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My ratings (R) are from 1 to 9. My Dates are also permalinks. Click on the column headers to sort Jots. Feel free to use the address bar like a command line interface by setting the optional query string parameters: Dtm1 (10, 20, 30, YYYYMMDDhhmmss), Dtm2 (YYYYMMDDhhmmss), IsJot (Jot or Not), Tag (zero+ times), NotTag (zero+ times), OrderBy (PostForDate, PostTitle, PostLink, PostText, PostSource, PostRating, PostSize) & Desc(Desc), and Limit(integer).

1. What do you think makes a woman want to have an abortion? TAGS: Images. Politics. Sad. TV.
2. Went to get my oil changed and found this... TAGS: Art. Beauty. Comics. Images. Inspiring.
3. What is the purpose of the Universe? Here is one possible answer. TAGS: Biology. Chemistry. Evolution. Physics. Science. Space.
4. Pressure sensitive Wacom stylus for Lenovo ThinkPad X230t in Windows 8 TAGS: Design. Gadget. Hardware. My Stuff. Software. TECH.
5. Flaco before and after shots TAGS: Beauty. Cool. Images. Inspiring. My Stuff. Ramblings. Sad.
6. When to take out the trash TAGS: Home. My Stuff. Ramblings. Self Improvement.
7. Ancient Egyptian D20 the oldest in the world? TAGS: Anthropology. Chill. Cool. Games. History. Images.
8. Worm Sandwich TAGS: Biology. Fauna. My Stuff. Ramblings. Writing.
9. CrossFit WOD 2012-04-15 TAGS: CrossFit. Gear. Health.
10. Workout buy-ins TAGS: Boxing. Conditioning. CrossFit. Family. Health. Kids. Knives. MARTIAL. Mind. Play. Psychology. Self Improvement.

Date	Text	Link	Source	Tags	Note
20130501 140018 Z	Stunning new view of Saturn storm shows eye about the size of India	www.world-sc … 30429_Saturn.htm		Beauty, Cool, Images, Inspiring, Space, TECH, Videos	Strange hurricane on Saturn's north pole. The eye is the size of Inida. There is no ocean below to drive it. 530 km/h (330 mph) winds. Nice pictures by NASA's Cassini.
20130415 182125 Z	Why Your iPhone Addiction Is Snuffing Your Creativity	www.fastcomp … -your-creativity		Cyber Life, Mind, Psychology, Self Improvement	I was thinking along these lines just this morning. External business can interfere with internal and meaningful creativity. Wu Wei.
20130409 210612 Z	Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal	theoatmeal.c … cs/mantis_shrimp		Armor, Chill, Comics, Cool, Fauna, Funny, Gear, Images, Nature	Murder sticks!
20130408 175602 Z	Mozilla takes a fresh look at Google's WebP image format	news.cnet.co … bp-image-format/		Animation, Firefox, Google, Images, Standards, TECH	.webp has lossy, lossless, EXIF, color profiles, alpha channel, and animation! This could beat out JPG, PNG, and GIF!
20130408 174534 Z	Report: Google Fiber Coming to Austin as Cities Race to Boost Web Speeds Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/04/08/google-fiber-reportedly-coming-to-austin-tx-as-cities-race-to-boost-web-speeds/#ixzz2PtYLQIZQ	business.tim … oost-web-speeds/		Cyber Life, Google, News, TECH	More evidence that points toward Google Fiber as more than just an experiment. Cable ISPs need real competition!
20130401 020438 Z	From Up on Poppy Hill	en.wikipedia … Up_on_Poppy_Hill		Animation, Anime, Art, Beauty, Family, Inspiring, Kids, Movies, Sad	Our family saw the latest movie from Studio Ghibli: "From Up on Poppy Hill". It was amazing. No magic, no fantasy, no sci fi. It's set in 1964 Japan and smacks of sincerity.
20130311 015940 Z	Father dies sheltering daughter from blizzard	www.abc.net. … blizzard/4552156		Family, Inspiring, Kids, Sad	On Girls Day too. That's why I dress with an extra layer on cold days or carry a pocket knife: Because someone else might need it.
20130305 023738 Z	Sword Play: A Photo Series	www.markfeen … com/swordplay/#/		Beauty, Cool, Gear, MARTIAL, Photos, Pole Arms, Sticks, Swords, Western Martial Arts	The words, pictures, and format of this series are so well done that the series should intriguing for a broader audience, but for those in the Western sword community, this series is an endearing treat.
20130213 150631 Z	Sea slug's 'disposable penis' surprises	www.bbc.co.u … ronment-21431678		Fauna, Funny, Nature, Sex	A disposable penis? Just in time for Valentine's Day!
20130124 173607 Z	Machine v Garden			Artificial Intelligence, Life, Nature, Ramblings, TECH	Life is tech, but not all tech has life. Usually tech is a machine where the vitality us without. Sometimes tech is garden with the ki within. Some people focus on the code as machine. Some focus on the code as machine supporting the life about it. Some are trying to awaken the ghost in the machine --AI. Some focus on the life all about and use machines only as needed.

I usually avoid political posts, but this has too much WTF to resist.

"What do you think makes a woman want to have an abortion?"

"... I don't know, I have never -- it's a question I have never thought about."

WTF

It's not just awesome styrofoam art, but that people can do awesome stuff and I wonder if we'll ever know who did it.
It makes sense to me that things (genes, memes, chemical reactions, universes) which can more successfully reproduce would be more prolific and persistent (or exist at all). Successful reproduction is dependent on several factors like 1. The ability to reproduce at all. 2. Reproduction with diversity (sexaul > asexual reproduction). 3. Favoring lower energy states (going downhill) even if you have to go uphill first. (Posting this becuase this info has a limited shelf life): If you have the Lenovo ThinkPad X230t and upgrade it Windows 8, then your stylus will not be pressure sensitive. However if you go to http://www.wacom.com/en/support/drivers and download the Tablet PC - Enhanced Graphics Driver 7.1.0-8 zip, it has the 7.1.0-9 driver zipped within the first zip, which will make the stylus pressure senstive again! Now I'm ready to rock and roll with MyPaint, GIMP, and Inkscape! This story is how I felt this morning. I see so many different people when I commute, some obviously beautiful, others less so. But I knew that for everyone there was something remarkably beautiful, something very ugly, and something mundane. Life is too short to not see the beauty.

When is the best time to take out the trash? Some say immmediately, but that interferes with your flow. Some say whenever the trash can is full --We sort of do that at our house but then we just put the trash bag at the back porch where they pile up. I used to take the trash out just before my morning workout, but with my injured knee the trash has been piling up.

This morning I've decided to make it a habit (a resolution?) that I will take the trash out just before I go out! I'm usually dressed and ready to go out well before the wife and kids are so it won't interfere with my flow. At my house there is a flow issue in that we exit through the front, but the large trash bins are at the rear. However, that's a small problem, and I will give myself a pat on the back anyway.

Come on 20!
Worm sandwich. I'm writing this note while eating a sandwich. I had to go out in the drizzling rain to get the sandwich. I was looking down to avoid the puddles and I noticed the various worms on the sidewalk. There was one that was heading towards a water filled line in the sidewalk and I paused on my journey to witness his. I thought that he was going to cross the "valley" of water and I wanted to see that, but instead he went into it, submerged for his full length. I supposed that it was safer in the crack then out of it, given the foot traffic, but wouldn't he drown? Perhaps he was coming up for air now and then? I stuck around for a few moments, but he just squirmed around in the bit of dirt there. I continued on my own journey to get a sandwich and on my way back I checked on the worm and he was still submerged. There were other worms on the sidewalk. One was just a foot away who was also submerged but dead; Other worms were squirming or dying or dead. I don't know what drives a worm's existence. What sort of biofeedback or biochemistry motivates a worm. Do annelids strand themselves when it rains because of air, sex, acidity, or what? Why do they dig? There must be something in their biology that says dig or die. I think they feel pain or at least squirm more vigorously if partially squished. So many questions. Human brains are more complex but we're all basically worms with limited thoughts and choices and actions. In any case, I've finished my sandwich and it's time to post. Fave recent workout that I did: http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/008300.html. Chest-to-bar pullups, 30" box jumps, and GHD situps. Loved the box jumps! I don't have a GHD station, but this set up works: bench, power cage bar set at proper height, and a barbell pad (usually used for back squats).

I do buy-ins with other areas of my life, but the buy-in technique is clearly demonstrated with workouts. I was doing The Open portion of the 2012 CrossFit Games (http://games.crossfit.com/workouts/the-open) the other day, when it hit me that the 5th week of it will roughly coincide with the release of the "Hunger Games" movie! I then sold myself on the idea of doing my workouts as if I were preparing to be a participant/tribute in the Hunger Games. I was also inspired by the competitors in the 55+ category!

Here's another recent examples of the buy-in technique: I was warming up the other day and noticed that I was already mentally and physically tired. I then thought that when I'm fatigued is a good time for someone to attack me. I instantly got a "fuck you" attitude and decided that my workout would be 3 rounds of heavy bag work, where each round was 3 minutes. I was energized and vigorous and proud for overcoming the fatigue. I do a similar technique when I take a hot shower: If I notice that have any hesitation about suddenly switching to a cold shower, then I've sold myself on the idea that I must then suddenly switch to a cold shower.

One more buy-in: I sometimes have a hard time getting the kids to do martial techniques with me. But just yesterday I was fooling around with a jump rope and iron whip techniques and the kids were laughing it up. I switched to doing a knife fight with the jump rope handles as the knives. The rope forced some measure, and the handles were so un-knife like that it seemed less violent. Basically it was different enough that the kids bought into it and wanted to try it out!

A buy-in gives any project drive and gets results!

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