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August 8, 2021 Connected thinking Some progress in transitioning to Obsidian with screen shots! August 4, 2021 Starting with obsidian Of course the first ting you do with a new system is find or create the most obnoxious 80s style theme. March 17, 2021 DuckDuck I’m trying new browsers that are stricter with user privacy and I thought this image from the on boarding process for DuckDuckGo was pretty funny. February 27, 2021 First run of 2021 2 020 isolation sort of restricted my desire to run. I mean, restricted my desire to do anything but running, in particular, seemed bad. There were August 26, 2018 1000 Needles by Torrence Fisher, Swordguy Whips 1000 Needles(針千本, Hari Sen-bon), also known as Blowfish, is a Blue Magic spell and a monster ability. Although it is not exclusive to them, the August 3, 2018 The summoning hour 4am feels late instead of early. Getting out of bed at 4am feels backwards, like I’m supposed to be trying to sleep like I’ve been surviving some April 22, 2017 A wild selfie appears! And I’m even smiling. Ish. Well. Smirking January 8, 2017 The Devil On Your Shoulder Harbinger hadn’t intended on dismantling his room with the powder blue walls that look sea dark under half moon’s light. He didn’t intend on tipping November 20, 2016 WIWT Guest rooms are for vanity Cold enough for wool coats! Cold enough for wool coats! Also this coat fits a hell of a lot better this year than when I October 22, 2016 Wasteland Wandering Gah! Color! I went outside wearing color. Not only color but a *hoodie. And my outfit was themed. Opting to play a little with layering, I October 20, 2016 Black, black, denim, and more black. So square. I got complimented on this look today. That’s two days in a row and three times this week. So to say people are noticing? As to how October 17, 2016 What I wore today Sorta? My outfits don’t quite differ enough day to day yet to not make this really boring. But every couple of days, sure. Today was a beautiful October 17, 2016 What I wore today Sorta? My outfits don’t quite differ enough day to day yet to not make this really boring. But every couple of days, sure. Today was a beautiful October 16, 2016 What I Wore And Carried Me and Stuff I’m beginning to break, slowly, away from my uniform clothing presentation. Specifically, I am exploring accessories as a means of July 20, 2016 Kitties getting older We had Poe in for surgery yesterday to remove two masses from two or her hindquarter mammary glands. She’d developed two small lumps over the last June 2, 2016 Desert Island Desks Are you a Pen Addict? A few episodes ago and discussed in the recent podcast episode, Brad and Myke discussed what stationery they’d take to a May 31, 2016 Memorial Day 2016 We spent the weekend visiting family (my in-laws) in Okiboji, IA. This is the first time in memory that I’ve done anything which included May 8, 2016 I broke my phone You can try to negotiate with gravity but it’s an asshole and you will lose.Alyska teching a class. Amazingly, after 9 years of iPhones, this is May 7, 2016 This is Courtney I used to be more bashful about portraits, even with friends. Of late, I am more strongly compelled by my desire, if not need, to capture an April 28, 2016 I try to be well rounded. April 7, 2016 Don’t Panic Slowly I feel like I’m getting a better hold of work. But I come home exhausted from all the Emergency Things we are dealing with. I have energy for March 2, 2016 So Long and Thanks for All The Fish We are safely returned to Madison. Alyska and I left on Monday as we’ve accomplished all we can really do on site - the house has been organized and February 26, 2016 Death of a Father It’s snowed on Dad’s last day. It felt fitting but really, any weather would have felt right. Snow is for sadness and endings, sun is for the lost November 9, 2015 I Can’t Be The Only One Who Does This I’m still getting the groove of my creativity, still trying to understand what makes it flare. I have been fairly inconsistent in my approach. September 15, 2015 Minuet de la Mancha, the wobble-sabi kitty Tail curl Alyska and I have been talking, off and on, about dopting a new kitty. We sort of like the idea of finding a cat that respresents us as a August 18, 2015 Toothless Brain Puppy Just an interlude here. A brief moment for you to better understand a little of how my mind works. I strive to do a few things everyday, besides August 2, 2015 Keep it up. I first started writing poetry in 7th grade. It was an English class assignment, the first one I’d ever had where I was aware enough to have read July 25, 2015 On Masonry Something in my brain shifted recently, both literally and metaphorically. I started seeing a therapist; rather, I started seeing a therapist July 5, 2015 The Next Great Adventure Oliver No. 5 circa 1912. Alyska and I are collectors. She collects Kodak folding cameras and projectors, I collect typewriters and Russian cameras. July 4, 2015 Internet Valhalla Most viking burials were similar in bent to modern burial practice (1). People were buried or cremated in normal clothes or buried with personal July 1, 2015 Controlling Distraction Committing to little changes, day to day, is exactly how you build personal integrity. You teach yourself that, yeah, you can do the things you June 30, 2015 Self-immolation I signed up for Shawn Blanc’s Focus Course this weekend in the hopes of rebuilding my creative self and further help remove me from the cloud of February 21, 2015 Simplicity in Marriage Yesterday was a frigid day to get married. I can understand the desire to have remote weddings when you live here. California, Hawaii, Tahiti all do January 18, 2015 Enneagram Personality In starting in on research on “resolve” which is harder than I was expecting, likely because the concept is not so well defined, I encountered the January 11, 2015 The Under-appreciated Benefits of Creative Consistency I wanted to excerpt tis who article. From Sparring Mind: Consistency begets consistency. A January 11, 2015 Draplin Design Co. on Logo Design I effin’ love logo design. This is similar to how I developed the Bunny Rope logo and banner though I didn’t sketch - I fear my drawing skills. Wish January 11, 2015 Routines of People Way Cooler than Me Want to develop a better work routine? Discover how some of the world’s greatest minds organized their days.Click image to see the interactive January 6, 2015 What good? Part of Franklin’s daily schedule includes focus setting each morning and a review each night. The intent is to go some amount of good in a day in January 2, 2015 Review of the @ArtofManliness Virtue Journal I’ve been using the Art of Manliness Virtue Journal for a little while now and have developed strong feelings over it and its design as I progress December 27, 2014 Representation and Reusability I’ve had two conversations recently about brand identity and memorability apropos of this post. Of late, I’ve been December 26, 2014 And Also: New Webspace. I migrated to a new blog space. It is a little simple and has somewhat less automatic integration with other stuff but I looks cleaner and is making December 22, 2014 Be Pavlov; Not The Dog At the beginning of December I made a choice: stop filling empty time with diversion. I, like many in my cohort, love my iPhone and my iPad and November 30, 2014 do good things Thanksgiving come and gone. It was quiet this year. We went from three families to just the one, me and my Dad. The introverts. It was sedate with a November 20, 2014 Traveling. Energy. Creativity. I’m regularly exercising again and I’m traveling for work right now which has a curious affect on me, the combination of the two. Exercise November 19, 2014 Treadmills, man. Treadmills are dreadful. I had forgotten because I had not seriously used one in winter in a very long time. Normally when I have a November 15, 2014 On Weight Weight is not health.I am bad separating the two. At my best weight, I was about 170 at about 28%. At my worst I was 260 at 45% (O_O). At my November 5, 2014 On Identity On April 15, 2010 I renamed my Livejournal account. It was a big moment for me: a rite of passage. Now I was a Real Adult Internet November 5, 2014 On Identity On April 15, 2010 I renamed my Livejournal account. It was a big moment for me: a rite of passage. Now I was a Real Adult Internet November 2, 2014 His versus Hers His Versus Hers Every Day Carry I feel like this illustrates our relationship and personal styles pretty well. 37° Mostly Cloudy November 1, 2014 Addiction I wonder if the addictive style of Tumblr’s reward structure is “helping” reduce my discipline in other areas of my life October 13, 2014 Underwood Additional “acquisition” from the weekend. This is alyska’s grandmother’s typewriter. It spend the last few decades in a basement without the best October 12, 2014 shuk My fascination with typewriters stared young. My mother, wanting to encourage the creative writing I was already doing, retreived a typewriter from October 11, 2014 Automatic Fire Prevention Service Automatic Coffee Pot Fire Prevention Service. It’s 7:30. I woke to the chimes of a grandfather clock and brewing coffee. Well, I first woke to my October 10, 2014 Think Murder Can someone ask Natalie Dormer to do the Charlize Theron “acting like a queen” demonstration October 4, 2014 On Paper I hit a wall with both my journaling and my writing recently that I’ve been chewing on how to break through. I really don’t like having my journal October 4, 2014 On Paper I hit a wall with both my journaling and my writing recently that I’ve been chewing on how to break through. I really don’t like having my journal September 14, 2014 Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K August 31, 2014 On Reflection I just wrote the following in my journal: ”You can’t get anywhere new without knowing where you you’ve been.” I have been wondering lately August 29, 2014 Caring about blogging? It has been about 3 months since I started hand writing my journal. Since then I have more or less ignored my blogs and websites. I feel like I August 23, 2014 Daly’s in Milwaukee New #fountain pen from Daly’s #Pens in Milwaukee. Noodler Ahab flex and Edelstein Turmaline #ink. (at Milwaukee Street Traders) July 20, 2014 Why Is It So Hard for Us to Do Nothing? - WSJ The following comes from personal experience. When I turned 30 I started setting aside time to think July 13, 2014 Wampum [gallery] Wampum The first three bands of my wampum sleeve are completed (except for a little touch up as some of the colors are uneven). I am June 21, 2014 Whip Workout It’s Saturday. That means whips June 21, 2014 Whip Workout It’s Saturday. That means whips June 9, 2014 The Dark Year [gallery] Somewhere in my Sophomore year in high school, a started falling into a deep depression. I didn’t sleep much, ate terribky and generally June 9, 2014 post <img 3=“” src=“_img.jpg” alt=” The Dark Year The Dark Year Somewhere in my Sophomore year in high school, a started falling into a deep May 17, 2014 New pen. [gallery] I got a new pen. It’s a Pilot Metropolitan which I read about in this post from PenAddict.com via TheCramped.com - which if you love pen May 17, 2014 post I got a new pen. It’s a Pilot Metropolitan which I read about in this post from PenAddict.com via TheCramped.com - which if you love pen and May 10, 2014 Banner Design I made a banner. I made 14 banners. And I thought briefly reviewing the choices I made that got me from point A to Really, Another One? would be February 22, 2014 A wolf [gallery] A wolf by any other name on Flickr. Via Flickr: A wolf by any other name So. I’ve tried a few times to write about this which would be my February 16, 2014 Asking It is far too easy to fall into the casualness of the internet (almost pulled a Jewel there), thinking like people being semi-open about themselves February 9, 2014 Numbers A few brief thoughts on weight. I have never been especially good at losing weight. And I don’t mean for lack of trying as even when I was training January 18, 2014 The Dark Year [gallery] Somewhere in my Sophomore year in high school, a started falling into a deep depression. I didn’t sleep much, ate terribly and generally January 4, 2014 Wampum [gallery] Wampum. My parents divorced in 1993 when I was 12. Well, 11 but it was in the summer and I was born in July. My mother sort of came alive