November 19, 2003

Today's look at the bright side of life comes from my sister, who sent me a link to this highly entertaining satirical mini-movie about the Olympics (not for the faint-of-heart however...).

And could it be? Could it really be?
Is Silicon Valley truly *hiring* people again? The NYT reports.

The Image of the Day is drawn from my stock files, and yields a look at a somewhat unusual subject: the Goetheanum.

This building, located just outside the Swiss city of Basel and only a few miles from the town I grew up in, is one of the most important concrete structures of the 20th century. The interior is spectacular in itself, and it's well worth taking the Web Tour of the building for a closer look.

The Gotheanum was built according to a model made by Rudolf Steiner in March 1924, the spiritual leader of a philosophy called Anthroposophy. By many considered a cult (although harmless), it embraces a spiritual view of the human being and the cosmos, but its emphasis is on knowing, not faith. Part of the belief also expresses itself in the unusual building techniques the Goetheanum, as well as numerous other structures in the area, are examples of.