The Odds of Friendship and Other Jokes

Diary 5/14 to 5/15/22: Blog name change; Rosetta Stone package; social isolation; I'm 1 in 1000; trackpad problem solved; crazy kids; Hemlock Club meeting; future prospects; a couple of jokes.

“Bans Off Our Bodies” and “Against Mysticism”

Diary 5/12 to 5/14/22: Protest planned in Bakersfield; empathy; dreamlets; "Charles Adolphus Spree"; fiction writing and contentment; Wittgenstein; WordPress stats; The World Needs Me; philosophy club?

The Ten Percent Solution

An argument in favor of making a commitment to charitable works. Ten percent is suggested but is not inherently part of the argument. This document is presented copyright-free for fair use in the hope that others will feel free to pass it along. The wording is my original expression of old thoughts.

Self-guidance: Rules and Results

Diary 4/30 to 5/1/22: Guernsey; Bernard Herrmann and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; taste in music; setting rules and sudoku; three seconds of weight lifting; farmers markets and busrides; rules are my life.

My Taoism: Diary, 3/27 to 3/28/22

Blog post stats; Taoist Sage quote from Smullyan; how I spend my days; naps versus sleep; "Taoistic" quatrain from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; sensible behavior now.

Gifted: Diary, 3/7 to 3/9/22

New approach to Pablo; four-hour food shopping; drinking liquid nitrogen; books arrived; "Beyond Vietnam" from MLK; "love fantasy" writing; sleep disruptions; tear jerker DVD; PORTION CONTROL!