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Ruminations & Observations

[365] Day Eight : Choices

February 15, 2012, by Chris

Day Eight : Choices

Willoughby, Ohio

Long ago, men would cast their runes and con­sult the Norns before under­tak­ing any major task. The runes would speak to them, guide them, give them cryp­tic hints as to what was to come.

Often, the Norns would lie, or at least, not tell the whole truth.

How inter­est­ing it would be for each of us to carry Action Dice, like the ones pic­tured above, to deter­mine what we should attempt to accom­plish that day. Would the choices we made be any bet­ter or worse than the choices we make on our own?

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Report: The Gluten-Free Month

December 19, 2011, by Chris
NoGluten150

As men­tioned on this site and in the most recent Liv­ing Proof Brew­cast, I spent the month of Novem­ber liv­ing a gluten-free, mostly wheat-free exis­tence. I did not sub­sti­tute GF prod­ucts for nor­mal prod­ucts except in two cir­cum­stance: I occa­sion­ally had a piece of GF bread as toast, and I had GF beer.  I learned the following:

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Talk Less, Do More

November 30, 2011, by Chris
DuctTapeMouth

God, we talk a lot.

<Insert rant about the neg­a­tive effect of  social net­works here. You know, the one you’ve already heard.>

I like the way Justin Kow­nacki tack­led the prob­lem. I direct you to his words, as he echoes many of my own thoughts.

The upshot of my think­ing is this: We should spend less time being social about noth­ing and spend more time doing inter­est­ing things that are wor­thy of other people’s attention. 

Your Favorite Author

October 24, 2011, by Chris
Favorite-Author-Promo

Are you one of your favorite authors?

Why not?

I believe that as you develop your writ­ing skills, you dis­cover that you enjoy your own work more than the vast major­ity of the released work you see in bookstores/magazines/etc. The world of the printed word sud­denly resolves into four levels:

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Upon The Occasion Of Watching OccupyCleveland Video Footage

October 22, 2011, by Chris
occupycleveland

I want to be dif­fer­ent, like every­body else I want to be like
I want to be just like all the dif­fer­ent peo­ple
I have no fur­ther inter­est in being the same,
because I have seen dif­fer­ence all around,
and now I know that that’s what I want
I don’t want to blend in and be indis­tin­guish­able,
I want to be a part of the dif­fer­ent crowd,
and assert my indi­vid­u­al­ity along with the oth­ers
who are dif­fer­ent like me

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Christopher T. Miller is writer and technologist. He is one of the co-founders of Podiobooks.com and is the Editor-in-Chief of The Secret Lair. He has not yet been eaten by a grue.

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    [365] Day Nine : Standing Stones

    Day Nine : Stand­ing Stones

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    Clearly, this is an aura align­ment device. Note the place­ment of the cuts in the stone; note the their spac­ing, then note how they match to posi­tions of the chakras on the human spine. Note the path, lead­ing between them, as if the artist [...]

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