> Where can you let go of fear?
Where the thought “I” originates.
See also: nipping the whole kit and ego caboodle in the bud.
> There will be correspondence to attend to; more research
> related to next year's big vacation/move; and sorting
> of my stuff, deciding what I want to move with, and what
> to throw away. Happy chores that I can move through at a
> comfortable pace.
Love the sound of that day.
> Now I find it ironic but cool I am back to clear text which
> is where I started many moons ago. Perhaps your Evernote
> and OneNote particularly give you what you need. Yay! I
> just felt both were overkill for my needs. A nice simple
> clear text editor with different extensions has become
> very nice for me. But as the venerable say YMMV.
I find “vim”ing text files the ultimate ignorance-of-generally-far-lesser-editors bliss.
> I’ll continue to look and follow the last two rules
> above particularly. I want to be happy with what I use
> but I also want my stuff available and not locked in some
> format with some tool not on another ecosystem. Maybe that
> is the final rule set. I will call it Portability. Things
> must be portable and available.
With unix-y (e.g. linux, “cygwin”) command line all things are possible.
> It was late at night. I'm quite sure I had just fallen
> asleep only to be thrown wide awake. I couldn't move
> my body. I couldn't think straight, all I knew was that
> something was wrong—very wrong. I could feel it deep in
> my gut.
That's how I sometimes feel when pondering write.as participant disconnect! ;–)
> I filled a glass with water from the tap, then made quick
> of the pill. An involuntary wet layer glazed my eyes, and
> Eric noticed. In response, he swept me up in his arms,
> and I embraced the invigorating pulse of his heart and
> warmth. So calm, so soothing. For a moment, I wanted to
> stay like that forever. I moved myself out of his arms
> and smiled at him. ...I wouldn't want that for you, my
> love. Schizophrenia is my burden alone.
Wow. Beautifully engaging.
> ...
> My country is dull yellow and grey now it's ...
> ...
Heart!
> shaking me
> like a magic eight ball
> over and over
> until i give him the answer
> he wants to hear
Strong contender for Metaphor of the Year Award.
> I want to scream. When I've finished screaming I want
> to look around the room and see faces looking at me
> in admiration. I want my aberration, composure and
> contradictions spewed all over everyone. Evening is
> the perfect time for some composed fraught. Join me in
> a cultural space, see me in a head place, find me in
> my dreams.
Damn... that – and the rest from which it was so rudely plucked – is nice!
> Our advice – delete your Facebook phone app now.
How about we delete the internet so as to return to the slow glow of biologically appropriate opposing ego madness?
> You're probably asking yourself what an Internet of
> People is. My conception of the Internet of People
> revolves around folks with complementary skills who,
> when needed, can come together in small, ad-hoc, mobile,
> and self-contained units. They can pool their mental and
> physical and financial and technological resources, solve
> a problem or complete a project, then move on.
Thanks for reminding me that once upon a time there was a show – I think back in the 90's.. I think on HBO – called “Dream On” that I absolutely adored.
> “Manusia mudah lupa”. A literal translation of this
> famous Malay proverb is “Human is forgetful”. It is
> known that despite being the most advanced creature, human
> often forget. We forget what time it is, the add maths we
> used to learn in high school, the histories, and in the
> mess of all the things human forget is their blessings.
> ...
> Now look at your surroundings, look at yourself. What are
> the millions unnoticed blessings you often forget to be
> grateful for?
The problem with blessings – or the one half of any pair of opposites – is that they can't be thought of without teasing thoughts of their opposite (“curses” in this case?).
So, like, I've been more and more seeing forgetfulness itself as a blessing. But the moment I type that, I suddenly remember (haha) rememberfulness... and, so... perhaps it's better to not think in terms of opposites – which is to say not think at all (since “thinking” seems to be discrimination of shades between opposites)...?
> We don't have to reinvent the wheel but we have to keep
> the wheels we have rolling.
Only if we think we want to be perpetually limited to wheel technology....
> AND try to be better, and more true to my goals.
Simply being trumps the beejeebers out of trying to be this and/or that and/or endless others.
> Just walked down to the vending machine (to get another
> soda (because I am very unhealthy at times)) and saw the
> full moon and that SOB is BIG!
Saw it too! (en route to a performance at some organizations holiday party at a restaurant/bar)
> Regardless of the current state of our country, in the
> home where I live the visitors can still expect my freshly
> baked banana bread. The garden is open to everyone to
> stop in when they need to relax. If you want to utilise my
> computer to surf the web or play games, you still can. It
> could be argued that more change and positive progress
> is made in my home on the small scale than the government
> ever achieves over the same amount of time.
Goes to show how ridiculously useless an arbitrary notion like “country” is – regardless how consensually murmured into seeming being.
> > At this point, it makes sense to have someone
> > filling that role, but only because of institutional
> > inertia. Single-payer is so great because it doesn't
> > fight against this inertia, but embraces it, telling the
> > insurance companies that sure, they can keep operating
> > as private entities, but in order to do so you may only
> > interact with a single entity through which all payment
> > for services is sent. If they won't make a deal with
> > that single payer (the government), then they get no
> > payers. This reintroduces bargaining power on the part
> > of the people, instead of the case now where we are
> > “forced” to pay the “rent” that healthcare is
> > “seeking” just by virtue of them being in a position
> > to withhold the service if you cannot pay.
So... in a sense.. whereas two heads are said to be better than one, this is kind of saying one purse/wallet is better than two...?
> A blog that explores practices and ideas around minimalism
> and sustainability.
I can't help but think that an ongoing minimalism blog is ironically a-minimalist.... ;–)