2010

Follow Your Bliss Friday: VISIT THAILAND

August 6, 2010

I don’t care what it is you want to be, or do, or have, but whatever it is, do something toward achieving it before the day is over. Don’t talk yourself out of it. Don’t overthink it. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It just has to be something. ### VISIT THAILAND – Cindy [...]

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Well, I’ve Put Off This Exercising Thing Long Enough, So Instead of Just Running Off at the Mouth, I’ll Actually Be Running…Eventually…Kinda

August 5, 2010

Time to get back at it. I haven’t done anything since I wrecked my scooter and broke 2 ribs three months ago. I’m mostly healed now, but occasionally my right side hurts when I move just right. I imagine this is what Jackie Chan’s stunt coordinators must feel like on a good day. Anyway, I [...]

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Possible Scooter Ideas for When the Day Comes to Get Another One

August 2, 2010

I’ve been missing the scooter something fierce. It’s still odd not seeing it parked next to Cindy’s in the garage. I’ve been thinking about how and when I can replace it, and what kind and color I would get when I do. The Vespa was awesome, but pricey…and pricey to fix, too, apparently (or obviously). [...]

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Fortune Cookie Story Project: 1 – Just Another 135 Years at the Office

June 22, 2010

My first short story based on a fortune cookie fortune is ready, if you’d like to read it. DOWNLOAD – Just Another 135 Years at the Office – PDF Or you can read it here (and after the break) The Fortune Cookie Story Project – I write a 2- or 3-page short story based on [...]

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The Fortune Cookie Story Project Begins

June 9, 2010

One of the first ideas I put in the daybook was that I would spend a month or two writing 2- or 3-page stories based on…wait for it…fortune cookies. For some reason, I thought doing this would be good writing practice. So, last weekend, when Cindy said she needed rice wraps from the Asian food [...]

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Using a Daybook to Develop My Creative Habit

June 7, 2010

I’m trying a new experiment (partly inspired by Merlin Mann). I’ve decided to keep a daybook, which is simply a notebook that I write in…uh, daily. Some people use them strictly for a single purpose or project, but I’m using mine for everything: grocery lists, short story ideas, project ideas, screenplay ideas, short scenes that [...]

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We Need Shiny New Bags and the Chance to Batter Them

April 26, 2010

For the last few years, Cindy and I have been trying to buy fewer things, but better things. This idea was a reaction to finding ourselves moving into increasingly smaller accommodations about every 3-4 years. Each time we moved, we just wouldn’t have room for everything we owned. Actually, we don’t have room for everything [...]

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Planning My Own Walk in the Woods

January 7, 2010

The Appalachian Trail is like Route 66 for hikers. It would take lots of time and money to hike the AT, and if I ever had plenty of one, I had none of the other. So, I put it off…until now.

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My Goals List for 2010

January 5, 2010

Okay, this is not everything I plan to work on, or towards, or do, or whatever, but it’s a fairly big chunk of mostly-little things that I would like to do this year. Complete 365 Days Project on Flickr Try 52 new fruits Write one novel Keep my blog updated Write one short story a [...]

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