You know how Daylight Saving Time is supposed to be for farmers or whatever? Yeah that’s not true. Daylight Saving Time wasn’t for farmers ever at any point. The history of DST is long and apparently some version of it goes back thousands of years longer than it’s been in standard effect. There’s evidence of […]
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I am well aware that the election is long over, Trump is our president now. It might seem silly to even bring up why people voted for him, but I think it’s important to understand why he was elected. He spoke to enough people on some level that they decided they wanted him to be […]

Recently a couple I know that’s been together for six years has decided to go their separate ways. I was assured it was mutual, amiable, and all that good stuff. It just wasn’t turning out to be what they both wanted. There are no children, they aren’t married, and there’s no huge shared property like […]

There are those moments when everything feels vaguely detached, the body feels restless, the mind wanders. What might have entertained a moment before isn’t a sufficient distraction and there might even be a creeping feeling. Something isn’t wrong, but nothing is quite right. Dissatisfaction and malaise are often found here as well. Welcome to the […]

I have a drafting issue. I get an idea from one thing or another and I pursue it immediately, but many of these topics are a bit complicated and might need some research or I don’t have time to write about them completely in one sitting, or they get cumbersome and will ultimately need editing […]
Obviously my blog is a terrible measure for this type of thing, but I’ve noticed that there are a number of blogs that I follow that have petered off within the last month or so. I don’t think they’re dead or anything dramatic like that, I think people are just busy.

The other day (and by the other day you must understand that I could mean yesterday or six months ago) I discussed effort and how important it was, because it really is important. I absolutely stand by everything I said about effort being a finite resource and that whenever possible you should pour effort into the […]