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Category Archives: Notes
I just had the realization once again that I am becoming an old man. I don’t think I like it, but at the same time I don’t think I can stop it. I generally still seem to see myself as … Continue reading
I think that my mirror makes me look thinner than I actually am. This is good, because I don’t get depressed and upset that I am getting chubby. This is also bad, because I do not get motivated to lose … Continue reading
Rising Water, Heavy Footfalls
I want to do something self-destructive to escape. It always seems to make things ultimately worse though, because I never actually escape. It’s going to take something drastic.
It’s good to have goals…
In this modern time of blaming our health woes on the fast food industry and requesting 1/2lb angus burgers without a bun to so that we don’t have to excercise because we consumed all those pesky carbohydrates, I have chosen … Continue reading
another year older, but many years wiser
to everyone i know and care about: i apologize that i have such difficulty keeping up with you, but i can barely keep up with myself any more. i hope that you can understand and can forgive me.
“It’s never to late to start planning for the future.”
Yesterday, on the drive to Follansbee, we passed a graveyard. It was just a large rectangular tract of land in the middle of a valley, with nothing else around except for a river that runs through the valley. I started … Continue reading
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Selected “Fragments” by Michael Maynard Slingerland
I decided to peruse my bookshelf last night while unable to sleep, and I found an old book of poetry that I had purchased long ago from a Kanawha County Libraries book sale. I decided to read through it, and … Continue reading
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Not that it really even changes anything, but sometimes a “well, you never know” becomes a “well, what do you know”. I guess it makes me feel ever-so-slightly better, and maybe it will help me get some sleep.
Some thoughts on being square
Sydney Smith (1771–1845), a witty parson, writes the following in his Sketches of Moral Philosophy: If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong—and … Continue reading
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I have a love-hate relationship with McDonalds.
There’s plenty of backstory that goes hand-in-hand with this entry, but here are the pertinant details: Cheap (and sometimes tasty) food VS. Terribly unhealthy food So this week McDonalds has offered me two great deals: (1) a McHero (three burger … Continue reading →