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There is always a certain indescribable thrill about getting new packages in the mail. Keeping that in mind, you will understand why I was utterly jubilant this week when I (sort of) received two in the mail. Lucky me! More importantly, I got to meet up with an old friend this week. An afternoon together…

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So, I’ve been doing weekly smiles for a while now. Overall, I am fairly happy with the result. I came to this project with two goals in mind: first, I wanted to practice learning to be happy. Second, I wanted to establish a writing habit. The first goal has shown me something. I don’t have…

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This is probably one of the lowest key holiday weeks that I have ever had. I suppose it’s a little bit easier to smile when there’s no real planning to be done., Did I forget to mention which holiday? Happy belated Easter! Monday, April 15, 2019 I played a game of 0AD today, I survived…

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All calamities of strike at once it seems. Sadly I was hit with two problems this week. First, I got a minor cold from work, and then my Internet went out when I was going to upload this week’s episode. Unfortunately the cold has two implications for my blog. First, I wasn’t doing much this…

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Learning something new isn’t always easy. I suspect that’s why many people don’t like it, because in the long run you’ll have to deal with plenty of days where you will wonder why you started in the first place. This week’s “weekly smile” goes out to everyone struggling with learning a new task. Just remember…

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There is rumored to be a mythic state that meditating Buddhist monks can achieve, known as Satori, or flow. The outside world falls away, and time flows together as though it is a mere illusion, and a state of near perfect concentration occurs. I can’t know for sure, but I think I found it this…

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Not all weeks can be as fun or exciting as last week, so unsurprisingly, things slowed down a bit. I will say however that I’ve been poking at an interesting new skill set lately. I am The Lone Ponder after all, so knowledge is the elixir that makes my existence worth living. This is very…

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At the rate that I am appearing in the Library of Congress, I’m going to be a celebrity! This week was uncharacteristically busy by normal standards, but as long as it’s productive work, I say bring it on! It occurred to me that I didn’t really explain very well how the Hear Me Now Project…

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I’m making an executive decision with these posts. From now on, I’m planning to release them every following Monday. That’s not as hard as it sounds, because I usually work on these throughout the week as the events in question take place. Of course, that means this one is late. Something big, or at least…

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