Think if a goal you have.
What is that goal going to give you?
And what is that (the answer from above) going to give you?
Keep repeating the second question until it becomes difficult to answer.
Chances are, you are left with a feeling. That goal breaks down to feeling a certain way. Loved. Proud. Sense of accomplishment. Feeling capable. Feeling in control. Needed or wanted. Admired. Appreciated. Security.
Or simply feeling happy.
But, you knew that didn't you.
Where do emotions.. these feelings come from. Are they simply electrical signals interpreted by the brain? If so, we are determining, by choice, the things that will trigger the feelings we want. What is stopping us from short cutting that process and feeling those feelings now?
Want to be happy?
Feel Happy.
Yes, it really can be that easy.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 21' 18.7 W157' 51.5 Elevation: 340ft
Friday, February 29, 2008
Ch-Cha-Cha-Changing...
Few house keeping changes. Hope you like the new look.
Today was an odd day, to be sure.
Couldn't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, time is a cruel, malicious bitch. The good times fly, and the drudgery and pain linger. Distracted and befuddled, I continue. The idiot box provided a brief distraction as did a nice strap torture session. (That there folks, is about as funny as I can muster ATM)
If you are going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
21 18'44.41N 158 01'04.66W elevation 70ft
Today was an odd day, to be sure.
Couldn't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, time is a cruel, malicious bitch. The good times fly, and the drudgery and pain linger. Distracted and befuddled, I continue. The idiot box provided a brief distraction as did a nice strap torture session. (That there folks, is about as funny as I can muster ATM)
If you are going through hell, keep going. -Winston Churchill
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
21 18'44.41N 158 01'04.66W elevation 70ft
Friday, February 22, 2008
Things I like 8222
Links:
Nature will always win.
Music of the day:
Am I Evil? Metallica The Complete Garage Days...
Quote:
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or as good as drink. --G.K. Chesterton
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. --Anonymous
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Nature will always win.
Music of the day:
Am I Evil? Metallica The Complete Garage Days...
Quote:
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or as good as drink. --G.K. Chesterton
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. --Anonymous
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Things I Like 8219
Links:Don't stand between me and my Coffee
Deep Purple (in Japan)
SnowGlobe!
PC Guitar Hero?
Beef Recall
Quotes:
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -Charles Darwin
He who hesitates is a damned fool. - Mae West (1892-1980)
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
lat=21.29; long=-157.84
Deep Purple (in Japan)
SnowGlobe!
PC Guitar Hero?
Beef Recall
Quotes:
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -Charles Darwin
He who hesitates is a damned fool. - Mae West (1892-1980)
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
lat=21.29; long=-157.84
Monday, February 18, 2008
Things I like 8218
Links:
Medium
Morning Math
Attack your neighbors!
Jokes:
What do you call a poodle with no legs?
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his cell phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there''s a car going the wrong way on Route 280. Please be careful!"
"It's not just one car," said Herman, "It's hundreds of them!"
Fun:
Going to party an mirroring someone long enough to pace them to 'thinking' they have a serious itch on their nose.
(ok, ok, ok. So I wasn't all the creative. Still was fun)
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
Lat=21.31, Long= -158.01
Elevation: 52ft
Medium
Morning Math
Attack your neighbors!
Jokes:
What do you call a poodle with no legs?
A sponge.
----As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his cell phone rang.
Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there''s a car going the wrong way on Route 280. Please be careful!"
"It's not just one car," said Herman, "It's hundreds of them!"
Fun:
Going to party an mirroring someone long enough to pace them to 'thinking' they have a serious itch on their nose.
(ok, ok, ok. So I wasn't all the creative. Still was fun)
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
Lat=21.31, Long= -158.01
Elevation: 52ft
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Bennu Too
Funny thing about the Bennu, it's re-emergence tends to take the same form.
That's what we call a cycle.
So.. instead of being the bird.. let's roast that little bastard.
But slowly, so it doesn't turn to ash.
Heading out to the grill.
Check on you cat's later.
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
lat=21.29; long=-157.84
That's what we call a cycle.
So.. instead of being the bird.. let's roast that little bastard.
But slowly, so it doesn't turn to ash.
Heading out to the grill.
Check on you cat's later.
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
lat=21.29; long=-157.84
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Bennu
The Bennu builds it's nest of cinnamon twigs.
The nest ignites and burns, Bennu and all, to ash.
From that ash, a young Bennu emerges.
Emergence.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 83ft
(accurate to within 22ft)
The nest ignites and burns, Bennu and all, to ash.
From that ash, a young Bennu emerges.
Emergence.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 83ft
(accurate to within 22ft)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Hmmm..
Will I ever get to
to where it is that I am going?
Will I ever follow through with what I,
with what I had planned?
I guess it's possible that I have been a bit distracted
and the directions for me are a lot less in demand.
In demand.
Will I ever get to where I'm going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Would I even care?
I would.
I take a look around; it's evident the scene has changed.
And there are times when I feel improved,
Improved upon the past.
Then there are times when I can't seem to understand at all
and yes it seems as though I'm going nowhere...
Really fragging fast
Nowhere fast
Will I ever get to where I'm going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Yeah, would I even care?
I would
I would
Will I ever get to where I am going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Yeah, would I even care?
I would
I would
I would
I would
I would
Maarburg the Mad
to where it is that I am going?
Will I ever follow through with what I,
with what I had planned?
I guess it's possible that I have been a bit distracted
and the directions for me are a lot less in demand.
In demand.
Will I ever get to where I'm going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Would I even care?
I would.
I take a look around; it's evident the scene has changed.
And there are times when I feel improved,
Improved upon the past.
Then there are times when I can't seem to understand at all
and yes it seems as though I'm going nowhere...
Really fragging fast
Nowhere fast
Will I ever get to where I'm going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Yeah, would I even care?
I would
I would
Will I ever get to where I am going?
If I do, will I know when I'm there?
If the wind blew me in the right direction
Yeah, would I even care?
I would
I would
I would
I would
I would
Maarburg the Mad
Friday, January 11, 2008
Where are you now?
I met Buddha on a 757 headed for Las Vegas. We chatted for awhile, just outside the tiny bathrooms at the back of the plane. Amazingly, our paths have crossed many many times. She thinks that we've met before, and is, in fact, quite sure of it. She was in Kauai in mid November. She's been to the Mardon Resort, and was in Boulder in July. When I asked her where she'd be after Boulder she smiled, leaned in and kissed me on the cheek.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Flashback
Remember when...
Security meant having someone who could set a rule on a firewall
The security officer was the guy at the desk in the lobby
Browsing was something you did at the mall
Podcasting was throwing peas into the wind
Intrusion prevention was locking your front door
Identity theft was handing in someone else's homework
Those days are gone.
(John Stewart)
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Security meant having someone who could set a rule on a firewall
The security officer was the guy at the desk in the lobby
Browsing was something you did at the mall
Podcasting was throwing peas into the wind
Intrusion prevention was locking your front door
Identity theft was handing in someone else's homework
Those days are gone.
(John Stewart)
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Step off of the wrong path.
Today, October 30th 2007, I will begin a path that I've traveled before. This path is scorned by some and praised by others, and yet others have no opinion. Low Carbohydrate (LC).
If you are among the doubters, you may find your self rethinking your position. On the thin side, this means reduction or removal of unbalanced carbohydrates from the diet. Sugar, and the lie of "fortified" cereal products are gone. People of time past treated cereal foods as starvation food, and yet in the modern American diet, it's King. You can see how this is wrong, can you not?
LC, to me, means a focus on eating an adequate amount of protein and the majority of the remaining food to come from fruits and veggies.
Goal. Drop 40lbs of fat in 13 weeks.
Now, before you get all huffy about that not being healthy... please not that I will be only loosing 13lbs from where I was 12 weeks ago.
In fact, I managed to put on over 18 lbs in 34 days. That is insane.
If I told you I was going to drop 18 lbs in 34 days, you would tell me it's unhealthy. I'm actually expecting to catch some flack from the amount of fat I will be dropping.
Here's the catch. I will not be starving myself. Quite the opposite; I plan on exceeding the RDA on every level.
Today I exceeded the RDA for EVERYTHING by a minimum of 17%.
So, game on.
Daily progress report.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 32ft
(accurate to within 144ft)
If you are among the doubters, you may find your self rethinking your position. On the thin side, this means reduction or removal of unbalanced carbohydrates from the diet. Sugar, and the lie of "fortified" cereal products are gone. People of time past treated cereal foods as starvation food, and yet in the modern American diet, it's King. You can see how this is wrong, can you not?
LC, to me, means a focus on eating an adequate amount of protein and the majority of the remaining food to come from fruits and veggies.
Goal. Drop 40lbs of fat in 13 weeks.
Now, before you get all huffy about that not being healthy... please not that I will be only loosing 13lbs from where I was 12 weeks ago.
In fact, I managed to put on over 18 lbs in 34 days. That is insane.
If I told you I was going to drop 18 lbs in 34 days, you would tell me it's unhealthy. I'm actually expecting to catch some flack from the amount of fat I will be dropping.
Here's the catch. I will not be starving myself. Quite the opposite; I plan on exceeding the RDA on every level.
Today I exceeded the RDA for EVERYTHING by a minimum of 17%.
So, game on.
Daily progress report.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 32ft
(accurate to within 144ft)
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Thought of the day.
Every now and then go away and have a little relaxation. To remain constantly at work will diminish your judgment.
Go some distance away, because work will be in perspective and a lack of harmony is more readily seen. - Leonardo DaVinci
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
12 and 12
I've decided, that as a result of the emerging global economy, and the shrinking word base, that I need to learn some key phrases in many languages.
So, I propose to you.. my friends, family, and strangers:
What Phrases (looking for 12 total), and
What Languages (again, looking for 12 total):
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 21' 18.7 W157' 51.5
Elevation: 340ft
(accurate to within 17ft)
So, I propose to you.. my friends, family, and strangers:
What Phrases (looking for 12 total), and
What Languages (again, looking for 12 total):
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 21' 18.7 W157' 51.5
Elevation: 340ft
(accurate to within 17ft)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
When independent thought fails.. .. steal.
Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. -Joseph Conrad
How are you going to respond when the Clock-Radio of Challenge emits the Irritating Buzz of Opportunity? Are you going to roll over and hit the Snooze Button of Complacency? Or are you going to wake up and, after performing the Bodily Functions of Preparedness, boldly grasp the Toothbrush of Tomorrow? Dave Barry
I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. Fritz Perls
I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend.
I'm tired of being worried every day. Seems there's detour signs keeping good things away. JUKE BOY BONNER I'm Getting Tired
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
It's not denial. I'm just very selective about what I accept as reality. -- Calvin
Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human. [hmm.. there goes my idea of filling the hot tub with coffee.]
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.-- Bertrand Russell
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)
Some things...arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. --Gail Godwin
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. -Maya Angelou
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things, which escape those who dream only by night.Edgar Allan Poe
WARNING! Never attempt to directly fax anyone an image of your naked buttocks. Always photocopy your buttocks and fax the photocopy.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
How are you going to respond when the Clock-Radio of Challenge emits the Irritating Buzz of Opportunity? Are you going to roll over and hit the Snooze Button of Complacency? Or are you going to wake up and, after performing the Bodily Functions of Preparedness, boldly grasp the Toothbrush of Tomorrow? Dave Barry
I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. Fritz Perls
I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend.
I'm tired of being worried every day. Seems there's detour signs keeping good things away. JUKE BOY BONNER I'm Getting Tired
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
It's not denial. I'm just very selective about what I accept as reality. -- Calvin
Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human. [hmm.. there goes my idea of filling the hot tub with coffee.]
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.-- Bertrand Russell
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)
Some things...arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. --Gail Godwin
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. -Maya Angelou
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things, which escape those who dream only by night.Edgar Allan Poe
WARNING! Never attempt to directly fax anyone an image of your naked buttocks. Always photocopy your buttocks and fax the photocopy.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Needing of some jovality...
And I found the following:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070907
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050330
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 110ft)
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070907
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050330
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 110ft)
Monday, September 10, 2007
Pet Peeve #7
How fsking hard can it be?
Kindergarten, IIRC.. That's when I learned the concept.
Inside the lines.
And don't go making excuses that because you have a SUV that you should have a little leeway.
If you can't drive it... DON'T DRIVE IT!
I'm going to put a razor in my trunk (because I can't get IN to my car) just for you. Chances are, I'll be nice and only fix that nasty little SUV problem you have via two tires. Chance, being a fickle mistress might cause me to, after I've crawled into my car from the opposite side, reverse my car out and fix the remaining two tires. Do you feel lucky?
In retrospect.. I was in a rent-a-car.. why did I try to limit the contact of my door edge and your pretty little, I can pee farther than you, statement? I should have...made a little more room. I'm sure your door panel would have given a few inches with the proper coaxing.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Kindergarten, IIRC.. That's when I learned the concept.
Inside the lines.
And don't go making excuses that because you have a SUV that you should have a little leeway.
If you can't drive it... DON'T DRIVE IT!
I'm going to put a razor in my trunk (because I can't get IN to my car) just for you. Chances are, I'll be nice and only fix that nasty little SUV problem you have via two tires. Chance, being a fickle mistress might cause me to, after I've crawled into my car from the opposite side, reverse my car out and fix the remaining two tires. Do you feel lucky?
In retrospect.. I was in a rent-a-car.. why did I try to limit the contact of my door edge and your pretty little, I can pee farther than you, statement? I should have...made a little more room. I'm sure your door panel would have given a few inches with the proper coaxing.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Monday, August 27, 2007
PolyPhasic?
Hey wasn't there a bunch of stuff here about me trying some crazy ass Polyphasic Sleep thing?
Yup..
Moved it to it's own blog.
Not Enough Time
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Yup..
Moved it to it's own blog.
Not Enough Time
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Name that song...
This thing is slowly taking me apart.
Grey would be the color, if I had a heart.
Come on and tell me.
And I'm starting to scare myself.
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.99' W158 01'06.31
Elevation: 32ft
(accurate to within 71ft)
Grey would be the color, if I had a heart.
Come on and tell me.
And I'm starting to scare myself.
Maarburg the Mad
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.99' W158 01'06.31
Elevation: 32ft
(accurate to within 71ft)
Friday, July 13, 2007
Naptime.
Today was a rather interesting day, like an anti-day from my life.
I woke up later than I had wanted, but I'm on holiday, so it's no big deal.
I hopped on the computer and checked work e-mail, just to see how badly I'm going to have to make it up to Kel. Worked on a few things for awhile.
Then I took a very nice nap, with the vague notion that I will go for a ride later, but, y'know.. that will happen when it happens. The notion of taking a nap, with out setting a timer, and just really relaxing, seemed so foreign. So alien.
I actually had to overcome anxiety about not being anxious. Got in a good meditation and calmed down.
Gotta do that more often!
Great fsking nap.
Maarburg
Meatspace coordinates:
Latitude: N 39.91
Longitude: W 105.09
Elevation 5480ft
I woke up later than I had wanted, but I'm on holiday, so it's no big deal.
I hopped on the computer and checked work e-mail, just to see how badly I'm going to have to make it up to Kel. Worked on a few things for awhile.
Then I took a very nice nap, with the vague notion that I will go for a ride later, but, y'know.. that will happen when it happens. The notion of taking a nap, with out setting a timer, and just really relaxing, seemed so foreign. So alien.
I actually had to overcome anxiety about not being anxious. Got in a good meditation and calmed down.
Gotta do that more often!
Great fsking nap.
Maarburg
Meatspace coordinates:
Latitude: N 39.91
Longitude: W 105.09
Elevation 5480ft
Thursday, July 12, 2007
TIL 7711
Today I learned:
Seeing a movie, for free, 5am (soul adjusted time) is cool and difficult at the same time. Who catnaps during Harry Potter 5? Me apparently.
There are some really, really big big shops in CO.
Kathleen came out of her crate and was ready in less then 15 minutes. Amazing. PKQ (whom I had just met and is exactly as I expected) was still having issues putting her bike together. Hope I didn't rub any salt into a wound.
There is no fsking air in CO. Someone took it, and the locals are all to hypoxic to notice.
We are all damaged. Though, apparently we are all damaged in entirely unique ways.
I have a new friend, Tiff, a little crazy (a good thing in my Friend Ranking System) and a hell of a lot of fun to be around. (Caveat: Tiff, is technically, not a new friend. Though this was the first F2F) If you judge yourself by the quality of your friends, my net worth went up a lot today.
10 hours of sleep after 30 hours of being awake (and only sleeping 3 hours the night previous) will mess you up.
Maarburg
Meatspace coordinates:
Latitude: N 39.91
Longitude: W 105.09
Elevation 5480ft
(accurate to within 110ft)
Seeing a movie, for free, 5am (soul adjusted time) is cool and difficult at the same time. Who catnaps during Harry Potter 5? Me apparently.
There are some really, really big big shops in CO.
Kathleen came out of her crate and was ready in less then 15 minutes. Amazing. PKQ (whom I had just met and is exactly as I expected) was still having issues putting her bike together. Hope I didn't rub any salt into a wound.
There is no fsking air in CO. Someone took it, and the locals are all to hypoxic to notice.
We are all damaged. Though, apparently we are all damaged in entirely unique ways.
I have a new friend, Tiff, a little crazy (a good thing in my Friend Ranking System) and a hell of a lot of fun to be around. (Caveat: Tiff, is technically, not a new friend. Though this was the first F2F) If you judge yourself by the quality of your friends, my net worth went up a lot today.
10 hours of sleep after 30 hours of being awake (and only sleeping 3 hours the night previous) will mess you up.
Maarburg
Meatspace coordinates:
Latitude: N 39.91
Longitude: W 105.09
Elevation 5480ft
(accurate to within 110ft)
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