mushin no shin

Let us briefly interrupt the California recaps to write up the weekend –

Thursday — 3rd meeting in the South Nashville Planning process. Pretty uneventful. They showed us maps marking out their proposed changes to the land use policies (not zoning, but the guidelines that encourage zonings) and basically just made sure we were cool with [...]

Thought I’d pass along this event info that I received via South Nashville’s 16th District Listserv

Tuesday night was round two of the South Nashville Planning Meetings. We got a little deeper into the details, first taking an approval survey based on various pictures of roads, buildings, etc., then breaking into groups where we poured over a map of the area taking notes of likes, dislikes, and ideas for change. Some [...]

Went to the South Nashville planning kickoff meeting last night. I feel so civic and responsible and stuff. This can’t be good for my street cred. Anyway all they did was give us a little presentation talking about sustainable urban development & tell us a bit about what the meetings are for. The real work [...]

Many of us including myself have given WKRN’s Jamey Tucker a hard time about the overwhelming Christian (or at least Abrahamic) bias at his Faith and Ethics blog. So in the spirit of giving credit where due, I’m happy to link up to this announcement of a new Buddhist meditation center opening in Nashville.
It’s small, [...]

Pardon me while I channel the spirit of S-town Mike by spreading the word about some upcoming community planning for my South Nashville peeps:

Nashville.gov - Planning Department - Subarea 11
South Nashville’s Community Plan is seven years old, and due for an update; community input is a major part of that process, and we’re scheduling meetings [...]

So ya see I’d been stalking the MLS listings for over a year… watching & waiting, lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce… Well finally it all came together, and as of this past Tuesday, I have joined the ranks of the deeply mortgaged, as the happy new owner of this little beauty:

The universe really [...]

Dude. 13 Tzameti. Go see it. Belcourt.
Man what a creepy, unsettling flick. Well done.
Other stuff I did this weekend:

Branford Marsalis with the NSO — good show. Not a big fan of the featured composers / styles, but all beautifully performed.
Hands on Nashville Day. Thanks to Hammock Publishing for sponsoring our team, and thanks to Amerigo [...]

Whilst waiting for the China Moon to ready my lunch today, someone handed me the below flyer promoting a yard & bake sale to benefit the Serentiy Ministries, tomorrow (Sunday Sept 17) from 8:00 ’til whenever. I figured the least I can do is put the word out on the Tubes. So if you’re in [...]

I don’t really have anything wonderous or wise to say about the NiT meet-up, but I figured I’d ‘rolodex’ some of the people I met.
Kat Coble — she introduced herself as just Kat and I didn’t actualy connect her to ‘Coble’ until afterwards. If I had, I probably would have apologized for some of the [...]