http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog Expanding Perspective Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:09:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Especially during holidays most of us take time for reflection.  I was listening to a discussion on NPR this week debunking the fact that suicides and depression are supposedly higher during the holidays.  I guess this is just an “old wives tale.”  None the less, I have been thinking a ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/12/28/thoughts-on-forgiveness/ I’ve coined a new term over the last month or so to describe what I perceive the real economic outlook for 2009-2010: the capital-less recovery. In 2002-2003 we had a jobless recovery created by productivity gains fueled by capital spending.  My prediction is that we will have a capital-less recovery fueled ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/10/12/the-capital-less-recovery/ If you get a chance to visit any of the churches of Europe or even some historical churches in Boston, you will notice right away that something is distinctly missing from most of our churches: visual arts.  Back when most of these churches were constructed visual art forms of the ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/19/missing-visual-arts/ As I walk around the ruins of Ancient Rome, I find myself musing about how future generations will explore our ruins.  Today we build for the hear and now, even the current buildings have expected life spans of 20-40 years.  I’m also struck by amount of recycling of everything from ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/13/building-for-eternity/ When I arrived for our tour of the Colosseum I had many questions.  Having studied Ancient Rome extensively during school I thought I had a pretty good understanding of it all.  We had just visited the Tower of London where I was reminded of its bloody past; here again I ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/13/mass-communication-in-ancient-rome/ Many Christians in America outside of the Orthodox and Catholic traditions have a renewed interest in traditional forms of worship and piety.  Just a few weeks ago the lead article in the East Valley Tribune reported the Pope's call on American Catholics to return to the Latin mass suggesting that ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/08/tradition-and-the-search-for-true-worship/ I had lunch with a good friend a week or so ago who was telling me that today the buzz is about experience and memory.  The baby boomers used to be into things and materialism but now that they have all this stuff there is still something missing.  So now ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/08/memory-and-experience-rome/ The most interesting thing about London for me was that it really is an “underground city.”  You wont see many sky scrapers in London, at least not on the scale of New York or Chicago.  But the extensive train system they refer to as the underground, totally changes everything about ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/07/08/the-london-underground/ Having spent a good deal of time setting up my iLiad, there are a few things every new user should know.  Best thing to do is to start off by reading the Quick Start Guide and User Manual eBooks on the iLiad. Then setup your My iRex account via your computer Web browser and configure ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/06/21/a-few-things-every-new-irex-iliad-user-in-the-us-should-know/ I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and say the Sony Reader (PRS-505).  It was small and light and the E-Ink technology was impressive.  Thinking about all the space I could save in my luggage during my summer travels I began to seriously investigate eBook Readers.  The great ... http://viewfromtheheitz.com/blog/2008/06/21/my-first-ebook-reader-irex-iliad/