How to Deal with Desk Disarray
Today, we discuss the chaos of cluttered desks. While our desks are flat surfaces designed for productivity, they so often turn into swirling vortexes of chaos. Pens become nomads, paper mountains form ranges, and coffee cups hold the ancient relics of a Monday long forgotten. This phenomenon isn’t just a common occurrence; it’s a rite […]
Late Mornings
There’s little more that I hate than when I awake too late in the morning. Even if I get up a half hour after my usual wakeup time, I feel a strong urge to rearrange my entire day to make up for lost time. Many times I can’t write as soon as I get up. […]
The Art in Seemingly Haphazard and Unusual Habits
There is an undeniable allure in disorder, and a strange kind of charm in apparent randomness. For some, these are the basis for chaos. But for others, it’s a symphony in the making.For those of us with many unusual habits and seemingly haphazard routines, we often get misinterpreted as being ‘scatterbrained’ or ‘disorganized.’ Were you […]
Wikipedia Speedruns and the Interconnected Nature of Knowledge
When I first came across the concept of Wikipedia speedruns, I thought they were a pretty stupid idea. Not that they were a bad idea per se, but the idea of a speedrun is that it’s something measurable across time using a medium that’s static. As soon as conditions change, that speedrun must be adjusted […]
Retro Gaming Reflections
Every morning when I wake up, for a few minutes, the world seems to stand still. During these waking moments, I find myself wrestling with a profound sense of disquiet. In one of these introspective periods, I often turn to the past for comfort, seeking refuge in the nostalgia of simpler times. Recently, I rediscovered […]
Unpublished Novelist
In the late hours of the night, I often find myself alone with my thoughts. I’m a solitary figure poised on the precipice between creation and oblivion. The cursor on the screen points to a blank document, out of habit, often with a vaguely defined purpose. Suddenly, my fingers rampage across the keyboard, and words […]
Mindful Monday Roundup – 2024-03-04
Once upon a time I was quite active in the #MotivationMonday social media community. But after awhile, people started just sharing the same quotes and the same canned cliches for motivation and inspiration. I went through some dark times and gave up on the whole motivational / inspirational tag train But, recently I’ve come across […]
The Chaos of Commuting
The daily commute: that peculiar human ritual where we find ourselves crammed into buses, trains, or cars, partaking in a collective journey that often teeters on the edge of the absurd. As I sit here at our home in the serene landscape of Vermont, my wife is embarking on a several-hour commute herself to the […]
Smarter Than the Average Homosapien
Here’s a rather interesting excerpt from my journal from my later college years. It was a very miserable time in my life, and yet, many of these insights still ring true for me… I may be smarter than the average homosapien, but I don’t consider myself one with big ideas or especially rare insights into […]