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Honesty in Writing: Fix it Later!

August 30, 2009 in Art, Blogging, Writing by faltarego | 2 comments

Four weeks of blogging every day!

Hooray! Huzzah!

Don't worry, folks. I'll eventually stop making a big deal out of the fact that I haven't missed of day of blogging since I started. But for the moment, though, it's a big deal. For me to stick with something for this long is definitely cause for remark. My other blog will tell you why that is.

One of the things I've been finding interesting about this project is the process of writing a blog entry. Some days it's quick; other days it takes me a while.

I've been trying to streamline the process so I don't spend an inordinate chunk of my day just putting up a blog post. After all, I'm doing this every single day.

Usually what is do is fire up WriteMonkey so I have a nice clean screen to work with. Then I start typing. How much I type before switching to my web browser to look up something depends entirely on what I'm writing about. If it's a post like this one, where I'm just talking about the blog or reflecting on life in some manner, I can pretty much type out the whole thing in rough form without switching away from the typing screen.

If I'm writing about a movie, or a book, or a piece of software, I'll usually go to my web brower and call up IMDb or Google or the official website of whatever I'm writing about. That way I'll have a handy reference just an ALT-TAB away. Read the rest of this entry »

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Deep Thoughts (or not)

August 27, 2009 in Blogging, Mind, Writing by faltarego | 2 comments

According to my self-imposed blogging schedule (which very quickly turned into little more than a guideline), it's Thoughtful Thursday. Well, that's all well and good, but it's a little difficult to wax thoughtful when one isn't having any thoughts.

No… I don't mean it that way. I have thoughts every minute of every day. I just mean that I'm not having any deep thoughts right now. No life-changing insights. No great words of wisdom to impart to my handful of readers. Not even a corny old saw from grandpa's day.

I suppose one can't really schedule that kind of thinking. I mean, I could certainly meditate every day (which I don't), but even that wouldn't guarantee that I'd open my eyes with an illuminated consciousness and thoughts to share on the nature of the universe. Knowing me, I'd fall asleep three minutes into it.

The challenge for me, with this whole "Thoughtful Thursday" thing, is to write about the inner world without getting all personal and stuff. Because, as you know, I'm not going to write about personal stuff in this blog. Read the rest of this entry »

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United Breaks Guitars: It’s the Real Deal

August 25, 2009 in Blogging, Music, Technology by faltarego | 1 comment

I stated early on in this blog that I don't intend for it to be personal, meaning I'm not going to talk about myself here. I'll be casting forth opinions on things, of course, and readers might glean a thing or two about me from that, and that's fine. But it's not my purpose here to go on about myself and weep and wail about my troubles.

I've got my personal blog for that.

I'm also going to avoid writing about religion and politics, because they tend to be highly emotionally charged and subject to vociferous rants from all quarters.

That still leaves a lot of territory for me to cover. I've been roaming from music to movies to software to writing to art to personal development and back again. And it's been a lot of fun.

But what about business?

Hm. Business.

I certainly have my opinions about it. And it, too, like politics and religion, can be a contentious and emotionally charged area. So I'm a little on the fence about it.

I'm not a business expert. I'm not a money expert. Money and I don't even get along all that well. But I do have my opinions. And I'll step outside this blog's box for just a moment to state one:

There is entirely too much business on the internet.

There. I've said it. Read the rest of this entry »

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