Category Archives: public spectacle

Dirty Laundry

By spider | Published: February 21, 2009

There is a big problem in my life that I have been ignoring for years. Or, just papering over and pretending to deal with. It’s one of those things that is private and if I chose to never mention it then noone would ever have any clue about it. It is easily hidden and even [...]

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This Week in Tea

By spider | Published: January 26, 2009

Well into the fourth week of ’09 and the tea hits just keep on coming! First of all, the Year Without Coffee is progressing brilliantly. My affection for tea, which was more a hope than a certainty a few weeks ago, has been cemented for all eternity. I have quickly come to love the ritual [...]

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The Year Without Coffee

By spider | Published: January 5, 2009

Five days it’s been since I last sipped a cup of coffee. Not very long, true. But consider the context: Before January 1, 2009, I’d gone easily six months solid without not having at least one cup of coffee a day. Through cross country flights, work, road trips, all-nighters, and quiet Sundays, never was a [...]

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Convening in Austin

By spider | Published: July 18, 2008

The Preamble For the 1.7 regular readers of this periodically forsaken blog, you may still have a vague recollection of an earlier era (may even have been when we still went by The Duologue!) when a significant portion of my blog entries (there were more then) mentioned national political issues. Lots of stuff about little [...]

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Big Enough for the Four of Us

By xtina | Published: March 14, 2008

Making a small house work for four people takes some time and effort. One must be conscientious about what comes in the door and not be afraid of letting things go once they have served their usefulness. Why all the effort? Why not move to a bigger, better house? Well, many years ago Wade & [...]

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Have you read…

By xtina | Published: August 13, 2007

everyone’s secrets?

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Into a world of dreams and nightmares

By xtina | Published: August 7, 2007

About 4 weeks ago, a writer named Theresa Duncan reportedly killed herself in New York. She had a blog of some acclaim that until her death she updated daily. Her death was not widely reported even by by NY and LA papers and blogs — she’d recently moved from Venice Beach to the East Village [...]

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Goals vs Habits

By spider | Published: April 22, 2007

I\’m glad that I posted my goals the other day. Why? Because it was a concrete action – and doing so has a distinct impact that solely self-confessed goal setting cannot match. In this case, it is not because, say, publication compels me to achieve my goals; … no. Rather, doing so has elevated my [...]

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Holey Goalie

By spider | Published: April 18, 2007

This business of setting goals, and focusing on the big rocks is not something to be taken lightly. It takes focus. Currently, there are two categories of goals that are occupying synapses on my cerebral cortex: Household Necessities Higher Callings Which ones do you think are in the ‘Big Rock’ group? Yes, the Higher Callings. [...]

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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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you inspire me

By xtina | Published: March 1, 2007

I am continuously inspired by the awesome people around me. I see people changing their lives and habits, going for the life they want, and creating their reality. This moves me to reflect on my life, my habits and my goals. Today I had a long talk with my bro about certain aspects of my [...]

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more borrando

By xtina | Published: February 25, 2007

more live blogging the oscars: jack nicholson looks like britney. famous people are crazy. who cares who won? it’s over, johnny.

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