Living Simply
Helpful DIY articles and musings from a small cowtown in the midwest.
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Of New Years, Resolutions, and To-Don’t Lists
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” — T.S. Eliot My new year always starts in December. I try my best during this month…
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Crazy Dream
Being overly exhausted today, I came home from work and dropped for a nap – which ended up being two solid hours of sleeping so deep I nearly came out the other side…
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For My Dad With Love From The Punk
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot today. Why? Simply put, he’s the greatest guy ever. My dad has been a huge factor in my discovery of everything I love about this world,…
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Welcome! Or Not.
I will not name sims in this entry – but you may recognize some of the situations. If you do, that’s great. Maybe you can help make a difference. If you don’t, congratulations!…
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The Sacrifice
One last thought about the Al Stewart concert Saturday, and then I’ll hush about it! After the concert, during a conversation with Al, a man asked him if he always opened his performances…
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A Rare Real-Life Ramble: Cupboard Cleanout
And being that Ceejay’s typist is quite the foodie, I just wanted to babble a bit after a rather nice weekend that was filled with rest, relaxation, good times with dear friends, and…
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Presenting! Ceejaytoypia Imaginarium
So. It’s like this. When I am tired, stressed, rolling thoughts around in my mind, or planning the next chapter in the book, I tend to smash prims and mangle sculpties. More often…
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Good Clean Fun
New Toulouse has seen strange sights before. Zombies. Ghosts. Hurricanes. Floods. Last night I may have inadvertently added to the list. You see, I have a skybox at 2000 meters over Java Jetcity’s…
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For My Font Junkie Friends
Sometimes too many choices is too much! I tend to be better at content than appearance, but I’m trying to make a website (not this one) look nice. AND I just happen to…
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My Year End List: Phrases I Can Live Without In SL
Tis the time of year when lists are made. The media loves to make year end lists of who rocked, who died, who we loved and who we hated. On a personal level,…
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6P, Or Not 6P
…. is no longer the question. Today, I bid farewell to my beloved Hewlett Packard 6P printer, which I purchased at work when I was hired here, in 1997. Even THEN she was…
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What’s In A (Sur)Name?
It would seem that the Jira asking to Bring Back Last Names Options! has struck a nerve on many residents of Second Life, including me. The issue becomes more convoluted due to many…
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New SL Viewer Proposal: The Hermit
My plurkfriends got to hear me babble on this yesterday, but I thought I would lay out in excruciating detail what I would very much like to see in a Second Life viewer.…
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Let’s Dance!
Oh, joy! It’s a strip mall opening. Let’s all dance in the shops! What’s that you say? A Fashion show? Well, let me strap on my dance hud and I’ll be right over!…
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On The Occasion Of My Third Rezzday
Today is my third rezzday. I arrived at this one in a fine frame of mind, thanks to spending a few weeks really pondering my SL existence, and making some positive changes. I’m…
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There’s More Than One Way To Skin a Ceejay (okay, maybe there’s only one way)
(Now, this runs in a weird realm. It’s not IC, it’s not OOC. It’s in that strange realm where conversations happen between Typists and Avatars. In our case, there’s a very strong bond…
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Just today, just this once…
Just today, just this once… Find one thing about that person you despise that’s good. Just today, just this once… Resist the urge to pass on that bit of juicy gossip. Just today,…
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Something From My Past
I was hunting for something else I’d posted in another journal a bit ago, and stumbled on something else. It made me smile. It’s a journal entry I posted on September 10, 2007…
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A "Train" of Thought
Transitions are a natural part of the progression of life. They are not to be feared, or avoided, or scorned when one finds one’s self in transition. A train hurtles down the tracks…
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Happy…. Birthday….. Jim!
Wow. William Shatner is 78 years old today. And in honor of one of the most… eccentric speakers of our time, today has been declared International Talk Like William Shatner Day! Today is…
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Firsts
Ahnya tagged the Seraph Crew with a meme. And I’m a proud Serapher, so I will give in. ‘Sides, Ahnya is adorable and not to be denied! (These are the RL typist’s Firsts.…
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My Busy Life
I’m just in the mood to chatter a bit about my busy life! One of these days I will have time to simply laze about, but this is not that day! Next week,…