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Category Archives: Personality
Laughing at January’s Little Joke
It’s about contrast I suppose. I was driving this morning looking up at the sky, crystal clear and boldly blue, and I was thinking how does something so vibrant feel so oppressive? Yes, it has something to do with … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, January, oppression, polar vortex, practical joke, Practical jokes, prank, sense of humor
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The Polar Vortex and Fulfillment
The Polar Vortex is some cold stuff. Sixty mile blizzard winds are blinding and biting. Two feet of snow is a back breaker. But what bothers us as a society is not that it’s cold or there are white out … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Personality
Tagged activity, blizzard, fulfillment, mindfulness, Mother Nature, polar vortex, productivity, stillness
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Don’t Judge Me, At Least Not Always
There I was. In front of the Central high school. Otis was trying his best to shove and bury me in a snow pile. From the outside it looked as if big bully was abusing the runty kid. Someone … Continue reading
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Tagged bully, judging, judgment, Mr. Spock, perception, snap judgments
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The Magical Power of Arbitrary Thresholds
It’s six below. Yes, that’s pretty cold. It’s certainly colder other places so this isn’t about how cold it is here. It’s about that pesky negative sign. You see six below is cold but so is two above cold. … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm clock, arbitrary thresholds, cold, commute, habits, mental blocks, negative sign, temperature
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The Great Belt Burning of 2014
I was in a mall today. This is usually significant because I rarely go to malls and the whole shopping experience just exhausts me. Today was different because I went to a mall to go to a movie and so … Continue reading
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Tagged belt, burning, consumerism, consumption, mall, minimalism, reduce, stuff
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A Time To Innovate, A Time to Not
Urban Gorilla Program. That’s what I thought the headline read at the Como Zoo web site. How my brain managed to add the “Urban” part I don’t know. But the damage was done and could not be undone. My first … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Personality
Tagged gorilla, hipster, innovation, risk taking, Urban Gorilla, urban guerilla, zoo
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A Lighter Side of Communism
It’s a four letter word. Communism, that is. I find it humorous people still throw it around as an insult as if the Red Scare were still going on. I guess maybe for some people it still is, though sometimes … Continue reading
A Little Cheesecake to Warm the Soul
It’s cold. No question about that. When it’s cold you try to find anyway to stay warm. Curl up in bed under the electric blanket. Sit in the sauna. Work out. Go south. Or you can try cheesecake. yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Personality
Tagged cheese cake, cheesecake, cold weather, ghost pepper, Ghost pepper cheesecake, hot food, spicy, warmth
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In Search of Gritty Cuisine
Coal-fired oven. For me this notion conjures up visions of industrial era London caked in soot. And the Black Sheep, pizza shop that uses coal-fired ovens, had that promise of olden days written all over it. When we got the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sheep, Charles Bukowski, Coal, Food, Paleolithic diet, Pizza, utensil
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Fortress of Dissolitude 