THE WRITTEN RECORD

Author: Chris

Oops

11:30am- While searching for a way to export this blog to plain and markdown text files (future-proofing), I installed a script that my webserver did not like. The memory usage spiked real high real fast. I logged into the back…

Technology

Bad Apple

Overall I am enjoying the full conversion to the Apple ecosystem but have been noticing some frustrations lately. These are minor issues, certainly not deal breakers but I do wish they played nice with others. Apple Music The ability to…

Technology

What If…?

To be truly free to create again is to have learned the rules, thanked them, put them aside, and begin asking what if.

Epigraph

Progress

Twelve pounds lost in eighteen days.

Fitness + Nutrition

You’ll Never Forget Your First Time

I have yet to write a novel or publish a short story but I did submit an article online and received payment for it. The more eyeballs that read it, the more revenue will come in. Now, it isn’t a…

Writing

7/7 Check-In

On 2/2 I began my year-long journey to create life long habits for myself and throw in some fun intentions as well. The plan is to check in every month to monitor my progress. How did I do since my…

Journal

Mischief Managed

Recently, the Misadventures decided to hit the road for some exploring and of course, shenanigans. Thanks to Atlas Obscura, “the definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders,” there are more than a few odd places to discover along the way.…

Outdoors + Travel

Status: Ketosis

Day three reveals the process is working **Update** 6 pound loss in three days!

Fitness + Nutrition

Keto Denbow

The “Before” shot in the obligatory black, white, and pathetic. The next few months will be the “After” shot in color and happier, right? Right.

Fitness + Nutrition

Well Read

One book you read this weekend can help you obtain the knowledge of a person’s entire lifetime of work. Imagine if you read another next week, and then another the next.

Reading

Breathe App- Apple Watch

Included with the Apple Watch is the Breathe app. As Apple itself describes it: The Breathe app guides you through a series of deep breaths, and it reminds you to take time to breathe every day. Choose how long you…

Technology

Where Did That Idea Go?

A fellow photographer asked me recently recently if I have ever run out of concepts to capture because my photo stream implied I didn’t. Also, a reader recently commented on a blog post asking a) how do I keep the…

Journal

6/6 Check In

On 2/2 I began my year long journey to create life long habits for myself and throw in some fun intentions as well. The plan is to check in every month to monitor my progress. How did I do since…

Journal

Contentment

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependency upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have.” -Seneca

Journal

Goodbye Amazon

As an Amazon.com charter member since it was created in 1994, it pains me to have been so frustrated and ultimately close the account. Too many missed deliveries and botched orders lately. After downloading and converting my e-books so I…

JournalTechnology