Things seem to be moving right along with all your renovations. It must seem like a long time to you though on some of those days. So much work to arrange and oversee as best you can.
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Things seem to be moving right along with all your renovations. It must seem like a long time to you though on some of those days. So much work to arrange and oversee as best you can.
It sure can. Mrs AFB was doing the majority of the project managing when we were still living there. Now it falls to me.
ehehehe thanks! Yesterday was indeed "International yaxomoxay day"!
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You mention Cal Newport, I immediately jump in! His trilogy ("So Good They Can't Ignore You", "Deep Work", and "Digital Minimalism") are truly lifechanging. I highly recommend that you read Digital Minimalism.
As for our friend @Scepticalscribe I don't think it's the first time that she disappears, she might be in some sort of professional mission that require privacy (for example, she might be in China at the moment. I am sure she would be smart enough to bring a different computer and to never log in to the systems she uses on a regular basis when at home). Or she might just want to take some time off; I do the same.
Now, if in a couple of months she's not back I'll start getting worried. I would seriously miss her longform (and by long form we mean LONG
) posts.
Someone on another forum mentioned that not only was yesterday Palindrome Day, it also was the 33rd day of the year and there are 333 days left..... This is a Leap Year, too, so there's the extra day this month.
An extra day is always good in my book whether a leap year gift or just a matter that someone else's schedule slipped and restored a blank page to my calendar.
"Bucket lists" have abounded since I was maybe 10 years old. Don't even care if it's been because of some sort of attention deficit syndrome or just enthusiasm and curiosity. It's been a trip but those lists of "oh man I would like to try that / see that / make one of those" are definitely hard to keep whittled down.
The items on old bucket lists that require whole new skills are frustrating now, because I grow short of lifespan ahead, plus it's true that learning completely new things is more difficult in what my great great aunt called "the late afternoon of a long journey."
So it's time to focus on wrapping up more of my UnFinishedObjects that are already launched and patiently awaiting their share of "extra days" that pop up now and then.
Well I had downloaded a sample awhile back, so I read that and then bought the thing. I grew impatient w/ the parts like about texting and getting sucked into checking iPhones 85 times a day, since my larger problem is less managing digital involvement and mostly about saying "No" instead of "No problem!" a little more often to people in real life.
But w/ respect to unwitting expansion of digital life, so far i've had the sense to chop my Twitter setup follows down to nothing but media outlets every so often, and only the ones I subscribe to so I can use their appearances in my TL as the equivalent of bookmarks to launch the sites in a browser. I like to be able to outpace the line in 20 minutes and when I can't do that I know it's time to get out the machete again.
Huh? I did not know this.
Evidently he sells thru Ebay, which toy collectors know about and keep an eye on.
https://youbentmywookie.com/news/le...ded-he-man-action-figure-up-for-auction-10752
https://forums.toynewsi.com/forums/...caprios-is-auctioning-off-his-joe-collection/
Evidently he sells thru Ebay, which toy collectors know about and keep an eye on.
https://youbentmywookie.com/news/le...ded-he-man-action-figure-up-for-auction-10752
https://forums.toynewsi.com/forums/...caprios-is-auctioning-off-his-joe-collection/
My daughter is on my mind. Dreamt about her last night. I still really miss her.
I guess that will never change.
I guess that will never change.
Well, look who's back. If it isn't a @Scepticalscribe, and discussing glorious food, of course.As for our friend @Scepticalscribe I don't think it's the first time that she disappears, she might be in some sort of professional mission that require privacy (for example, she might be in China at the moment. I am sure she would be smart enough to bring a different computer and to never log in to the systems she uses on a regular basis when at home). Or she might just want to take some time off; I do the same.
Now, if in a couple of months she's not back I'll start getting worried. I would seriously miss her longform (and by long form we mean LONG
I can well believe it, and such dreams can be both a source of comfort and a cause for considerable upset, especially when you awaken.
Actually, I still dream of my parents, sometimes I am chatting to them, and they to me, even though I know - yes, even in the dream - that they are no longer with us.
Yes, back, and discussing food; better than Brexit, and better than other stuff (ISP issues, computer keyboard issues, Brexit issues.......) as a topic for discussion.
However, I am both touched and grateful that some here on these threads expressed concern about my (unintentional) absence. Very kind and much appreciated.
We're glad you're back! Hope whatever it was that kept you away unintentionally turned out alright.
Dreams, I find it better when I have none. For some reason the only time I have dreams, they are nightmares. I also suffer from sleep paralysis. Though it's relatively rare.
I used to try to control lucid dreams through techniques I read about. While I was able to navigate them, it still ended in quite horrible fashion.
Oh well, most nights I do not dream. So I'm grateful for that.
Sleep paralysis is the worst. I get it now and again.
Very tired tonight so headed to bed early.
I don't remember dreams much lately either, but I do love the ones where I realize it's a dream. Then I will start doing things I would never do IRL since I know it is a dream now. I even woke myself up once after I realized it was a dream.
I can wake myself from sleep paralysis. Once I realize it's occurring, I calm myself. I wear a sleep mask, so I can't see anything. It helps me realize quickly that I'm stuck between being awake and asleep. Then I just think about waking up, force myself to feel thirsty or that I need to use the restroom, and it ends.
As it were, I just picked this book up from the library today. It's been on my want to read list for a few months now and the book was available so I snagged it. I'm a few chapters into it already this evening and it's very good and informative so far. Some of the things I'm seeing in here, I've already done, or have been slowly taking steps toward doing.
Reading obituaries for (the academic, writer, commentator) George Steiner.
My professor had greatly admired his writing (and thinking) and recommended some of his works to us when I was a student (such as The Death of Tragedy, Into Bluebeard's Castle, Language and Silence, among others) which I dutifully devoured.
My professor had greatly admired his writing (and thinking) and recommended some of his works to us when I was a student (such as The Death of Tragedy, Into Bluebeard's Castle, Language and Silence, among others) which I dutifully devoured.
On my mind : headache.
… and a much needed quote from my current avatar:
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own - not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine.
And so none of them can hurt me.
No one can implicate me in ugliness.
Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are unnatural.”
(I think that the "No one can implicate me in ugliness" is one of the best things I've ever read)
… and a much needed quote from my current avatar:
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own - not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine.
And so none of them can hurt me.
No one can implicate me in ugliness.
Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are unnatural.”
(I think that the "No one can implicate me in ugliness" is one of the best things I've ever read)
That sure struck a chord for me living in a rural county. I like the social outreachings of nearby villages that throw potluck dinners or hosted brunch / supper fundraisers for any and all in the surrounding area now and then in firehalls, church halls etc.
They also extend themselves to have programs that appeal to youngsters in the community, e.g., a weekly kid-friendly movie on the weekend around 7pm, seasonal festivities for some of the holidays. People do show up to them, roll up sleeves and pitch in for the occasion. It turns out to be a little harder to keep some random neighbor-neighbor grudge going very long after larger community get-togethers like that.
Does anyone use cloth towels exclusively in the kitchen instead of paper towels? With the way I go through paper towels, I can’t imagine using cloth.
In my experience, the significant difference between a regular vs lucid dream is that for the latter, you are very aware it’s a dream, it’s not as perishable as a regular dream (that goes poof when anything disturbs you), and you have more control, but not total control. For example I can’t teleport myself to a different setting.
I’ve found that I can’t will lucid dreams, but they most happen in the morning when I’ve woken up, but lay there and drift back to something I’d equate to a lite dream and I am aware it is a dream.
For regular dream, only for bothersome dreams do I reach a point where my consciousness kicks in, I suddenly realize I’m experiencing a dream and say enough is enough and it goes poof.
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Those could be lucid dreams, you are describing. There is a thread here at MRs.
In my experience, the significant difference between a regular vs lucid dream is that for the latter, you are very aware it’s a dream, it’s not as perishable as a regular dream (that goes poof when anything disturbs you), and you have more control, but not total control. For example I can’t teleport myself to a different setting.
I’ve found that I can’t will lucid dreams, but they most happen in the morning when I’ve woken up, but lay there and drift back to something I’d equate to a lite dream and I am aware it is a dream.
For regular dream, only for bothersome dreams do I reach a point where my consciousness kicks in, I suddenly realize I’m experiencing a dream and say enough is enough and it goes poof.
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I tried the starter tabletop version of D&D with grandkids and discovered that it’s no casual affair, and I was unprepared to lead them and be fluent, much less aware of all the rules that govern this adventure.
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Is it just me that thinks it's weird and there's no way I would do that, when people in commercials just open a drink & start drinking it in a store without paying for it first? 🤨