2009 Year In Review

For those who don’t remember last year’s review: Jump 1) Was 2009 a good year for you? All in all; yes. I’m doing work that is very draining for me, but its given me a lot of financial freedom and allowed me to take a trip to Korea, buy a…
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Thoughts On My Intentional Community

I took a couple minutes today to jot down some ideas about my intentional community project. My first question to answer is, “What’s the goal of this community?” And at it’s practical core, The Community will exist to provide its members with the basic necessities for pursuing one’s own happiness.…
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My Life Rating

Taken from Kate’s LJ: This Is My Life, Rated Life: 7.5 Mind: 5.9 Body: 7.6 Spirit: 8.3 Friends/Family: 6.2 Love: 6.9 Finance: 8.4 Take the Rate My Life Quiz Current Mood: 😴tired
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w00t! New Internet

Got the new AT&T DSL working (no thanks to tech support)! I’d be super ecstatic if U-Verse was available, but for now, the fastest possible DSL will have to do: One of my friends with U-Verse, FIOS, or a wireless service needs to run these tests and see how they…
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Quote on living the old ways

Take from a member of a Yahoo Newsgroup that I troll around: Going back to the old ways doesn’t mean giving up electricity, homes, and cars. It means living by the same principles, laws, and values that our ancestors lived by. This will allow us to live successfully in today’s…
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XKCD Hits on my fears…

XKCD is awesome because they know how to relate my own feelings. While I was looking for mates, I frequently had the fearful daydream this boy has: Current Mood: šŸ™exhausted
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Absurdity of Health Insurance

I’ve been saying this same thing for years: Health insurance is the primary payment mechanism not just for expenses that are unexpected and large, but for nearly all health-care expenses. We’ve become so used to health insurance that we don’t realize how absurd that is. We can’t imagine paying for…
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Talking less and doing more!

I’m completing my list of to-dos. Slowly, over the last few months, I’ve been knocking stuff off of my personal to-do list. I talked about getting the truck fixed, then made it happen (invested too much, but its done for a while); talked about seeing Jon in Korea, then made…
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New Car?

I’m buying a car. Its essentially this car [link to ancient ebay listing]Ā in white with a manual. I’m kinda excited. More on this once the deal goes through and its in my possession. Current Mood: accomplished
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Becoming a Planeteer

I’m not sure when Captain Planet last aired on television, but apparently the persona is still alive in other forms.  For instance, here’s the website for the Captain Planet Foundation:  http://captainplanetfoundation.org/  and a blog titled "What Would Captain Planet Do?":  http://wwcpd.org/Awesome.  Ted Turners legacies will live on forever. 
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