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Category Archives: Pondering
My contract ended, what now?
Like many people working in web technologies I work on contract. My most recent contract has ended. It’s sort of freeing and nerve wracking all at once. Freeing because I can collect unemployment, nerve wracking because unemployment doesn’t last forever. … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Pondering
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Are sweets a pathogen?
As I wrote about previously sugar can have negative impacts on health. The New York Times Magazine, just came out with a wonderful article about the state of sugar research and what the findings can and can’t tell us. The … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments in living, News, Pondering
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Food in the movies: Forks Over Knives
I openly admit that I tend to be cynical bordering on paranoid, especially when it comes to industry. The film “Forks Over Knives” isn’t doing anything to lessen my cynicism. The message they present is loud and clear, an abundance … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments in living, Pondering, review
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Employment is mine!
I’ve got a job. I’ve got a job and I’m pretty happy about it too. Since losing my last job (Now where did I put that thing?) I was quite confident that I would be OK. I always am. In … Continue reading
Change is inevitable
All day, every day last week I was meditating. It was glorious. Every time I go there, meditation camp, substantial change in my life happens when I get back. Thankfully I saw it coming this time. I try to remain … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Informative, Pondering
Tagged arrested development, job, meditation, Mr. Wendal, personal responsibility, unemployment
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Reinventing yourself
I was supposed to go hiking today. I didn’t. My friends and I made our way out to the site but miles before we got there we were discussing the weather. It was raining, foggy, and generally a recipe for … Continue reading
What then?
I take as a given that climate change (whatever it’s cause) is going to have substantive impact on how and where we (humans) will live. Also, we are going to run out of oil and necessarily run off of alternative … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments in living, Pondering
Tagged catastrophe planning, climate change, peak oil
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Day 32: The experiment is over
I have finished the month of May successfully. As my last few post indicated I didn’t meet my goal of not purchasing anything extraneous. There are a variety of factors that led to this but most importantly I think is … Continue reading
Day 21: The failure continues
It turns out that not participating in the the economy is really hard. Not buying CDs and other consumer goods isn’t so hard. I’ve got a Vespa now. I can while away my time by driving aimlessly. It’s the restaurants … Continue reading
What?!?!
It’s a deep down feeling. It’s the sort of thing that is irreducible. I found myself looking around, confused. Looking for the source of this consternation I became overwhelmed when I found it. I realized I had seen it the … Continue reading
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