Writing yesterday in a piece for Bloomberg View, Tyler Cowen discusses the practice of “seasteading”, a concept that he suggests might untether business from politics. But it reminds me of operations that we first started hearing about under other guises and discriptors in the 70s and 80s in terms of corporations that transcend national borders and even headquarter themselves in ocean locales outside territorial waters, beyond the bounds of national regulation with the potential of becoming independent political units on their own.
Author: leh
Krampus
Krampus … sounds about right. Kim reports that the Seattle Immersive Theatre — previously noted in these pages — is featuring performances around Krampus, the evil Saint Nick alter-ego, for its holiday fare.
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty-Three: Missing L.A.
Not sure it went above 18 or 19 degrees today … (documenting a fierce killer walk to 103 this afternoon) …
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty-Three: Video Chat With Ivi
Live, from Seattle:
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty-Three
Popping out at seven degrees above zero this morning …
The Fog Catcher
Directed to me by Kim …
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty-Two: RealFeel = Thirteen
Today’s mid-afternoon dog walk in Pioneer and Gangloff Parks takes us into a windy bone-chiller with light snowfall in progress. At that time, the actual temp was about 25 degrees, but with an Accuweather “RealFeel” equivalency of 13 degrees. And tonight’s forecast for the real thing is ten (10) degrees.
LA In A Photograph
Friend John refers me to a Los Angeles Magazine piece that asks which iconic photo would best define L.A. Find several candidates here:
www.lamag.com/culturefiles/
And here is one, not necessarily my favorite, but is the work of a street photographer, Gary Winogrand, one of my heroes in the 60s, on Hollywood Boulevard where I myself spent hours and hours walking and talking and photographing back in that era.
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty-One
Fiercely cold.
rDay Six-Hundred-Twenty
[B&W interpretations at HHR]