I’m running a little late on this month’s list, mostly because the writing part of my right brain has been pretty quiet lately. I’m still engaging the musical part nearly every day, and keeping it active in other ways, so it’s all good. I’ve still got my quarterly post about what I’ve been listening to … [Read more…]
I’ve been thinking more about the right brain/creative energies topic I wrote about last week, digging a bit deeper that I had before. I’m realizing there’s more to keeping those energies flowing than just “meditate more.” Or maybe there’s less to it? As I said before, the key is to keep the brain exercised and … [Read more…]
For the first time in, well… forever, I’ve got a bunch of travel (does three count as a “bunch?”) planned over the next year or so. While all purely recreational, they all involve a lot of work and effort, so no rest and relaxation for me! Totally worth it though, they should all be very … [Read more…]
I didn’t post a list last month as I stupidly let me eMusic allotment roll over without downloading anything, and only got one new album as a result. So here’s this month’s new music, along with the one album (Nine Inch Nails) from last month.
I haven’t written about Buddhism or meditation in quite a while here. For that matter, I haven’t been writing much of anything here lately. There’s a reason for that-it’s because I haven’t been practicing at all. I’ve completely fallen off that wagon. I haven’t meditated in over a year, I don’t read any books about … [Read more…]
I got a lot of new music this month, so I won’t belabor the intro too much. I do have to confess that not all the music this month was obtained through above-the-board means. Yeah, I slipped back into that whole “stealing music on the internet” thing a bit. Two of the albums hadn’t been … [Read more…]
I’ve started doing regular posts about what I’m listening to, both music and podcasts, but I realized that I’ve been neglecting what I’ve been playing and watching. Video games, television, movies, whatever. I spend as much time, if not more, on this stuff than I do on music, so why shouldn’t they get their own … [Read more…]
I'm back from my second annual trip to do a bit of climbing on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. If I had to lay bets right now, I'd wager that there will be a third annual trip next year. Between the climb yesterday and the 13-hour drive home today, I'm pretty tired right now. So … [Read more…]
No, this isn’t a post about setting goals, or life hacking, or arranging things into 43 neat little folders. While I love reading about-and even practicing-that kind of stuff, I’m not so big on writing about it. This is a post about Achievements, with a capital ‘A’, as found on the Xbox 360. Yes, another … [Read more…]
Earlier this week, I noticed my “Recently Deleted” folder was empty. Gah! This means it's filled up and about to start erasing suggestions, some of which I do actually want to watch at some point. I was able to delete some of the suggestions I didn't want to free things back up again, but, now … [Read more…]
As frustrating as it is for me to be served ads on a service I pay for, I've grown to accept it for the most part. I'm willing to pay extra to avoid them, having grown more and more intolerant of being marketed to seemingly every waking moment of every day, but it's unavoidable from … [Read more…]
Over the course of the last week my cable company added Discovery, TLC, National Geographic, and Animal Planet in HD. I already had Discovery HD Theater, but this is Discovery proper in HD. Finally watching MythBusters in HD yesterday was a big slice of awesome. My wish list of HD channels is growing ever shorter. … [Read more…]
The sky is falling. Cats and dogs are living together. A pig just flew by. 3D Realms is releasing a Duke Nukem Forever trailer later today. The game that's been in development for more than a decade, and become a running joke in the games industry (hell, the running joke) is getting it's first public … [Read more…]
Over the last couple of weeks I've gotten on a huge Pearl Jam kick. According to my Last.FM stats, I listened to more Pearl Jam last week than everything else combined, and managed to push them into my top 10 artists of all time. It started when I had my iPod on shuffle and it … [Read more…]
I could try and explain the allure I’ve found in climbing, but I’d ultimately fall short of expressing it as well as this photo does. Setting aside all the unquantifiables that come from the experience, there it is in vivid color. Just glance at it and appreciate it on the surface, or dig deeper into … [Read more…]