Tools for Dialogue and Deliberation on Wicked Problems

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At 19:39 on August 24, 2009, GeoffA said…: All was going very well, and
very busy, till I hit a slick patch on a bridge deck on the bike path about 10 days ago... now, I am recovering from contusions, abrasions, lacerations, and general sensation that I've had my ribs whacked with a baseball bat... I'll post a picture of my recently retired helmet... how 'bout you? good summer?

At 22:56 on September 2, 2009, GeoffA said…: sorry to hear of your loss. life is precious. i am lucky/grateful to be alive and functioning.
we have no grandchildren yet. my son & his wife are 28/27 and contemplating grad school options - not planing "pitter-patter of little feet". my stepdaughter is getting married in 2 weeks, but i think there are grad school considerations there, too. congratulations to you, though. grandkids must be fun. Uncle Teddy - a great loss, but thank god we had him for so long. he served in the Senate since before i knew what a Senator is...
autumn: favorite time of year... maybe it will stop raining?
take care.

At 21:01 on September 3, 2009, GeoffA said…: Oh, I'm sure our kids (except my daughter, Sharon, who is 40, and has sworn she will never) will have grandkids in due time. I was younger than my son, George, is now, when he was born. I had just turned 50, when he graduated from college ('04, and he had taken a year off to live in Germany, right after high school). Personally, I enjoyed running, hiking, biking, etc with him when he was in high school, and I was still young enough to keep up. Biking is the only way I can do that anymore (cycling in the mountains, due to gravity, gives little guys like me some advantage on the climbs).
George's wife, Domenica, is Peruvian, and they really value large/extended families. I think that she has 3 siblings and 4 half-siblings. When we were at her mother's house in Lima, there were 4 generations living under one roof. At their wedding, there were relatives from Cusco and Cerro del Pasco and every point in between. We'd have to spend more than a month there to visit everyone who invited us.
My wife's kids (Sara, 25, and Evan, 22) are younger and have plenty of time left for child-rearing.
My sister is 6 years younger than I, and has three grandkids. Her first grandkid is 10 years old - the 10-year-old's mother, my niece, is 6-weeks younger than my son.
I guess everyone has to find the time that's right for them. I just hope I have a little wisdom left to pass on by the time the grandkids show up...
Later, Geoff

At 22:44 on September 3, 2009, GeoffA said…: it is so much about finding the we-ness of humanity and subduing the me-ness. the current political realm is all about that dichotomy, in my estimation. there are those who see the world as "us" and those who see it as "me vs. them". government is not inherently good, bad, oppressive - it's only a matter of who we choose to be our government - if we the people choose ourselves to govern and truly participate/contribute for the good of all, then we will have good government. when we outsource, delegate, or submit to rule by the highest bidder, we will have bad government. the lazy and selfish among us choose to do the latter, then impugn all government as "too big, and too bad". those who collaborate, share, and take individual and collective responsibility for the consequences of their decisions and actions will similarly have the government we deserve.
Peace, Geoff with a G

At 4:17 on September 4, 2009, lynn said…: sorry lynn. i've been jammed and still am. it looks like for a while unfortunately.

i have enough time for a couple of quick comments here and there. that's it till some things are settled.

At 4:20 on September 4, 2009, lynn said…: there are many that may be interested in your paper. but you need to find the right forum. you need a place for beginners or intermediates in this area. it's perfect for that.

At 13:57 on September 8, 2009, lynn said…: thx but this stuff is a pita, but needs to be done. i think we all need to reconnect to everything.

At 13:59 on September 8, 2009, lynn said…: that absolutely makes sense. be careful online though. you just never really know.
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At 18:33 on September 8, 2009, lynn said…: mostly legal stuff. at the moment i'm writing a huge brief, plus i requested a hearing for something else. all a pita. i have to submit 6 copies of the brief, in the exact format (spacing, font, etc) bound in a certain way and color coded. plus i'm looking for a new apartment. frustrating. stuff like that.

At 18:38 on September 8, 2009, lynn said…: i remember the 'i am not a crook' days. there's prolly a file on me too. hopefully i'm a good influence on your online life. i always err on the side of caution. it's safer. be careful on facebook. to connect on twine - you got a message in your inbox. open it, click accept. that's it. not much of a sense of humor now - too buried in the brief. i'm bleary from looking at it. so i'm taking a short break now.

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