Monthly Archives: April 2007

Focus, consistency, discipline

By spider | Published: April 16, 2007

For all of my harping last week about the evils of teevee (or tell-lie-vision, as xtina says), one thing I did not focus on is my own role injecting the poison into my brain. Certainly teevee is chock full of junk, but it also can occupy a non-destructive place in the hands of a responsible [...]

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Mutant Radio, vol. 1

By spider | Published: April 15, 2007

Recently, through series of events of unknown origin, I learned that a 2nd cousin is a fairly well known blogger. Or rather, I learned that this fairly prominent blogger is my second cousin. He has a unique, artistic but intellectual style of writing. Subsequently, after sharing this discovery, I then learned that beside his blog, [...]

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money can buy you a new best friend, but money can’t buy my love

By xtina | Published: April 14, 2007

My bro & co-poster Rick has kicked-off a new phase of life wherein he has decided to eschew tell-lie-vision for a more involved life, more social connections, more experiences. I wholeheartedly support his efforts. Wade and I moved in together in 1998 about one year before we got married. Neither one of us owned a [...]

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You are not alone, nor am I

By spider | Published: April 13, 2007

I had a brief, but most wonderful, conversation with my sister this morning, wherein I learned a little bit about the mischievous side of my wonderful nephew. On our call, my sister mentions to me that it must be harder for me to give up ms. teevee, being single and all. I know what she [...]

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Communications is my legacy

By spider | Published: April 12, 2007

as per this here audio blog….

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Farewell, old friend

By spider | Published: April 11, 2007

This  whole ‘no more teevee‘ thing is becoming realer and realer by the day: the box in which I will bury — err, ship back my satellite receiver to its legal owners (Dish, Inc.) arrived today. And sometime later this week, I will be physically removing the large black plastic-and-glass cubic companion that his been [...]

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Creating, one of the many joys of Freedom

By spider | Published: April 10, 2007

Aside from my recent spate of posts here at the Mutant mother ship, I have, in the past two days, also embarked on a fresh effort to do some blogging related to my professional pursuits. I have been inspired, encouraged and enabled by some of my esteemed colleagues, my love of blogs in general, my [...]

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even more lessing

By spider | Published: April 9, 2007

Clearly, I am on a roll. Aside from dispatching my television, caffeine addiction, and material possessions, I also recently embarked on a desktop purge. The cleansing of my desktop was spurred by a GTD-related blog post (from Zen Habits), which emphasized the importance of clearing your workspace of clutter. It championed the virtue of removing [...]

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less is more

By spider | Published: April 8, 2007

Whether due to circumstance or nature, I cannot say for sure, but I am a big believer in ‘traveling light’. I feel better when I shed the extra baggage that I – like you – pick up along the path of life. Material possessions, habits, toxins, emotions – all can become weights that hold us [...]

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I love this!

By xtina | Published: April 8, 2007

What Every Woman Should Have and Know By Maya Angelou A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE … enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants to or needs to… A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE …. something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her [...]

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neither coffee nor caffeine shall rule my world

By spider | Published: April 7, 2007

I think it was about, I don’t know, four or five months ago that I did an herbal digestive cleanse. I used to do these cleanses regularly, many years ago, as far back as my college days (!). Prior to this latest cleanse, it had been probably a couple of years. One of the reasons [...]

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teevee free

By spider | Published: April 6, 2007

Me personally, I have a number of vices, not all of which i care to discuss – much less blog about – in public. One of my many vices is my appreciation of the Television Arts. My appreciation is – though not limitless – quite deep. I enjoy many schools of the teevee arts, from [...]

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