I struggled with meditation for what seemed like 15 or 20 years. Jason Jarrett introduced me to Buddhist chanting and meditation came together for me becoming an important part of my life. Today I learned of Isha Kriya. I do not see this replacing my chanting but I’m intrigued enough to try it for at least 48 days.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
Welcome 2024!
Thought I’d hit the ground running today. Boy was I wrong. Figured I’d work 4 to 6 hours, then do some plumbing, then plan out all of 2024 giving each month a theme and a goal. Instead I slept in, chillaxed, did 2.5 hours of accounting, took a nap, cleaned a little, and cooked. About that exercise, juggling, and all the other things… maybe tomorrow.
Happy New Year!
Me. 11:59pm December 31, 2023: “I’m going to wake up at 4am to meditate, exercise, and begin the year awesomely.”
Me, 10:59am January 1, 2024: “Do I really need to get out of bed?”
How’s the last day of 2023?
Well, I woke up this morning realizing I don’t have trash service anymore. They took the 96-gallon can and didn’t even leave a note.
From a marketing perspective, you’d think they’d drop a letter in the mail saying “if you want to continue service please update your credit card” or something like that. I guess now we just pile the garage up on the pews until Thanksgiving.
Thank you Internet!
Me trying to figure out WordPress stories
Lazy Saturday
So you want to be a programmer?
It’s a lot like building a car for someone. You get it working. Spend a bunch of time tuning that engine and just making it purr. You put your heart into painting it perfectly maybe even giving a little extra love. Then the customer takes it and says, “everything is great except the horn doesn’t work at 19mph. Works below 19 mph and above 19 mph but not at 19 mph.” You are left staring at 2 wires and a switch having to figure out how something couldn’t be any more basic has this odd quirk. That’s programming.
Today on FaceBook
Thank you Internet!
Thank you Internet! What a glorious time to be alive! OMG you have no idea how much money I would pay to see this as a weekly show. I’m going to watch this on a loop until my eyes bleed.
Death comes for the wealthy too
Charlie Munger dies proving even old men with money cannot avoid death
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-28/charles-munger-who-helped-buffett-build-berkshire-dies-at-99
Who am I?
Does it really matter anymore?
Water is evil
I swear for the number of times I’ve had to rent a plumbing auger I could have bought one.
Well it’s early
Who in their right mind schedules vet appointments for 7am?!
Some days you just need a new fountain pen
Woke up this morning thinking, “I need a dedicated fountain pen for red ink.” Now, I have a dedicated fountain pen for red ink. It is a Knox Galileo I bought from Birmingham Pens and is an amazing pen. The nib is great. The weight is perfect. And it writes well. Unfortunately, the ink evaporates from the pen pretty quickly so I basically don’t use it any more.
I recently purchased a TWSBI Eco as a dedicated pen for my invisible ink. I’m a big fan of the TWSBI Diamond 580 ALs so my expectation was higher than the Eco. Don’t get me wrong. The Eco is a great step up from a Pilot Metropolitan or a Lamy Safari…Hmm.. Perhaps the Eco is on par with the Lamy Safari. You know, right up until this moment I’ve always placed the Pilot Metropolitan and Lamy Safari on the same level as starter pens but honestly I have to put the Lamy Safari on a higher bar. Yes, the Lamy Safari and TWSBI Eco are pretty much in the same class. I probably won’t buy another Eco. But I could see buying a TWSBI Diamond 580 AL with an extra fine nib as a dedicated red pen.
Now… what should we do about purple?
