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Went to the Providence Atheist Meetup last night, and had a pretty good time. My friend Dan has been encouraging me to speak my mind and to push the group in the direction that I think they should go. After some coaching from _earthshine_, I went for it. I sat next to one of the . . . → Read More: Atheist. Something occurred to me this morning. I think it’s one of those simple truths that underlay a whole bunch of other, more complex behaviors and pieces of advice. Namely: The more complex and specific your desires are, the less likely you are to be satisfied and happy. For example: This morning, I was hungry. . . . → Read More: Be easily satisfied. We had a party today, in honor of redmeds graduation. amnesiadust, capital_l, technolope, justkidding_nr, and sacredangle were all there, as was the mighty giraffe moon bounce. I wound up being attacked by four kids at once in the moon bounce. Two would grab my ankles, and the other two would push me over. It was . . . → Read More: Moon bounce So, I’ve been playing this little game lately with my credit card companies, and it’s taken an interesting turn. Perhaps my opponents are more wily than they first appeared … but I shall have the last laugh! . . . → Read More: Sneaky moves This is too funny. A guy in germany tied a camera to his cat and let him roam for the day … and then made up little narratives from the pictures that it took. f’ing brilliant. For example: Look, is there a cat meeting under the car? Both redmed and I woke up this morning with wicked muscle knots in our shoulders. Mine has survived the hot beanbag, the ibuprofen, and the slow and deliberate stretching (both positive and negative, thanks for asking). I’ve also done the “rub your back against a doorframe” dance for a while … to bemused looks from . . . → Read More: Knot of pain Permit me to share, for a second. This fellow, at TED, shares a remarkable bit of his journey of faith. It parallels mine, in many respects. I highly, highly recommend that everyone watch at least one TED talk a week. It’s good for the soul. It’s been a pretty good couple of days. Spent the weekend out in the catskills with technolope, capital_l, multiplexer, ect, mcniadh, aerospcgrl, and Nichole, whose LJ handle I do not know fire_starter_. Ostensibly, it was an “art” weekend. Many of the participants practiced their artistic hobbies … which included everything from painting to chainmail making. . . . → Read More: Not entirely bad I find myself floating intentionless. Cut me some slack: It’s LiveJournal … it’s *supposed* to be whiney. I’m back from the latest in an interminable series of business trips. Things seem to be in solid shape to hand off to other people … at least the soul crushing travel aspects of it. This weekend, . . . → Read More: Intention |
