Continue reading

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Night Notes

The trick here is not to get overly involved in writing.  It’s 2:30 a.m., a normal time for me to wake up and be sure there is no sense lying in bed hoping for sleep to return.  So begins a … Continue reading

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A Not Quite Perfect Day for an Apple Fanboy

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote took place this morning 1,266 miles from my studio in downtown Denver, but through the wonders of livestreaming and Twitter I beamed myself there for the fun. My excitement about the new iPhone 3GS … Continue reading

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Just Visiting

I had a tour of the Limon Correctional Facility yesterday, in order to be cleared for helping to bring alcohol and drug addiction meetings into the prison.  It’s a sobering place, a state penitentiary plopped out in the middle of … Continue reading

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Savoring a Sunday

I did some purposeful work today, but I generally keep Sunday’s free for whimsical forays in directions I hadn’t planned to go.  Here are some highlights: I added the free app Pointer to my iPhone, which enables me to control … Continue reading

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A Provocative Podcast

Yesterday marked a significant step in my shift away from tit-for-tat ideology-based political fare.  I deleted my beloved Slate Political Gabfest from my iTunes directory. I’ve been listening to the Gabfest trio – John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plotz … Continue reading

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The Joy of Non-Political Podcasts

Thanks to my Hawai’i-inspired decision to take a break from obsessive consumption of political news, this morning I enjoyed three wonderful podcasts that I would have otherwise missed. While working out upstairs on the cross-trainer, I finished listening to a … Continue reading

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Honolulu Slides

Hawai’i Workshop View more OpenOffice presentations from LenEdgerly. I’m trying out SlideShare on the PowerPoint presentation I gave on May 19, 2009 for Board and staff of the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Tweet

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Aloha Guy is Back Home, Dreaming of Hawai’i

My Alaska friend Kes Woodward says he always feels as if he’s waking from a dream when he returns home from a visit to Hawai’i. That’s definitely how my wife and I felt yesterday morning when our nonstop flight touched … Continue reading

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