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The past two days found me at Planet Comicon. I had a great time and I’ll be writing about the entire convention on Comics Forge. But right now, I want to talk about this: I find I’m just as frustrated with panels at conventions as I am with sessions at professional library conferences. The format [...]
A thought I had in the shower this morning: I’m an enthusiastic, optimistic person who loves life and loves people. At the same time, any morning I wake up and don’t feel anxious or depressed, nervous or lonely, it’s a triumph and a relief. That’s not a good thing or a bad thing. It’s just [...]
I finished reading Seth Godin‘s Poke the Box this morning. It’s a short, fast, intense little book, a kick-in-the-pants manifesto. Like most manifestos, I can imagine people loving it or hating it with equal intensity. I loved it. It’s the kind of manifesto I dig, full of energy and enthusiasm, hyperbole and romanticism. Godin exhorts [...]
No, this isn’t a blog post about basketball. This is a blog post about why I haven’t posted for a while. I’ve written before about learning to deal with my generalized anxiety and depression. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a big spike in depression and anxiety, caused in part by external factors [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot this past week about my beliefs and my politics. I think all of our beliefs are things we choose to believe. Whether you’re a Conservative, a Liberal, a Christian, a Buddhist, a Muslim, a Wiccan, an Atheist, a Socialist, a Fascist, a Libertarian or whatever, you choose to hold those [...]
If you follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, why the hell not?), you’ll know that I’ve been pretty stressed this week. The hows and whys aren’t really important, but the main point is, I’ve had better weeks. I asked for friends to drop me a note just to say hi today, and they [...]
