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Philosophy

Readings From the Books of Ted

April 22, 2009

Every morning, I read from two different sets of meditations.  This is the third year in a row that I’ve been reading from the Page-a-Day Zen calendar (“zen-a-day” in my head) – each year, the readings are different.  The other slot is a rotating one.  This year, “God Calling” by A. J. Russell fills that [...]

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Is Yoda Right?

April 7, 2009

“So a try-mind is more important than any Zen master.  If you say “I can,” then you can do something.  If you say “I cannot,” then you cannot do anything.  Which do you like?”  -Seung Sahn “Do or do not, there is no try.”  -Jedi Master Yoda The title of this blog and Didi’s incorrect [...]

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Mafia Wars as a Metaphor for Life

April 2, 2009

I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time playing Mafia Wars on Facebook lately.  And by “inordinate” I mean probably around 1/2 an hour per day – which is kind of a lot of time for me to spend on anything that’s not work- or blog-related. Mafia Wars is pretty simple, but can be time consuming [...]

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Gratitude? Cool Shiz?

March 30, 2009

So by writing the name once again, I’m officially giving my ascent of Fir Mountain way more pixels than it deserves – the mountain or the ascent.   I had a great day yesterday.  Woke up at about a quarter after five – fifteen minutes before my alarm was scheduled to go off – got dressed, and headed out the door.  I was [...]

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Embracing Change

March 26, 2009

“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” -George Santayana Juxtaposition: As Garth said in Wayne’s World 2:  “We fear change.” So what’s it going to be – fear of change or the embracement thereof?  To take Santayana’s statement (maybe a bit [...]

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On Being Agnostic

March 24, 2009

I am agnostic.  An agnostic?  Whatever.  I’m open-minded about…well, everything.  Technically, this makes me a fence-sitter:  I neither believe nor disbelieve in “god”. Agnosticism basically says that there’s no way to objectively “prove” the existence or nonexistence of a deity (or deities).  This is not athiesm, which argues that there is no god.  Nor is [...]

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Plaid Clashes With Polka Dots

March 9, 2009

My favorite sister Katie made me a mix of Outkast songs, um, maybe a year ago.  It’s a great cd to pump when riding down the street with the windows down.  It’s also a great pick-me-up mix.  Real hip-hop, which in my mind is defined as “happy rap”.  One of the songs on the cd [...]

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It’s Time to Ramble On

March 7, 2009

If you have the album Led Zeppelin II, I recommend you flip over the record and point the needle to the third set of grooves – track 7 on the CD:  Ramble On is the title of this post and the theme for today in my life.  Here’s a live version from I-don’t-know-when-or-where.  For maximum [...]

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A Poem, Among Other Things

March 2, 2009

Current Meditation: Every so often, I’ll hear someone say “life is a journey, not a series of destinations”.  And every time I do, I close my eyes and meditate on this for a bit.  I have goals – things I want to accomplish.  Some are long-term, some are short-term.  Pay off my student loan debt, [...]

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The Road Not Taken

February 25, 2009

How about a couple of hiking metaphors today? I’m going to semi-steal a bit from my friend Alessandra’s blog  – she posted Robert Frost‘s “The Road Not Taken” a few days ago.  I haven’t read this poem in quite a while (probably since high school), but there’s still something about it that resonates with me.  [...]

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