2008

I like this new tumblrette iPhone app. Might give my Tumblr blog some new life!

Jakob Has Had Enough

jakoblodwick: After reading my mom’s post on shutting down her tumblelog, I can’t help but agree,...

Barack Obama on Economics: 'We're Going...

"Why Doesn't He Just Use His Cell...

dangurewitch: A common screenwriting mantra is “Force your character up a tree, throw rocks at him;...

“I’ve been single for seven years and as I get older, I think...”
— Alec Baldwin to NY Post (via...

Post

Name something that is bigger and better than you but that could also benefit from your support.

sciencevsromance: I might be wrong but the old iPhone is a beautiful metal object and the new iPhone...

slice of life

What do I really want with this whole 8:36pm.com idea anyway?  What’s the desired end result? ...

“Our emotions must be in the right amount, proportional to...”
— Aristotle

long live the first emotion

Also, I have to say something about emotions.  A child feels all emotions fully, without constraint,...

a week on my own

I’ve got low energy and it’s worrying me.  So low that I almost can’t even rally. ...

solar powered moods

Kellianne left for her one-week-every-six-weeks trip to NYC this morning, and so now I’ve got...

emotional triggers

Reading more of Paul Ekman’s Emotions Revealed and it’s slowly changing the way I think...

The Seven Basic Blog Post Types

siddman: feastingonroadkill: From here 1. Be upset!2. Buy a thing!3. Animals are cute!4. People...

sense of self

Today I re-realized that a part of my bad mood swing is a result of the slow movement of my sense of...

“Emotions can override what most psychologists have rather...”
— Emotions Revealed, by Paul...

No problem

I need to relax.  Serioustime.  I’m a stressball for no “real” reason.  Mostly...

“The web is nothing but a system, a bunch of (largely...”
— Seth’s Blog: The spirit of the...

Strength

Is it true that displaying strength causes others to display weakness?  Do we specialize our talents...

“Someone should do something about all the problems.”
— The Onion

836pm.com

I just registered that.  It’s a funny url if you ask me.  A url that points to a particular...

equilibriums of happiness and stress

Yesterday, I achieved a goal that has been weighing heavy on me for a year and a half. It was given...

How Is Madison Looking Today?

101 Tips For Living, in the right...

johncarney: * You should never have to match your socks, other than to separate black from white;...

2:45pm, Monday May 18th, 2008

I am still thinking about feel, do, be, know, have, and how life is basically a pinball bouncing...

except in bed (xkcd.com)

excerpt from The Emotion Machine, by...

What if your set of active Critics doesn’t change?  Then you would likely keep repeating the...

The five elements of life in drawing form

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist, Dies at...

relationship site idea

This is an idea that sprang up when I realized that online dating sites are really popular out...

Answers to an informal myspace interview...

For the younger set looking to open a bar, art space or place of creative energy, what advice, tips...

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting...”
— Jonathon Safran Foer,...

Sundance Channel : Green Porno

compound elements: meaning, mindset, and...

The basic elements are feel, do, be, have, and know. The compound elements are meaning, mindset,...

“The end result is a moment just like this one.”
— thought on the walk to work

the basic elements

In no particular order:  feel, do, be, have, know

10:15am

Mood is pretty good.  I woke up feeling sick, but a few minutes later sinuses were cleared up for...

the symbols on my flag

The Symbols on My Flag (And What They Mean): The New Yorker This makes me want to create my own flag...

physical versus mental training

Today at the gym I prepped myself on the walk over to go towards the uncomfortable feelings and to...

Had a good quiet night at home. Salad, wine, finishing the question book, catching up on Gossip...

“Go towards it.”
— 

Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? -...

For methods of learning

Analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively), and innovatively.  Adulthood focuses...

Three zones of comfort

Comfort, stretch, and stress.

calm

I’m no longer afraid of what might happen.  Of course, I may become afraid again after this...

“Prod ye the donkey’s rump ye are sure of a kick.”
— Geary’s Guide to the...

Rich in feelings

People don’t really talk about feelings because it’s seen as an indulgent activity. To...

Kinds of enjoyment

I’m gonna do a panel for a silly overnight conference thing. The topic will be enjoyment and...

release technique

At slow weights today I mentioned to Sherry that I feel like there’s a mental block for me...

Fight etiquette

Difficulties abound.  Woke up early and talked with some people on the phone about a very difficult...

Sinking, bounding, balancing

I’m trying to pay attention to my feelings.  Not in the normal happy/sad sense, but more in...

Andy jumps into the picture.

Booze plus poisonous flowers

Me: Hahahahahaha
Ingo: Hahahahaha, oh god. Ow.
Me: I have what they call a hangover. And a burning mouth from eating poisonous flowers.
Ingo: It's all your fault.
Me: Which makes the pain all the sweeter.

No audience required

Almost everything I do in a day has an intended audience.  Lately I’ve been feeling that...

I need a new playground

I’ve tried to start using Tumblr at least half a dozen times but the lack of comments really...