The Essentials . . or Not. What Will You Miss?

The Essentials . . or Not. What Will You Miss? Sometimes, when you’re not watching, the mess grows into something too large to handle. Something has to be done. You stand there, arms akimbo, surveying the room. What’s to stay? What’s to go? Each item you...

Laws of Balance: What is the Way You’ll Find?

Laws of Balance: What is the Way You’ll Find? Two white cats eat their lunch here before me. I’m watching them crouch up against their food as the black one shimmies against my leg asking me for a thing I cannot understand. And it’s a bit silly because they’re...

Automated Creativity: Pavlov Dog Yourself

Automated Creativity: Pavlov Dog Yourself My last post proved beyond a shadow of doubt that you can use music to change productivity. Now, It’s time to Pavlov that shizz. In playing specific music each time you work on a specific type of task, you influence your mood...

Playing House with Resistance

Playing House with Resistance There is book magic. The Book Gods are always at work. Watching their creations exchanged from hand to hand, shelf to shelf. Hiding under papers and knickknacks. Nestled in an old milk crate, forgotten in a closet’s dusty corner. From the...