Category Archives: Improvement

I did not write this.

But the guys that did, the exceptionally skilled wonderwomen and -men at The Oatmeal (consume at your own risk) deserve promotion for it. Here’s the article. (some swearing) It’s about this thing: Photo Credit I’m currently out of a car, myself, … Continue reading →

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Endings and Beginnings

Yesterday while channel-surfing during halftime of a particularly boring bowl game (I watch a lot of college football, and no, I’m not sorry), I happened on Noah, a movie I haven’t seen and will likely never see, because I’m not … Continue reading →

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I Spend a Lot of Time Doing This. I Need to Stop.

It’s exhausting to live your life in such a way that you are constantly signaling to other people that they should value you. It’s much harder to do everything with one eye on everyone else, to see what they think … Continue reading →

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Do NOT Look for Your Passion

Passion burns hot. It also burns out. I’ve written on this before, in terms of relationships, but it applies to professional achievements as well. I just spent the weekend with a group of undeniably passionate people, spending hundreds of dollars … Continue reading →

Posted in Improvement, Sheer Cussedness | Tagged persistence, Purpose, tenacity | 1 Comment

Happy New Year!

This is New Years Day, for me. Seriously. I actually demarcate my year in four bits. July 1 is my birthday, so that’s a logical. Christmas/New Years is a given, because that’s the break at the end of a hard … Continue reading →

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Because I Promised

This will be short. I’m only blogging because I promised myself I would. See, this is almost a week off for me. I only have 53 hours of scheduled time this week, where last week was in the high 60s, so … Continue reading →

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What’s “Love” Got To Do With It?

A certain candidate that I refuse to name–this is really an admission, as I will say “Voldemort” any time–has sparked a national debate about civility and decorum, tolerance and accommodation. It’s a good conversation to have, and I am a small … Continue reading →

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That’s Right, Woodchuck Chuckers.

I don’t always post on Groundhog Day, but when I do, it’s a post about what I’d do with eternity. This. This is what I’d do. I’d get up at 5:30 and play basketball (yes, at 47, after breaking my … Continue reading →

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Alan Rickman and Defense Against the Dark Arts

I’ve posted already on one recent death, and though I felt like I probably wouldn’t have anything to say about David Bowie–though, seriously, he was great in Labyrinth–but I can’t help writing just a short note about the wonderful, amazing, … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriYear: A Post a Year in the Making

Last November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for the second time. I hit my 50,000 word target, also the second time I’d accomplished that. I went there, and got the t-shirt (I always get the t-shirt, and I … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Improvement

I did not write this.

Endings and Beginnings

I Spend a Lot of Time Doing This. I Need to Stop.

Do NOT Look for Your Passion

Happy New Year!

Because I Promised

What’s “Love” Got To Do With It?

That’s Right, Woodchuck Chuckers.

Alan Rickman and Defense Against the Dark Arts

NaNoWriYear: A Post a Year in the Making

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