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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style>Since I’ve gotten this netbook, I’ve done a lot more blogging, writing my entries at lunch and posting them when I get home, or the following morning. I hope you’ve been reading my recent entries, I think they’re some of the best writing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s definitely been some of the most important – important for me, at least. This is some of the deepest thinking I’ve done in a while, about things that make a difference in my life. I mean a fundamental difference, not just superficial or artificial.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/18/improved-writing/#more-331">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/passion/" title="View all posts in passion" rel="category tag">passion</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/18/improved-writing/#comments" title="Comment on improved writing">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-324"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/30/on-being-a-writer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to on being a writer">on being a writer</a></h3> <small>Friday, October 30th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <title /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style>I love the idea of being a writer. Hollywood itself is in love with writers, partly because writers are responsible for the material that comes out of it. I like to think there’s more to it than that though. Like speaking, writing has an immediacy to the creative process, and to the evaluation process. You don’t have to write or read someone else’s writing to get a sense of how good it is – or how bad. As I said, I love the idea of being a writer – what I don’t know is if I love being a writer, or just the idea of it.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/30/on-being-a-writer/#more-324">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/30/on-being-a-writer/#respond" title="Comment on on being a writer">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-323"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/29/at-the-crossroads/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to at the crossroads">at the crossroads</a></h3> <small>Thursday, October 29th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <title /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style>I’ve had a feeling on and off over the last couple years that a time for decision and action is fast approaching, at least with regards to my career. Like many people, I’ve decided that the career I’m in is not really the one I want to be in in the long term. This begs the question of what do I want to do with the rest of my life? I have more than one potential answer to that question, and it may be that the ultimate answer to the question is not a mutually exclusive choice from among the possibilities.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/29/at-the-crossroads/#more-323">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/29/at-the-crossroads/#comments" title="Comment on at the crossroads">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-322"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/28/writing-my-future/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to writing my future">writing my future</a></h3> <small>Wednesday, October 28th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I have a tendency, or at least a desire, to write. That’s rather obvious, or you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Though I couldn’t stand it when I was younger, writing is an activity I’ve come to enjoy – to the point where I think it would be fun to write for a living. Yes, I know it’s a lot of work, but hey, if I have to work at something, better to work at something I enjoy doing, you know? Not that I don’t enjoy writing software, but let’s face it – it’s not exactly the thing I’d rather do more than anything in the world. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading this because I’d be sitting in my cube learning something new at lunch instead of writing this entry. I like writing software, but hey it’s a job like any other. I do it 8 hours a day then I go home and do what I really like – which isn’t writing software.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/28/writing-my-future/#more-322">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/metaphysics/" title="View all posts in metaphysics" rel="category tag">metaphysics</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/law-of-attraction/" title="View all posts in law of attraction" rel="category tag">law of attraction</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/10/28/writing-my-future/#respond" title="Comment on writing my future">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-289"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/02/11/everything-i-need-to-know-about-life/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Everything I need to know about life…">Everything I need to know about life…</a></h3> <small>Wednesday, February 11th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p align="left">I learned on the mat. Okay, probably not, but I have learned some really important lessons that I can take off the mat apply in my life. What I hope to accomplish here is to write my thoughts after every class, if possible, and track my progress as well as leave reminders for the future when I may need to hear something again.</p> <p align="left"> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/02/11/everything-i-need-to-know-about-life/#more-289">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/02/11/everything-i-need-to-know-about-life/#respond" title="Comment on Everything I need to know about life…">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-264"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/11/09/computer-change/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to computer change">computer change</a></h3> <small>Sunday, November 9th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I’ve been looking at things lately, and there’s something about which I’m unhappy.  Well, rather than turn this into a rant, I’m going to do something about it.  You see, lately I’ve been checking my email more often, about once an hour while I’m home or at work.  I don’t get that many emails, only a couple people email me with any regularity.  But it begs the question - what did I do before email, and why do I check it so often?</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/11/09/computer-change/#more-264">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/11/09/computer-change/#respond" title="Comment on computer change">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-249"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/09/30/published/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to published">published</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, September 30th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>It is with great pleasure that I announce that I’ve had another article published in <a title="Ave News web site" href="http://www.geocities.com/ave_news/">Ave News</a>, a bi-monthly metaphysical newspaper published locally in Columbia, SC, and surrounding areas.  Unfortunately, the article I wrote is not available online - they only select 3 articles from the issue for online publication, and mine is not among them.  However, if you are in the Columbia, SC area, please pick one up.</p> <p>This is my second article published in Ave News, and I had several published in a now defunct paper published in Pensacola, Fl, called The Light.  Perhaps I’ll run a series of posts that are reprints of the articles I’ve had published.  For now, I’ll just celebrate getting an article published again.  Hopefully it’s a sign of great things to come. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/09/30/published/#comments" title="Comment on published">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-227"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/06/16/trial-by-fire/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to trial by fire">trial by fire</a></h3> <small>Monday, June 16th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I know I haven’t been writing as much lately, about once a week or so, I’ve been quite busy.  It’s quite possible that my blogging may become even more irregular for the next few months.  It occurred to me the other day that the Palmetto Fall Clinic is just 5 months away - meaning my black belt test could be just 5 months away.  Problem is, I haven’t really gone to class the last couple months, so I may not be ready for the black belt test in November as I planned.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/06/16/trial-by-fire/#more-227">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/martial-arts/" title="View all posts in martial arts" rel="category tag">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/06/16/trial-by-fire/#respond" title="Comment on trial by fire">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-207"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/03/08/fun-with-words/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to fun with words">fun with words</a></h3> <small>Saturday, March 8th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I was watching a movie last week, before my week without tv experiment started, the very bloody and epic Kill Bill Vol. 1.  A few days ago I was driving to work, thinking about the sequel, Kill Bill Vol. 2, and the scene where Elle Driver is reading to Budd as he’s lying on the floor, dying after being bitten by a snake.  She’s reading from a notebook and says the work gigantic - which she loves but rarely gets to use.  So this got me to thinking about words that I like but don’t use very often in day to day writing or conversation.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/03/08/fun-with-words/#more-207">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/03/08/fun-with-words/#respond" title="Comment on fun with words">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-185"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/01/17/perspective/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to perspective">perspective</a></h3> <small>Thursday, January 17th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I was writing an email to my girlfriend earlier this evening, in which I expressed doubt about wanting to be a writer, or what I should do. I’ve noticed a tendency in myself over the last few years, to discard most of the things in my life if I didn’t think I could eventually do it for a living. I’ve actually become frustrated with this approach, even though it has helped me reduce the number of things in my life to a manageable amount. 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