For 17 years Gene Messick studied and taught Design at NC State University and Cornell. Co-founding the Visual Design Program at NCSU, he established the Photography Program at Cornell, where he taught in the Architecture Department, most interested in experimental structures.
During the first "energy crisis" in the late 70s, he built several attached solar greenhouses, and has been an alternate energy advocate ever since. For 30 years, he's been doing glasswork, focusing now on kiln-fired fused glass at Regeneration Glass. Fusing glass is a technical endeavor. When our Economy went into Meltdown, Gene built his first Website to forewarn folks of dire consequences in their future: http://earthhome.us
Gene now divides his time, living in semi-retirement on Social Security benefits, between fusing glass, subsistence gardening (with seasonal journeys into winemaking) and word smithing: shining light into dark corners. Lightworks was the name of his former glass studio in North Carolina, where he once had a garden in Eden. Light Works.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 4:37:28 PM
Article: "Single Payer Health Care is in Our Future"
Kool-Aid is not spelled Coolaid
Friday, April 3, 2009 at 4:58:12 PM
Article: "Single Payer Health Care is in Our Future"
2nd Comment deliberate disinformation?
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 7:44:21 PM
Quicklink: "Who Is Arming the Mexican Drug Cartels?"
Fascinating article and comments
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 12:01:32 PM
Article: "What to do with toxic coal ash?"
Thanks for this clarification, Rowan.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 11:22:52 AM
Article: "Was the Bailout Itself a Scam?"
Yes, and the AIG bonus furor is a diversion to hide it
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 7:21:42 AM
Article: "Election 2008 Summary: NC Racism Profile"
Interesting observation Gail . . .
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 4:35:36 PM
Article: ""She's a Whack Job!" said the sociopaths."
And you would be right, Jim
Friday, February 6, 2009 at 5:34:10 PM
Article: ""She's a Whack Job!" said the sociopaths."
Thanks. Here's more about PDA, from an earlier Newsletter
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 12:17:02 AM
Article: "Only part of TVA Coal Ash Disaster is Being Told"
Calling all artists: your assistance is needed, pronto
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 5:18:45 PM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
Welcome to America, Bryna!
Monday, January 19, 2009 at 5:47:14 AM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
Good Comment, Snoopy
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:55:34 PM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
I didn't mean to dump on Amtrack . . .
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:30:50 PM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
I know this is off subject, but since you brought it up...
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 3:25:26 PM
Article: "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
There are more lists of Bush's crimes here:
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 3:13:07 PM
Article: "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
Finally figured out what happened to Comments . . .
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 12:55:51 PM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
More about Obama Train Trip . . .
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 12:42:29 PM
Article: "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
More Crimes and Misdeeds of the Bush Administration
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 10:56:41 AM
Article: "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
FLASH! This just in . . .
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 9:32:09 AM
Article: "Inaugural Train Trip? Are we missing something here?"
I'm not sure, but . . .
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 9:10:57 AM
Article: "The 43 Who Helped Make Bush The Worst Ever"
I would love to claim credit, but . . .
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 5:42:48 PM
Article: "More about sociopaths in American politics"
Yes, psychopath and sociopath are often interchanged . . .
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 4:33:58 PM
Quicklink: "American students flunk in Science & Math. Again."
Thanks so much for this fascinating bit of history!
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:03:52 PM
Article: "Only part of TVA Coal Ash Disaster is Being Told"
Hummm, Matthew
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 12:24:22 PM
Article: "Only part of TVA Coal Ash Disaster is Being Told"
Heads-Up on who to contact
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:30:57 AM
Article: "There's a Conversation Going on Between Americans and their"
(they had the chance to impeach, over last 2 years at least)
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 11:34:02 AM
Article: "Mr. Obama: Don't close Guantanamo!"
About Guantanamo and Cuba
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 9:20:00 PM
Article: "Mr. Obama: Don't close Guantanamo!"
Sorry TomK, but I totally disagree
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 8:51:52 AM
Article: "Mr. Obama: Don't close Guantanamo!"
BTW:
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 8:12:44 AM
Article: "Mr. Obama: Don't close Guantanamo!"
Link to more info
Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 11:35:42 AM
Article: "Is a forced-feeding tube through your nose "torture"?"
While I was composing this article . . .
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 12:53:18 PM
Article: "How to Bushwhack Bush"
How to use Internet Investigative Journalism to get Bush&Co
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 12:21:20 PM
Article: "Stop Bailing Out Big Tobacco"
More on our Century of Big Tobacco Bailout
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 8:56:04 AM
Article: "Stop Bailing Out Big Tobacco"
What is a tobacco support system?
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 8:26:47 AM
Article: "Stop Bailing Out Big Tobacco"
Raising taxes brings with it another cost
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 7:38:19 AM
Article: "Stop Bailing Out Big Tobacco"
NY Times: "Congress to move against Big Tobacco." Not hardly
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 10:55:24 AM
Quicklink: "We're being lied to about Pirates in Somali"
Helpful note
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 10:14:05 AM
Quicklink: "We're being lied to about Pirates in Somali"
Thanks for asking; the answer is in the original Article.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 4:51:48 AM
Article: "How can you visualize a trillion dollars?"
She/he's back!
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 8:43:01 PM
Article: "How can you visualize a trillion dollars?"
I couldn't agree with you more, Tom
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 12:35:47 PM
Article: "How can you visualize a trillion dollars?"
How many years does a trillion seconds make?
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 12:26:30 PM
Article: "How can you visualize a trillion dollars?"
What happened to the bug?
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 8:15:12 AM
Article: "Proposal: A great deal on a New Deal"
Yes, you're right in part, Jim
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 5:12:32 PM
Article: "Your funny money, and profiting from scarcity"
1/1/09: the Euro is ten years old today!
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 3:34:59 PM
Article: "How to Unplug from your Toxic TV"
What happened on New Year's Eve?
Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 11:07:59 PM
Article: "Senator Bernie Sanders: Where Do We Go from Here?"
Not Campaign Finance Reform, but Democracy Restoration
Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 10:11:40 PM
Article: "Bu$hWorld--The End Game"
More going on here than first appears . . .
Friday, December 26, 2008 at 2:36:01 PM
Article: "Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff"
What an amazing piece of work!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 12:23:09 PM
Article: ""Thanks, but no thanks" to Conservative Economics"
Comment from an "elderly person B"
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 10:38:53 AM
Article: "Another Roundup-ready White House? Searching for the Hope In"
Bravo to Stephen Fox and Claire Cummings!
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 8:04:52 PM
Article: "Until We Have Campaign Finance Reform Nothing Will Change in"
Correct, but you're treating symptoms, not the disease
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 4:46:21 PM
Article: "North Carolina Report on Progressives"
Here's more to explain the Meltdown of Progressives in NC
Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 3:18:03 PM
Article: "Blagojevich and Pay for Play on Wall Street and K Street"
To stop it, first we must reduce the money flow
Friday, December 12, 2008 at 8:34:45 PM
Article: "North Carolina Report on Progressives"
One week after the PDNC,Inc State Convention
Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 4:52:21 AM
Poll: "Poll: Do many of you think a single payer plan needs to be i"
Industry wants Health Care voted on First. Why?
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 5:24:12 PM
Diary: "Steve Hildebrand and Tim Carpenter on Rob Kall Radio Tonight"
Here are details of the effect of PDAs activities in NC
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 5:11:11 PM
Diary: "Steve Hildebrand and Tim Carpenter on Rob Kall Radio Tonight"
Was PDAs influence in Electing Obama less than they claim?
Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 1:22:09 PM
Article: "No Attacks? Since When?"
No Attacks? Let me count the ways . . .
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 11:25:27 PM
Article: "A Plan for Democracy Restoration"
Monitoring Who gives Campaign Donations
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 4:08:55 PM
Article: "A Plan for Democracy Restoration"
Explanation of how Democracy Restoration works
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 3:19:04 PM
Article: "A Plan for Democracy Restoration"
First, decide what you want to accomplish
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 6:38:05 PM
Article: "North Carolina Report on Progressives"
Update note about the NCDP Chair
Monday, December 1, 2008 at 12:45:36 PM
Article: "How America's Greatest Libertarian Experiment failed."
Thanks for your suggestion, William. Here's one for you.
Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:58:41 AM
Article: "How America's Greatest Libertarian Experiment failed."
To S Skowron: 0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comment
Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:24:56 AM
Article: "Conversation with a New England Industrialist"
To Antony Reed's comments
Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:05:59 AM
Article: "Conversation with a New England Industrialist"
To John Bales (and Anthony Reed)
Friday, November 28, 2008 at 10:19:33 AM
Article: "Debunking Myths about Election 2008"
11/28, 8 days after I wrote this Article
Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 7:08:51 PM
Article: "Industry wants Health Care Reform voted on First. Why?"
To Mary
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 7:15:26 PM
Article: "Too Big to Fail? Hogwash! Diversify, diversify, diversify"
What the heck are we going to do, you ask?
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 12:43:28 PM
Article: "Too Big to Fail? Hogwash! Diversify, diversify, diversify"
The role of Credit Default Swaps in our Meltdown Economy
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 1:00:11 AM
Article: "Too Big to Fail? Hogwash! Diversify, diversify, diversify"
John Bales: FAILURE to Regulate caused the financial Meltdow