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New segment hey, Earl? How's that working out for you?
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save" - Will Rogers
I can see where ol' Will is coming from. Time saving devices, speeding, instant messages inevitably leads to reality TV, drug use and planning violent insurrection, for some people.
But I never have that problem.
I never struggle to find something to do with my free time; I always have heaps of things I could do, want to do, have to do! (In the very least I can always pick up my guitar and noodle)
My problem is that I can't decide what thing it is I want to do at any given moment, especially when trying to anticipate how long something might actually take to do.
I hate stopping something without finishing once I've started, so often I'm like `hmm, I have a couple of hours to spend, can I read this new Terry Pratchett book in two hours? No? I'll read it another time then.
This is probably part of why I like comicbooks so much; you can read them in a few minutes if you want, or take your time and spend hours pouring over the art.
Which is why more people should read comics (good ones; there are many that aren't) and learn to play an instrument; by being more like me this problem put forward by Mr Rogers will be easily solved.
You're welcome.
Earl
Noodling tends to win out.
I'm not sure where Rach got this recipe, but it's in her/our spiral scrap/notebook (something that everyone who's into cooking should have) which I wanted to take some photos of 'cept I cant find the battery charger... anyway, rather than re-type this bit of deliciousness I thought I'd see how the scanner works for such things. (Also, in other blog related news, I've found some more young chefs & will send them questions & see how I go there. In non-blog related news, finished and passed my NEIS course, huzarr, & have started keying up some singing students).
So, I found a few old desks calendars (2006-2008) in a box.
It’s new segment time!
Not sure why I kept them in the 1st place (the box is from me tipping the bottom draw of my desk at my old job on my last day) but now I’m thinking I could go through them and randomly react to any of the old sayings that take my fancy.
Yep, they’re the `thought for the day’ style calendars.
Since a great deal of the quotes and sayings supplied are uninspiring I’m certainly not going to react to all of them, so this isn’t going to be a reactions to quotes of the day of the day thing… (plus I’ll stick to quotes that are genuine and not just made up for the calendars – so lets just say I’m quoting from the original source anyway then).
Sooooo…
“The camera is an instrument that teachers people how to see without a camera” – Dorothy Lange
I can see perfectly well without a camera thank you Dorothy. Actually, that’s not true, my eyesight is fairly poor. And I normally only pay attention to things visually if I try to (it’s not an instinctual thing for me) which is something you really have to do when taking pictures.... (Spatial relation, colors, detail, focusing on the thing you’re really looking at but not ignoring its surroundings etc)
Ok, you’ve won me over Dorothy.
Oh, and hey! Rach’s been taking heaps of pictures of her book, When I Close My Eyes, recently to put on her website and blog to let people (particularly potential stockists) have a better idea of what the book really looks like (as opposed to posting scans) so that totally relates too. (I've linked to her blog which links to her etsy if you'd like to buy a copy of the book)
Thank you 2nd of January 2006 you give me great hope for more lessons from the past.
Earl
Bob Brozman is playing in Ballarat tonight. He's an awesome Hawaiian, blues, jazz, world, modern... slide guitarist and guitar teacher. But I'm not cashed up these days, so I've decided not to go this time (he tours around quite a bit and has been to Ballarat a couple of times before.)
But on a whim I searched for his website just to see what other shows he was doing this tour and discovered he's got a tip sheet page for guitarists
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So hey after a bit of snarkiness and general angry young man (even though I'm almost 32) I thought I should mention that I subscribe to Gizmo Magazine online (and a children's writers newsletter and a sci-fi stories one and... a whole bunch of things I normally don't actually have time to read actually) and it often has little articles about inventions that make me think "sweet"
I've linked to one; about modifying blue-green algae for make them produce biofuel
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I watched last weeks Hungry Beast last night. (great show!) One article touched on an area that's always been dear to my heart. That is, I get really angry at the lack of the application of environmental and economic ethical concerns by recreational drug users during their buying decisions.
I don't care what someone does in their own time with their own money to keep themselves entertained... as long as they've considered the impact their actions have on others. The biggest concern often put forward about drug use is personal health, and even if you have good insurance etc a drug user still puts undo economic pressure on society... but its a very minor concern compared to the impact illicit drug use can have on the places of initial production
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I'm trying a new thing, rather than preaching to the converted today I `infiltrated' (I.e. joined) the enemy- the Human Achievement Hour group on facebook.
For those who don't know, these climate change skeptics have set themselves up in opposition of Earth Hour with the idea of encouraging people to turn on extra lights and electrical equipment instead of turning off
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To help with my Chidlren's music. I've been thinking long and hard about the different things I'm interested in and have decided that that is the one I'm most likely to be able to make a living out of. I still like cooking enough to want to interview chefs. I bought Julie & Julia for my wife as part of her birthday present Saturday, so, y'know, blogging about food is still a thing I think about, but it's just not going to become my focus. haha.
Um, Rach's browning some lamb shoulder right now, I'm not sure what for
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James, the young cook whom I three part interviewed earlier on this sparse blog, has been preparing meals for people in Antarctica.
Yes, I respond to your thoughts, of course I'll be re-interviewing him shortly so you can all learn about it
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A few months ago while I was making scrambled eggs* and Jasper got his hands to the mixing bowl and knocked it over.
He got some raw egg on his hands and then fidgeted while I tried to clean him and the floor up
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