Archive for the ‘MeMeMe’ Category
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Sorry to disappoint my skeptically inquiring readers, but I love reading my weekly Freewill Astrology post. Rob Brezsny's Libra posts for the last three weeks have swirled around the idea of a cycle ending, taking stock, and looking ahead. Here's how his Aug 12, 2010, reading put it:If you and ...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Over the July 4 weekend, I faced the fact that I was not enjoying the PhD experience. I discovered the limits of my capacity for the amount and velocity of work that poured into my life. I survived and that was as much of an accomplishment as I can claim.
Based ...
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Taking a leaf from Havi’s Friday Chicken, this post will review the semester just past, but with a few additional headings.
The Hard
I never got around to writing all the blog posts documenting my semester, its ups and downs—which is one of the reasons I started the blog, so that it ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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Wikipedia about today. Here's what the BBC and NY Times have to say. A certain key event from 1961 is missing from all three. (But you could go read some F. Scott Fitzgerald short stories anyway or watch Jim Henson's early version of the Muppets ...
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
A few months ago, I was struck by this tweet from HiroBoga. For whatever reason, a circuit snapped in my head and I Got It.
All my little productivity obsessions and systems were all about creating my own infrastructure: my calendar, my to-do list, my inbox, my habits, all of it. ...
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