Throwing a Wrench in the Witness
More gems from the book, “F*ck It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way.” I’ve been working very consciously with the five tips expounded on in chapter 2. They are Relaxing, Letting Go, Accepting, Watching...
View ArticleHaving a Sick Day
The dust got all kicked up in our house yesterday. The landlord, and then a nice guy from the gas company, came by to see about getting our furnace repaired. Some progress was made, and a lot of gunk...
View ArticleSimplifying Spirituality to the Point of Meaninglessness
The search for easy to remember catch phrases sucks the depth out of the spiritual question. Simplifying just for simplicity’s sake takes the point out of everything. Not all spirituality is created...
View ArticleEgo versus Consciousness
The felt moment of immediate experience exists suspended on two seemingly contradictory anchor points. The first is consciousness. Consciousness is the simple awareness of the variations present in any...
View ArticleLife Cracks Me Up
Today has been a good change in fortune. I’ve been struggling to find steady work, and today I got three call backs, and one email back. I’ve got three interviews scheduled for the week. I’m also going...
View ArticleMorning Cup
Getting back into the old coloring book game. This is the first image I’ve completed in over a year. It’s fun how all the little tricks fade over time. With some hours of digging and head scratching...
View ArticleScrew it, I’m launching.
It’s funny what hold us back. I have a strong tendency to second guess myself, for fear of doing something the wrong way. This bad habit stops me from moving forward with my passions and goals. It is...
View ArticleOverqualification is Not Actually a Thing
I have been living the joy of the job hunt for a few months now. It basically consists of hours and hours of sending out and submitting applications into the silent void, with (very) occasional...
View ArticleStatus Report on the Experiment
Today is day 69 of my experiment of posting every day of 2017. (It’s also Friday, which is a holy day in my favorite religion.) Seems like a good day to have a bit of a status report. So far, so good....
View ArticleA Brief Glimpse of my Neurosis and the Nature of Evolution
I have always been curious about how the mind works. Since I only have direct access to mine, I have spent a lot of time over the years watching it. Meditation has definitely helped in this regard. For...
View ArticleA Red Dwarf Fan Meta-Theory
*WARNING: This post is written with the assumption that the reader is not familiar with the Red Dwarf series. It also contains some minor spoilers. No major spoilers occur.* As I have mentioned before,...
View ArticleStop And Have a Feel
Universal health care, and universal basic income. These are two topics that liberal peaceniks love to go on about. Different groups of people have different opinions about these ideas and many...
View ArticleEVE Online: The Rabbit Hole
I have had a long time on again, off again relationship with the MMO game EVE Online for nearly as long as the game has existed. The first time I played lasted about three days. I worked my way up to a...
View ArticleGetting Things Moved Forward, But Not Done
It’s one of those days. I have a bit of a fever, and my head is foggy. Following one idea all the way through is just not happening. I am grateful for the awareness that this is the case. I’ve spent...
View ArticleOf Things Unspoken
“The Map is not the Territory” This saying was first coined by Alfred Korzybski, the man who gave us the book “Science and Sanity” in 1933 which founded General Semantic. I first encountered it in a...
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