Screencap of a "Spring Cleaning Videos" playlist I made on YouTube. So back in March, I was pretty psyched about getting some spring cleaning done, so I decided to psych myself by watching some decluttering videos. Good God, that sounds lame. But really, I was bored on my lunch break and clicked an Abundantly Minimal …
Category: Reflections
Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Tired
"Insomnia" by _Jer_ is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 So I have been reading a lot about how there is a brewing fight between management and labor over physically returning to work when remote work has been not only navigable but successful for many. Although I welcome my returning to a full-time in-person classroom (and laud my school district …
Uncollecting Your Brain
"Ping pong project" by mknowles is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 I went to meditate this morning and Insight Timer wouldn't work. I quickly determined that because I have a 6th generation iPod touch, the app won't work because my iPod doesn't have iOS 13 or newer. So after briefly cursing Apple for their bullshit* and then making a …
Your Personal Energy Crisis
"Book hoarder (28 Jan 13)" by ejbSF is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Maybe it was because I was nine years old that I found Spock telling Kirk "It's always been easier to destroy rather than to create" in Star Trek II deeply profound even though it's an incredibly obvious statement. Then again, maybe I'm just dense because the …
Finding Something That’s Yours
Downtown Sayville at Christmas. Painting by Peter Tartaglia. You can view this and other paintings at his website. I was scrolling Facebook this week and in a group about my hometown, someone posted this gorgeous painting of Main Street. I would have gotten homesick if not for the accompanying post that bemoaned how the older …
Gratitude.
When I was in high school, a couple of my English teachers had a small poster on their classroom walls that, I believe, came from William Safire. One of the rules was "Avoid clichés like the plague." I keep thinking about that while trying to write this entry. It's supposed to be all about what …
Personal Archaeology 12: Things Left in the Wake
Had I really been on my game last month, I would have written about my high school graduation 25 years ago on June 25 instead of a week or two later. As it happened, I didn't do much to commemorate the anniversary on the actual day, aside from making a comment on a friend's Facebook …
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Personal Archaeology 11: Standing on Ceremony
So I would be a complete liar if I said that I had forgotten that I held onto my cap, gown, medals, yearbooks, T-shirts, and other commemorative items from my senior year of high school. Oh sure, all of the stuff (with the exception of my class T-shirt and yearbooks) wound up in the same …
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Personal Archaeology 10: You’re a Pathetic, Lovesick Loser Charlie Brown!
Somewhere in the September 1991 part of my teenage journal is a transcript of the time I called up my crush and asked her out. I feel like I need to let that marinate for a moment because it might take a moment for you to understand that I called this girl up, asked her …
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I Can Barely Comprehend
So while I haven't checked in with her about it lately, Stella and I have a bet for this year to see who can read more books (the winner buys lunch/dinner). We've done it before and I've won, although I employed a graphic novel loophole to do it. So this year, it's straight books, and …
