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The above title is a great description for my day. I walked over 10 miles (well according to Google Maps) which means something like 16+ km. I was essentially running errands, but gosh did I travel some good distance! Biggest accomplishment (other than walking, since that is self-evident) was buying the majority of my needed… Continue reading Walking, walking and more walking…

Uh… I would like to become more knowledgeable about technology. Why? Because I often find that while I do know more than the average person, I definitely do not know enough about that which matters both for my degrees and for potential other pursuits in the future. Honestly, there is so much more I could… Continue reading Writer's Block: Knowledge is power

I don't want to live forever. I want to live a long and healthy life, acheive my goals and do well. But like in Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, I don't think that living forever would be entirely a good thing. So yeah, I'd much rather live long and healthy than to live forever. Forever is… Continue reading Writer's Block: Who wants to live forever?

I think that global warming is happening (regardless of to what degree it is human-mediated, it is happening — we're unlikely to enter another mini-ice age any time soon). I believe that sustainability is something to strive for. Of course all things must be taken into account: one cannot just be sustainable in a void.… Continue reading Writer's Block: Let the sun shine in

To be honest, a multitude of things. I think the last thing that made me cry was stress at life in general. It was in the last week, and well, though the fact that my grandmother died in the past week, that wasn't the root cause (though it could have contributed to my emotional state,… Continue reading Writer's Block: It's allergies … really!

So, I've developed a few daily to-do items: -exercise (at least 30 min on the Wii or the equivalent of other activities) -clean (one full task) -write (at least one page in my book, hopefully more) -email/social media (stay on top of) And since developing this list, I haven't yet failed. Which is a good… Continue reading Daily to-do lists, and Cirque musings!

I would describe myself as dedicated. If I take on something I like to do the very best that I can at that thing if it is so possible, and will devote a lot of time, energy and thought to it. This is not always a good thing, but insofar as it can be, it… Continue reading Writer's Block: Me, myself, and I

… so I thought that although I've been up do a whole lot in recent weeks, that I'll type up a brief posting of what's been happening in the last few travels of my summer. I have pictures up on Facebook too if you wanted to check those out. — Had some good conversations with… Continue reading So I haven't been posting lately (in fact I haven't since my birthday)…

So, yesterday was my birthday. It started (as usual) as a pretty casual day, I suppose, online. Essentially I was playing with my new toys (a keyboard, mouse, cables, RAM, webcam, video card etc.) that I had received for my birthday (thanks JD). And then Beth and I went to Red Robin for lunch (and… Continue reading Birthday fun! 🙂

Lately, I've been trying to post to this here online journal more regularly. And in general, I've been doing a pretty decent job: sure it's just the journal I've written in for a bunch of years, but it's also crossposted to venues where people actually read it on occasion. Today, if all goes as planned,… Continue reading Out at the Ex…