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This is a daily log of whatever happens to cross my mind. The topics are extremely eclectic. Sometimes political, sometimes pensive, sometimes analytical, sometimes humorous, sometimes absurd, and often disturbing.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'happiness'
Gaining Insight (Part I.5)
I am not sure I'm ready to go all the way to Part II yet, so you get Part I.5. I am not sure that's the proper notation of an interim data point, when one is using Roman numerals. Perhaps I am on to Part I.V. Or Part I.II.As you probably recall, I've...
The waiting is the hardest part
Tom Petty wasn't kidding.I've spent three months waiting for Rachel to get back in town. And now it's down to 3 days. You'd think it would be easy once it gets to this point. It does. But the despair over interminable separation is now replaced by th...
Choosing your battles
Someone once told me that every opinion and belief that I hold tends to be extreme.And this was a revelation to me. I guess I have always been aware that I am animated, and that I can definitely debate a point for quite sometime. But hearing that, an...
The most important device
It occurred to me this morning, as I had my first overseas Skype chat, that "devices" play an interesting role in our lives. From time to time, we go through different objects that become the most important device in our lives. Just thinking back, fo...
Sick of Goodbyes
This has been a tale of many hellos and many goodbyes.Over five years ago, the first hello and goodbye came in a single day. A fleeting, yet captivating acquaintance, and the expectation that it would probably be goodbye forever.But it wasn't. Some t...
losing control
i promise i won't keep going with this lowercase letter thing forever. but for some reason, right now, it feels like the thing to do.i have always known that a big issue for me is "control". and i don't like to lose it. and that single goal drives a ...
are there really more important things than writing?
well, yes and no.sometimes life becomes absorbing enough that i cannot bring myself to sit and put anything down here. i cannot decide which topic is the one that i will write about, if it has been days, or even weeks. and i am on the verge of needin...
Fixing a dead external hard drive
Here is the series of unfortunate events:1. My computer gets a mysterious self-replicating virus2. I decide to be a good boy, and wipe my machine, reformat, and start from scratch3. I have an external backup drive with all my files, that is not infec...
STA Travel, Final Chapter... a happy ending
A few months ago, I wrote a rather critical blog of an experience I had with rescheduling a ticket that I had purchased. You can see that blog here. I won't go into any of the details, because you can read them in the other entry, and this blog entry...
One year ago...
One year ago this week, I could not possibly have known that I would be here today, writing about what I was doing one year ago this week. It goes to show you how pointless it is to answer questions about "Where do you see yourself in one year?"Thoug...
Sunshine in a cloudy town
Friday, March 13th is probably the best day we've had in 2009. Spring-like, sunny, light atmosphere. It almost makes you forget that Seattle has 3 more months of "Winter", doesn't it? And I think the moral of the story is that attitude is everything....
Mixed Signals of Spring
It is March 9th. There is snow on the ground, and in the trees, but it is still light at 7pm. The temperature is 35 degrees, but I feel the energy of Spring. Warm things are heading my way. Though there are probably three more months of clouds to com...
Determinism, fate, randomness, or free will... who the hell knows?
I've told you about how tiny strips of paper with phone numbers at bus stops can lead to cross-country treks, PhDs, life-long friendships, and rock-and-roll stardom. The butterfly flaps its wings in China, and it rains in New York City. And if you lo...
Better
You deserve better than thisA life with loveA life with joyA life with no painA life with peaceFor some reason the cards keep stacking against...Proof there is no justice for the justAnd all the hoping,All the wishing,All the helping in the worldCan'...
