Chris

Why?

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Do bursts of mental energy and inspiration come to me as I am ready for bed? Oh look, another rabbit hole to go down!

Theseus’ Paradox

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While researching an unrelated article, I came across that phrase, “Theseus’ Paradox” and went down a rabbit hole of nerd-scrolling after that. The Wikipedia page here details the story and the philosophy about it so I won’t get into details for now.

However, it does refer to the “Ship of Theseus”, from the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Then something sparked in me where I recalled I have a book in my library titled “S.” by J.J. Abrams, the famous movie director. Long time readers will remember a post back in March where I was tempted to read it but was overwhelmed at the time and wanted to read it properly. Well, after this new round of frequency illusion it is time for me to dive even deeper to see how far down the rabbit hole goes. Unrelated except by name only, there is a documentary film out of India with the same title, “Ship of Theseus” that has to do with photography. I need to find and watch this soon as well.

Goals Revisited

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I came across an old post from 2017 on some ongoing goals I wished to achieve. Let’s check in seven years later to see how it is going.

  1. Eating clean food. Better.
  2. Exercising every day. Much Better.
  3. Using your smartphone less. No data plan, so yes!
  4. Getting off Social Media. Left them by 2019
  5. Journaling. Hit and miss. Does this website count?
  6. Coding daily. Only recently and not daily.
  7. Reading a book a month. Yes!
  8. Spending quality time with loved ones without any distractions. Yep!
  9. Sleeping 8 hours every night. Not quite

TIL 29

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Things I Learned In 2024 Week 29 |

  1. Enjoyed a recent haul of classic movies from the library such as Casablanca, Forbidden Planet, The TIme Machine and The Day The Earth Stood Still. I was born in the wrong decade it seems. 
  2. Finished 3 more books and over halfway to my 24 in 2024 goal. Adding more non-fiction in the next few months to break up the fiction.
  3. I have downloaded Apple Classical Music app and been streaming a lot of the favorites. As a part of the twelve week humanities course (see week 28 above,) I will be more selective and appreciative. 
  4. I need to get serious and more selective with my reading habits too. I subscribe to a lot of writers via RSS but do not do them justice. There is a lot to learn and I am flying through it because “content!” I should be ashamed of myself and slow down.

TIL 28

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Things I Learned In 2024 Week 28 |

  1. A twelve week immersive Humanities course that covers reading, art appreciation and music is something I can get behind. 
  2. Printernet- Your reading list printed out in magazine form and mailed to you. Brilliant.
  3. Austin Kleon’s newsletter regarding art is meant to be used by head, heart and hands.
  4. I am going on a deep dive re-learning HTML

Phylum

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Today I learned group names for some of the fauna I’ve seen around the Southwest Florida area and they are a lot of fun. The group names for:

  1. Iguana = mess
  2. Raven = unkindness
  3. Ibis = congregation
  4. Flamingo = flamboyance
  5. Owl = parliament
  6. Pelican = flotilla
  7. Sandpiper = fling
  8. Rabbit = colony
  9. Alligator = congregation
  10. Osprey = kettle

Parliament is in session

High-ku

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The iguana from Tijuana smoked her marijuana.