People, including myself, talk a lot about leading a balanced life. In general, people mean this to be healthy, like eating a balanced diet. However, I started thinking about it, and I really DON’T like the image of myself teetering along a rooftop, or walking a tightrope. Nor to I like to think of myself [...]
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Here’s the deal. We just got home from a softball game, and now I have to do some child-nurturing and get myself to bed too. And I’m sending you elsewhere to read about balance, so that I can balance myself. Actually, I’m suddenly wondering whether balance is really a good metaphor for life after all. [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2010 in Technology, Writing
In case you didn’t know, yes, I do blog elsewhere from time to time! Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been doing lately. On What’s the Mission, I post spiritual reflections and book reviews (I belong to a great program called Viral Bloggers in which I get free books!). Latest reviews include Picking Dandelions by [...]
No, I did NOT do what that guy in the picture is doing! Almost two weeks ago I wrote about balancing everything I wanted to do during winter break. I’m going back to work tomorrow, so it’s time to take stock. Cookie-baking: I wanted molasses cookies, because I had some delicious, buttery ones at an [...]
Mojo, biking legs, whatever. I’ve been struggling for weeks, but this afternoon, I was once again riding without feeling exhausted. I don’t know whether my body’s stronger or it just needed the long weekend, but I’m glad of it either way. I’ve also found my blogging mojo, thanks to NaBloPoMo. Yes, I missed a couple [...]
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Posted on November 01st, 2009 in Writing
I’ve been remiss in not telling you this. You see, there’s this really cool website called Portland on Fire. Mr. Rick Turoczy manages it. It’s a collection of profiles of interesting people in Portland, Oregon, and well worth looking at. If you’re in Portland, you can even submit your own profile now, and that’s just [...]
Posted on May 04th, 2009 in Technology, Writing
I’m dead tired tonight, and couldn’t deal with any of the topics on my list of things to blog about. Still, I wanted to do some kind of writing, even if it wasn’t fit for public consumption. So I’ve been writing, in a very rough form, my technology memoir. New genre? Sure. You see, when [...]
I really need to get more sleep, but I’m caught in a loop. This happens fairly often. It starts with me not getting enough sleep, either because I stayed up too late playing on the internets or because some kid was keeping me awake. Or because I was hacking and coughing all night. The next [...]
