Mar 14 2010

I don’t jaywalk, because I’m an Indian

File under Anthropology. Popularity: 2%

Every once in a while, I’m lucky enough to be reminded about the beautiful variety in life. The differences of opinion that set you off-center, shake you out of routine, and cause you to pause to look around and see. I had one of those moments yesterday, while reading a blog post of a friend.

So, since this is somewhat based on that, you should take a moment, head over to MorganPDX.com and read “I jaywalk because I’m Jewish.” Go ahead, it’s short, well-written, and will only take five minutes.

I’ll wait.

Back? Good. Now the reason I love this post is because it’s a perfect illustration to me of why people will never get along– even while it’s a perfect illustration of why they should. What am I talking about? Subtle, but it showed me that two people can have such similar goals, similar ideals, similar feelings on a subject, and can still arrive at completely opposing outcomes.

Talk about wild!

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Mar 09 2010

First steps to phone insanity: Irish Flute Ringtones

File under Easy Listening. Popularity: 2%

Recently, Jessica and I took the plunge into Cell Phone land. After years of working without them, it was becoming [...]

Feb 26 2010

I’m the guy your mother warned you about

File under Easy Listening, The Pit of Despair. Popularity: 3%

So I’m walking down the street last night. It’s dark, and I’m walking fast because I’m meeting my fair Jessica [...]

Feb 23 2010

Surface Tension, Cat Spit, & Friends

File under Easy Listening, Software & Media. Popularity: 2%

Here’s a story. It’s apropos of nothing, but I’ve been too busy to write enough here, so I thought [...]

Feb 12 2010

The Deep Joke

File under Easy Listening. Popularity: 3%

I have this habit of playing a silly game that I call “The Deep Joke.” The name is a bit [...]

John Metta

Greetings! I’m John Metta, writer, hydrologist, programmer, and a digger of all things tech nestled snugly in the Columbia River Gorge (i.e. Heaven). This blog started as a test bed for programming social media apps, but eventually became something that, for whatever reason, people actually read. In fact, people read it so much that I had to create a whole other blog called Mettaprogramming for the geeky stuff I write. Feel free to email me at or contact me on Twitter @mettadore.

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