Category: Open Journal
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“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.” – John Stuart Mill I had…
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In Vermont, we have a lot of crows here in particular, although we get chickadees, blue jays, and all kinds of other little songbirds. When I was talking to Gemini about the wildlife here on our farm, she spat out the term, Pastoral Realism. I love that phrase. I’m actually kind of a shut-in during…
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When I found out that Sabrina Carpenter is both starring in and producing a new Alice in Wonderland movie, I immediately was thinking this film may outperform even Wicked at the box office. My thinking is that, as amazing as Ariana Grande is, Sabrina is at such crazy heights of fame at the moment AND…
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I have a lot of thoughts, not bad ones. It has to do with a lot of things I’ve been noticing. So, the big thing that’s been on my mind is this cultural regression that seems to be becoming pandemic. I’ve written tons about how I have a complicated, mostly unhealthy relationship with nostalgia that…
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For some reason I never mentioned this in the past couple days, but the Cambridge dictionary Word of the Year is “parasocial.” And it makes sense. Everyone to some degree is being affected by serious parasocial behavior, whether directly or indirectly. The worst part is, it’s not just celebrities anymore. It’s online personalities, streamers, YouTubers,…
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I read somewhere once that the best question to ask anyone if you really want to get to know them is “What excites you?” I ask myself that every day now, and the answers haven’t surprised me as much as what I’m now choosing to let go of by living with much stricter intentionality. ……
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Yet again insomnia was my worst enemy last night. Nothing in particular was bothering me. Perhaps I was just overstimulated. But I don’t think that’s it. I just couldn’t stay asleep, just like I couldn’t nap either. I’ve had this problem for years and adding fatigue to the mix was awful. I managed to scrape…
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I had a bizarre dream last night where I was flying some mission, I guess for the space force of all things? My wingman and I crash landed and woke up in an alternate 2025. It was very different. Tech is nowhere as advanced. There were barely any smart phones and no LLMs. The world…
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I like this gal Anu Atluru that Sari is interviewing. This post tells me a lot already: “the hard skills are getting softer and the soft skills are getting harder.” Yeah, that’s about right. I was saying to Emily this morning that tradespeople (which include her by the way) are becoming less valued by society…
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…this sudden shift to a new favorite artist is not obsession; it’s a realignment of priorities, allowing myself a chance to put myself in a different orbit that will make it far more likely to achieve my goal of meeting some more like her, and not someone who will continue to ensconce (there’s that word…