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Random R.E.M. moment:

I realized today in the car that with the right singer and a blazing fiddle, R.E.M.’s Me In Honey (from Out Of Time) would make a mean Irish jig.

At this exact moment, I’m sitting in my kitchen, working on a freelance project, and listening to jazz on the radio over the muted din of the dishwasher.

What are you doing?

Ed: Writing a blog post is like a theatrical soliloquoy: the real life version of meta content - it doesn’t count in “at this exact moment”.

This Adaptive Path interview with Michael Bierut (partner at Pentagram, contributor to Design Observer) is chock full of interesting commentary and insights on designers, the design process, politics, etc. Part I, Part II.

It seems every few weeks these days, I’m asking myself why I’m blogging. I haven’t yet come up with a “resonable” answer, but I also know that I’m still really enjoy it, even if my posts have become sporadic at best.

To throw a monkey wrench into the habit, I set up a linklog (links, sans commentary) over at DELICIOUSLYMETA, a domain so enticing I spent Father’s day cash on it, I simply had to have it. I’ll be moving some of my more random posting over there.

That done, I plan to refocus on actually writing on this site. Perhaps even more infrequently, but hopefully wit more thought, a little more wit, and perhaps somewhat less nerdy humor.

Ok, that last one’s a joke. I gotta be me.

Amazing what a little Father’s day cash and some inspiration can get you.

Deliciously Meta is a linklog: a no-commentary list of links to, well, stuff about stuff.

I had some fun with GarageBand, iMovie, and a favorite R.E.M. song. The video was inspired by the intro, which comes from the bootleg “Low”, as Michael Stipe introduces “Belong”.

Beware - yours truly sings.