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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2023-03-03 09:00:30 -0600 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2023-03-03 09:00:30 -0600 |
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ ._sync_* +.sync_* .sync-exclude.lst -lowes.txt -store.txt +.nextcloudsync.log +.owncloudsync.log diff --git a/8th army.txt b/8th army.txt deleted file mode 100755 index d9ba5c0..0000000 --- a/8th army.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -title: 8th army sodium pentothal experiments -date: 20140326 22:35:48 -tags: #bn-unseen ---- - -Supposedly the 8th Army air corp used sodium pentothal as a post mission therapy technique for bomb groups in England. Not sure where I heard that and a cursory Google search fails to turn up any evidence, but hey, there you go.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/@someday.txt b/@someday.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01618aa --- /dev/null +++ b/@someday.txt @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +## review Xero spring releases for barefoot shoe guide 2022-12-16 + +https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i-TokIdrOX21hxo9_VnyouTM0VkeOCa w +## Order new lake superior t-shirt +can't remember company +## buy meditation book +https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/meditation-an-outline-for-practical-study/24550/ +## invest in soap nuts and give that a try +https://wellnessmama.com/natural-home/soap-nuts-laundry-care/ +## call in some front runner gear +https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/en/us/ +## call in yogurt maker +https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NI5B3NC +## call in mystery ranch pack +"https://www.mysteryranch.com/blitz-35-pack +## call in go ruck pack +https://www.goruck.com +## call in dometic fridge +On 07/21, Zachary Zenteno wrote: +> Hey Scott, +> +> Appreciate you reaching out. We'd be happy to send a CFX3 and PLB40 your way. Do you have a size preference for the CFX3? I tend to recommend the CFX3 45 for most general purposes, but we're happy to accommodate your size preference. Sounds like you have plenty of powered cooler experience, but feel free to give me a shout if I can help make a recommendation! +> +> Aside from that, I'd just need a good phone number and shipping address. +> +> Really appreciate the interest! +> +> Best, +> Zach +> +> <https://wh1969.com/> +> Zach Zenteno +> Account Coordinator +> zachz@wh1969.com + +## call in rock tumbler +https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7DNL2SN +## barefoot running resource +https://anyasreviews.com/10-best-barefoot-sandals-hiking-running-walking/ +## call in crypto hardware wallet + +From: Scott Gilbertson <wired@scottgilbertson.net> +To: Rory O'Neill <rory.oneill@wachsman.com> +Cc: +Bcc: +Subject: Re: Product Demo / Interview? The Dark Horse of Hardware Wallets - + NGRAVE’s Zero +Reply-To: +In-Reply-To: <CAHnxAy=w6xx6dJnYgjkPX3NMbuVgzRpo0jEi8-yV=gonMR-htw@mail.gmail.com> + +On 09/29, Rory O'Neill wrote: +> Hi Scott, +> +> I just wanted to let you know that NGRAVE have informed me that they intend +> to recall this product for the time being as we have not heard back from +> you, and it has been in the depot for quite some time now. This being said, +> they are more than happy to ship a ZERO out to you if you can potentially +> provide an updated address for us to do so, as we are conscious that you +> might have moved on from this location in the time that it took for the +> package to arrive there. +> +> Any questions or concerns, please do let me know! +> +> Many thanks. +> +> Best, +> Rory +> + +## Call in waxed canvas bag +https://www.reefknotbags.com/listing/763732900/waxed-canvas-backpack-the-bushcrafter +## nasal spray disinfectant +https://www.immunemist.com diff --git a/A pine cone falls. A nutchatch warbles.txt b/A pine cone falls. A nutchatch warbles.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9bcf485..0000000 --- a/A pine cone falls. A nutchatch warbles.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -A pine cone falls. A nuthatch calls. Then Chickadee dee dee. There's the soft crunch of leaves muted by matted pine needles. In front of me a ant picks it's way through the forest floor debris. it is so quiet and still in here sometimes. Then a crow breaks the silence
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus.txt b/At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus.txt index 7982c8a..8b9dbbb 100644 --- a/At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus.txt +++ b/At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus.txt @@ -1 +1 @@ -At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus
\ No newline at end of file +At least you didn't get hurt, and you're more important to me than any bus -lilah diff --git a/Bus preflight.txt b/Bus preflight.txt index 3b13a9e..6f8b1f4 100644 --- a/Bus preflight.txt +++ b/Bus preflight.txt @@ -18,4 +18,46 @@ Cabin []Check table hinge []Pad pans []Pad silverware -[]Pad fruit
\ No newline at end of file +[]Pad fruit + +thai beef slaw wraps: Thai Beef Lettuce Wraps with Mint Dressing and Vegetable Slaw + +Ingredients +MARINADE +¼ cup lime juice +2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil +1 tablespoon minced ginger +4 cloves garlic, minced +2 teaspoons green curry paste +½ teaspoon salt +12 ounces beef skirt steak +DRESSING +½ cup mint leaves, loosely packed +¼ cup lime juice, or to taste +1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, coarsely chopped +2 teaspoons minced ginger +2 cloves garlic, minced +2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil +2 tablespoons soy sauce +1 tablespoon fish sauce +1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed +SLAW +1 package (12-ounce) broccoli slaw +1 bunch scallions, white and light green part only, chopped +¼ cup mint leaves, loosely packed, thinly sliced +2 tablespoons lime juice +1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil +FOR SERVING +Dry-roasted peanuts +Boston lettuce leaves +Lime wedges +Instructions +MARINADE: Combine marinade ingredients in a zipper-top bag. Add the beef and marinate at room temperature while preparing the dressing and slaw. + +DRESSING: Combine dressing ingredients in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth. Set aside. + +SLAW: Combine slaw ingredients in a bowl. Set aside. + +BEEF: Preheat a grill to medium-high. Remove skirt steak from marinade and discard marinade. Place the skirt steak on the grill, reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes per side or until medium doneness. Transfer beef to a plate, tent with aluminum foil and let rest 5 minutes. + +Slice the beef across the grain into thin strips. Serve in lettuce leaves, topped with slaw, dressing and peanuts. Serve lime wedges on the side. diff --git a/Connect Crawford with a quote about self-reliance to the programming concept of dependency hell, whe.txt b/Connect Crawford with a quote about self-reliance to the programming concept of dependency hell, whe.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cc95d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Connect Crawford with a quote about self-reliance to the programming concept of dependency hell, whe.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Connect Crawford with a quote about self-reliance to the programming concept of dependency hell, where you're reliant on someone else's code
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Cottonwood trees require spring floods to germinate so when they damned everything in the 50s and 60.txt b/Cottonwood trees require spring floods to germinate so when they damned everything in the 50s and 60.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..713ceb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Cottonwood trees require spring floods to germinate so when they damned everything in the 50s and 60.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Cottonwood trees require spring floods to germinate so when they damned everything in the 50s and 60s they cut off the ability of the cottonwoods to germinate and all the basins along all the rivers in the West so get out and see the last of the cottonwood trees while you can if you can
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Guides.txt b/Guides.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3977882..0000000 --- a/Guides.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -Guides - -Woman alone -Stoves -Power -Solar -Bucket system -Coffee -Waffle iron -Insurance -Batteries -Headlamps -RV clubs -Boondocking -Birdwatching -Road schooling diff --git a/He's not with his daughter or he's not the younger child is not his daughter it's his son when they .txt b/He's not with his daughter or he's not the younger child is not his daughter it's his son when they .txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b135e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/He's not with his daughter or he's not the younger child is not his daughter it's his son when they .txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +He's not with his daughter or he's not the younger child is not his daughter it's his son when they meet the Ojibwe chief the old man recognizes Lulu who's also his daughter again and tells the other cheapest much that he died giving birth to her so it's the character of the mother now in a man's body. The cheapest asked him to take his daughter with her for some reason and he agrees the sun has a crush on her the sun is maybe birdy maybe not maybe it's maybe it's one of the other characters
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/XXVII. TO MERCURY [HERMES].txt b/Hymn to Hermes.txt index be1dafc..be1dafc 100644 --- a/XXVII. TO MERCURY [HERMES].txt +++ b/Hymn to Hermes.txt diff --git a/LXXXIII. TO VESTA [HESTIA].txt b/Hymn to Hestia.txt index 7fc15c1..7fc15c1 100644 --- a/LXXXIII. TO VESTA [HESTIA].txt +++ b/Hymn to Hestia.txt diff --git a/XXXI. TO PALLAS [ATHENE].txt b/Hymn to Pallas [Athene].txt index b41258b..b41258b 100644 --- a/XXXI. TO PALLAS [ATHENE].txt +++ b/Hymn to Pallas [Athene].txt diff --git a/I keep a small Polaroid shoved under the edge of the instrument console of a sign we saw near Mouse .txt b/I keep a small Polaroid shoved under the edge of the instrument console of a sign we saw near Mouse .txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29d15cf --- /dev/null +++ b/I keep a small Polaroid shoved under the edge of the instrument console of a sign we saw near Mouse .txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +I keep a small Polaroid shoved under the edge of the instrument console of a sign we saw near Mouse tail Landing. Whenever I glance down at the speedometer this is what I see not always consciously I don't often look at it but it's always there in my peripheral vision reminding me + +There are no words. It is a talisman. the symbolism was more powerful without the words. this you have done this you shall do again if need be + +Rolling Hills of brown interspersed with the occasional impossibly golden wheat mowed short + +Bismarck reminded me of a model railroad set the way the trees fell in the hills and the rock out croppings along the river look like a a tilt shift miniature world in the vastness of all that sky
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/One of the things that really clicked for me in that child's eisenstein piece is the idea that damag.txt b/One of the things that really clicked for me in that child's eisenstein piece is the idea that damag.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a94d1d --- /dev/null +++ b/One of the things that really clicked for me in that child's eisenstein piece is the idea that damag.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +From Theodore Roosevelt National Park we headed south. Originally we'd planned to go through South Dakota and then down into Colorado, but the day before we left we noticed that if you west around the Black Hills you pass right by a place none of us had every been -- Devil's Tower. + +I'll confess that my chief assoc + + +One of the things that really clicked for me in that child's eisenstein piece is the idea that damaging the land damage the people who live on it I think that's a very overlooked aspect like I mean the damage they did hurt the land and then that damage to the land hurt them you know I mean people have guilts about the fact that they're gone they don't have anything to give to their children stories like that to me very hopeful because I think that's the first step is recognizing hey we did this wrong let's back up let's figure out how to do it right and yes that started way back when those people displaced the native people and you know didn't bother to even really acknowledge them or learn from them or figure out hey maybe this isn't the best place to farm maybe we should go farm over here and let these people keep this land the way they have it because I think there's an idea that the native people in the United States were just running around hunting and Gathering or something you know that's that's true they were that's I think a great lifestyle but they were also practicing Land Management you know they were burning things they were moving things you know they were planting in some cases and we just ignored all that then it's a wealth of knowledge a wealth of seeds that we just let go and I think that in some ways going back to that and figuring out how to fix that is the project of you know these places out here where there is all this damage and all this pain and nothing you know these hollowed out cities I'm driving past the skeleton Farms that you see at the end of all these driveways dead trees I mean the dead trees to me or the most telling thing these trees are dead because whoever was watering them went away well if you can't grow trees somewhere how are you going to grow anything else you know that that was your first clue you know this whole rainfalls the cloud there it follows the plow nonsense that the government was spewing was just wishful thinking like this this civilization out here these people living out here are living on wishful thinking of the US government they were lied to they were cheated and they made it work in spite of all that they made it work for so many years that is just amazing to me like what a resilient people but I do think that like that resilience is gone in a lot of ways I don't I don't see it anymore you know at least just passing through the town so I mean what do I know really not much so that's just my speculation but my sense from being out here is that there's a real loss being well in all these communities and that rebuilding needs to happen and it needs to happen within the communities everybody outside of it like me and and you we need to shut the fuck up and get out of the way right and let these people sort it out for themselves and if they ask for help sure help but you know like Williams always said the most dangerous person you'll ever meet is the one who says they just want to help diff --git a/Reading Crawford's book wasn't so much a revelation to me as I've seen some people call it to me it .txt b/Reading Crawford's book wasn't so much a revelation to me as I've seen some people call it to me it .txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62d1106 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reading Crawford's book wasn't so much a revelation to me as I've seen some people call it to me it .txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Reading Crawford's book wasn't so much a revelation to me as I've seen some people call it to me it was more just thinking for the first time hey I'm not crazy other people think this way and nice that thinks this way Matthew Crawford thinks this way I think this way this is how I want to live this marriage of inquiry Spirit of inquiry into books the spirit of inquiry into how things work the spirit of inquiry into making things continue to work that's how I want to live so I got in the bus and lived it
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Rewire batteries.txt b/Rewire batteries.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b48147e..0000000 --- a/Rewire batteries.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Rewire batteries -New step -New counter -Switch for bumper lights -Chrome or paint bumper
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Sweet potatoes.txt b/Sweet potatoes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1a279d4..0000000 --- a/Sweet potatoes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Parchment paper -Kale -Ham -Potatoes -Blueberries
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Tencara fishing.txt b/Tencara fishing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7416d4f..0000000 --- a/Tencara fishing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -Tencara fishing
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/The invisible rainbow.txt b/The invisible rainbow.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f38401f --- /dev/null +++ b/The invisible rainbow.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +The invisible rainbow + +Steiner traces the digitization of the world to the steam engine and the artificial rhythm of the piston which is outside the natural rhythms of the world. Interestingly though if something is created by something within the natural world Us in other words, is it outside the natural world are we outside the natural world is that a false premise to say that the steam engine is the thing outside the natural world
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/The old man's not a photographer he's a bootleg ham radio operator who travels around and lets peopl.txt b/The old man's not a photographer he's a bootleg ham radio operator who travels around and lets peopl.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01f9642 --- /dev/null +++ b/The old man's not a photographer he's a bootleg ham radio operator who travels around and lets peopl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +The old man's not a photographer he's a bootleg ham radio operator who travels around and lets people communicate over his Wireless to other people. Who are they communicating with and why though? + +He's almost out of tubes he has to go to Russia to Arkansas which is now the capital to get tubes the only people on Earth that make tubes anymore them they have the wireless as well they keep it outside the city on an island. + +So they have to sell out over the pole to get the tubes what are they communicating now and how does Jiu-Jitsu fit in
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/The wind turbines on this drive got me thinking about I'll asinine our energy plans are. I just don'.txt b/The wind turbines on this drive got me thinking about I'll asinine our energy plans are. I just don'.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f6e327 --- /dev/null +++ b/The wind turbines on this drive got me thinking about I'll asinine our energy plans are. I just don'.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +The wind turbines on this drive got me thinking about I'll asinine our energy plans are. I just don't think people realize the amount of diesel fuel required to extract the minerals the metals the rare Minerals that are needed to build batteries to build fairings and turbines they don't realize that the heavy drills that do this work the machines they pull it up out of ground The Rock Crushers disorders the dump trucks the delivery trucks the Earth movers all of that is running on diesel to pull out those minerals to make you your precious little battery so you can think you're helping the environment it's a complete Nutter crock of shit. It's never going to happen the electric future is not coming of course when you say that everyone immediately pictures the opposite of our sort of fantasy future which is fantasy destruction and collapse and I don't I don't think that's coming either we don't get drama we get slow decline our future is slowly slowly Goods or even crappier and crappier until they don't work anymore so you can't fix that electric car so you can't get power at your house and then you know if you say that everybody always wants to have a time frame on it I don't know who knows that's the kind of thing that could take 10 years it could take a hundred years it depends depends on too many variables for anyone to say I do think dz qthat in the next decade outside of cities and by cities I mean fairly large metropolitan areas 100,000 people outside of those regions it's going to be very hard to get power it's going to be limited I think you're going to be on your own for power maybe on your own for water and probably on your own for sanitation as well so you know if you're living out in the Hitler lands like we have and you own property which we never have I would be making plans I would be digging Wells if I could I'd be figuring out how to live with less electricity I'd be buying kerosene lamps kerosene whale oil things like that they're going to come back unfortunately there's very few whales left so that ain't going to last long either but I would definitely be making plans for situations like that if I were out there and you know that's that's one of the things I will be driving this bus around at all you know we're looking to transition to a boat for precisely that reason you know it eliminates a lot of dependencies on fossil fuels that are going to be hard to come by and yeah boats have engines sure but you know sailing on and off anchor is is a skill you can learn it can you always do it now sometimes you can't do it but it certainly has more options than an RV which doesn't go anywhere without oil and gas
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Three things professional chefs do.txt b/Three things professional chefs do.txt deleted file mode 100644 index db9c2a9..0000000 --- a/Three things professional chefs do.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -Three things professional chefs do that you (probably) don't diff --git a/What is your objective.txt b/What is your objective.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99f7e1d --- /dev/null +++ b/What is your objective.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +What is your objective + +What are your pillars + diff --git a/When I was 19 and Presley dropped out of college and living in a trailer park I'll be by the ocean w.txt b/When I was 19 and Presley dropped out of college and living in a trailer park I'll be by the ocean w.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed3f3a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/When I was 19 and Presley dropped out of college and living in a trailer park I'll be by the ocean w.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +When I was 19 and Presley dropped out of college and living in a trailer park I'll be by the ocean with my friend Mike I got a job at The North Face because there were two things I like to do one was rock climb the other was made rock music The North Face is pretty good for both of these it paid well and it got me half off any rock climbing gear or other stuff I needed Anna left me all my evenings free to play in a rock band. So you know it was still retail sales not the most glamorous thing in the world but it was a pretty good job for a 19 year old that was by far the youngest person at the North Face when I started. And I eventually gravitated toward helping people who had broken stuff I wasn't like officially in the warranty department but my favorite thing was to get a call from somebody on the Pacific Crest Trail who had a broken piece of gear and figure out how to get them a new piece of gear and get them back on the trail and you know that was enjoyable to me. And that was kind of how I see wired as well I tried different things figure out the best tools for different needs and help people buy the things they need to accomplish what they want to accomplish and create what they want to create. And you know if that makes Connie Nash some money in the process I guess that's good it pays my salary but that's never really been like a motivating thing for me you know in so far as it's not what I do this for I recognize that I need to do Black Friday and things like that to pay my salary so that I can spend the other you know what 48 weeks a year playing with paddle boards and cameras and shit but after about 9 months working in the North Face my manager Ruben Salazar great guy I don't know where you are Ruben but I hope you're doing well he quit he moved on to other things I don't even remember why I think it was just overworked and burned out as tends to happen to managers and so that's fine you know I thought they would promote Christine who was The Logical Choice she was the assistant manager she was good at her job she was you know a good employee as far as I know. But they didn't they hired a guy who's previous experience was working at Mervyn's and you know that job went to shit because he turned the North Face into mervins or at least our store and you know the North Face today is a joke in the Outdoor World I don't think anybody seriously considers buying anything North Face unless they're sponsored by him for an expedition. And I worry that that's pretty much what's going to happen with jvc's replacement that it's going to be somebody from some review Mill and we're just going to be writing guides to stuff we've never tried based on you know the payout percentage of the affiliate link
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around..txt b/William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around..txt index 356fc5f..3d531b8 100644 --- a/William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around..txt +++ b/William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around..txt @@ -1 +1,2 @@ -William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around.
\ No newline at end of file +William dampier using coat to catch wind and swing the bow around. +sailing +lbh diff --git a/address.txt b/address.txt index 0804b7d..242fb9f 100644 --- a/address.txt +++ b/address.txt @@ -3,5 +3,14 @@ PMB 1556, 401 E 8th St #214 Sioux Falls SD 57103 Scott Gilbertson +816 Tower Ave Suite 6511 +Superior WI 54880 + +Scott Gilbertson 641 Brook Circle Griffin, GA 30224 + +Scott Gilbertson +3311 Gulf Breeze Pkwy +PMB #261 +Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 diff --git a/airport notes dubai.txt b/airport notes dubai.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 052a1c1..0000000 --- a/airport notes dubai.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -title: Airport Notes Dubai -date: 20061109 23:10:14 -tags: #storyidea #character #sketch - -German who built ships and wore a shirt with a graph paper pattern on it, white with criss-crossed blue pin stripes.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/birds.txt b/birds.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d542574..0000000 --- a/birds.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ - - -Frisco -Least tern -Kite diff --git a/bus-todo.txt b/bus-todo.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fd0b127..0000000 --- a/bus-todo.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ -# In Progress - -# TODO -. -Rearview mirror -Electrical socket -Screw in fridge - - - - -## To buy: - [ ] 12V plugs - [ ] jackstands - -## Engine - [ ] install header tape around exhaust that circles oil pan - [ ] video inspect valves - [ ] new air filter - [ ] New plugs - [ ] New plug wires - [ ] repair e-brake - -## Exterior - [ ] call about ladder - [ ] seal up old water intake - [ ] patch torn fiberglass on driver's side mid - [ ] seal black tank - [ ] paint wheels - -## Bathroom - [ ] get mirror - [ ] buy cool rug - -## Cabin - [ ] get Marissa to paint switch plate - [ ] get frames for photos in the hall - [ ] fix rip in dinette seat - [ ] install battery shunt/meter - - - - - -# Done - -## Cockpit - [x] seal up and leak test drivers' headlight - [X] rebuild passenger seat floor - [X] reinstall floor and passenger seat - [X] sand driver's side wall - [X] rebuild glove box area - [X] cut passenger side wall - [X] wiper motor, call midwest schoolbus parts https://midwestbusparts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_342&products_id=8395 - [#] reinstall passenger side panel with new 12V plug - [ ] put in driver side wall -## Engine - [X] install exhaust manifold gaskets and dump gaskets - [X] leak test exhaust with shop vac - [X] Drain and disconnect radiator - -## Interior - [ ] bathroom: install molding and seal rear corner up - [X] install prepped wood in rear hatch - [X] repaint cabinet interiors - [X] repair water damage in back of toy cab - [X] run extension cord for air con - [X] install wooden stoppers for shelves in bathroom - [ ] leak test faucet -## Exterior - [X] paint bumper - [X] match white paint from radiator flap - [ ] clean and grind front - [X] Zep front - [X] reinstall front hardware - [ ] Re-seal kitchen window - [ ] Clearcoat water heater door - [ ] laminate kitchen counter - [ ] screw together kitchen counter - [ ] Cut wood for cabinent face and doors - [ ] build new door for bottom cabinent - [ ] order faucet parts diff --git a/character names.txt b/character names.txt deleted file mode 100755 index ba2b85a..0000000 --- a/character names.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -Character Names - -Adie Barleycorn -Jack Spaniard -Jim French -Tad Hawkings - -Character - -Girl with a tattoo of an apple on the inside of her arm. Not the company, eris. diff --git a/cooking gear for travel.txt b/cooking gear for travel.txt deleted file mode 100755 index ead15fd..0000000 --- a/cooking gear for travel.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -Cooking Gear for Travel - -From <http://www.vagabondjourney.com/cooking-gear-for-travel/> - -# Cooking Gear for Travel - -by Wade Shepard - - -I cook my own food when traveling, I’ve written about the benefits of cooking your own meals many times before on this site. When in camp on bicycle trips, when in hotel rooms, when making a travel hub in an apartment I will generally cook at least one meal a day for myself. - -This is the cooking gear that I always carry with me: - - * -A stainless steel plate that has a high lip so it can second as a bowl. I also will flip it upside down and use it as a cutting board. - * -2 Pots so that I can cook a starch (rice, noodles) in one and my meat and vegetables in the other. - * -Silverware. Nothing special here. - * -A can opener. This is optional as cans can be opened with a spoon. - * -A corkscrew. Also optional, as corks can be removed with a pocket knife. - * -A pocket knife. - * -A tuna can alcohol camp stove. If I don’t have access to a stove in a kitchen I will use my homemade tuna can stove. ([Learn how to make a tuna can stove here](http://www.vagabondjourney.com/how-to-make-a-tuna-can-camp-travel-stove/).) If I’m staying in a hub for a month or two I will sometimes buy an electric burner and use this instead. - * -I keep this cooking gear wrapped up tight in a dry bag. ([Read about these dry bags here](http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travelogue/waterproof-dry-bags-for-travel-gear-are-essential/).) - -I prefer stainless steel cooking gear to plastic, aluminum, glass, or Teflon alternatives, as this material is extremely durable, it can be placed on a live flame, and does not contaminate the food. Stainless steel pots and plates are also pretty cheap in many places in the world — though they can sometimes be difficult to find. - - - -Cooking gear in action - -My cooking gear is not extensive or in any way expensive, but it gets the job done. Carrying this gear gives me the liberty to go beyond relying on restaurants for my sustenance, allows me to eat cheaper and healthier, and, in the end, makes me a more self-sufficient traveler. - -_This article is part of the Vagabond Cookbook._ - diff --git a/cuts.txt b/cuts.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de39008 --- /dev/null +++ b/cuts.txt @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +Airplanes are everything mediocrity is not, to even dream of flying you cannot be timid, lazy, insecure or harbor doubt. You push the engines to 11 and hang on to your seat. Flying, while we tend to take it for granted, is, as comic tk reminded the world a few years ago, absolutely amazing. You are in a chair *in the sky*. You're also contributing to the ecological demise of the planet, but I didn't understand that at 10. + +Mediocrity is, I think, why I loved both the airplanes and the burritos. it's also the fear that's been nipping at my heals for forty four years. + + + + +those were not tacos. California only stopped being Mexican a little over 100 years ago, not long enough for us to collectively forget what a taco was and a taco does not have a hard shell. + + +It was rarely crowded, it had the two window set up of all fast food, a window to order, a window where your food was slid out on a tray, an orange tray with a piece of paper. We always got burritos and fries. I'm old enough that in this story there is no Deluxe Del Beef Burrito nor does the Del Beef Supreme exist to clutter the simplicity of the three menu placards. I guess meat and cheese in a tortilla seemed like enough to most of us back then. Occasionally my father would get tacos, but neither of us really liked hard shell tacos. + + +--- + + + +--- + + + +Costa Mesa is notable for being wealthy, overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly mediocre. It's easy to turn it into the poster child for everything that's wrong in the world. Even in 1982, even those of us benefiting, unwittingly or otherwise, from all the things that Costa Mesa is, even those of us who were only 10 suspected that something was not quite right at the Circle K. + + +"Mediocrity cannot ever be destroyed. What can be addressed is one’s attitude toward it. It is true that, where that attitude is borne of mediocrity itself, this might appear something of a contradiction but in practice the two are easily distinguishable. And the differentiation is important, for the one is a consequence of the other and, if the source can be extinguished, its effects will be quelled in turn." + + +Like so many things from childhood I unconsciously retain this habit. To this day I tell strangers I'm from Los Angeles when in fact, I am not. It used to be Thanks to countless television shows, Costa Mesa is pretty recognizable and certainly everyone knows where Orange County is, and not, unfortunately, because of Arrested Development. + + + +Being born in Los Angeles is like being born in a airport. First of all, no one really is, even me, and second of all what a fucked up place to be born. + + + + + + +Watching airplanes take off now seems about as thrilling as, well, the thought of a Del Taco burrito, which is to say neither obsession stayed with me. + + + +I was there last year around the holidays. My family and I live in a 1969 RV and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it broke down and left us stranged in Southern Californai. + + +These days I try to fly as little as possible. I had a six year run where I didn't I have not been on that many planes at this time in my life. I do not like being on planes, + +These days a burrito feels like far too much. I also now live in Mexico and burritos turn out to be scarce, except where tourists will be expectings them. Just before we moved down here I came across in Del Taco in the suburbs of Oklahoma City. I thought hey, I've been trying to write that eater piece for ages now, might as well go see how the burritos really were, objectively speaking. But there is no objectivity, and I'm past the age where nostalgia is appealing and not yet to the next age where nostalgia will become appealing so I found myself at the counter, in the totally differnet sort of restuarant than I remember, feeling lost and then later found myself holding a burrito I wasn't hungry for, didn't want. I threw it in the trash and walked out without taking a bite. + + + +i + +To this day more of California's history is under Mexican rule than the United States. Governments change much faster than cultures. When I was a child the hard shell tacos of fast food restaurants were not taco. Those were not tacos. Mexico had only been driven out a little over 100 years ago, not long enough for us to collectively forget what a taco was and a taco does not have a hard shell. + + +and the airport. + +Airports are liminal zones "In anthropology, liminality is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rites, when participants no longer hold their preritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the rite is complete"kkk + +Where I grew up a lot of kids loved soccer, baseball, basketball. I loved to eat a Del Beef burrito and watch 727s hurl themselves into the sky. This love was born of a few simple realities: Del Taco was right by the airport and flying seemed like a great way to escape the mediocrity of my home town. + + + + +Del Taco did not age nearly so well. + + +The tacos were always mediocre at best, but the engines that got you there and ones that constantly flew over while you were there made the food mostly irrelevant. + + +I wanted it to roar. What ten year old doesn't want things to roar? So my dad always made sure it roared. Especially on cold days, not that there are many of those in southern California, but every now and then. + +Now that I'm older, and live in 1969 RV, which also has a manual choke, I know it's the nature of the device -- you can open the carburetor vent as much as it goes but still, you always have to give it some extra gas to get it going. Well if you want it to roar you do, and + + + + +The engine roars when it starts up, it's the nature of a manual choke, you can open it up as far as it goes but still, you always have to give it gas. Well, you have to if you want it to roar and I want it to roar, what five year old doesn't want things to roar? So my dad makes sure it roars. You have to give it gas after all. Especially on cold days, not that there are many of those in southern California, but every now and then... It roars. + +It roars like the planes that lift off over our house tk times a day. Now it's tk flights a day, when I was five it was only tk. Later I would find them annoying like everyone in our neighborhood already did, but when you're five, they just roar. That is all. + +And I wanted to get closer to them. + +That wasn't hard. The airport itself was a mere five miles down the road. It was a tiny thing back then. A terminal with four, maybe five gates if I remember right. You walked out, across the tarmac to your plane and climbed the ladder like Kennedy. I only flew from there a few times. I always wanted to wave when I got the top of the ladder car, but I never did. Or if I did I don't remember. Today the idea of walking across the tarmac, even just having access to the tarmac at an American airport sounds crazy. + +We never went to the terminal. Though we could have, there was no security, anyone could walk back to the gates because there were no gates, just a long row of two story high windows looking out at a couple of small parked jets disgorging luggage and passengers, loading food trays, stewardesses in smart uniforms with heel clicking on the formica floors. + +There was no roar, we went to the far side of the airport where there was some parking spots and small grassy field that led right up the runway. We would go up to chain link fence and watch from there, the roar of the engines deafening as even the small private jets raced down the runway and leaped into the sky. + + +new: + +Del Taco started with the engine. More than anything I remember the sound of the truck engine warming up as my father and I sat in the cab, waiting. As the engine warmed he would push in the choke, a mysterious black and silver knob that I was not allowed to touch. When the engine was sufficiently warm and the choke knob all the way in against the dash, my father would back out of the driveway and we'd wind our way down the street, past the peeling bark of Eucalytus trees, and out into the open expanses of the upper marsh. + +The road traced the serpentine edge of what we called "the back bay", an expanse of lowland marsh, artificially dredge nearly a century before I was born. Dry scrub hills gave way to reeds and cattails as you neared the water. Despite the best efforts of my father and many others -- very unpopular others in a place where real estate was the primary source of extravagant wealth -- houses lined the bluffs around the bay like a legion poised to attack the last expanse of open space for miles. diff --git a/discursive-meditation-history.txt b/discursive-meditation-history.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7b77e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/discursive-meditation-history.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +*This is a fairly deep dive into the history of discursive meditation. If you'd like to skip the history and get started, see the how-to page for complete instructions on the [posture and breathing of discursive meditation](/discursive-meditation-how-to) so you can get started in your own practice.* + +There's a common misconception in the United States these days that meditation is something from another culture, something *exotic*. The exact meaning of "exotic" depends on speaker and listener, but the images conjured usually include dark robes, incense, and possibly some secret knowledge. + +The premise is that meditation is something that arrived here recently, from non-Western cultures who had been doing it for centuries[^1]. This is patently false. And it's sad that we've completely lost our own wonderfully rich tradition of meditation to the point we think we never had it. + +From what I can tell, nearly every culture on earth has something akin to discursive meditation. + +There's a rich history of meditation running throughout western culture. It was once so common it was taught to school children, and clear up until WWI book stores would nearly always have meditation theme books available. These consisted of a quick intro to meditation and then some themes or topics to meditate on. They are the inspiration for this website. + +Much of the rich history of meditation in the west takes place within a religious context, particularly Christian contemplation, which was a very common practice from medieval Europe onward. Given that the word "meditation" comes from Latin it seems safe to assume the history stretches back further than that. The Greeks did it. And there are more than a few Egyptian statues that depict a pose identical to what has been commonly used in discursive meditation more or less throughout its recorded history. Did the Pharoahs practice discursive meditation? Possibly? Probably? + +I think part of the reason discursive meditation has been swept under the rug of history has to do with the religious context, which, as we pass through our culture's dogmatic materialist phase, is something that gets lumped under the heading "false ideas of the past." + +That's too bad because first of all religion is a thing of tremendous value to most people (whatever their religion may be), and because discursive meditation need not be religious if you don't want it to be, particularly it need not be Christian. + +Of course you needn't dive deep into the history of discursive meditation to practice it, but I think it's worth putting another definition of meditation out into the world. Not all meditation tries to empty the mind[^2]. + +The word meditation used to mean something roughly like "thinking deeply." In fact my favorite dictionary, the 1913 Webster's unabridged, almost defines the practice of discursive meditation in its definition of meditation: + +> Meditation \Med`i*ta"tion\, n. [OE. meditacioun, F. +> m['e]ditation, fr. L. meditatio.] + +> 1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the +> turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious +> contemplation; reflection; musing. + +> 2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [Obs.] + + +This describes almost precisely what the practice of discursive meditation entails, though in the opposite order. First you have "thoughts without regard to kind" (drawn from a pre-selected theme), then when one of those thoughts grabs you, you start on the "close or contined thought", turning a subject in the mind, reflecting, musing, studying it. + +### Where Did It Go? + +If discursive meditation used to be such a common part of western culture, and a central practice in the spiritual and philosophical lives of all kinds of people until the early part of the 20th century, what happened to it? + +Well, on one hand, it is still around. I first came across it reading writer and Trappist Monk Thomas Merton. It's also a major part of several religions, as well as modern esotericism and occultism. + +That said, those little pamphlets full of discursive meditation topics and courses aren't in every bookstore any more. In my experience they aren't even in the very fringe religious bookstores most of the time. So what did happen? + +According to Druid and occultist John Michael Greer, most [Christian traditions abandoned their discursive meditation](https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/65232.html) "very early [in the] 20th century, when most denominations discarded their remaining methods of personal spiritual practice and embraced notions of spirituality that focused on collective salvation, either by sheer faith and nothing else (the fundamentalist approach) or by charitable works (the social gospel approach)." + +This strikes me as highly likely, since if you aren't interested in personal growth, spiritual or otherwise, there's no reason to practice discursive meditation. And if no one is passing the tradition down to the next generation, it dies. + +I also wonder how much the shift to consumptive entertainment was a factor here. While I can't really line up the history exactly, it strikes me as interesting at least that, as personal spiritual practice, and the notion of personal growth fade out of culture, it just so happens that entertainment explodes. Would we have had one without the other? It's impossible to say, but I would encourage you to meditate on it. + +### Bring Back Discursive Meditation + +I don't know if discursive meditation will catch on again, but I do know you can get all the benefits of it today whether anyone else does it or not. If you're curious, head on over the [discursive meditation instructions page](/discursive-meditation-how-to) and get started today. + +[^1]: Like all good myths this has a kernel of truth -- so-called *mindfulness* meditation did arrive relatively recently, having been purloined from cultures that have been doing it (and other forms of meditation) for centuries. +[^2]: I'm not trying to imply there's one right form of meditation. There's anything wrong with other forms of meditation. That said, I would be cautious taking religious and cultural practices and stripping them of their (potentially very important) cultural and religious context. Kundalini Yoga is a good cautionary tale in what happens to eager westerners who play with things they don't (and can't) fully understand. diff --git a/discursive-meditation-how-to.txt b/discursive-meditation-how-to.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..53f010f --- /dev/null +++ b/discursive-meditation-how-to.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Discursive meditation is possibly the simplest thing in the world to do: sit in a chair, relax your body by breathing, and think about something. + +That's all there is to it. Nothing to buy, no apps to download, you just sit down somewhere quiet and think. + + +Meditation is Simple +You Can Start Right Now + +possibly the simplest thing in the world to do: sit in a chair, relax your body by breathing, and think about something. + +Breath in for a count of four, hold for a count of four, breath out for a count for four. + + +### Stage One - Learning to Sit Still + +Discursive meditation requires nothing special, save a chair. Just about any chair will work, I use a chair from the dining room table. I know people who use folding chairs. I have even used a turned over five gallon bucket when I was too lazy to drag a chair outside. + +So get your chair and put it somewhere reasonably quiet where you won't be disturbed for 5-10 minutes. Sit in the chair, but a little bit forward so you back is straight and not touching the back of the chair. Keep yourself sitting up straight, but don't force it. Keep your back straight, without being too rigid. The best word I have heard to describe this pose is poise, that is a kind of equilibrium. I imagine a thread at the base of my spine stretching up in to the heavens, gently keeping my upright. + +Keep your legs parallel, knees bent at 45 degree angles. Rest your hands on your thighs, wherever is comfortable, for me this is a little back from my knees. Now bend your head down at about a 45 degree angle and close your eyes. + +Pay attention to your breathing for a little while. If you're anything like me after about 15 seconds your body will start to pitch a fit. You will itch, strange micro sensations will assail you. You will want to fidget. Resist doing anything. Remain motionless and breath. + +Continue to do this for as long as you can, but no more than five minutes. + +If you can't manage five minutes at first, that's okay, work up to it. + +Do this for one week and then you'll be ready to move on to stage two. diff --git a/domain names.txt b/domain names.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 2a34e57..0000000 --- a/domain names.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -domain names - -gardeningatnight (net) -loafingcatapult -homespuncatapult -crypticcatapult -spanningtag -spanningtags -spinningtags -floatingspinnaker -Infamous monotype -longish murmur -pignut gingerly -critical acreage -solution tractor -doctagraf (doct to teach) -radiograf -followthenarrative -pavethenarrative -loafingstar -thedivingbell (no domains) -divingbell (no domains) -divingrock -divingroot -lookingforaship * -ahighwind -theinstallmentplan * -hopscotchatlas -thewindupatlas -verbingnoun -starringship -starringatlas -thewindupwall *
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/engine sounds.txt b/engine sounds.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3deb22 --- /dev/null +++ b/engine sounds.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +internal engine sounds are usually rythmic. get louder and quieter in a pattern. + +listen with broomhandle. + +a clattering disorganized sound would be external -- AC, power steering, etc + take the belt off and start the motor +scattered disorganized sound could also be torque converter, loose bolts, flex plate, etc (will go away in gear, come back in park/neutral) + +tapping sounds -- lifter noise, bad lifter, broken valve spring, rocker is shot. often changes with rpms (also possibly loose timing chain) +ping noises down low can sound similar, cracked piston, excessive space between rod and piston +to tell the difference, apply load, vary gas at steady speed, a piston noise will change do to the load, lifter will not. if noise goes away, let off the gas, if it gets louder again it's the piston. + + + + diff --git a/essene blessing walk.txt b/essene blessing walk.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..34757de --- /dev/null +++ b/essene blessing walk.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +# Essene Blessing Walk +https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/208136.html + +The Essene Blessing Walk is a marvelous healing tool. We heal ourselves as we continue to practice this technique, and we send healing energy to others they can use to heal themselves. + +We recommend you learn this technique step by step. Practice each step until it becomes a part of you and then proceed to the next step. Twenty-one days is the traditional period to take for each step, assuming that the Blessing Walk is performed once a day. This is a good period of time to spend on each step because in twenty-one days we build a positive habit and replace an old negative one that no longer serves us. + +# The Blessing Walk - Step One + +Dress comfortably. Choose a place where you will encounter people. Choose a length of time for your walk from a few minutes to an hour or more. Be comfortable. Choose a time, go to the place, and start walking at whatever pace you choose for yourself. + +As you walk, pay attention to the people who come into your awareness. Smile. Send them a telepathic message, a blessing. Make up your own blessing. It doesn’t matter what your blessing is. Just say it in your mind and feel it in your heart. Send that blessing to the person in your awareness at the time. For example, you could quietly say inside your mind, something like this: + + 1. I offer you my blessing. + + 2. May blessings be upon you. + + 3. May your life be easier. + + 4. May God bless you. + + 5. May abundance flow your way. + + 6. May joy and happiness be with you. + + 7. May Peace be with you. + +Look at a person. Smile. Send them a heartfelt blessing telepathically. Use your own words. Smile. Continue walking and blessing those who come into your awareness. Do this as long as you want and as often as you want. + +Remember that you are not forcing a blessing on the people you encounter. You are offering the blessing. They have the right to refuse it. There are people who do not want your blessing. There are people who do not want abundance, joy, happiness, or peace. You can see this in the way they avoid these things, and pursue courses of action that help them avoid these things. You do not have the right to force them to accept a blessing they do not want. Keep this in mind. The words “I offer” in the first example, and the word “May” in the others, is intended to convey this. + +With practice, you develop a blessing aura around yourself and that blessing will radiate outwards to everyone you encounter who is willing to receive it. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Two + +As you continue to walk comfortably, sending heartfelt telepathic blessings to those who come into your field of awareness, become aware of the animals and insects who also come into your awareness. These creatures are children of the Divine just as we are. They made a decision to come into this world at this time for reasons we may never understand. + +But whatever the reason, we and they are all a part of the same Divine. The difference between us is that we have the power to destroy them. Whenever we do that without good reason we destroy a little part of ourselves. We are all brothers and sisters and the Divine loves each of us unconditionally. Ponder these things as you continue your Essene Blessing Walk. + +Send the animals and insects a blessing too. They deserve to have an easier life with more love and consideration just as humans do. Smile at them and send them a heart-felt telepathic blessing too as you continue to send blessings to all humans you see. + +With practice, you develop a blessing aura around yourself and send that blessing, that prayer, telepathically to the people and animals you see, hear or feel. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Three + +As you continue to walk comfortably, blessing the people and animals you meet along the way, become aware of the plants, trees and flowers that come into your awareness. + +These living things made a conscious decision to be here in this physical reality just as we did. And as our purpose is unknown to them, so theirs is unknown to us. And as chaos often disrupts our life, so are their lives also difficult at times. + +Research has shown that prayer, and blessing is a form of prayer, helps people, animals and plants heal faster than without our prayers. So, as you become aware of flowers, plants and trees on your Blessing Walk, send them a heartfelt telepathic blessing too. + +Then ponder this: Research has shown that people heal more completely, more quickly when they’re in the presence of plants and animals. Is it possible all these plants and animals are sending us a blessing and praying for us? Is it possible these plants and animals know we’re all brothers and sisters? That we’re all here in this lifetime to help one another? + +Ponder these things as you continue sending blessings to all plants, animals and humans that come within your presence on your Essene Blessing Walk. With practice, you develop a blessing aura around yourself and send that blessing, that prayer, telepathically to the people, plants and animals you see, hear or feel. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Four + +As you continue to walk comfortably, blessing the people, plants and animals that come into your awareness, allow the awareness of rocks, dirt, buildings, roads and other things to come into your awareness. All of these things are a part of the Divine just as much as you and I. + +Things don’t seem to have the emotional baggage plants, animals and humans have. Things don’t seem to be affected by emotions but they do appear to store them. Our prayers and blessings don’t appear to heal things the way that prayer helps plants, animals and humans heal themselves. If we believe this appearance, however, we are mistaken. Our prayers and blessings do help everything in the Creation heal themselves. + +As you become aware of things in your life, send them a heart-felt telepathic blessing. Over the course of several days or weeks, observe how the feelings of that thing or that place change, how the vibration there is more inviting. It seems that by blessing the things in our life, those things return a blessing to us and others. + +Check it out for yourself. With practice, you develop a blessing aura around yourself and send that blessing, that prayer, telepathically to everything and everybody you see, hear or feel. + + + +## The Blessing Walk - Continued + +There are three more steps to be mastered in the Essene Blessing Walk. We recommend you master the first four steps first. Take some time after the twenty-one days you spend on the fourth step to review the material you have already studied, and make sure you have learned it. + +Practice them until they become a part of who you are. Then proceed to learn the next three steps. When you know you’re ready, please proceed. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Five +As you continue to smile and send a heartfelt telepathic blessing to the people, animals, plants and things that enter your awareness during your Blessing Walk, take a look inside yourself. Have these walks been a blessing to you? Are you happier? Do you feel better about yourself? + +There’s a fundamental Universal Law at work here. What you give away, you receive. Some people call it the Golden Rule. But by whatever name, the law works just the same. When you give blessings to everybody and everything, you will be blessed, your life will be easier, you will be happier and filled with joy more often. + +That’s the way it works. + +One of the basic principles of the Universe is that there’s a reason for everything. The Divine plan includes all things, all plants, all animals, all humans and everything in the Creation. There is a purpose for each and every one, for each and everything. We all have a purpose. + +The Essenes generally believe our primary purpose is to learn to love more and more. The more we love, the more we are loved. The more we love, the closer we are with the all-loving Divine. The more we love, the easier our path becomes. The paths of those around us also becomes easier. + +As you continue your Essene Blessing Walk, please ponder these things until you have a deep understanding of how your life is changing and improving as you love more and more. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Six + +As you continue to smile and send a heart-felt telepathic blessing to the people, animals, plants and things that enter your awareness during your Blessing Walk, change your way of thinking. + +Instead of doing these things only during your Blessing Walk, do them anytime. You may smile and send a heartfelt telepathic blessing to anything and anybody at any time. You can gradually change your way of thinking or you can just change. + +This process of starting small and adding more and more things or expanding into more and more parts of your day is called “becoming established.” When the process becomes a part of you, a part of your daily routine, your day-to-day activities, you’re said to have become “established” in this practice. This same process is used to become established in prayer, contemplation or meditation. + +## The Blessing Walk - Step Seven + +As you continue to smile and send a heartfelt telepathic blessing to the people, animals, plants and things that enter your awareness during your Blessing Walk, change your way of behaving. + +Instead of thinking about becoming established in blessing everyone and everything, just do it. Make it a habit. Don’t even think about it, just do it. Smile and telepathically send a blessing to everyone and everything all the time. + +Instead of thinking about becoming established in prayer, contemplation or meditation, just do it. Make it a habit. Don’t even think about it, just do it. Communicate with the Divine about making life easier for everyone and everything (pray). Ponder the possibilities of your life, the qualities of the Divine and everything in this world (contemplate). Meditate all the time and go about your life at the same time. + +* * * * * + +It takes a great deal of time and practice to finish the entire set of seven steps and become established in the Essene Blessing Walk. You do not need to complete the sequence in order to proceed to the next stage of your Essene training. Once you have made the Essene Blessing Walk a regular part of your life, and are beginning to work through the steps given above, you may proceed to the second Candidate technique, the Essene Healing Breath. diff --git a/essene breathing meditation.txt b/essene breathing meditation.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97b81c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/essene breathing meditation.txt @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +# Essene Healing Breath Meditation + +This is the meditation practice taught by the Modern Order of Essenes. Students of the Essene lore should practice some form of meditation daily. John Gilbert did not insist on this form of meditation, though it was the method he practiced and he recommended it enthusiastically to anyone interested. Those students who already have an established meditation practice using some other method, or who simply prefer another method, may pursue that practice instead of this. + +The Healing Breath meditation is learned in four phases, each of which contains several steps. You do not have to finish the material below to advance from the Candidate to the Apprentice grade. Simply make a start, and establish the habit of a daily meditation practice. + +The instruction given below is unsigned but internal evidence suggests that it was written by John Gilbert. + +## Overview of the Essene Healing Breath Meditation + +The Essene Healing Breath Meditation is accomplished in four phases. In the first phase the student learns to completely relax his or her body. The goal of this relaxation is to go deep enough that the student withdraws her or his consciousness from the body and becomes unaware of it. This phase is accomplished by steps one, two and three. When attained this phase is called the "State of Deep Relaxation." + +Phase Two is the process of withdrawing consciousness from the mind by completely occupying the mind with trivial tasks. This phase is accomplished by steps four, five and six. When attained this phase is called the "State of Peaceful Mind." It's in this state of deep relaxation and peaceful mind that allows us to enter a higher state of consciousness through the process or meditation. + +Phase Three is using and extending the periods of stillness between each inhalation and exhalation and between each exhalation and inhalation. It is these periods of stillness that are called the Window of Opportunity for it is during these periods the student accomplishes the purpose of his ot her meditation. This purpose may include contact with spiritual guides, guardian angels, elementals, nature spirits, animal guides, other disincarnate beings or the Divine. It may also be healing of self or others, abundance for self or others, or mental, emotional, psychological, psychic, physical or spiritual advancement. It can be anything selected by the student. + +Phase Four is to just meditate. Go with the flow and meditate. Enjoy the bliss, the happiness, the joy, the peace and the unconditional love of the Divine. Meditate. + +Only the first of these phases is assigned to the Candidate grade. Practice it while you are learning the Blessing Walk, preparatory to beginning the Apprentice studies of the Order. + +## Preparing to do an Essene Healing Breath Meditation +# +The first thing we suggest you do is place yourself within a Sphere of Protection as a precaution. While you are meditating, contemplating, praying or healing yourself within this Sphere of Protection, no harm of any kind will come to you. + +Most of the time nothing bad will happen anyway. As a precaution, we do suggest placing yourself within a Sphere of Protection any time you want to pray, meditate, contemplate or practice spiritual healing. + +There are many ways of doing this. Here's the Essene way of forming a Sphere of Protection, as taught by Rev. Matthew Shaw: + +1. Sit or stand comfortably and close your eyes. Relax and breathe deeply. + +2. Bring your consciousness to your heart. + +3. See a dot of white light shining in the center of your heart. This white light is the Light of the Divine. It is the Unconditional Love of the Universe. It is the protection against all things. See this dot of white light. + +4. Each time you breathe out, see this dot of white light slowly expanding. Over the course of seven breaths, see it expand so that it forms a sphere completely surrounding you. + +5. Each time you breathe in, feel the unconditional love of the universe filling you more and more. Then watch this sphere of white light expand as you breathe out. + +6. Stand within this sphere of white light, this sphere of the unconditional love of the universe for three breaths and enjoy the peace, energy and love. + +7. Give thanks to the Divine for protecting you and proceed with your purpose for forming this Sphere of Protection around you. + +This is one way to create a Sphere of Protection to keep negative energy, power and entities away from you. There are several others. Choose one that suits you. + +## Introduction to the Essene Healing Breath Meditation + +This meditation technique is both easy to master and easy to dismiss without much effort. It's easy to master if you take a few minutes each day to do the weekly practices. It's easy to dismiss because the technique seems so simple. Here are my observations based on training several hundred students in this technique: + +The optimal practice session is about fifteen to twenty minutes. Less than ten minutes per session will usually not produce any noticeable results; so ten minutes should probably be considered as the least amount of time to be spent in a practice session. After twenty minutes the session tends to level off and very little further progress is made; so twenty minutes should probably be considered a maximum amount of time to spend in any practice session.. + +The optimal number of practice sessions per day is between two and three. Fewer than two practice sessions a day nets very slow advancement while more than three doesn't seem to net further advancement. + +As with all things, do the best you can do and you will obtain noticeable results. + +The relaxation technique taught by the Order of Modern Essenes is commonly called "Progressive Relaxation." In the beginning it may take you fifteen to twenty minutes to work through your body from feet to head during Step One. After a few sessions you will be able to do this in a few minutes. After a several weeks, you'll be able to sit down and progressively relax your body in a few seconds. The secret is to take the time to painstakingly teach your muscles the process during the first few weeks. + +As your muscles learn what's expected of them you will attain a state of complete relaxation more and more quickly. When your muscles have learned how to relax without first becoming quite tense, you may eliminate the tension part of the process. This is not necessary once your muscles become relaxed. Your goal is to be able to sit down quietly, close your eyes and in a few moments completely relax your body into a very deep state of relaxation. It will take you several weeks to attain this state of relaxation. + +The more relaxed your body is, the better. The deeper the state of your body relaxation, the deeper the state of meditation you can obtain. Take the time to learn how to relax your body completely using Step One. + +Withdrawing from your meditation +Withdraw from your meditation by first moving your toes. Then slowly work up your body by moving the legs, fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and head. Become aware of your surroundings. Relax and come alert. Touch your arms, shoulders and face. Open your eyes. Relish the energy and sense of well being that follows an Essene Healing Breath Meditation. Slowly stand up and move around. + +## Phase One: Step One - Relax + +Sit comfortably. Relax. With each exhalation, tell yourself to relax more and more. Tense your toes and feet as tightly as you can clench them. Hold your breath while clenching your toes. Hold this tension for a few seconds until you need to breathe or can't take the tension. Then relax your toes and your feet, relax and breathe deeply. + +Tense your calf and lower legs. Clench them as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your lower legs and breathe deeply. + +Tense your thighs, your upper legs. Clench them as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your upper legs and breathe deeply. Feel the warmth in your legs as the blood flow increases in your legs as they relax. + +Tense your abdomen. Clench your stomach muscles as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your lower abs and breathe deeply. + +Tense your back and chest. Clench these muscles as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your back and chest and breathe deeply. + +Feel the warmth in your body and legs as the blood flow increases in your body and legs as they relax. + +Tense your hands and fingers as tightly as you can clench them. Hold your breath while clenching your hands and fingers. Hold this tension for a few seconds until you need to breathe or can't take the tension. Then relax your fingers and your hands, relax and breathe deeply. + +Tense your lower arms. Clench them as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your lower arms and breathe deeply. + +Tense your upper arms. Clench them as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your upper arms and breathe deeply. Feel the warmth in your arms as the blood flow increases in your body, arms and legs as they relax. + +Tense your shoulders and the muscles of your neck and face. Clench these muscles as tightly as you can while holding your breath. Hold this tension and your breath for several seconds as before. When you let go, let go completely. Relax your shoulders, neck and face and breathe deeply. + +Feel the warmth in your whole body, your legs, stomach, chest, arms, shoulders, neck and face as your whole body relaxes and the blood flow improves. Feel the calmness of this relaxation. Sit back and enjoy it for the rest of your twenty-minute session. During this time mentally scan your body. Where you feel pain, will it to go away. Where you feel tightness or tension, will it to relax. When you feel discomfort of any kind, let it go and enjoy Stage One. Continue this practice until you can completely relax your body in a couple minutes. + +## Phase One: Step Two - Breathe deeply & rhythmically + +Become centered and breathe deeply and rhythmically. Continue to relax with each exhalation. Calm your mind. Continue to relax more and more as you breathe deeply, slowly and rhythmically. + +Breathe in Divine Unconditional Love. This is the Healing Power of the Universe. As we fill ourselves with this energy we heal ourselves. As we set up the flow of this energy for the benefit of others we provide them with the raw material to heal themselves. + +Breathe out all the toxins of your body. Emotional, psychological, mental and spiritual toxins can be released right along with the toxins of the body. Let your breath flow easily and smoothly. Let it cleanse you as it flows. + +Breathing deeply is best accomplished by relaxing completely and letting your abdomen rise during each inhalation and descend during each exhalation. When you're completely relaxed this will happen automatically. Simply be aware that your diaphragm moves down when you inhale and up when you exhale. As your diaphragm moves down during an inhalation, your stomach area moves outward to make room for your diaphragm. As you diaphragm moves up toward your lungs during each exhalation, your stomach area moves inward to occupy the vacated space. + +This is called abdominal breathing and it's the healthiest form of breathing we can do. We do it automatically when we relax completely. + +Breathe deeply and continue to relax deeper and deeper. + +## Phase One: Step Three - Extend your breathing + +As you continue to relax and breathe deeply, slightly pull in your abdomen toward the end of each exhalation, or slightly push out your abdomen at the end of each inhalation. Optionally you can do both. It's very important to do this without any effort whatsoever. Just naturally and easily pull in your abdomen at the end of an exhalation or naturally and easily extend your abdomen at the end of an inhalation. You may also opt to both extend and pull in your abdomen at the appropriate times. Continue to relax, breathe deeply and extend your breathing. + +This completes Phase One of the Essene Healing Breath Meditation. Continue to practice the three steps outlined here until you reach a state where you are unaware of your body. + +The remaining steps of the Essene Healing Breath Meditation will be taught in the more advanced grades of the Order. diff --git a/famous cooks.txt b/famous cooks.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 4764b02..0000000 --- a/famous cooks.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Famous cooks - -Wikipedia: François Vatel (1631, Paris – April 24, 1671) was a "Maître d'hôtel" (translates as "Master of the House"), famous for creating Chantilly cream, a sweet, vanilla-flavoured whipped cream, for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people hosted in honour of Louis XIV by Louis, the great Condé in April 1671 at the Château de Chantilly; hence the name crème Chantilly. - -At this same banquet, Vatel, the consummate perfectionist, was supposedly so distraught about the lateness of the fish—the banquet was to be held on a Friday—and about other mishaps that he committed suicide by running himself through with a sword. According to some versions of the story, his body was discovered by an aide who came to tell him of the arrival of the fish. His death was treated as a national tragedy.[1]
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health.txt b/fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9173c5b..0000000 --- a/fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,456 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health- ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry -date: 2013-11-18T03:43:03Z -source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904694/ -tags: science - ---- - - -Abstract -The purposeful application of fermentation in food and beverage preparation, as a means to provide palatability, nutritional value, preservative, and medicinal properties, is an ancient practice. Fermented foods and beverages continue to make a significant contribution to the overall patterns of traditional dietary practices. As our knowledge of the human microbiome increases, including its connection to mental health (for example, anxiety and depression), it is becoming increasingly clear that there are untold connections between our resident microbes and many aspects of physiology. Of relevance to this research are new findings concerning the ways in which fermentation alters dietary items pre-consumption, and in turn, the ways in which fermentation-enriched chemicals (for example, lactoferrin, bioactive peptides) and newly formed phytochemicals (for example, unique flavonoids) may act upon our own intestinal microbiota profile. Here, we argue that the consumption of fermented foods may be particularly relevant to the emerging research linking traditional dietary practices and positive mental health. The extent to which traditional dietary items may mitigate inflammation and oxidative stress may be controlled, at least to some degree, by microbiota. It is our contention that properly controlled fermentation may often amplify the specific nutrient and phytochemical content of foods, the ultimate value of which may associated with mental health; furthermore, we also argue that the microbes (for example, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria species) associated with fermented foods may also influence brain health via direct and indirect pathways. - -Introduction -‘The processes required for fermented foods were present on earth when man appeared on the scene… When we study these foods, we are in fact studying the most intimate relationships between man, microbe and foods.’ [1] - -Prof. Keith H. Steinkraus, Cornell University, 1993 - -As highlighted in the quotation, our Paleolithic ancestors had plenty of opportunity for the consumption of food products (for example, honey, fruits or berries, and their juices) that had been unknowingly subjected to natural microbial fermentation. Without knowledge of microbes, our ancestors recognized, over time, the palatability, preservative, analgesic, and mentally stimulating or sedating qualities of fermented foods and beverages [2]. Thus, the stage was set for the purposeful application of fermentation to provide value in the areas of human nutrition, traditional medicine, and culture (ceremonies, and so on) [3,4]. It is difficult to say with certainty when intentional fermentation began in earnest; however, sophisticated measurements of the chemical content within ancient Neolithic vessels suggest intentional fermentation of fruit, rice, or honey beverages has been in common practice for close to 10,000 years [5]. As agriculture expanded, so too did intentional fermentation techniques. Beyond the clear references to alcohol production, it is now obvious that household and artisanal fermentation of cereals, dairy, vegetables, fish, seafood and meats were a significant part of ancestral dietary practices [6]. - -Modern advances in chemical preservation, refrigeration, and transportation efficiency have not resulted in the abandonment of fermented foods. At least in traditional dietary practices, fermented foods and beverages remain widespread, currently accounting for approximately one-third of the human diet globally [7]. Moreover, as scientists continue to uncover health-promoting properties of ancestral dietary patterns (for example, the Mediterranean diet, the traditional Japanese diet, and hunter-gatherer diets), by extension there is a renewed examination of the fermented foods that are so often a part of such ancient diets [8]. Emerging research, as reviewed here, indicates that fermentation may magnify the known benefits of a wide variety of foods and herbs, influencing the bioavailability and activity of the chemical constituents. In addition, as our knowledge of the human microbiome increases (the intestinal microbiota in particular), it is becoming increasingly clear that there are untold connections between the ways in which microbes act upon dietary items pre-consumption, and in turn, the ways in which these fermented dietary items influence our own microbiota. - -Here, we review and synthesize various lines of investigation related to fermented foods, intestinal microbiota, and mental outlook. We argue that the consumption of fermented foods may be particularly relevant to the emerging research linking traditional dietary practices and positive mental health. It is our contention that fermentation may amplify the specific nutrient or phytonutrient content of foods, the ultimate value of which is associated with mental health; furthermore, we also argue that the microbes associated with fermented foods may also influence brain health via direct and indirect pathways. - -Traditional diets and mental health -The shift away from traditional lifestyles has been linked to increased rates of depression and other mental health disorders [9-11]. Among the variables that might afford protective or resiliency effects against mental health disorders (depression in particular), diet has emerged as at least one strong candidate [12]. Superficially, it would seem obvious, given the brain’s dependence upon nutrients for its structure and function (including the micronutrients and non-nutrient dietary antioxidants, for example polyphenols, that run the antioxidant defense system) that nutrition should be a target of research in mental health. Remarkably, this area of research, now known as nutritional psychiatry, is one that has been historically neglected or the subject of poorly designed studies. However, there have been tremendous strides in recent years and the research connecting mental health and nutrition has become increasingly robust. Indeed, a recent 5-year prospective study (n?=?23,020) has shown that unhealthy maternal and early postnatal dietary patterns (for example, processed and refined foods, high-sugar beverages, high-sodium snacks) elevate the risk of behavioral and emotional problems in children [13]. - -Traditional dietary practices, often exemplified by Mediterranean and Japanese models, are typically characterized by (relative to Western practices) higher intakes of fruits and vegetables, fish and seafood, cereals with limited processing, fiber, and only modest amounts of dairy and lean meats [14]. A variety of population studies have linked adherence to traditional dietary patterns with lowered risk of anxiety or depression [15-20]. Among the more convincing of these studies are the recent prospective investigations showing that stronger adherence to traditional healthy dietary patterns is associated with a 25 to 30% lower risk of depression [16,17]. Traditional Japanese dietary practices, where fermented soy products are specifically linked to adherence, have also been associated with lower rates of depressive symptoms [21,22]. Alcohol has deservedly received much attention in the link between problematic consumption and a higher risk of depression. However, when consumed in modest amounts (5 to 15 g per day) as part of traditional dietary practices, alcohol (red wine in particular) has been associated with a lower risk of depression [23]. Indeed, light to moderate alcohol consumption has been associated with lower systemic inflammation, a finding not evident in those with depression [24]. - -Epidemiological studies show that there exists an elevated risk of depressive symptoms in healthy adults with blood chemistry indicative of insulin resistance [25]. Depressive symptoms correlate with higher fasting and stimulated glucose levels, even in the absence of an association with adiposity in adolescents at risk of type II diabetes [26]. This is of relevance when viewed along with a rapidly growing body of research highlighting the type-II-diabetes protective properties of traditional dietary practices [27]. As we will discuss, the intestinal microbiota, via a number of mechanisms, may play a role in mediating the glycemic and mood related effects of the Western dietary pattern [28]. - -Specific items within traditional dietary patterns have been individually associated with protection against depression and, experimentally, these components have also demonstrated antidepressant properties. Examples include, but are not limited to soy foods, turmeric, cocoa, green tea, coffee, blueberries, pomegranate, and honey. The isolated polyphenols and other phytochemicals within these foods have also been documented to provide antidepressive properties in experimental models [29-38]. In addition, specific nutrients such as magnesium, zinc, vitamin C, folic acid, and vitamin B12, have also been connected to resiliency against depression or improvement in depressive symptoms [39-42]. - -The mechanisms by which required nutrients, such as the aforementioned vitamins and minerals, influence mood can be explained in part by their role in the production of neurotransmitters [43]. However, the connection between mood and non-essential dietary components (for example, phytochemicals) has been the subject of intense scrutiny; their role in the antioxidant defense system as well as their ability to provide anti-inflammatory support appears to be at play [44]. Advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of mood and anxiety disorders have provided a more complete picture of the inducing role played by the tandem of oxidative stress and low-grade inflammation. Elevations in markers of inflammation (for example, cytokines, C-reactive protein), and overwhelm of the normal antioxidant defense system, are no longer dismissed as mere consequence in emotional disorders [45]. The burden of oxidative stress and inflammation is emerging as a viscous cycle that can directly influence mood, and the combination of the two appears to be both a cause and a consequence of depression [46,47]. When levels of body-wide inflammatory cytokines are elevated, they can subsequently signal the production of inflammatory cytokines within the central nervous system via microglia activation. Chronic activation of microglia can compromise neuronal functioning by setting in motion a cascade of further inflammation and oxidative stress [48]. The end result may manifest as compromised intra and extracellular neuronal communication. - -Inflammation and mood pathways -In this exciting area of research, one of the open questions is how chronic inflammation might be initiated and maintained in illnesses such as depression, and what the gut has to do with this. Emerging studies show that the normally very selective intestinal barrier may be compromised in depression (and in numerous conditions where depression is often a hallmark symptom) [49-56]. Psychological stress and exhaustive exercise have been shown to increase the permeability of the intestinal barrier [57-59]. However, a Westernized diet high in fat and sugar has also been shown to cause a more porous intestinal lining, the consequences of which include systemic access to food antigens, environmental toxins, and structural components of microbes, such as lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS) [60]. The latter agent, LPS, is particularly important regarding depression; even relatively small elevations in systemic LPS levels have been shown to provoke depressive symptoms and disturb blood glucose control [61-67]. Endotoxins such as LPS can decrease the availability of tryptophan and zinc, thereby negatively influencing neurotransmission [68,69]. Moreover, systemic LPS can elevate inflammation and oxidative stress. Traditional dietary practices have completely divergent effects of blood LPS levels; significant reductions (38%) have been noted after a one-month adherence to a prudent (traditional) diet, while the Western diet provokes LPS elevations [70]. These and other findings help establish mechanisms whereby the LPS-lowering, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties of broad traditional dietary practices, as well as specific components within them, can help provide mood support. Indeed, when the limitation of intestinal absorption is overcome, individual phenolic structures have been shown, at least experimentally, to curb the breakdown of central neurotransmitters, mimicking the proposed mechanistic properties of some primary antidepressant medications [71,72]. As we will discuss, enhanced bioavailability via fermentation may therefore be an important factor in food (or herbs) as medicine. - -Microbiota and mental health -Related to the differences in traditional versus contemporary Westernized dietary patterns and mental health is the role of the intestinal microbiota. A decade ago, prior to the scientific hypotheses of Logan et al.[73,74], the notion that the intentional manipulation of the intestinal microbiota could provide therapeutic value to human depressive and fatigue states was, at the very least, outlandish. However, in the ensuing years, many of the mechanisms first proposed by Logan and colleagues (as listed, adapted from [73,74]) whereby beneficial microbes could influence mood or fatigue, have been examined experimentally. - -•Direct protection of the intestinal barrier; - -•Influence on local and systemic antioxidant status, reduction in lipid peroxidation; - -•Direct, microbial-produced neurochemical production, for example, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA); - -•Indirect influence on neurotransmitter or neuropeptide production; - -•Prevention of stress-induced alterations to overall intestinal microbiota; - -•Direct activation of neural pathways between gut and brain; - -•Limitation of inflammatory cytokine production; - -•Modulation of neurotrophic chemicals, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor; - -•Limitation of carbohydrate malabsorption; - -•Improvement of nutritional status, for example, omega-3 fatty acids, minerals, dietary phytochemicals; - -•Limitation of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; - -•Reduction of amine or uremic toxin burden; - -•Limitation of gastric or intestinal pathogens (for example, Helicobacter pylori); - -•Analgesic properties. - -Moreover, preliminary placebo-controlled human studies have shown that oral probiotic microbes can decrease anxiety, diminish perceptions of stress, and improve mental outlook [75]. In the context of our later discussion of fermented foods and their intersection with the gut-brain-microbiota connection, a brief summary of this microbiota-brain research is necessary. For interested readers, more detailed reviews specific to the scientific advances exploring direct and indirect relationships between intestinal microbes and anxiety or depression have recently been published [76,77]. - -Viewed strictly from the nutritional perspective, experimental studies have shown that the administration of probiotic bacteria to laboratory chow can increase peripheral tryptophan levels, and alter dopamine and serotonin turnover in the frontal cortex and limbic system [78]. In addition, probiotic-fortified laboratory chow increases the tissue levels of omega-3 fatty acids [79], and the omega-3 fatty acids play a critical role in communication in and between nerve cells. The consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid in particular, has been linked to positive mental outlook and reduction in mental distress in human beings [80]. Levels of other anti-inflammatory fatty acids, such as gamma-linolenic acid, also increase in the human plasma when co-administered with probiotics [81]. It is also becoming increasingly clear that the extent to which phytochemical absorption can provide systemic antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity is controlled, at least to some degree, by resident intestinal microbiota [82-84]. Finally, probiotics and the overall profile of the intestinal microbiota can influence tissue levels of mood-regulating minerals, such as magnesium and zinc [85,86]. - -As mentioned, intestinal microbiota may also have far-reaching effects related to glycemic control; our commensal gut microbes may contribute to healthy glucose tolerance. Indeed, the oral administration of Bifidobacterium lactis, and, in separate research, the combination of Lactobacillus curvatus and Lactobacillus plantarum, can improve fasting insulin levels and glucose turnover rates, even in the presence of a high-fat diet [87,88]. Again, the minimization of the detrimental LPS burden by beneficial microbes appears to be a central mechanism in the promotion of normal glycemic control [89]. For example, bifidobacteria and other beneficial microbes can prevent the efflux of LPS into systemic circulation, while in human beings, the administration of probiotics may diminish systemic access of gut-derived LPS and also reduce reactivity to the endotoxin [90]. - -Beyond direct nutritional and glycemic effects, there are other intriguing ways in which probiotics and the intestinal microbiota have been connected to the brain. When a strain of Lactobacillus rhamnosus is administered to healthy animals under stress, there is a reduction in anxiety and depression-like behaviors in experimental models, such as the elevated plus maze and forced swim tests. These behavioral changes were associated with alterations in the GABA system of the brain in the probiotic group, matching the known effects of antidepressant or anxiolytic chemical agents (for example, anxiolytic agents such as benzodiazepines work at GABA receptors) [91]. Importantly, the changes in behavior and brain chemistry were largely extinguished with vagotomy, suggesting direct lines of communication from gut to brain [90]. Additional research shows that Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum added to animal drinking water can increase nerve cell resiliency and reduce apoptosis during conditions of experimental physiological stress [92]. Moreover, oral Mycobacterium vaccae, a soil-based microorganism widely distributed in nature, which can easily find its way onto edible plants, has been shown in experimental models to improve cognitive function and diminish anxiety-like behavior among animals [93]. - -There are also a number of studies involving mice reared in germ-free environments, the results of which seem to demonstrate a direct role of intestinal microbiota on behavior. Compared withconventional animals raised with the normal range of intestinal microbiota, these animals display the murine equivalent of what might be decreased anxiety [94-96]. Meanwhile, supplementation with Bifidobacterium appears to attenuate an exaggerated stress response and maintain adequate levels of the neuropeptide brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), levels of which are known to be low in depression [97]. It is also noteworthy that even mild chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract can provoke anxiety and diminish BDNF production in animals [98]. Furthermore, supplementation with Bifidobacterium also provides systemic protection against lipid peroxidation and decreases brain monoamine oxidase activity, thereby potentially increasing intersynaptic neurotransmitter levels [99]. - -Rodent studies have provided compelling insights; however, they have countless shortcomings as a reflection of human microbiota, human dietary patterns, and the ultimate intertwining of these variables with complex mental health disorders. Far more convincing research, albeit very preliminary at this juncture, comes from published human studies involving probiotic administration. The first formal investigation of a probiotic and human mental outlook involved 132 otherwise healthy adults consuming Lactobacillus casei fermented beverage for three weeks; vs. placebo, significant improvement in mood scores were noted upon the among those with the higher baseline depressive symptoms [100]. A separate placebo-controlled pilot study, one using the same Lactobacillus casei probiotic (powder form), involved 39 chronic fatigue syndrome patients. After two months, depression scores remained unchanged between the groups, however Beck Anxiety Inventory scores showed significant improvements in anxiety versus placebo [101]. - -Michaël Messaoudi and colleagues from France evaluated a Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum combination probiotic, which was orally administered for one month (n?=?55) in a placebo-controlled study[102]. Among the otherwise healthy adults, significant improvements in depression, anger, anxiety, and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol versus placebo were noted. A concurrent experimental arm of the study also confirmed that the probiotic added to the dietary of rodents was effective in reducing behaviors indicative of anxiety. Messaoudi’s group performed a secondary analysis, looking specifically at those with the lowest baseline urinary free cortisol (n?=?25). Indeed, the results once again showed improvement with Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum versus controls (particularly in somatization, depression and anger-hostility), and among this low cortisol sub-group the overall benefits in anxiety and depression were pronounced over time [103]. In addition, a study involving 44 patients with irritable bowel syndrome showed thatoral consumption of a prebiotic fiber (trans-galactooligosaccharide) significantly reduced anxiety in conjunction with marked elevations in fecal bifidobacteria levels [104]. - -Finally, a small placebo-controlled study involving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has demonstrated that the one-month consumption of a fermented food containing Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and Lactococcus lactis subsp lactis can influence brain activity versus baseline [105]. Specifically, the researchers reported that the group who received the fermented dairy product, versus unfermented counterpart and the no-intervention controls, affected activity of brain regions that control central processing of emotion and sensation. Enthusiasm concerning this study runs high, with editorials in mainstream journals claiming that this fMRI study, ‘provides the first objective evidence that gut commensal and/or probiotic bacteria influence brain activity in healthy humans’,[106]. The study, of course, did not provide any such objective evidence concerning ingested bacteria; it was a study involving a transformed milk product, not an isolated probiotic powder. Despite attempts to keep caloric and macronutrient content equal, a fermented milk product is not the same as an unfermented milk product in only its microbiota. Within the study, there was no evidence of a change in gut microbiota profile via consumption of the fermented product; however, more importantly, the fermentation of milk significantly alters bioactive peptides and other chemicals that are well capable of influencing central nervous system function [107-110]. In short, objective evidence that ingested probiotic bacteria alone (or diet-induced shifts in commensal bacteria) can influence human brain activity has yet to be published. - -Traditional diets and microbiota -Before proceeding to make the case for a more focused investigation of fermented foods for mental health, it is important to discuss the available research on traditional dietary patterns and their ability to influence intestinal microbiota. It is becoming increasingly clear that indigenous or traditional dietary patterns are directly inclusive of many bacterium species that might be considered to have probiotic potential. Indeed, it is estimated that 35% of all lactic acid bacteria isolated from raw fruits and vegetables can survive gastric conditions [111]. The recent study on the anti-anxiety effects of the soil microorganism Mycobacterium vaccae in animals [93] suggests that we would do well to broaden our considerations of the classically defined beneficial microbes, that is, beyond that of exclusively the Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria genera. - -One of the first studies examining the effects of traditional diet, 30 years ago, looked at differences in the fecal microbiota of rural Japanese versus Canadian urbanites. The researchers noted higher counts of Bifidobacterium species and Lactobacilli in the rural Japanese, a group that largely maintained a traditional high-fiber diet rich in fermented foods, vegetables, and fish. The investigators used culture technique to examine the microbiota, and despite its limitations as a means to reflect the overall intestinal microbiome, there were some interesting findings. The amounts of Clostridia species in the Canadians were higher, and overall there was greater biodiversity (more genera and species) in the rural-dwelling Japanese [112]. As discussed later, this has been the primary finding of more sophisticated contemporary studies using DNA sequencing of stool samples, that is, there is more bacterial diversity in those consuming traditional diets. In follow-up, this research group reported on the differences in fecal microbiota among older adults residing in Tokyo versus elderly rural Japanese maintaining a high-fiber traditional diet inclusive of fermented foods. The results again showed higher numbers of Bifidobacterium species among the rural dwellers and lower amounts of Clostridium species, Clostridium perfringens in particular [113]. - -Recent DNA techniques allow for a more broad evaluation of the intestinal microbiome as mediated by diet. Researchers have shown significant differences in the fecal microbiota of Western European children versus rural African children living in an environment resembling that of our Neolithic ancestors. Overall, there were fewer potentially pathogenic bacteria, and a far more diverse range of microbes in rural Africans who maintain a traditional lifestyle and consume traditional foods [114]. It is noteworthy that a variety of fermented foods are consumed by those living in the rural African area which was studied, and there are numerous lactic acid bacteria present on plant foods within this traditional diet [115]. Separate work has uncovered distinct differences in microbial groups and their functional genes (for example, those governing metabolism of amino acids) in US urban dwellers versus villagers living in Africa and South America. Here again, the fecal microbiota of US urbanites showed far less diversity than that of villagers in these distinct regions. Diet, rather than hygiene per se, was reported to be the key spark for the development of intestinal microbiota structure [116]. Remarkably, investigations of highly preserved human coprolites (ancient stool samples retrieved from archeological sites) have demonstrated that their overall microbiome more closely resembles that of modern humans living in traditional rural settlements than that of the contemporary urban dweller [117]. - -What then, are the broad implications of loss of microbial diversity as a consequence of modernization? Detailed dietary analysis in combination with DNA sequencing of stool samples has its advantages. These techniques have allowed researchers to determine that long-term dietary patterns largely determine the main phyla of the gut microbial profile [118]. However, psychological stress or short-term dietary changes are capable of inducing species-level changes to the intestinal microbiota [119]. While the administration of singular or small groups of select beneficial microbes may not have a major impact on stable phyla, probiotic intervention studies (as discussed previously) have taught us that species-level application of microbes are not without clinical relevance. A single strain of Lactobacillus, one that might be carried with traditional foods, may improve overall microbial diversity [120]. The administration of a single Bifidobacterium strain, one among a genera commonly found in fermented dairy products, can increase the intestinal quantity of completely separate Bifidobacterium species, and Lactobacilli overall [121,122]. - -The potential of fermented foods -Thus far, we have highlighted that depression and other mental health disorders are characterized by chronic, low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress. Conversely, a traditional diet rich in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory foods may confer some level of protection against depression. We have also noted that an intestinal ‘inflammatory microbiome’ appears to exist, one that may contribute to altered mood via intestinal permeability, systemic LPS burden, and even direct-to-brain microbe communication. Such an inflammatory microbiome may be facilitated, at least in part, by Western dietary habits. Research shows that high-fat or high-sugar and low nutrient-value foods are commonly consumed by those with depression, anxiety, and high levels of chronic distress [123-125], thus contributing to the likelihood of an inflammatory microbiome. Preliminary research in rodents and human beings suggests that the behavioral consequences of an inflammatory microbiome can be offset by the administration of beneficial microbes. All this leads us full circle to the ancient Neolithic vessels in asking to what extent fermented foods or beverages might contribute to mental health. We are certainly not the first to ask this question in the broad sense; in 1938, Lloyd Arnold, MD, aptly a professor of both preventive medicine and bacteriology at the University of Illinois, pondered to what extent ancient diets, fermented foods, and their effect on the ‘bacterial flora of the intra-intestinal contents’ converged to promote health [126]. - -Today, scientific advances allow for some answers in the direction toward the potential of fermented foods. It is well established that with traditional dietary patterns, fermentation can magnify protein quality [127] and the bioavailabity of mood-regulating B vitamins, magnesium, and zinc [128-131]. The effect of diet on intestinal microbiota may also extend to vitamin D levels [132]. However, it is also becoming clear that the Lactobacillus species isolated from traditional fermented foods are biologically active in other ways, for example, upon oral consumption, Lactobacillus plantarum strains isolated from traditional Chinese fermented foods provide strong antioxidant protection in animals [133]. Fermentation of fruit and herbal smoothies with Lactobacillus plantarum and other strains has been shown to preserve their polyphenolic compounds and vitamin C, and as expected, this enhances subsequent free radical scavenging activity that would otherwise be lost with storage [134]. Fermented soymilk also has a more pronounced antioxidant capacity than unfermented soymilk, and this activity is further enhanced by the synergistic application of both lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria together versus only Lactobacilli or Bifidobacterium strains alone [135]. - -The fermentation of fiber-rich components of traditional diets, such as, soy germ, wheat germ, rice bran, or breads made via traditional fermentation techniques, have been shown to produce novel bioactive compounds capable of producing beneficial immune, glycemic, and anti-inflammatory activities [136-139]. In the case of fermented rice bran, where enhanced phenolic availability has been noted, there is specific experimental evidence indicating beneficial mental properties via the bioactive compounds. More specifically, compared with controls, oral administration of fermented rice bran extract reduced experimental fatigue and stress [140,141]. Fermentation of rice bran, and other traditional foods, such as mung beans, buckwheat sprouts, and lentils, is known to increase the available GABA content significantly [142-144]. Whereas synthetic GABA in oral form has been classically dismissed as of limited benefit due to absorption issues, research has reported value of the oral administration of GABA derived from Lactobacillus hilgardii fermentation in anxiety reduction in human beings, and antidepressant activity via the administration of GABA-rich red yeast rice [145,146]. - -Recent evidence suggests that the health-promoting target of flavonoids is directed toward the human gut bacterial metagenomes, and that these benefits have an evolutionary origin. Functional analysis using clusters of orthologous groups of bacteria target proteins suggests that flavonoids regulate the metabolism of gut microbiota [147]. Experimental research has shown that when common dietary polyphenols are subjected to fermentation, the newly formed biotransformation phytochemicals are more capable of causing a beneficial shift in microbial growth stimulation [148]. In positioning fermented foods as worthy of discussion for cognitive and mental benefits, recent comparative research involving fermented and non-fermented foods and herbal ingredients is worthy of consideration. Researchers have examined the in vivo properties of an herbal blend typically used in traditional medicine to treat inflammatory disorders, comparing its effects in the unfermented and fermented form. Blood LPS levels were significantly lower when treated with the fermented blend, as was C-reactive protein, a primary marker of systemic inflammation. There was also a significant reduction in LPS-induced intestinal permeability and a significant rise in stool Lactobacillus species, neither of which was noted with the unfermented blend [149]. - -Similar research has been documented with fermented and unfermented herbs used for gastrointestinal disorders, that is, more pronounced anti-inflammatory activity and minimization of LPS-induced gene expression with the fermented blend [150]. In separate work involving a singular traditional food or medicinal agent, the anti-inflammatory botanical Sophora flavescens, researchers, again using LPS as the inducing agent, found a more pronounced anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity with the fermented form [151]. Recently red wine has been shown to increase Bifidobacterium levels, which in turn correlates with lower serum LPS concentrations [152]. Fermented grape pomace yields more total antioxidants and antioxidant activity than its unfermented counterpart [153]. Remarkably, even fermented fish oil, an agent with well-documented anti-inflammatory and mood-support properties, has been shown to provide an enhanced anti-inflammatory activity versus its unfermented counterpart [154]. Given our previous discussions concerning LPS-induced inflammation, intestinal permeability and glycemic control, it should not be surprising, perhaps, that fermented (versus unfermented) dairy products can improve glucose metabolism and improve antioxidant status in human beings [155,156]. - -The connection between fermented dairy products and the growth of beneficial intestinal microbes has been well described. However, the findings that (non-dairy) fermented foods and herbs can have a positive influence on the intestinal microbiota are important in that there may be an influence on longer-term gut-brain communication. For example, isomalto-oligosaccharides are found in traditional foods (for example, honey, sake, miso, and soy sauce) and have been shown in animals and human beings to have a beneficial effect in promoting the growth of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli[157]. Providing just a few examples, fermented (versus unfermented) burdock has been shown to significantly promote the growth of bifidobacteria [158]; similar findings have been reported for fermented versus unfermented soy [159]. The species-level microbiota within local fermented foods is reflected in stool samples of the human host [160]. When researchers make discoveries such as that showing that a Lactobacillus pentosus strain derived from fermented cabbage (kimchi) can improve mental functioning and hippocampal BDNF production in animals [161], the entire mosaic takes on greater meaning. It suggests that we are only scratching the surface in our understanding of the relationship between potentially beneficial food-derived microbes and brain health. - -Conclusions -The purposeful application of fermentation for food preservation, palatability, and other reasons is an ancient art. Modern research is highlighting the potential value of ancestral dietary practices on mental health, and on resiliency against depression in particular. At the same time, there has been tremendous progress toward better understanding of the role played by the low-grade inflammation and the intestinal microbiome in human health and mental well-being [162,163]. Evidence would suggest that the two major themes of these mostly separate highways of research should converge; in other words, the fermented foods so often included in traditional dietary practices have the potential to influence brain health by virtue of the microbial action that has been applied to the food or beverage, and by the ways in which the fermented food or beverage directly influences our own microbiota. This could manifest, behaviorally, via magnified antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, reduction of intestinal permeability and the detrimental effects of LPS, improved glycemic control, positive influence on nutritional status (and therefore neurotransmission and neuropeptide production), direct production of GABA, and other bioactive chemicals, as well as a direct role in gut-to-brain communication via a beneficial shift in the intestinal microbiota itself. - -In this discussion, we may unwittingly give the impression that fermentation is exclusively a beneficial application to food and beverage production. Such is not the case and not all forms of fermentation or fermented foods can be painted with the same brush. For example, certain microorganisms (for example, fungi) associated with pickled foods may enhance the production of N-nitroso compounds with potential carcinogenic properties [164]. Also, although agmatine and other polyamines found in fermented meats, fish, and certain beverages have been shown to have a variety of experimental benefits related to brain health [165,166], a safe level of intake remains unknown [165]. However, as outlined in our review, there is more than ample justification to follow the microbe-nutrition and gut-brain research pathways into convergence. The clinical world of mental health involves one where consumption of convenient, high-fat, or high-sugar foods is the norm; these foods, at odds with our evolutionary past, are not only undermining optimal nutritional status, they have untold effects on the microbiome and ultimately the brain. 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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/first hike.txt b/first hike.txt deleted file mode 100755 index b8f528b..0000000 --- a/first hike.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -Despite my personal willingness to suffer in order to avoid tourist hordes abroad, contrary to what some of my friends think I am not, by nature a mascochist. Here in Georgia I tend to do things like walk or hike in mornings or evenings. Especially if I have my family with me. - -This morning we walked through the bog forests of Sandy Creek, slipping through the mud and down limbs from the two inches of rain that fell the night before. And it feel in a matter of minutes, great torrenting sheets of rain that caused flash floods in some places and overruns our storm windows to fill and leak into the house and they do when I forget to close them before a storm, which I inevitably do. - -My children's first hike turned out to be wildly successful even without the precense of the much sought after turtle, which seems thus far, to be their favorite animal. Or maybe just their favorite animal word. It can be hard to say for sure when they like something and when they just like the word for something and when those to things are the same Korzibsky be damned. - -In either case they both hiked about half a mile with almost no complaint, which strikes me as pretty good for being 22 months old. diff --git a/free camping b/free camping deleted file mode 100644 index aaf803d..0000000 --- a/free camping +++ /dev/null @@ -1,272 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 63mph — Stories · from Portland, OR · 496 days... -date: 2014-12-27T13:36:38Z -source: http://63mph.com/post/94534670378/stories-from-portland-or-496-days -tags: camping, research - ---- - -· 8 months ago - -Stories · from Portland, OR · 496 days in - -Building A Wheel Estate Empire - -Look, I'm a lover, but one thing I hate is paying for camping. I didn't start living in my van to keep paying rent. Spending $15 a night to camp ($450 a month) is the equivalent of paying rent, which is unacceptable to me. - -Below is my process for finding free camping anywhere… these are the steps I'm using to build my Wheel Estate Empire. - -**Rural Camping** - -The single most important step to finding (great) free camping is deciding to stop paying for camping. Since there are so many convenient, paid campsites, if you're not committed to finding free(dom), you won't find it. - -1) Get your mind right. Hunting for free camping with great views and ample resources (water & wood) is _work_. Think of the hunt as equal to the energy required to cook a good meal or have a thoughtful conversation. If you don't go into the hunt with these energy expectations, frustration will certainly ensue. - -[_Note_: The upside of this energy (and potentially gas) expense is the free spot will be yours forever. It will be your little secret, your little treasure. Put an X on your map and smile every time you think about it… then share it with those you love.] - -2) Get yourself as detailed a paper map(s) as you can find. Yes PAPER! They still exist. I always have a state atlas riding shotgun with me. Why paper when we have phones? At least two reasons: - -a) The only way to get a holistic sense of a landscape is to look at a region topographically… its curves and peaks and valleys, its swimming holes and water sources (all the way down to its fresh water springs). Paper maps also show dirt roads, which will be important later. - -b) You'll need paper because you probably won't have cell service in the places I'm talking about in this article. - -3) Apps can help too, but don't rely on them. I use [Topo Maps][1] often. It allows you to download any USGS quadrangle in North America, which helps with the details – the quadrangles show every dirt road and delineate between 2WD and 4WD. The app also works with No Service. - -My friends at [Where's My Office Now?][2] use the [AllStays app][3] often – it's a great resource for finding public land and developed campsites (free and paid). - -4) Now that you've got your map(s) and your mind(s) right, let the real fun begin. Look at all public land allocations within a two-hour radius. - -In summer, I've come to prefer National Forests because they are shady and have ample water sources. In winter, I prefer Bureau of Land Management lands (BLM) – typically open grasslands or high deserts – which tend to be abundant in sun and my favorite fire woods, pinyon and juniper. - -[_Note:_ For those of you in the east or midwest where there is very little public land, your hunt is a lot harder. This article is about my Western process. My Eastern process is simpler: I find private land I can camp without getting hassled, or I park in towns and cities (which I'll get into later). The same issue goes for Southern California and warm beach areas, which have become so overpopulated that finding free camping is nearly impossible, but it still can be done.] - -5) With your map of public lands, decide what mood you're in. Is it hot? Should you get high on a mountain, or to the coast or to a lake? Is it cold? Should you get to a hot spring or the desert? - -The more you pursue your intuition, the better you'll get at finding the best spots. This sounds very fuzzy because it is, but when your brain is drawn to something on a map, there's a reason. And the more you follow these reasons, the luckier you'll get. - -6) _Learn to_ _love the dirt!_ Dirt roads keep the tourists away and rarely lead to anything but treasures. When I started getting dirty every night, my luck increased exponentially. - -[_Note:_ While we're on the topic of dirty, it's unfortunate, but much of our public land has been trashed by [thoughtless folks][4]. Many times, I will come across a perfect camp with a nicely built fire ring, only to find dirty diapers stashed in the woods, shotgun shells littered throughout, and eight Keystone Ice cans in the fire. - -Don't get discouraged. If it's a good camp, stay. Use it as an opportunity to clean up the land and leave your own trace (none). Bag the trash and disperse the negative energy others have left behind; make it your own home with your own energy. I try to leave each campsite improved… cleaned up and (if energy permits) with firewood for the next free-seeker.] - -7) Let's say you've driven for an hour and are stumped. Here are landmarks that are sure winners: - -a) Bridges – before and after bridges there is usually a (well-hidden) dirt road that leads down to the water source and camping near it. - -b) Radio towers – all radio towers have roads to them. Some of these roads have gates, but many are left unlocked. If you can stand the thought of the incoming/outgoing waves, the views are unparalleled. - -c) Telephone lines – same story as radio towers, most have access roads to them that are never used. - -d) Around paid campsites – often the best place to look, especially in National Forests. People with the same free-camping philosophy have most likely carved out a camp nearby. - -e) Railroad tracks – paralleling all railroad tracks are dirt roads and pullouts. Just don't park too close to the tracks or the train engineers will whistle at you all night long. - -f) Trailheads – any place that allows overnight hiker parking is (free)game for camping! - -8) You're still stumped and out of energy? Don't be afraid to break the rules, just be thoughtful in your execution. Don't add unnecessary harm to the land or others. Be able to justify your camp to a reasonable person if asked. My #1 rule in breaking the rules: don't bother anyone and you won't get caught. - -**Urban Camping** - -I really try not to urban camp because you have to be sneaky about it, which takes away the feeling of freedom. But I have to say, I do get a kick out of it – there's something mischievous about sleeping in front of someone's house who has no idea you're there. - -[_Note: _Urban camping is way harder (or impossible) if you have a dog (one of the reasons I don't) or if you're traveling with 3 or more people or a small child.] - -When my three buddies from [Current Sea][5] were on the road, they had to pop the top every night for sleeping room. They often pulled into neighborhoods and asked permission from the neighbors to pop and park the night. Often they heard "Yes!" I thought this was rad but have never done it myself.] - -On Walmart – somehow Walmart has gotten the reputation as being a great place to urban camp. I totally disagree. The last place I would camp is under 82 fluorescent lights with a bunch of people driving around all night. There is another way. - -1) Get your cooking done and your van tidied up before seeking good urban camping. I've definitely cooked on the street in front of someone's house before (which actually helped me [meet three amazing friends][6]). But, finding a spot and going to bed is the surest way to stay low profile. Reading, watching movies, etc. is fine too, just avoid activities that require a lot of van shuffling. - -2) Find a good neighborhood. This is the question I ask myself: where's the nicest view in town where neighbors won't notice an unfamiliar vehicle? - -There are nice neighborhoods where people have "their parking spot" and would be peeved if you took it. You're looking for the rung of neighborhoods just below that kind… the ones where your van fits in as a visiting friend. - -This is a feel thing, I can't explain how I know the good neighborhoods, I just do. You'll know them too. I've gotten some epic views in neighborhoods where people pay multi-millions for their lot. Very few things feel better than that. - -3) Look for parks, double lots, empty lots, tall hedges, and houses for sale. - -a) City parks are always the first place my eyes go to on the map. Many times there are parking restrictions at parks (for people like us!), but a block away, there won't be. - -b) If you can't find a good park, start looking for empty lots. When you're aware of them, you'd be amazed at how many empty lots there are in any town or city. Park in front of one, make it your lot. - -c) Next best to empty lots are double lots. Park in the back part (yard part) of the lot, so the homeowners won't notice you when they're eating dinner. - -d) Tall hedges, ahhh, my best friend. Those people who want privacy so bad, they can't even see your van on the street. Perfection. - -e) Houses for sale that are uninhabited. Their tell-tale sign is the single porch light and single living room light that are on. They also have a strange vacant energy if you watch them long enough. - -4) Okay, you've found a good spot, but it has a horribly uneven lie. You have three options: - -a) High energy level – leave, find something better. - -b) Medium energy – pull your tires up on the curb to level out. Yes, it will look obvious, but if you're not bothering anyone with your post-parking activities, no one will bother you. - -c) Low energy – stay, do nothing, lie with the lie. The nights I have a horrible lie and don't care are the nights I will have zero problem sleeping anywhere. - -5) What about peeing? I've never been one for a pee-bottle (or bucket) because they smell, it's easy to miss (or overfill), and you have to deal with them later. - -If you've followed the steps above, you will have an urban camp with green space nearby… (queue mischievous feeling)… I just get out and pee when everyone's asleep (my bladder has a way of picking 3:23AM). - -6) What about extended urban stays? The longest urban stretch I've done was a week in multiple places. Find a good 3-4 spots and rotate them. I've got my rotation dialed in Anchorage, Jasper, Durango, etc. - -**Hassled?** - -I know you're wondering, have I ever been hassled? Never by weirdos, three times by authorities. - -Twice while rural camping (illegally). Both times I got moving too late. Both times I was pleasant. Both times – after the authorities saw I wasn't causing any harm to anyone or the land – they let me go without a citation. Just let the authorities feel like they've won, because guess what, that means you will too. - -I can't say you'll _never_ get caught camping illegally if you leave before 6:30AM, but I'm almost positive you won't get caught (I never have). Most government agencies don't pay well enough to get their people up before then. - -I've been hassled once while urban camping, but I asked for it. It was the night of a friend's wedding, and I had a buddy in the van with me, pop top up. I was being arrogant with the top up. - -We knew what to do if someone knocked… do nothing, stay quiet. Sure enough, at 2AM, we got knocked on and flash-lighted. Trouble for the authorities was, since they couldn't see us (curtains drawn) and we didn't make a peep, all they could do was leave. - -That's all I got for now. Happy free living… happy Wheel Estate Empire building! If you explore what I've outlined above, your concept about rent and land ownership will change forever. 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I've always hated such things and in this day and age the internet is a far better resource. But you don't want to be trying to look things up on arrival. You need to plan ahead and create your own guidebook. - -The solution is to create your own. Create plain text files that can sync between your devices, esp important since your mobile will likely be with you more. I use one file per place I plan to go and keep things in a country level folder that syncs. - -In that file I put down everything from trains schedules, directions, language bits (characters if I'm in a country with a script language), common phrases spelled phenetically, any reservation confirmation info. Things I want to see at the destination -- e.g. museums, birds in the area, hiking nearby and so on. - -That plus anything I clean from research, along with all the links and relevant source from my research are kept in the file. When I can I print the file and paste it into a travel notebook for offline reference in cafes or wherever I might be. - -Wade has a few other ideas in there that I like, like maps and photos, but they would have to be stored separately from my plain text and referenced somehow. - -These notes also often become the basis of luxagraf posts. - --- - -[source](http://www.vagabondjourney.com/9-steps-to-free-yourself-from-travel-guidebooks/) - -It’s been three years since I carried a travel guidebook. For some years before that I would use them intermittently, but when I had one I found that I rarely use it, and when I didn’t I found that I rarely missed it. So I just stopped using travel guides all together and haven’t looked back. It is my impression that this is a normal trend that we are going to see more of: the Lonely Planet epoch has come to a close, we’re now in the post-guidebook, post mass-market era of World Travel. - -But what do you replace that Lonely Planet or Rough Guide with? - -Having information on the road ahead is necessary in travel and travelers have always shared notes and used published material to guide their paths. But how do you compile and assemble this information in an organized, thorough, and easy to access format on your own? - -I’ve been working on this problem for many years now, and the solution that I’ve come up with is incredibly simple: I collect information myself and carry it with me on my smart phone and other electronic devices. Basically, I use an old school method of procuring travel information and give it life with modern resources and technology. - -This is what I do: - -**1. I have a folder on my computer, my tablet, and on my smartphone called “travels.”** - -On all of my devices — laptop, tablet, smartphone — this folder is synced. This is where I keep all of my travel notes. For each destination or stretch of travel I will create a new folder for that trip within the travels folder. So for my recent trip to Guizhou province, I made a folder called “Guizhou 2013″ in my travels folder. I then collected all the information, maps, and photos that I needed for this trip in the this folder. - -**2. For each trip/ portion of a journey/ destination I start blank a .doc or .html file.** - -As soon as I start conceiving of the next leg of my travels I will make a new .doc, .txt, or .html file, divide it up into sections (explained below), and I will continually add information to it as I collect information from online research and talking with people. I usually make these .html files as they can easily be read by all devices. - -This single file is where I will collect all the information that I will need to travel a route, a region, or a destination. I don’t want my geographic focus here to be too small — as I don’t want to bog myself down with an excessive amount of files — just as I don’t want my focus to be too large — as I don’t want the file to be too long and difficult to find particular bits of information quickly. What I want is to be able to have a complete chapter of travel notes in one easy to access file. - -[**Look at a sample of my travel notes**][7] - - [7]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-notes-sample/ - -**3. I list the place names that I will travel to or pass through at the top of the document for easy reference.** - -It’s sometimes easy to forget the names of places, especially on journeys where you pass through multiple locales daily. Don’t only just list your destination, but all the places where you must transfer through or otherwise stop at en route. If necessary, make notes on where they are in proximity to each other, or list them in temporal order. - -The benefits of doing this step may not seem evident at first, but when you need it it truly helps. For example, sometimes you can’t get a bus/ train ticket directly to your destination, but if you know of other cities on the way you can often easily piece together your route. - -Another reason why you should list these place names at the top of this document arises if you’re traveling in a country that doesn’t use the Latin alphabet. Having these place names in the local script as well as phonic renditions that you can consult in a matter of seconds is truly clutch. _Yes, you definitely want to double check that the person behind the counter gave you a ticket to the right place when traveling in China._ - -**4. I organize my notes.** - -You can arrange your data anyway you wish. You can divide it up by destination, you can divide it by topic (like transportation/ accommodation, etc . . ), or do it any other way you want to. Assembling your own travel information gives you the freedom to organize it in a way that works best for you. That said, I generally organize my travel notes down the page as follows: - -Place names -Transportation -[Accommodation][8] -Activities -Resources - - [8]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/accommodation/ - -I organize my information by how urgently I may need to produce it. I want the information that I may need to access most urgently nearest the top of the page to lessen the need to scroll and the time it takes to find what I’m looking for. For example: I am probably going to need to know the number for the train I’m trying to buy a ticket for faster than where a Subway restaurant is located. As most regular high pressure situations in travel comes along with public transportation, I want all of this information at the top of the document. - -**5. Collecting transportation information.** - -I find the transportation information for the places I intend to travel to basically by searching for it online or by going directly to stations and finding it in person. Train timetables are often readily available on the internet, and I will list the routes that go along my path, along with the timetables and the prices for various classes. I try to do the same with bus transportation as well. If there is public transportation that regularly goes between two destinations throughout the day, I will make a note of it and write down the time of the first train/ bus and the last one. - -**6. Collecting accommodation information.** - -Finding places to stay has become far easier with the maturity of the global internet. It is now simple stuff to do a quick internet search and come up with an array of hostels/ [hotels][9] in your price range that are fully mapped out and ready to record. - - [9]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-deals/ - -[Sometimes I book accommodation in advance][10], and have the address of the place I’m staying copied and pasted in my notes; sometimes I locate a suitable area in a destination city to stay, record its location, and then go looking for a place to stay when I get there. - - [10]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/why-i-began-booking-hostels-and-hotels-online/ (Why I Began Booking Hostels And Hotels Online) - -As far as my notes go, having my beds booking before arrival means I write down my hotel’s address and directions, along with contact phone numbers, email addresses, etc . . . I organize this information in sequential order, matching my prospective travel schedule. - -Accommodation information was once one of the main reasons to use a guidebook. Not anymore. Now instead of getting the low down on a small list of places that some guidebook writer supposedly visited some years before, you can up to the minute information and reviews from other travelers who actually stayed there and find out if there are availabilities prior to arrival. - -I often use the following sites to collect accommodation information or to make bookings: - -[Hostelbookers.com](http://www.hostelbookers.com/) -[Wikivoyage.org](http://www.wikivoyage.org/) -[Hostelz.com](http://www.hostelz.com/) -General search engine queries - -I don't use or recommend Tripadvisor. - -**7. Collecting information on activities/ my objectives for visiting.** - -This part of my notes is highly variable, and how thorough it gets depends on the complexity of what I intend to do in a certain location. Generally, I will record all of the addresses, directions, and additional info I think I may need. I find this information online, from looking at maps, or by communicating with people via email/ phone/ AFK. - -This is where having my own notes is essential, as I often find that I travel to places or do things that are not covered in Guidebooks or typical travel publications. - -**8. I then collecting maps and photos.** - -Collecting my own travel notes means that I also must get copies of my own maps. This is a good thing, as I can get the exact maps I need and I’m not just left with a general map of some city’s tourist district. I usually use Google Maps for this, and I take screenshots of close up, mid-range, and regional overview maps for each place I intend to go. I then save them to the folder where I’m collecting information for the journey with descriptive file names. - -If where I’m going appears as if it may be a little challenging to get to or a little confusing to ask directions to, I will also try to collect photos of local landmarks. This really helps if I’m trying to get to a place that I’m not sure of the precise location or the exact name, as I can show the photos to locals and get directions. I’ve found that locals may not know the proper place names or don’t use the same place names that outsiders use for many places that I’ve visited. When going to places that are outside the bounds of tourism, having photos of where you want to go will sometimes help you get there. - -**9. How I use this information. ** - -So I’ve collected all of this information into a folder that I keep on my computer, my tablet, and my smart phone, now how do I use it? - -As I only have one file for notes for a particular destination, all I have to do is create a shortcut to it on my smartphone or tablet and I can then pull it up in a matter of seconds. - -If I’m walking over to a booth to buy a train ticket I can pull up my notes on my phone without breaking stride, and by the time I get there I have a full timetable of all the trains that are running to my destination, of which I can pick the ones I prefer and request a ticket. - -If I’m going to get on a city bus and I’m not sure if I remembered what route number I want is, all I have to do is take out my phone and push a single button, do a little scroll, and there it is. - -If I need to call my hostel to get better directions all I need to do is pull up my travel note file on my phone, scroll down to the accommodation section, and copy and paste the number into my dialer. - -By having all the travel information I need in one easy to access, streamlined file I access it with lightning speed in real time and get to where I want to go. - -One of the biggest problems with Travel Guidebooks — digital as well as print — is that they’re colossal works packed with tons of information that you need to weed through to get to anything in particular. Desperately pawing through a guidebook in the streets looking for some essential bit of information that’s buried inside or to check a map makes you look foolish — it’s also an inconvenience and is dangerous. Each time you pull out a guidebook in public your sending a big message to everybody around you that you have no idea where you are or what you are doing. It makes you vulnerable. It’s also a big waste of time. - -When I pull out my phone in the street to check a map or an address I’m just some dude checking his phone like everybody else. - -### Conclusion - -Ditching Guidebooks wasn’t really an intentional thing for me. There was no singular moment when I declared that I wasn’t going to be lead around by some book that outlines someone else’s trip. I just stopped using them and never missed them. By taking my own notes I can make my own path, by collecting information from news reports, encyclopedias, blogs, forums, Wikivoyage, books, and maps I can find and get to pretty much any place in the world. - -Travel guides only cover a very small percentage of the places in any country, there is an entire world out there beyond the LP — though using them gives the impression that what they present are your only options. They’re not. World travel has now changed, the backpacker haunts of old are monstrosities of commerce today. We now need to cut own paths and collect our own travel information more than ever — and this means leaving mass-market travel guides behind. diff --git a/good lines.txt b/good lines.txt deleted file mode 100755 index d6c7d7f..0000000 --- a/good lines.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -Good Lines - -This is not a parable its -just a story with no point -a pencil that can't be sharpened - -Butterflies devoured our sheets on the line - -These Faberge mornings - -Every which and when must what and why and of its attendant how five pleasure to the pavements, the dividing line and its shadow. - -The flowers here are purchases of feathers -the coffee like no other, mint leaf diff --git a/gurdjieff.txt b/gurdjieff.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f6d3777 --- /dev/null +++ b/gurdjieff.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Gurdjieff notion that you should do a task by hand. if you have to dig a ditch you should do it and dig it by hand because there's an opportunity there for spiritual growth. if you're offloading it to a machine you're losing that opportunity for spiritual growth. if we offload tasks to machines we lose the opportunities that they have for spiritual growth and we may not fully understand the consequences of offloading things to technology because we'll never go through it to see what Spiritual Development we might have had if we had done it ourselves
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/hermitix.txt b/hermitix.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..76825a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/hermitix.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +https://www.patreon.com/rss/hermitix?auth=NwgpBeAUMVrFwylo6xAYKYa6Gz933vHF + diff --git a/hestia-prayers.txt b/hestia-prayers.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01c29f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/hestia-prayers.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Pindar, Nemean Ode 11 + +"Daughter of Rhea, guardian of parliaments, Hestia, sister of all-highest Zeus, and of Hera who shares his throne, welcome with goodwill to your sacred hall." + +Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca + +"He [Kronos] then married his sister Rhea. Because both Ge and Ouranos had given him prophetic warning that his rule would be overthrown by a son of his own, he took to swallowing his children at birth. He swallowed his first-born daughter Hestia, then Demeter and Hera, and Poseidon and Haides... When Zeus was grown, he engaged Okeanos' daughter Metis as a colleague. She gave Kronos a drug, by which he was forced to vomit forth first the stone and then the children he had swallowed. With them Zeus fought a war against Kronos and the Titanes." [1. 4 - 7] + +Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite + +"Nor yet does the pure maiden Histia love Aphrodite's works. She was the first-born child of wily Kronos (Cronus) and youngest too, by will of Zeus who holds the aigis,--a queenly maid whom both Poseidon and Apollon sought to wed. But she was wholly unwilling, nay, stubbornly refused; and touching the head of father Zeus who holds the aigis, she, that fair goddess, sware a great oath which has in truth been fulfilled, that she would be a maiden all her days. So Zeus the Father gave her a high honour instead of marriage, and she has her place in the midst of the house and has the richest portion. In all the temples of the gods she has a share of honour, and among all mortal men she is chief of the goddesses. Of these three Aphrodite cannot bend or ensnare the hearts." + +Homeric Hymn 24 to Hestia + + "Hestia, you who tend the holy house of the lord Apollon, the Far-shooter at goodly Pytho, with soft oil dripping ever from your locks, come now into this house, come, having one mind with Zeus the all-wise--draw near, and withal bestow grace upon my song." + +Orphic Hymn 84 to Hestia + + "To Hestia, Fumigation from Aromatics. Daughter of Kronos (Cronus), venerable dame, who dwellest amidst great fire's eternal flame; in sacred rites these ministers are thine, mystics much blessed, holy and divine. In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien; accept these rites, accord each just desire, and gentle health and needful good inspire." + +Plato, Phaedrus 246 + + "Zeus, the mighty lord, holding the reins of a winged chariot, leads the way in heaven, ordering all and taking care of all; and there follows him the array of gods and demigods, marshalled in eleven bands; Hestia alone abides at home in the house of heaven; of the rest they who are reckoned among the princely twelve march in their appointed order." diff --git a/httpsthyroidpharmacist.comarticleshashimotos-and-graves-remission-after-helicobacter-pylori-eradicat.txt b/httpsthyroidpharmacist.comarticleshashimotos-and-graves-remission-after-helicobacter-pylori-eradicat.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 62b8951..0000000 --- a/httpsthyroidpharmacist.comarticleshashimotos-and-graves-remission-after-helicobacter-pylori-eradicat.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -https://thyroidpharmacist.com/articles/hashimotos-and-graves-remission-after-helicobacter-pylori-eradication/
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.txt b/if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 58a1abc..0000000 --- a/if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Wake Up Dead Man » Early Retirement- “If You Fail to Plan, then You Plan to Fail” - -From <http://www.wakeupdeadman.com/2012/06/06/early-retirement-if-you-fail-to-plan-then-you-plan-to-fail/> - -# Early Retirement: “If You Fail to Plan, then You Plan to Fail” - -> “”By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”- Benjamin Franklin - -##### Let’s Talk Cash - -Although I haven’t focused a whole lot on money to this point, I do see personal finance as one of this blog’s cornerstones. I think that money plays such an important role in our lives, that it is not enough to simply say, “you should save,” but rather, we need to adjust our entire life philosophy before we can really tackle some of the challenges people face when it comes to money. Hence why I’ve spent so much time harping on Stoicism and other seemingly unrelated topics. Now that much of the foundation has been laid, we can start building on that. - -##### Financial Independence - -My personal goal, and my hope for all of my friends, family, and readers is to reach financial independence as quickly as possible. The common responses I get when I share this goal with people range from complete ignorance of what I’m talking about to skepticism and downright hostility. Either people have not considered the fact that they do not have to work into their sixties (or beyond) or they do not think that it is possible for anyone to achieve the level of wealth necessary to avoid that, without hitting the lottery or experiencing some other unlikely windfall. - -To those people I generally say “well, I’ve seen it done,” and point them toward Jacob at [earlyretirementextreme.com](http://earlyretirementextreme.com/), or to Mr. MM over at [MrMoneyMustache.com](http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/). That is generally the last I hear from them about the subject because many of them are not willing to admit that the hyper-consumerist way of life they have chosen is insane. Just recently though, I was having the conversation with a close friend and coworker, and he informed me that he thinks he “might just retire so I can spend more time flying my air plane and playing with my boat.”**_ That got my attention!_** - -##### [](http://www.wakeupdeadman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/file000358650221.jpg) - -##### Let’s **Meet _the Example_ -** - -I’ll call this friend Lenny, (I’d hate to have him pissed at me for giving out his identity along with his life story). Lenny is a lot older than I want to be when I attain financial independence, but he is still younger than the normal retirement age (and has likely been financially independent for quite some time but chose to continue working). He is also an outlier by most standards. Without getting into too many specifics I will just say that he holds an AARP card (meaning he is over 50) and still jumps out of air planes on a regular basis, can outrun and out-lift guys half his age, and still has a full head of hair. That doesn’t happen on accident. - -##### How Does He Do it? - -Discipline. That is the one word that much of his success rests on. Lenny spent a lifetime taking care of his body, following a strict exercise regimen and eating right. He also never quit. He is the epitome of what it means to _be unstoppable_. Lenny has experienced hardships and setbacks like everyone else, some that would devastate a person, but the difference is that he didn’t let it alter his course. He kept his focus on what would get him where he wanted to be, his control over his own actions. - -Lenny made sacrifices with his time money when he was younger to ensure he had an income for the rest of his life. He quite likely could have been absolutely retired in his early forties, but he has spent the rest of that time doing various jobs that he enjoyed and felt passionate about. That is what financial independence is all about. Contrary to what the nay-Sayers think, it is not about being lazy and “not contributing to society.” It is about removing the need to make money from the equation so that your decisions are driven by your purpose and values. How many of us work jobs we don’t care about or that even in some cases run counter to our values, simply to “pay the mortgage?” Imagine if you didn’t have to. Lenny doesn’t have to imagine, he lives it. - -##### The Anti-Lenny - -I’ve got another very close friend who’s story isn’t quite as sunny as Lenny’s. Let’s call this friend Tim. Tim was always an entrepreneur and was generally pretty successful in his pursuits. Some people would say, “Tim could step in shit and he’d find gold.” This used to be true, in fact, Tim has quite likely made considerably more money in his lifetime than Lenny has, yet he has very little to show for it. Instead of saving and investing during his high-income years, he spent every dollar he made, and then some. Tim got caught up in the “keeping up with the Jones’” trap and constantly compared himself to his friends rather than being happy with what he had, (which was considerably too much stuff). He spent, not only in an attempt to satisfy his insatiable desires, but also to achieve recognition for how successful he was. Basing decisions off of either of those factors is never a good idea. - -His health also started out as good or better than Lenny’s, but he squandered that too. When Lenny was getting up early in the morning to go for a run and hit the gym, Tim was sleeping off a hangover from a night of debauchery. Over the years, that lifestyle will take it’s toll, and the effects are not only felt by the body, they are also felt by your bank account and your loved ones. - -Within the same year, Tim went through a quadruple by-pass surgery, a divorce, and a negative year with his business. Two years, several maxed out credit lines, and a host of ruined friendships later, Tim woke up crashing on people’s couches and working a menial job for a paltry sum of money. Between his medical bills and loss of revenue, Tim was never able to get back on solid footing. It occurs to me though, that had he simply made a few different decisions early on, he could have retired many years earlier and his biggest concern now would be where to go fishing. Instead, he now tries to figure out how to stretch his $1,200 or so of monthly disability income to the next payday. - -##### I Want to Live Like Lenny! - -You may have noticed that I mentioned that Lenny owns a a freaking air plane! That kind of expenditure is not indicative of a miserly cheapskate who never spent a dime and lived off of Ramen noodles to save up enough to not work. Is it? A lot of people’s view of early retirement or financial independence is that it takes too much sacrifice, but I have to disagree. My household is on track to achieve financial independence decades before the average retirement age, and we really don’t do without. [Mr. Money Mustache was financially independent in his early thirties and he’s living large.](http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/06/01/raising-a-family-on-under-2000-per-year/) The fact seems to be that if you make it a priority in your life, and you take the steps that are required to get there, the destination is almost inevitable. - -The primary difference between someone who ends up with what they want out of life, and someone who ends up without, is that one person puts together a plan and works the plan while the other person wings it and relies on luck. I don’t want to squander my time waiting around for the winds of fortune, I’d rather choose a direction and start paddling. - -This entry was posted by [Bell Ringer](http://www.wakeupdeadman.com/author/admin/) on June 6, 2012 at 10:41 am
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/internet communities.txt b/internet communities.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 56ad937..0000000 --- a/internet communities.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -I've been hanging around various places internet communities for years, others I've come to more recently. For years I've followed the ERE community, recently I started following the indie web camp community. I'm also in the middle of a deep dive into something i neglected in five years of professional cooking -- fermentation. - -All of these things are related. - -# another post is going to be about https and privacy and how privacy is a conceit of the rich, but one that we should aspire to grant to everyone. the more money you have the more privacy you can get but the more disconnected from your neighbors you become. privacy is not without tradeoff, of course those of us in the industrialized world were born without a chance to even know that tradeoffs had been made. we already had houses that afforded us privacy, or some measure of it, yards screen off, cars humming the highway alone. Maybe you grew up in new york, no car, no yard. That's precisely what I mean, you expectations of privacy are different. you might have more community, joining your building neighbors on the roof to enjoy the sun, or grill up something tasty for instance. - -What's different about this notion of privacy and the notional idea of privacy on the internet is that in the first case you are getting some privacy from your fellow humans, in the case the net you are getting some privacy from government perhaps, but more obviously and more worryingly, privacy from corporations. That is a very different sort of privacy in my view than our traditional notion of privacy. I might not care if my nest door neighbor knows what I had for dinner because we both happened to be out in our years grilling at the same time, but it does not follow that I want Google, Kroger, Proctor & Gamble or any other corporation to have that same info. diff --git a/investing-notes.txt b/investing-notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7c1e6c --- /dev/null +++ b/investing-notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +stay aware from startups, and flashy companies invest in green tech no one wants like low flush toilets or whatever. + +If you're trying to beat the market, be the best informed person among the investors looking at that stock. Hedge funds and analyists are already looking at those. Look for profitable boring companies. Look for small ponds where you can be a big fish. + +What not to do: + +1) if you're reading about it in the press it means the company is trying to raise money. Put it in the list, wait fo rthe hype cycle to die down. + +2) Look for themes, look for patterns. Companies that reduce oil consumption for instance, e,g, bikes, vehicle telematics companies, mass transit. etc. boring, uninteresting sectors. + +picks and shovels companies around the hyped ideas. that way you avoid the obvious play. + +contrarian + +electric transmission -- moving energy, battery storage (pick and shovels around it), long distance transmission, demand side management, shaping the home. diff --git a/jared diamond on farming.txt b/jared diamond on farming.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 04dde81..0000000 --- a/jared diamond on farming.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Jared Diamond on Farming - -"With the arrival of farming, Diamond argues, women were subjected to domestic drudgery; people started to hoard resources and wealth; and our proximity to animals triggered disease epidemics that still threaten to overwhelm us. “With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality, the disease and despotism, that curse our existence,” he states. - -http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/06/jared-diamond-tribal-life-anthropology
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lx post estuary time.txt b/lx post estuary time.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 299d933..0000000 --- a/lx post estuary time.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -In nature, an estuary is the wide mouth of a river into which the tides flow, an area where the fresh water of the river and the salt water of the sea mix together. “In an estuary,” Lopez observes, “nature creates a set of organisms which are not from one side or the other, but completely different. In the same way, people who live on the Tijuana border have this kind of estuarian time. It’s not a Mexican time. It’s not an American time. It’s a different time. - -from geography of time, robert levine p206 note: [[rn The Geography of Time]]
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lx post how to free yourself from guidebooks.txt b/lx post how to free yourself from guidebooks.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 0d1c79f..0000000 --- a/lx post how to free yourself from guidebooks.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -title: 9 Steps To Free Yourself From Travel Guidebooks -date: 20140811 10:18:39 -tags: #travel #luxagraf #lx-post ---- - -Lonely Planet is no way to travel. I've always hated such things and in this day and age the internet is a far better resource. But you don't want to be trying to look things up on arrival. You need to plan ahead and create your own guidebook. - -The solution is to create your own. Create plain text files that can sync between your devices, esp important since your mobile will likely be with you more. I use one file per place I plan to go and keep things in a country level folder that syncs. - -In that file I put down everything from trains schedules, directions, language bits (characters if I'm in a country with a script language), common phrases spelled phenetically, any reservation confirmation info. Things I want to see at the destination -- e.g. museums, birds in the area, hiking nearby and so on. - -That plus anything I clean from research, along with all the links and relevant source from my research are kept in the file. When I can I print the file and paste it into a travel notebook for offline reference in cafes or wherever I might be. - -Wade has a few other ideas in there that I like, like maps and photos, but they would have to be stored separately from my plain text and referenced somehow. - -These notes also often become the basis of luxagraf posts. - --- - -[source](http://www.vagabondjourney.com/9-steps-to-free-yourself-from-travel-guidebooks/) - -It’s been three years since I carried a travel guidebook. For some years before that I would use them intermittently, but when I had one I found that I rarely use it, and when I didn’t I found that I rarely missed it. So I just stopped using travel guides all together and haven’t looked back. It is my impression that this is a normal trend that we are going to see more of: the Lonely Planet epoch has come to a close, we’re now in the post-guidebook, post mass-market era of World Travel. - -But what do you replace that Lonely Planet or Rough Guide with? - -Having information on the road ahead is necessary in travel and travelers have always shared notes and used published material to guide their paths. But how do you compile and assemble this information in an organized, thorough, and easy to access format on your own? - -I’ve been working on this problem for many years now, and the solution that I’ve come up with is incredibly simple: I collect information myself and carry it with me on my smart phone and other electronic devices. Basically, I use an old school method of procuring travel information and give it life with modern resources and technology. - -This is what I do: - -**1. I have a folder on my computer, my tablet, and on my smartphone called “travels.”** - -On all of my devices — laptop, tablet, smartphone — this folder is synced. This is where I keep all of my travel notes. For each destination or stretch of travel I will create a new folder for that trip within the travels folder. So for my recent trip to Guizhou province, I made a folder called “Guizhou 2013″ in my travels folder. I then collected all the information, maps, and photos that I needed for this trip in the this folder. - -**2. For each trip/ portion of a journey/ destination I start blank a .doc or .html file.** - -As soon as I start conceiving of the next leg of my travels I will make a new .doc, .txt, or .html file, divide it up into sections (explained below), and I will continually add information to it as I collect information from online research and talking with people. I usually make these .html files as they can easily be read by all devices. - -This single file is where I will collect all the information that I will need to travel a route, a region, or a destination. I don’t want my geographic focus here to be too small — as I don’t want to bog myself down with an excessive amount of files — just as I don’t want my focus to be too large — as I don’t want the file to be too long and difficult to find particular bits of information quickly. What I want is to be able to have a complete chapter of travel notes in one easy to access file. - -[**Look at a sample of my travel notes**][7] - - [7]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-notes-sample/ - -**3. I list the place names that I will travel to or pass through at the top of the document for easy reference.** - -It’s sometimes easy to forget the names of places, especially on journeys where you pass through multiple locales daily. Don’t only just list your destination, but all the places where you must transfer through or otherwise stop at en route. If necessary, make notes on where they are in proximity to each other, or list them in temporal order. - -The benefits of doing this step may not seem evident at first, but when you need it it truly helps. For example, sometimes you can’t get a bus/ train ticket directly to your destination, but if you know of other cities on the way you can often easily piece together your route. - -Another reason why you should list these place names at the top of this document arises if you’re traveling in a country that doesn’t use the Latin alphabet. Having these place names in the local script as well as phonic renditions that you can consult in a matter of seconds is truly clutch. _Yes, you definitely want to double check that the person behind the counter gave you a ticket to the right place when traveling in China._ - -**4. I organize my notes.** - -You can arrange your data anyway you wish. You can divide it up by destination, you can divide it by topic (like transportation/ accommodation, etc . . ), or do it any other way you want to. Assembling your own travel information gives you the freedom to organize it in a way that works best for you. That said, I generally organize my travel notes down the page as follows: - -Place names -Transportation -[Accommodation][8] -Activities -Resources - - [8]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/accommodation/ - -I organize my information by how urgently I may need to produce it. I want the information that I may need to access most urgently nearest the top of the page to lessen the need to scroll and the time it takes to find what I’m looking for. For example: I am probably going to need to know the number for the train I’m trying to buy a ticket for faster than where a Subway restaurant is located. As most regular high pressure situations in travel comes along with public transportation, I want all of this information at the top of the document. - -**5. Collecting transportation information.** - -I find the transportation information for the places I intend to travel to basically by searching for it online or by going directly to stations and finding it in person. Train timetables are often readily available on the internet, and I will list the routes that go along my path, along with the timetables and the prices for various classes. I try to do the same with bus transportation as well. If there is public transportation that regularly goes between two destinations throughout the day, I will make a note of it and write down the time of the first train/ bus and the last one. - -**6. Collecting accommodation information.** - -Finding places to stay has become far easier with the maturity of the global internet. It is now simple stuff to do a quick internet search and come up with an array of hostels/ [hotels][9] in your price range that are fully mapped out and ready to record. - - [9]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/travel-deals/ - -[Sometimes I book accommodation in advance][10], and have the address of the place I’m staying copied and pasted in my notes; sometimes I locate a suitable area in a destination city to stay, record its location, and then go looking for a place to stay when I get there. - - [10]: http://www.vagabondjourney.com/why-i-began-booking-hostels-and-hotels-online/ (Why I Began Booking Hostels And Hotels Online) - -As far as my notes go, having my beds booking before arrival means I write down my hotel’s address and directions, along with contact phone numbers, email addresses, etc . . . I organize this information in sequential order, matching my prospective travel schedule. - -Accommodation information was once one of the main reasons to use a guidebook. Not anymore. Now instead of getting the low down on a small list of places that some guidebook writer supposedly visited some years before, you can up to the minute information and reviews from other travelers who actually stayed there and find out if there are availabilities prior to arrival. - -I often use the following sites to collect accommodation information or to make bookings: - -[Hostelbookers.com](http://www.hostelbookers.com/) -[Wikivoyage.org](http://www.wikivoyage.org/) -[Hostelz.com](http://www.hostelz.com/) -General search engine queries - -I don't use or recommend Tripadvisor. - -**7. Collecting information on activities/ my objectives for visiting.** - -This part of my notes is highly variable, and how thorough it gets depends on the complexity of what I intend to do in a certain location. Generally, I will record all of the addresses, directions, and additional info I think I may need. I find this information online, from looking at maps, or by communicating with people via email/ phone/ AFK. - -This is where having my own notes is essential, as I often find that I travel to places or do things that are not covered in Guidebooks or typical travel publications. - -**8. I then collecting maps and photos.** - -Collecting my own travel notes means that I also must get copies of my own maps. This is a good thing, as I can get the exact maps I need and I’m not just left with a general map of some city’s tourist district. I usually use Google Maps for this, and I take screenshots of close up, mid-range, and regional overview maps for each place I intend to go. I then save them to the folder where I’m collecting information for the journey with descriptive file names. - -If where I’m going appears as if it may be a little challenging to get to or a little confusing to ask directions to, I will also try to collect photos of local landmarks. This really helps if I’m trying to get to a place that I’m not sure of the precise location or the exact name, as I can show the photos to locals and get directions. I’ve found that locals may not know the proper place names or don’t use the same place names that outsiders use for many places that I’ve visited. When going to places that are outside the bounds of tourism, having photos of where you want to go will sometimes help you get there. - -**9. How I use this information. ** - -So I’ve collected all of this information into a folder that I keep on my computer, my tablet, and my smart phone, now how do I use it? - -As I only have one file for notes for a particular destination, all I have to do is create a shortcut to it on my smartphone or tablet and I can then pull it up in a matter of seconds. - -If I’m walking over to a booth to buy a train ticket I can pull up my notes on my phone without breaking stride, and by the time I get there I have a full timetable of all the trains that are running to my destination, of which I can pick the ones I prefer and request a ticket. - -If I’m going to get on a city bus and I’m not sure if I remembered what route number I want is, all I have to do is take out my phone and push a single button, do a little scroll, and there it is. - -If I need to call my hostel to get better directions all I need to do is pull up my travel note file on my phone, scroll down to the accommodation section, and copy and paste the number into my dialer. - -By having all the travel information I need in one easy to access, streamlined file I access it with lightning speed in real time and get to where I want to go. - -One of the biggest problems with Travel Guidebooks — digital as well as print — is that they’re colossal works packed with tons of information that you need to weed through to get to anything in particular. Desperately pawing through a guidebook in the streets looking for some essential bit of information that’s buried inside or to check a map makes you look foolish — it’s also an inconvenience and is dangerous. Each time you pull out a guidebook in public your sending a big message to everybody around you that you have no idea where you are or what you are doing. It makes you vulnerable. It’s also a big waste of time. - -When I pull out my phone in the street to check a map or an address I’m just some dude checking his phone like everybody else. - -### Conclusion - -Ditching Guidebooks wasn’t really an intentional thing for me. There was no singular moment when I declared that I wasn’t going to be lead around by some book that outlines someone else’s trip. I just stopped using them and never missed them. By taking my own notes I can make my own path, by collecting information from news reports, encyclopedias, blogs, forums, Wikivoyage, books, and maps I can find and get to pretty much any place in the world. - -Travel guides only cover a very small percentage of the places in any country, there is an entire world out there beyond the LP — though using them gives the impression that what they present are your only options. They’re not. World travel has now changed, the backpacker haunts of old are monstrosities of commerce today. We now need to cut own paths and collect our own travel information more than ever — and this means leaving mass-market travel guides behind.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/lx post once-and-future.txt b/lx post once-and-future.txt deleted file mode 100755 index fd33621..0000000 --- a/lx post once-and-future.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -To recognize that what has been lost is a part of what remains, however, still leaves questions of scale and character. How large an absence are we talking about? Where do we see it's effects? What is the complete inventory of the missing? The answers to these questions not only shape the way we measure the world around us, but also help reveal the character of nature itself--including human nature. - -manifesto: - -walk -take the stairs -turn of the air conditioning -Light a fire in the fireplace -That which is old and useful has proven itself (like cast iron) -That which is very old may contain wisdom. -That which is very old may be utter bollocks. -everything you know is wrong. including this. -You are responsible for what you put into the world. - -"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - -Note: I have never designed a building, butchered a hog, comforted the dying or died gallantly - -I recently made some changes to the metadata markup on this site. Previously I was using schema.org-based microdata to markup articles. I'm still doing that, but I've added support for Microformats as well. - -The reason I added support for Microformats is that people are actually using them to do interesting things, whereas Schema.org data pretty much helps Google and Bing generate so-called rich snippets in search results[^1]. I suspect Schema.org data will likely remain a way to tell search engines what your content is (until the search engines decide to depricate it and do something else) and not something that gets much traction elsewhere. - -On the other hand people are actually building interesting stuff around Microformats -- whole distributed conversation tools in fact, which is what orginally peaked my interest. I would like to create a way for conversations to happen here, there and everywhere, as Dr Suess would say. - -To that end I've also pushed out a self-hosted commenting system. At the moment there's nothing particularly special about it, but when I get some free time I plan to add support for webmentions which will allow me to, in IndieWeb parlance, "backfeed"[^2] comments posted elsewhere, like Twitter or Facebook, so that they -'re also displayed here as well. - -That's nice. Or it will be if/when I get it working. It will also be nice to eliminate the potential for third-parties like Disqus to track my readers (I don't know for sure that they were, but it seems likely). I'm also planning to move from Google Analytics to self hosted analytics via Piwik and AWStats. That way there will be nothing external to this site tracking your visits. - -I can't change the web and all the siloed data, tracking beacons, privacy invasion and so on, but I can change my little corner of the web so that's the ultimate goal. - - -send posts from here to Twitter and then pull back any comments or replies on Twitter and display them here, hopefully making for a more centralized conversation rather than a rambling, difficult to track conversation spread out across several silos and websites. - - -[^1]: If you know if any sites doing anything interesting with Schema.org data, let me know. -[^2]: Yes, that's a terrible name. No, I don't have a better one. Same can be said for another IndieWeb term, "selfdogfooding", which totally makes sense to developers, but to anyone else does not at all sound like something you'd want to do. - -references: - -http://mattgemmell.com/permanence/ -http://tantek.com/2013/073/b1/silos-vs-open-social-web -http://tantek.com/presentations/2014/05/indieweb/ diff --git a/lx post physical world post idea.txt b/lx post physical world post idea.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 9020700..0000000 --- a/lx post physical world post idea.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -lx-post - physical world post idea - -http://blog.jgc.org/2011/08/lost-world-of-physicality.html - diff --git a/lx post quotes.txt b/lx post quotes.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 0478e7d..0000000 --- a/lx post quotes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -lx-post - quotes - -You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served. - Nina Simone - -as Bastian puts it, “Pain is a kind of shortcut to mindfulness: it makes us suddenly aware of everything in the environment. It brutally draws us into a virtual sensory awareness of the world, much like meditation.” - http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/pain-really-make-us-gain - -intuition is really a sudden imersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there. - paulo coelho the alchemist - -it's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it. - -those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who only dream at night - edgar allen poe - -We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way. -~ Audre Lorde - - - 1. Stop buying stuff you don't need - 2. Pay off all your credit cards - 3. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in your house/apartment (storage lockers, etc.) - 4. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit on the first floor of your house (attic, garage, etc.) - 5. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in one room of your house - 6. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in a suitcase - 7. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in a backpack - 8. Get rid of the backpack - - -I used to think I traveled to learn about different cultures or broaden my perspective. - -And those are certainly nice ancillary benefits to travel. But I’ve realized that the real reason that I travel is for the brief glimpses of beauty. Whether it’s playing soccer with kids on the beach in Mozambique or spotting my first Orca in New Zealand, my travels have provided me with these perfect moments that will hang in my memory forever. No price tag can be assigned to them, no photo can capture them – but those moments are waiting out there and every time I travel I seem to stumble into a few. That’s why I keep doing it. That’s why I’m in love with it. - -http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/10-02/how-i-travel-steve-bramucci.html - - -Other than thoughts, there is no such thing as the world. - Sri Ramana Maharshi diff --git a/lx post storms.txt b/lx post storms.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 6ca1293..0000000 --- a/lx post storms.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -lx-post - storms - -The night I was born there was a huge storm. At least if my parents are to be believed. My mother still claims that the storm, and a broken window in her hospital room are the reason she can down with ppnemona the next day. All I know is that I have always loved storms, not just sitting and listening to them -- though I like that too -- but getting out in the them, or just before them, when the lightening is still a ways off, flashing the horizen and the dark thunderheads have obscured the light of day, the wind is starting to pick up, it's as if the world were waking up, finally coming alivve with something massive and important to say, you can literally feel it in the air, electricity and ozone are a potent mix, they smell something like freedome to me. - -A good storm is my favorite time to get out in nature -- camping, hiking the high country or swimming in the ocean. I've been surfing as hurricanes approached, swam in Mexico while lighten struck the sea in front of me and I still love to be out on the shore when storms arrive. - -I've been thinking about storms. It's the time of year to do that here in the American South. More than stormms though, I've been thinking about what - - -I'm not a huge fan of torrential downpours. Snow is fun for the first three days. Torandos are so far outside anything I've experienced they remain unfathomable to me. I've been through two relatively minor hurricanes and I'm not sure I'd enjoy the full frontal assault, but a good thunderstorm is beautiful thing. - -It's one of the things I love about the American south. Nearly every afternoon in the summer you can count on some sort of storm. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it's just lightening and thunder off in the distance, but the sky nearly always delivers around here. Occassionally it over delivers and destroys the roof of your porch, but that's how life goes, you have to accept of bad with your good, it's inevitable. And hey, now we can grow full sun plants on the porch. - - diff --git a/lx post vacations.txt b/lx post vacations.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 025f94c..0000000 --- a/lx post vacations.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -lx-post - vacations - -From Notes from the Road: http://www.notesfromtheroad.com/greatbasin/coalpits_wash_01.html - -The American workforce works in a ghostly robotic way. We obsess over multitasking and email, oversharing and contributing to these habits of continual connectedness. One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from a friend who told me to end my relationship with email. If you want to get something done, he said, pick up the phone. - -Americans feel they have to justify even a little but of time off. I 'm helping family, but just email or call or set up a video conference if you need something. - -Companies also expect their American employees to stay connected even while on vacation. And the emails never stop. If an American employee stops managing his emails for a few days, he will often worry about the onslaught of emails building up. If he just manages those emails, his return to the office will be more sane. - -Nurses who work in elder care facilities and with middle-aged adults have been seeing unsettling trends: American adults are beginning to have those same listless, disconnected traits that previously, nurses only identified in nursing home patients. - -As justification for the American work habit, I have heard that "the United States is the big leagues, if you want to make it big, you come to the U.S., but if you want to have vacation and hang out, you can go to Europe. - -But the comparison is false, because as the United States has adopted a no-vacation work ethic, It's productivity and economy have declined relative to first-world countries who offer adequate vacation. The United States' prosperity index has been plummeting in comparison to other first-world countries where vacation time is standard. - -But even among those who do plan vacation, About 20 percent end up having to delay or cancel their plans because either they or their partner's work obligations forces them to stay behind. - -As our work culture forces us deeper and deeper into this weird, robotic work mentality, the health of our workforce deteriotes. Just in the past twenty years, since about the year 1990, the obesity rate in the United States has ballooned. - -American billionaire Warren Buffett has explained that the U.S. companies health care expenses puts them at a gross disadvantage against other companies. Comparing the U.S. to most of the rest of the world, the United States spends about seventeen percent of GDP on health care, while most of the rest of the world spends only nine percent. - -Also, info links: - -http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statutory_minimum_employment_leave_by_country -http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speed-up-american-workers-long-hours -http://www.grist.org/living/2011-06-28-the-medium-chill
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/magic-monday.txt b/magic-monday.txt index 4441919..186df79 100644 --- a/magic-monday.txt +++ b/magic-monday.txt @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ + Golden Dawn's Equinox ritual + +If you pick up a copy of my book Circles of Power, that'll give you the ritual knowledge you need, and the text includes a solo version of the Equinox Ritual with extensive notes. It will take hard work to be ready for the fall equinox, but you can certainly be ready by spring. + +Pages come after the completion of the numericals so... they're a kind of re-beginning. + +--- + +would you mind expanding on what you mean by "the suite of practices that goes with [discursive meditation]"? +Concentration, meditative reading, and imaginal practices such as scrying and pathworking are all part of the toolkit that centers on discursive meditation. +Concentration can be studied with Mouni Sadhu's books, Scrying/pathworking can be studied with your books, but what about meditative reading? Any books on those? +Not that I know of. It's quite simple: read slowly enough that you notice, and think about, the meaning of every single word. Try it sometime with a short text. + +--- + You once said that everything in the universe is alive, are machines also alive in their own way and progressing along their own evolutionary track? I don't see any other way that we can "sense" them, because the sensation is very much the same as one gets when a living creature is sick. It's like an imbalance that must be cleared up. Machines aren't fully alive yet -- the materials they're made of are alive, but not the machines -- but they're moving in that direction under our guidance. It may be that giving material substance another way to be alive, as a machine, is one of the things we're supposed to do during our time on this planet. If you're sensing "illness" in machines, good -- you're helping them become alive. diff --git a/mantra.txt b/mantra.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c25d682 --- /dev/null +++ b/mantra.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +There are two sorts of people who will read this book. The first is the armchair enthusiast who loves to read about other people's adventures. I am this person to a number of other authors and travelers. When you're done with this book, go to youtube.com and search for Kombi Life, I've followed Ben and Alaska since they were in Chile, I feel like I know the guy as well, perhaps even better than many of my friends I've known for just as long and I have never met Ben and probably never will. But I love following along. If I can make one or two of you have as good a time reading this book and I've had following Ben and Alaska (and later Leah) I will be very happy. + +The other sort of person who will read this book will read it as entertaining research because they will be planning their own adventure of some sort. If you are this person, or think you could be this person, for you I have some super secret inside travel advice: you can do it. + +I know, cheap platitudes and we're only like a dozen paragraphs into the intro, you should get your money back, send this crap back to Amazon or wherever. Except that it's true. To do what we have done you need only two things and they are such simple things that you will not believe me when I tell you that they are all you need until years from now after you have actually done what you set out to do and you think back and find yourself nodding sagely while saying hey, that idiot in that one book was totally right. + +The two things you need to do this are 1) a powerful will 2) a sense of humor. + +The second seems easier to come up with right now, but trust me it's actually the far more difficult thing to have. When you've been under your vehicle for hours and nothing is going right and you don't even know what the problem is yet and you're covered in sweat and oil and grease and transmission fluid and it's been hours since your wife did anything but glare at you from the top of the engine compartment and your kids are screaming and beating the crap out of each other because they've run out of other things to do and you just hit your head on the drive shaft so hard you see stars and the top of your palm is blistering up from where you touched the exhaust manifold by accident two hours ago when you fist glided to the side of the road after the engine died, your will is fucking useless to you. You need a sense of humor and you need everyone around you to share that sense of humor or you are going to have an absolutely miserable time of it and running crying to the mechanic every time you break down and that is no fun and no way to live. + +So. Will and humor. Will at least can be worked on. There are exercises to help build your will. I've sprinkled them throughout this book, you'll know when you read them. In the beginning though you need to make sure you can act as though you truly believe in yourself. Because like that cheesy old saying, if you can't no one else will either. You don't have to actually truly believe in yourself. It might even be bad if you did, you might turn into an arrogant asshole. But you do need to be able to fake it. And here's the thing, everyone is faking it. No one has the slightest idea what they're doing 90 percent of the time. We all have things we've done so much we're good at them, but how many of those things do any of us have? Half a dozen? Maybe a dozen? We're all mostly making it up as we go along. + +Look, I've done all this stuff I'm about to write about and yet I'm sitting here in Mexico, it's late on a Friday night, and I have barely enough money to my name to cover next month's rent, nothing for the one after that and very little in the way of possibilities to make any money to shelter, feed and cloth my family, let alone get back on the road. But deep down I know I will because I believe that I can. And I am motivated because I have no other choice. Those are the two major components of will, believing you can do something and finding the motivation to make it reality. Or rather to get reality to arrange itself the way your want. Because it's not me, it's not you, it's the world around us and behind us that make things happen. There is a flow to life, we simply nudge it here and there in direction we want it to go. + +"In me is the spirit of greatness." + + + diff --git a/mastering any skill 4H chef.txt b/mastering any skill 4H chef.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 0cd2134..0000000 --- a/mastering any skill 4H chef.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -title: Notes on 4H Chef book -date: 20141208 22:35:48 -tags: #learning ---- - -DiSSS - -Deconstructing -- break a big thing down into its constitute components and figure out where you have failed in the past, where others have failed and for the first five times you do something, avoid those points of failure while you build the habit (the five part comes from nike running data) - -Selection -- Use 80/20 idea to find the 20% of tools and techniques that produce the 80% of results - -Sequencing - what if you did things in the opposite order - -Stakes -- if you don't do it what will happen? If there's no incentive then you need to create one artifically, like making a bet with friends and so on (stick.com is a public accountibilty service). - -Simplify -- cut down remove what you can and focus on what you want to learn diff --git a/mm-clips.txt b/mm-clips.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d12473a --- /dev/null +++ b/mm-clips.txt @@ -0,0 +1,233 @@ +I've been developing some methods for forecasting financial markets. This is a task requiring specific mental states and careful emotional control - I have to see conditions for what they are without being unduly swayed by optimism, pessimism or greed. + +Can you suggest any magical practices to bolster these kinds of mental abilities? Meditation seems obvious and is something I practice, is there anything else you'd suggest for someone who wants to see clearly and judge accurately the movements in an abstract non-space like a financial market? I know you've mentioned astrology as a market forecasting tool before but that's not quite what I'm asking about, my interest is in boosting my ability to use forecasting tools rather than asking for recommendations of tools. + +-- + +That's going to take a great deal of emotional self-control but it's something that can be done, and it's got many other advantages. The basic principle is that you have to stop letting yourself be swayed by your feelings. Choose exercises that build that habit. For example, once a week, have something for lunch that you don't like, and don't let yourself express your dislike in any way. Choose a political view you disagree with, research, and write out a detailed discussion of every reason why it's a good idea, without any reference to your own feelings or to the other side of the argument. In the same spirit, write a blistering critique of whatever belief is dearest to your heart. If you have some facility with magic, you can also invoke Saturn, but the will exercises will take care of the job even without that. + + + + + +--- +1) Anything involving debts and bureaucracies is best dealt with during the day and hour of Saturn. + +2) Anything furtive involving information is best done during the day and hour of Mercury. + +--- + + +Affirmation: I know what must be done and do it with perfect concentration. + +--- +Do you know good sources on how to learn to astral project? Ideally written for a Qabalisitc mage. + +W.E. Butler's Apprenticed to Magic includes that among other useful things. + +--- + + +What kinds of workings can I do to draw more beauty, inspiration and power into my arts and crafts? On magical experience: LBRP and MP, divination and meditation, 2 years + + +To do that you'll need to go beyond those basics and start learning some intermediate-level magical rituals -- how to open and close a temple, as well as the other pentagram rituals and the hexagram rituals. You'll find the details in my book Circles of Power, along with much else. + + +--- + + +Hello JMG, + +I recently finished LRM and picked up Circles of Power to continue my study of Golden Dawn magic. However, I'm not sure how to supplement my daily practice of the LBRP, MP, divination, and meditation with the rituals from CoP. Which rituals should I learn first, and how can I integrate them into my existing practice most effectively? + +If you already know the material in LRM, start by learning the Rose+Cross ritual, and do that weekly. Then learn the Opening and Closing Rituals in Chapter 8. Do those weekly as well. Then, once or twice a week, do a working where you open a temple, invoke one of the elements using the Greater Ritual of the Pentagram, meditate on the element, banish the element and close. Do this with all four elements, say, four times each. Then do the same thing with the planetary energies, using the Hexagram rituals. Then move on to basic rituals of practical magic. All this time, maintain your basic practices from LRM. That sequence of practices will take you very far indeed. + + +--- +Find a house + +Sure. Real estate is ruled by Saturn. Get a dark blue candle, burn it during the hour of Saturn on three successive Saturdays, recite the Orphic Hymn to Saturn and then ask Saturn to bless your new home and the process of buying it. Then, also during the hour of Saturn on three successive Saturdays, make three donations to a charity aligned with Saturn -- anything that helps the poor is Saturnine, and so is any charity that helps old people, such as a senior center; the donations should each be a multiple of $3. That combination of planetary prayer and planetary charity will help a great deal. + +--- +Where did meditation subject come from + +Sure. Children were taught to keep a notebook in which they wrote down passages in the books they read that struck them as important, or moving, or worth serious thought; those passages then became themes for meditation. Selected Bible verses were also common themes for discursive meditation. Another common approach was to take a list of virtues, and devote (say) a month to each of them; the child would spend a little time each morning thinking about that month's virtue, and then would try to do every day at least one thing that expressed that virtue in everyday life. Ben Franklin talks about doing this in his autobiography, iirc. + +--- + + +Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny" Ralph Waldo Emerson + + +--- + +That's one of the downsides of mind-emptying meditation -- it teaches you not to think. You might try learning the sevenfold wheel of thought. There are seven concepts and seven questions, and you combine them. + +Concepts: +Being +Becoming +Source +Substance +Power +Purpose +Value + +Questions: +Whether? +What? +How? +Who? +Where? +When? +Why? + +You combine each of the questions with each of the concepts, thus... + +Whether it is? +What is it? +How is it? +Who (or whose) is it? +Where is it? +When is it? +Why is it? +Whether it becomes? +What does it become? +How does it become? + +...and so on. If those forty-nine questions won't give you something to think about, you're not trying hard enough. ;-) + + + +--- + + +Buddhist teaching I read that freedom is not reacting, but noticing the stimulus that sparks the reaction. how do we learn to do that? Mediation. + + +--- + +Books on the spirit of place, laying groundwork. The Druid Magic Handbook and The Secret of the Temple. + +--- + +As for Trump, I’m more pleased than displeased by his first term. His administration’s done as good a job as could be expected, in the face of constant attacks, of cutting the metastatic regulatory state, extracting the US from free trade agreements that encouraged the offshoring of jobs, and decreasing mass illegal immigration; until the coronavirus outbreak messed things over, the joblessness rate among minority communities was at an all-time low and working class jobs were making a major comeback; he didn’t get us into any wars, and got our troops out of northern Syria; and he got rid of the Obamacare mandate, that immense welfare program that enriched the medical industry at the expense of everyone else. All in all, not too bad. + + +--- + +That's a standard part of the old lore. If you want to encourage your hair to grow long and thick, trim it when the moon is waxing in a fertile sign (a water or earth sign); if you want to encourage it not to grow, cut it when the moon is waning in a barren sign (an air or fire sign). + +--- + +3) **History does not progress**. Please think about that for a while. It's not just that the problem of ethnic conflict in the United States "is unlikely to be resolved at one go." It will never be resolved at all. The Civil Rights movement got rid of certain flagrant injustices, but others took their place, and if you get rid of those, there will be others. Human beings are not angels; we are one and all -- no matter what our skin color and ethnic background might be -- guided by tangled motives in which greed, jealousy, and self-centeredness all play important parts; and those motives will guarantee that human beings will continue to be human beings and will continue to behave unjustly to one another. + +I know that seems harsh, but it's true. Human beings are not going to behave like angels no matter what well-intentioned reforms or ideologies get put into place. All we can do is try our best to redress the worst abuses of our time, and -- above all -- to recognize that it's when we convince ourselves that we are in the right and the other side is in the wrong that we commit the most appalling crimes. + +--- + +Many times man lives and dies +Between his two eternities +That of race and that of soul... + +That's what William Butler Yeats wrote in his final poetic testament, "Under Ben Bulben." Each of us, while we live, are the intersection between two currents of life: a current of biological life descending from our ancestors, and a current of spiritual life descending from our previous incarnations. While you are in your current body, the ancestors of that body are relevant to you, and yes, ancestor reverence is an old and valuable custom. In your next life you will probably have different ancestors, though. + +How does that work? The Japanese, who combine a robust Buddhist faith in reincarnation with an equally robust Shinto custom of ancestor reverence, have been trying to work out the details for centuries. All we know for sure is that both seem to be relevant. + +--- + +A floor wash would help a great deal. Buy a new mop and a new mop bucket; in a bucket of water, add a quarter cup of Kosher salt, a quarter cup of vinegar, and a teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Mop the floors of the house starting in the kitchen and finishing at the front door. That's an old hoodoo practice, and it will clear away all kinds of stagnant energy. + +--- + +JMG- + +I was reading on your other blog about the raspberry jam principle. It makes sense to me that when, for example, you curse someone you end up with a little bit of curse on yourself. However, why can't you just follow up that working with standard methods to purify yourself of negative energy and as a result avoid the fallout? + +ecosophia +Because it's not just energy. Everything you do changes who you are; every one of your actions makes it more likely that you will do the same thing again, and less likely that you'll do the opposite; actions become habits, habits become character, and character becomes destiny. + +For example, every time you use magic to deliberately hurt someone, you turn a little more into the kind of person who deliberately hurts other people; hurting other people comes to mind a little more often when you consider your options, and doing anything less nasty comes to mind a little less often; and since other people respond to the "vibe" you give off as well as your actions themselves, everyone else will be a little more likely to treat you as someone to avoid -- or to hurt. Rinse and repeat, and you've got the social psychology of the practitioner of nasty magic, isolated, shunned, hated and despised, hating and despising everyone in turn, and stewing in a lifelong vat of self-generated misery. Banishing rituals won't prevent that. + + +--- + +There isn't an established prayer that Druids generally say before meals, but a lot of Druids I know either direct a silent "thank you" to everyone and everything involved in providing the food, or come up with a few words along those lines. "May every being who has contributed to this meal receive my blessing and that of the Holy Ones" is my usual grace. + +--- + +Of course! Start with Miranda Lundy's fine little book Sacred Geometry, and go on from there to Robert Lawlor's very solid Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice. There are plenty of others, but those are the best places to start. + +--- + +Good afternoon, JMG + +My question today is about imagination and visualization. + +I have noticed in my efforts to improve this faculty that I experience what feel like two different kinds of visualizations/imagined objects or places. + +One kind is when I am in a state of actively focused concentration on forming a sign or a landscape. It is a lot of work, and feels like the mental equivalent of tense muscles. I can do it with an acceptably good amount of visual detail, but it gets to be a strain after a while. These imaginings have a dense feel to them. It is difficult to perceive information about these places or objects in a receptive mode as I seem to be expending a lot of mindspace in creating them and maintaining their presence. If I let up on my concentration they lose their fullness. + +The other kind is much more gossamer and relaxed. An example- I lightly but clearly direct my mind to say SEASHORE, and a whole panoramic view of a seashore and every little thing in it glides into view, like I am focusing a camera lens. It is much more spacious and expansive than the previous kind of vision but it is also much harder to maintain. It's more remote, lighter. It's like when you are dreaming and catch yourself noticing that you are dreaming, and as a result the whole thing vanishes to vapor. In contrast to the previous kind of imagining, I must stay more receptive to maintain the vision. I can "make" things in it, but almost everything else does not feel made by me. Staying connected is often tricky and unstable. + +What's going on here? Do I have two different sets of "visioning" eyes? Should I be concerned that this faculty seems to be divided in me rather than unified? + +Thanks so much! +Bonnie + +From: ecosophia +Excellent. You're beginning to perceive the two functions of imagination. The first is the ability to act on the astral plane; the second is the ability to perceive on the astral plane. Give them both time and attention, and you'll develop both powers -- they're both necessary to magical practice. + +--- + +Hey JMG! + +I hope you're well, + +I was out working with my Grandpa, hauling rocks off a field, when I found some nicely broken stones. Since reading in your Encyclopedia of Natural Magic that iron is not good for a tool to use to harvest things for magical purposes, I've been on the lookout for something with a decent edge I could cut with, and these stones are pretty sharp. I just have one worry, The land here hasn't been treated how I personally feel is respectful. My Grandpa is partial owner of a hay farm, and they practice pretty conventional agriculture, plowing (that's how the stones got broken), planting with heavy machinery, and generally using roundup ready alfalfa so that there's a certain amount of spraying done as well. + +It's not the way I would choose to farm but I don't feel I currently have the knowledge or the skill to suggest anything else, and don't know if my suggestions would be wanted, so I don't really discuss my misgivings too much. + +That aside, my question is: do you think these stones would be affected by these practices in any way that would negatively affect their use as a magical tool for cutting or harvesting plants, or other things? + +Thanks as always, + +- WindMan + +ecosophia: +Get some tobacco, the best quality you can find, and take it to the field where you got (or will be getting) the stones. Ask the land to accept the gift of tobacco in exchange for the stones, and leave the tobacco where you got the stones. All over North America, the land spirits appreciate that. + +--- + +From: open_space +Good evening! I had some random questions this past week. + +1) How can I create water to clean a place? Something like holly water some priests sprinkle to clean houses. + +4) I am on the look for a new apartment because I am pretty sure they will increase rent on me on the summer. Seattle is nefarious for renting but I have found some workable options. What would be the appropriate timing, color and intention for burning a candle to ask for help in my housing situation? + +Date: 2020-05-12 05:43 am (UTC) +ecosophia: +1) Get a container half full of water and a piece of paper with a little salt in it. Hold your right hand over the water and imagine a beam of white light descending from your palm into the water. Say aloud: "May light descend into this water and cleanse it. May all impurities depart from it that it may be made holy." + +Now move the same hand over the salt and repeat the same words, but say "salt" in place of "water." + +Now pour the salt into the water. You now have holy water. + +4) Friday at the hour of Venus, and a green candle. + +--- + +In the southern Puget Sound version, for example, after a long and intricate backstory, Moon leaves the land of the salmon people under the sea and starts walking up the river toward the mountains. All the beings who live there know that he’s coming, and they prepare various weapons and traps to stop him, because they don’t want him to change the world. So he meets a man who’s sitting at the water’s edge carving a big flat board out of wood. “What are you doing?” Moon asks him, and he says, “There’s someone coming who’s going to change things, and I’m going to hit him over the head with this board and kill him.” Moon takes the board, sticks it onto the man’s rump, and says, “From now on your name is Beaver. When the people come they’ll hunt you for your fur.” + +Moon goes further up the valley, and he meets another man who’s looking anxiously around from the top of a hill. He has two weapons, one in each hand, and they have many sharp points. “What are you doing?” Moon asks him, and he says, “There’s someone coming who’s going to change things, and I’m going to stab him with all these points and kill him.” Moon takes the weapons, sticks them on the man’s head, and says, “From now on your name is Deer. When the people come they’ll hunt you for your meat and your hide.” + +And so the story goes. In the hands of a skilled storyteller—and storytelling was one of the fine arts in Native American cultures—the story of the Changer would be spun out to whatever length circumstances permitted, with any number of lively incidents meant to point up morals or pass on nuggets of wisdom. There’s no rising spiral of action leading to a grand battle between the Changer and the beings whose world he has come to change; there’s just one incident after another, until the Changer finally reaches the source of the river and leaps into the sky to become the Moon, or turns into a mountain, or goes to whatever his destiny might be, leaving the world forever changed in his wake. + +Notice, dear reader, just how often this pattern is repeated in American history, in the great changes that transform our public life for good or ill. Almost never do you see a single great struggle in which everything is decided. Where the battle of Waterloo came at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and settled them once and for all, our nearest equivalent, Gettysburg, came only a little more than midway through the Civil War, and simply marked the high tide of the Confederacy, the point from which all roads finally led to Appomattox. The changes that matter very often focus around one person who becomes the focus of change, and who proceeds up the river of our national life, encountering one crisis after another and somehow overcoming each one of them, until death or retirement ends the tale—and by the time that happens, the world has changed decisively and nothing will ever be the same again. + +That’s the archetypal pattern I see unfolding in American life right now. I don’t happen to know of a Native American myth in which the Changer’s role is played by a frog with magic powers, but that does seem to be the situation we’re in now. + +Two features of the Changer myth seem particularly relevant at the moment. The first is pointed up skillfully in the stories. The beings who try to stop the Changer and keep the world the same just keep doing whatever they were doing when the Changer arrives: the man with the board keeps carving tree trunks, the man with the many-pointed weapons keeps looking around—and there they are today, the beaver beside his dam, the deer on the hill. Having refused change, they become unable to change, and keep on going through the motions of their failed plans forever. That’s exactly what Trump’s opponents have been doing since his candidacy hit its stride, and more particularly since his inauguration. “From now on your name is Protester,” says the Changer, and sticks a pussy hat on the person’s head and a placard in her hands… + +The flipside of the same narrative can be traced in Trump’s own trajectory. Ever since the beginning of his campaign, his opponents have convinced themselves that this or that or the other thing will surely stop him; incident follows incident, and he just keeps going up the river and changing things. There’s never the grand dénouement they want so desperately. The crisis never comes—and what’s more, it never will come. diff --git a/mm-qs.txt b/mm-qs.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..01c29f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/mm-qs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Pindar, Nemean Ode 11 + +"Daughter of Rhea, guardian of parliaments, Hestia, sister of all-highest Zeus, and of Hera who shares his throne, welcome with goodwill to your sacred hall." + +Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca + +"He [Kronos] then married his sister Rhea. Because both Ge and Ouranos had given him prophetic warning that his rule would be overthrown by a son of his own, he took to swallowing his children at birth. He swallowed his first-born daughter Hestia, then Demeter and Hera, and Poseidon and Haides... When Zeus was grown, he engaged Okeanos' daughter Metis as a colleague. She gave Kronos a drug, by which he was forced to vomit forth first the stone and then the children he had swallowed. With them Zeus fought a war against Kronos and the Titanes." [1. 4 - 7] + +Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite + +"Nor yet does the pure maiden Histia love Aphrodite's works. She was the first-born child of wily Kronos (Cronus) and youngest too, by will of Zeus who holds the aigis,--a queenly maid whom both Poseidon and Apollon sought to wed. But she was wholly unwilling, nay, stubbornly refused; and touching the head of father Zeus who holds the aigis, she, that fair goddess, sware a great oath which has in truth been fulfilled, that she would be a maiden all her days. So Zeus the Father gave her a high honour instead of marriage, and she has her place in the midst of the house and has the richest portion. In all the temples of the gods she has a share of honour, and among all mortal men she is chief of the goddesses. Of these three Aphrodite cannot bend or ensnare the hearts." + +Homeric Hymn 24 to Hestia + + "Hestia, you who tend the holy house of the lord Apollon, the Far-shooter at goodly Pytho, with soft oil dripping ever from your locks, come now into this house, come, having one mind with Zeus the all-wise--draw near, and withal bestow grace upon my song." + +Orphic Hymn 84 to Hestia + + "To Hestia, Fumigation from Aromatics. Daughter of Kronos (Cronus), venerable dame, who dwellest amidst great fire's eternal flame; in sacred rites these ministers are thine, mystics much blessed, holy and divine. In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien; accept these rites, accord each just desire, and gentle health and needful good inspire." + +Plato, Phaedrus 246 + + "Zeus, the mighty lord, holding the reins of a winged chariot, leads the way in heaven, ordering all and taking care of all; and there follows him the array of gods and demigods, marshalled in eleven bands; Hestia alone abides at home in the house of heaven; of the rest they who are reckoned among the princely twelve march in their appointed order." diff --git a/movie notes.txt b/movie notes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bea64ac..0000000 --- a/movie notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -Movie notes - -Faq - Engine in the bus - Isn't it crowded - - -Road notes series, driving with voiceovers of various road novels. - -When we left California we lit out for the territories
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/nature does not hurry.txt b/nature does not hurry.txt deleted file mode 100755 index d082847..0000000 --- a/nature does not hurry.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -Lao tzu - -“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/never pay taxes again.txt b/never pay taxes again.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 776a45b..0000000 --- a/never pay taxes again.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -Never Pay Taxes Again | Go Curry Cracker! - -From <http://www.gocurrycracker.com/never-pay-taxes-again/>: - -# Never Pay Taxes Again - -[](http://www.gocurrycracker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/t1larg.tax-forms.t1larg.jpg)Recently I received an email from one of the big brokerage firms, titled “Savvy Year-End Tax Strategies.” It contained much advice, such as “Consider contributing as much as you can to a 401(k)” and “Be careful when selling highly appreciated assets, such as stocks, land, fine art, precious metals, or antiques.” This might be considered good advice by some, but I just call it, “Boring!” - -Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing is certain except death and taxes. I beg to differ. I personally expect to never pay taxes again, legally and respectfully. - -Perhaps you would like to do the same? - -There are many reasons to not pay taxes. Some may have political, moral, or philosophical reasons for doing so. Maybe you don’t want to pay for wars, for example. But the one that is strongest for me is also the most straight forward: If you don’t need to pay taxes, you don’t need to save as much - -Let’s use an example to make this clear. A typical middle class family man in the United States goes out for dinner with his wife at one of the nation’s many fine fast food establishments, paying $20 for a couple super sized mechanically separated chicken sandwiches, oily, starchy, and salty side dishes, insulin-bomb sodas, and artificially flavored and colored desserts. Ignoring the long term health costs of such a decision, how much does Joe Average pay for this meal? $20? More like $33.50 - -Joe Average paid for his meal with after tax dollars. Assuming a 25% marginal tax rate, social security and medicare taxes (both individual and employer), Joe had to earn $33.50 in order to have a $20 bill in his wallet to pay for that meal, paying $13.50 in tax before even walking into the restaurant. Including a 10% sales tax already included in the $20 total check, $15.50 was paid in tax. If they drove to the restaurant, they even paid tax on gas - -For the same $33.50 in food spending (there is no sales tax on groceries in Washington State), we enjoyed a couple organic salads, grass-fed steaks, a side of vegetables with garlic and bacon, a couple glasses of wine, and had $10 left over. Not paying taxes has its rewards. - -So how do we eliminate taxes? All we need to do is follow 4 simple rules: - - * Choose leisure over work - * Live well for less - * Leverage ROTH IRA Conversions - * Harvest Capital Losses AND Capital Gains - -#### _Choose Leisure Over Work_ - -The tax laws in the US target people who work for a living. If you get a paycheck, the US government classifies that paycheck as Earned Income, with special taxes just for you. This is one part of the reason that Warren Buffet says his secretary pays more tax than he does. Social Security and Medicare taxes are only applied to Earned Income, 15.3% tax in total for most people. - -The only way to avoid paying these taxes is to not work. Now leisure comes with an added bonus. I intend to never have earned income again, completely eliminating this tax - -#### _Live Well For Less_ - -The more a person or family spends a year, the more likely they will be required to pay income taxes, due to the graduated tax brackets that exist in the US and many other countries. Using the 2012 tax rules, a married couple can earn up to **$19,500 a year** without paying tax. This is because the government allows us a standard deduction for a married couple of $11,900 and an exemption of $3,800 per person. Other deductions can be applied, such as the $17,000 for 401k contributions, raising the untaxeed income level to $36,500. (That advice from the big brokerage firm hit the spot on this one.) Normally the deductions are increased every year with inflation or some arbitrary level decided by Congress - -Once income and spending exceeds this level, taxes must be paid. Unless… - -Unless that income comes from qualified dividends or long term capital gains. In this case, a married couple can have $19,500 a year in income AND **$70,700 in investment income**, TAX FREE (if that isn’t a strong signal to not work, I don’t know what is.) - -If spending is kept below these levels (and thus incomes) then there will be no taxes - -We live luxurious lives, better than kings of yesteryear, for about [$36k a year](http://www.gocurrycracker.com/expenses/). It turns out spending more than that [wouldn’t make us any happier](http://www.gocurrycracker.com/twice-as-much-money-wont-make-us-twice-as-happy/). - -But wait, there’s more - -#### _Leverage ROTH IRA Conversions_ - -If we follow normal tax advice during our working days, we will retire early with a 401k or IRA or two. Except under special rules, this money can’t be spent until we turn 59.5, upon which it is taxed. But there is a way to avoid this, by converting it to a ROTH IRA. Withdrawals from a ROTH IRA are tax free for life - -Once we’ve chosen leisure over work, we can convert our 401ks and IRAs to a ROTH IRA, a small amount each year. Any dollars converted to a ROTH are considered income, but we can earn up to $19,500 a year and pay no tax. The Mad Fientist explains more in a [great post on his blog](http://www.madfientist.com/traditional-ira-vs-roth-ira/). - -Other income sources can contribute to this $19,500 limit, such as interest on bonds, rental income, short term capital gains, and earned income. Some deductions can also be made, such as capital losses and HSA contributions (a common option for people buying health insurance through the new government exchanges under the ACA.) - -#### Harvest Capital Losses AND Capital Gains - -Harvesting Capital Losses is a common practice. If you sold a stock for less than what you paid for it, you’ve had a capital loss. This loss can be used to offset capital gains and, if it is big enough, even up to $3,000 per year of Earned Income. There is a special rule for Wash Sales that needs to be watched out for, but the Mad Fientist wrote a great article about [harvesting capital losses](http://www.madfientist.com/tax-loss-harvesting/) that can guide us. - -For stocks that have gone up in value, normally taxes must be paid on the gains. But… not if those gains are less than $70,700 (again, 2012 values) AND our earned income and taxable interest is sufficiently low that it is taxed at the 10% or 15% marginal rate. - -In our own case, if we assume that our $36k a year spending comes from Qualified Dividends and Long Term Capital Gains, then we have an extra $34,700 in tax free capital gains to play with. Why not sell some extra stock, locking in that $34,700 gain, and immediately buy it back to raise our basis. - -For example, let’s say we bought some of the VTI ETF over 1-year ago for $50,000, and it is now worth $84,700. It must be over 1 year ago in order to be considered a Long Term Capital Gain, an important time frame. Short Term Capital Gains are taxed at the normal marginal rate. Our basis in the stock is $50,000, with a $34,700 long term gain. When we sell it, we will pay NO TAX since we are keeping our total investment income below $70,700 (which also includes our qualified dividend income.) When we buy the VTI ETF back, our basis is now $84,700. The gain is locked in tax free, forever (Update: Mad Fientist has added a post on [Tax Gain Harvesting](http://www.madfientist.com/tax-gain-harvesting/) as well.) - -One item to be careful of is new with the Affordable Care Act. It is possible for an early retiree to get massive health care subsidies. At our $36k per year spending level, we qualify for several thousand dollars of assistance. This is based on a family’s income, and subsidies are paid up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. For a family of 2 (us), 400% of the FPL is $62,040 in 2013. Being aware of this threshold is important when deciding how much of a ROTH IRA Conversion to make or how much Capital Gain to harvest. - -Following these 4 simple rules, it is possible for any US resident to never pay taxes again. Maybe following these guidelines will help you retire earlier and live better. All transactions must be completed by December 31st - -—————————————————————————————————— - -[](http://www.gocurrycracker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/uncle_sam_taxes.jpg)A special note: -Taxes are used for many useful and good purposes for the collective good, such as building roads, the filming of Sesame Street, and helping the disadvantaged. Isn’t it part of our moral obligation to help pay for these things? - -I believe this is true, although it isn’t necessary to pay it annually. The taxes we paid during our working years were many, disproportionate to our use of roads (we bike and walk instead of drive) or our viewing of Sesame Street (we don’t own or watch TV.) - -When it comes to helping others, there are many ways to help. The government helps in some ways, but other organizations do as well, more so even. Those organizations are very receptive to donations of both time and money. I encourage the giving of both. - -As an added bonus, donations of cash or capital assets are tax deductible And the donation of appreciated assets eliminates all capital gains taxes for both parties. Win win. If this sounds intriguing, check out a post by Jim Collins about making the most of your donations, [How to Give Like a Billionaire](http://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/02/08/how-to-give-like-a-billionaire/) diff --git a/notes on drive to sea rim oil refinery.txt b/notes on drive to sea rim oil refinery.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d169b49 --- /dev/null +++ b/notes on drive to sea rim oil refinery.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +My wife called this drive apocalyptic and I suppose to some extent industrialism and all its might and ugliness is the end of the world for us this is the machine in Luis mumford's sense of the machine at Full Throttle. But I can't say too much because like you I drive I am driving as you listen to this and driving requires a gasoline that comes out of this refinery I have plastic bags in the back they also come out of this Refinery and so on and so forth so much of what we do requires this so I can't condemn it because I am part of why it's here at the same time I think looking at this makes you wonder it makes you wonder should I be doing what I'm doing. It makes me think I should be traveling by wind in about but I can't afford a boat I think I would have gotten one right out of the gate if I could have but I could not have afford it and then when you see these towns here and you think gosh what does that do to you living in the shadow of this but the whole way in if you watch this footage you'll notice there's birds on the power lines there's egrets down at the sides in the marshy Colbert's and herons seagulls and Hawks harriers grackles the grackles should be the state bird of Texas I don't know what it is but it should be the grackle there's all these things that life has figured out how to keep going in the midst of this and I think that's worth keeping in mind but yes we can offend our own sense of beauty but we're the only ones that have that sense and I think that gives us a greater responsibility to to that but the rest of life doesn't care you know it keeps going. + +Partly related perhaps it's a thing to work in: I believe human beings need three things to thrive the first is a purpose in life whether that's a spiritual connection to their higher self a god something that makes them realize why they're here and what they're doing protecting their family taking care of their family whatever it might be it's very Victor Frankel but you have to have a purpose and then you have to have at least some means to pursue that purpose you must have the will and agency control over yourself now as Nelson Mandela showed you only need a little teeny tiny bit of control over yourself to be able to maintain that also Victor Frankel's examples of that and the third thing you really need is what I would call the virtues for for lack of a better word but the main three that I can think of are Beauty compassion and kindness and when you take away Beauty by living in the shadow of the refineries like here I think it does something to us I think it haunts us maybe it drives us more to the other two I don't know
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/otr-apn.txt b/otr-apn.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cf8618d..0000000 --- a/otr-apn.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -Thank you so much for that information, Scott. Allow me a few minutes to pull up the account and check your SIM. Sending you also the instructions to set your APN settings. One moment, please. -Chiara 13:51 -Here is the step-by-step troubleshooting. -• Factory reset by poking the tiny hole at the back of the device for 10-15seconds. -• When the reset is done, please connect your device to the router Wi-Fi. (It's ok if it doesn't have an internet connection) -• From your web browser, type in http://attwifimanager -• Login password is: attadmin -• Click on Settings > Advanced Settings > Cellular -• Click the ADD button(beside Delete) and complete the fields. - -Profile name: OTR Mobile -APN: vpn.accessmylan.net (ALL LOWERCASE) -PDP: IPV4V6 -Authentication: PAP -PDP Roaming: IPV4 -Username: data -Password: data - -Send me a photo of your APN settings before saving, please. - -• After adding, click SAVE -- Set Band Region: LTE ALL -• You will see the list of APNs at the bottom of your screen. Make sure the one you added is selected and active -• Power cycle the device (Turn off for a minute and then back on) Do not reset -Let me know if you need help in changing the settings, Scott. I checked the SIM card and it is active. -Just to inform, please make sure the change the APN to vpn.accessmylan.net. When you insert the SIM in your Nighthawk, the SIM will work and have service but since you didn't change the APN, it will likely work until 20GB of usage and would need to wait for the refresh, 2nd of every month. To be able to enjoy the allocated data, every time you reset your device, change the APN to vpn.accessmylan.net diff --git a/otr-imei.txt b/otr-imei.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 92a822e..0000000 --- a/otr-imei.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -015161000163785 diff --git a/paper suggesting in person is better than email.txt b/paper suggesting in person is better than email.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83cd626 --- /dev/null +++ b/paper suggesting in person is better than email.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002210311630292X
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/para-bag-1.txt b/para-bag-1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7dfd3e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/para-bag-1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +2 child quilts +2 things of batting +Nemo 3p tent +Extra stakes +Mountain hardware sleeping bag (down) +thermarest sleeping bag (down) +rei sleeping bag (down) +brown blanket diff --git a/para-bag-2.txt b/para-bag-2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b039fb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/para-bag-2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +1.5 sm canisters of gas +Kelty guy line +Water tablets +thermarest repair kit +red bag: + epigas stove + 2 windscreens +Blue pot bag: yes + 2 pots with lid skillets and insulation + primus titanium stove +GSI 3L + silverware: 5 sporks, 2 spoons, 1 knives, 1 fork + Nalgene sm bottle and jar +Food hanging bag and 2 odor proof bags +6 inflatable sleeping pads: + 2 REI + 1 super thick thermarest + Nemo ultralight + 2 sea to summit air mattresses +Thermarest pillow +sea to summit pillow + +MSR drip fliter with 10L dirty water bladder +MSR 2L water bladder +MSR 2L dirty water bladder +4 pack towels +Sea to summit spark sleeping bag +Sea to summit men's bag +Mermaid blankets + diff --git a/photographs and balance.txt b/photographs and balance.txt deleted file mode 100755 index c2cb9b1..0000000 --- a/photographs and balance.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -photographs and balance - -It is a tricky balance: as always, photographs, especially when so readily viewed at the very places they were taken, hold the potential to substitute for rather than deepen our own awareness. - -http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/gps-and-the-end-of-the-road
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/psql dump and restore.txt b/psql dump and restore.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92dc15d --- /dev/null +++ b/psql dump and restore.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +psql back up and restore + +Backup: + + $ pg_dump -U {user-name} -hlocalhost -d {source_db} > {dumpfilename.sql} + +Restore: + + $ psql -U {user-name} -hlocalhost -d {desintation_db} < {dumpfilename.sql} + + diff --git a/psql notes.txt b/psql notes.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 28ef2df..0000000 --- a/psql notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -psql notes - -Backup: - - $ pg_dump -U {user-name} {source_db} -f {dumpfilename.sql} - -Restore: - - $ psql -U {user-name} -d {desintation_db}-f {dumpfilename.sql} - -Postgres 8.4/geodjango setup on centos: - -<http://invisibleroads.com/tutorials/postgresql-postgis-install.html>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/quotes mediation.txt b/quotes mediation.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 6ec019d..0000000 --- a/quotes mediation.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -quotes-mediation - -Consider your essence as light rays arising from center to center up the vertebrae, and so rises livingness in you. - -Consider any area of your present form as limitlessly spacious. - -Suppose your passive form to be an empty room with walls of skin -- empty. - -When in worldly activity, keep attentive between the two breaths, and so practicing, in a few days be born anew. - -Focus on fire rising through your form from the toes up until the body burns to ashes but not you. - -Meditate on the make-believe world as burning to ashes, and become being above human. - -Within tangible breath in the center of forehead, as this reaches heart at the moment of sleep, have direction over dreams and over death itself. - -As, subjectively, letters flow into words and words into sentences, and as, objectively, circles flow into worlds and worlds into principles, find it last these converging in are being. - -Sweet-hearted one, meditate on knowing and not knowing, existing and not existing. Then leave both aside that you may be. - -At the point of sleep when sleep is not yet come and eternal wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed. - -Without support for feet or hands sit only on buttocks. Suddenly, the centering. - -Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop. - -Feel yourself as pervading all directions, far, near. - -When on a bed or a seat, let yourself become weightless, beyond mind - -When some desire comes, consider it. Then, suddenly, quit it. - -This so-called universe appears as a juggling, a picture show. To be happy look upon it so. - -Feel the consciousness of each person as your own consciousness. So, leaving aside concern for self, become each being. - -Roam about until exhausted and then, dropping to the ground, in this dropping be whole. - -Wherever your mind is wandering, internally or externally, at this very place, this. - -At the start of sneezing, during right, in anxiety, about the chasm, flying in battle, extreme curiosity, at the beginning of hunger, - - - diff --git a/quotes.txt b/quotes.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 64ee174..0000000 --- a/quotes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -quotes - -"I thought, this is too stupid. This must be a bug. But I got back to the New York Times reporter and I said, look, if you want to talk about your problems, if you’re lonely, if you're fearing death—you really have to talk to somebody who has a body. It has to be somebody with some skin in the game. Pretend empathy is not what people need right now. And pretend empathy is what it is. If we just give our children and ourselves pretend empathy, we’re in risk of losing our sensibility for how important the real thing is. I think that’s a big danger. That we get so enamored with what machines can do that we forget what only people can do." Sherry Turkle https://www.wired.com/story/sherry-turkle-new-memoir-loneliness-going-remote/ - -"By destroying pagan animism, Christianity made it possible to exploit nature in a mood of indifference to the feelings of natural objects" - from a 1967 essay written by the historian Lynn Townsend White Jr - -"the world is your bedroom, as it has been since the dawn of time." http://tomallen.info/how-my-location-independent-lifestyle-works/ - -“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” –William Arthur Ward - -As the philosopher Colin McGinn has emphasized, your very inability to imagine a solution might reflect your cognitive limitations as an evolved creature. The point is that we have no reason to believe that we, as organisms whose brains are evolved and finite, can fathom the answer to every question that we can ask. All other species have cognitive limitations, why not us? So even if matter does give rise to mind, we might not be able to understand how. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2013/02/07/awaiting-new-darwin/?pagination=false - -people have been talking to gods and demons for far more of human history than they have not. - Terrance McKenna http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/mckenna_terence/mckenna_terence_tryptamines_consciousness.shtml - -Because if you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs. https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/1b7dfe34fced - - -In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure, and the police take the place of pirates. -- Michel Foucault, Of Other Spaces, 1967 - -“It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” -Steve Jobs (quoted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, 1987) - -The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. -- O. Henry - -"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." T. Roosevelt - -“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” -- David Foster Wallace - -"The paradox vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will some only when they make their tormentors suffer." -Unbroken (book) - -Everything is supposed to be bigger and better online. But what I think people have lost sight of — and I don't think the internet has done a good job of self-evaluation in this respect — is the massive shift between the brave new internet world of the late '90s and now. Its early philosophy seemed to be one where everyone was an individual whose opinions were respected. A decade later, everything is corporate-owned, advertising is incessant, and the diverse opinions of internet commentary are often shouted down. Now there's much more online groupthink. - DJ Shadow, Wired: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/09/dj-shadow/all/1 - -"The wilderness should be preserved for political reasons. We may need it someday not only as a refuge from excessive industrialism, but also as a refuge from authoritarian government, political oppression" -- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire - -I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune have not one place to hit me - Sir Thomas Browne Religio Medici - -"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough." --William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - -Related to the above, from an intro to Zara’s Tales, photographer Peter beard writes, "if you crave something new, something original, particularly when they keep saying, ‘Less is more',remember that I say: Too much is really just fine." diff --git a/reading/As Edward Abbey knows and has been telling us, our country is not being destroyed by bad politics; i.txt b/reading/As Edward Abbey knows and has been telling us, our country is not being destroyed by bad politics; i.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d884507..0000000 --- a/reading/As Edward Abbey knows and has been telling us, our country is not being destroyed by bad politics; i.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -"As Edward Abbey knows and has been telling us, our country is not being destroyed by bad politics; it is being destroyed by a bad way of life. Bad politics is merely an-" (Wendell Berry – What Are People For North Point Press (2005))
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/recipes/Chocolate Waffle cookies.txt b/recipes/Chocolate Waffle cookies.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e73510 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/Chocolate Waffle cookies.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Chocolate Waffle cookies + +--- +adapted from: http://www.marthastewart.com/316712/double-chocolate-chunk-cookies + +Ingredients + + 1 cup all-purpose flour + 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder + 1/2 teaspoon baking soda + 1/2 teaspoon salt + 8 ounces good-quality milk chocolate, 4 ounces coarsely chopped, 4 ounces cut into 1/4-inch chunks + 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter + 1 cups sugar + 2 large eggs + 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract + Thin with water to right consistency for waffle iron + +Directions + + Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Melt coarsely chopped chocolate with the butter in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.the + + Transfer chocolate mixture to a bowl. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla; mix on medium speed until combined . mix in flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. + diff --git a/recipes/Zinc citrate.txt b/recipes/Zinc citrate.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24d85ba --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/Zinc citrate.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Zinc citrate +7 keto DHea +Cashews diff --git a/recipes/apricot and orange pork skewers with garlic and rosemary.txt b/recipes/apricot and orange pork skewers with garlic and rosemary.txt index 157d64c..97fae1f 100644 --- a/recipes/apricot and orange pork skewers with garlic and rosemary.txt +++ b/recipes/apricot and orange pork skewers with garlic and rosemary.txt @@ -29,25 +29,3 @@ Instructions * In a medium bowl, whisk together the preserves, olive oil, honey, mustard, soy sauce, orange juice, minced garlic, rosemary and a dash of salt and black pepper. Add the pork tenderloin pieces and toss to combine. Cover and place in the fridge to marinate for at least one hour or up to overnight. * Once the pork has marinated, remove from the fridge. Discard the rosemary and drain the pork. Preheat your grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. * Using metal or wooden skewers (that have been soaked in water for 30 minutes), alternate skewering the pork and whole garlic cloves. Grew the skewers for about 15 minutes, turning them every 2 minutes or so until cooked through and brown. Remove from heat and serve immediately. 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Add rice. Cover and cook for ten minutes Then add all ingredients except cheese, simmer for five minutes. Add cheese and set aside for a few minutes until cheese is melted. Serves ???? - - - - 2.Tortellini - - 7 oz package of tortellini - 8 oz of tomato sauce - 2 shallots diced - 4 mushrooms diced - Cheese, oregano, salt, pepper to taste - Water - - Add tortellini to boiling water cook 10-15 min. Drain all but 2-3 tsps of water. Add tomatoes, shallots and mushrooms simmer 2-4 minutes. Season to taste with cheese etc. Serves 2 - - - - 3.Pep Jack Stew - - 1 c noodles - 1 handful dried vegetables (onions, green pepper tomatoes) - dash of cooking oil - dash of garlic powder - 2oz Monterey Pepper Jack cheese - 1/2 cup dried shrimp - water - - Boil 3-4c water. Add dried vegetables, oil and garlic. Let simmer 5 min. Add shrimp and noddles. Cook until done. Grate cheese and mix in. Serves ?????? - - - - 4.Spanish Rice with Stir Fry Vegetables - - 1 tbsp oil - 1 sm red onion - 3 sm yellow squash diced - 1 green pepper diced - 1 pkg dried spanish rice - 2 sm cans spicy V8 juice - 1 c water - 1c shredded mozzarella cheese - - Add veggies to heated oil and stir often for about 5 min. Set aside. Different pan, combine V8, water and rice bring to a boil and simmer for 15 min without lid. Combine and add cheese. Serves 2-4 - - - - 5.Burritos - - 8oz can of re-fried beans - 2 whole jalapeno peppers - 6 oz can of whole kernal corn - 3 oz can diced black olives - 3 oz salsa - grated cheddar cheese - burrito shells - - Combine beans, sliced peppers, corn and olive and cook until warm, remove and cover. Warm burrito shells, spread mixture and top with cheese and heat until cheese melts. -Serves 4. - - - - 6.Alpine Spaghetti (white sauce) - - 8 oz spaghetti - 1/2 cup parmesan cheese - 3 tbsp basil - 1 tbsp parsley - 1/4 tsp garlic powder - 1/3 cup nuts - 1 tbsp olive oil - water - - Add spaghetti to boiling water. Drain water and add oil and then the rest of the ingredients. Serves 2 - - - - - - - 7.Taco Salad - - 1 can chili con carne - 3 oz salsa - 1/2 tomato - 1/2 small onion - cheese and lettuce - tortilla chips - - Heat chili and salsa and pour over crushed chips. Dice and add tomato, onion and lettuce. Cover with cheese and allow to melt. Serves ????? - - - - - 8.Spaghetti (red sauce) - - 8 oz spaghetti noddles - spice pkg - 8 oz can of tomato paste - 1/4 lb. ground meat - - Cook noodles and sauce and combine when done. -Serves 2. - - - -Bulgur-Chickpea Salad - -Recipe Ingredients - 1/2 Teaspoon dried basil - 1/4 Teaspoon dried oregano - 1/4 Cup bulgur - 1/4 Cup dehydrated chickpeas - 1/4 Cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes - 1/2 medium fresh cucumber, peeled and diced - 1/2 small onion, diced - 1 clove garlic, diced - 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice - 1 Tablespoon olive oil - 1 Pinch salt, pepper - Serves: 2 - -At Home: Combine basil and oregano in a zipper-lock bag. - -In Camp: Rinse bulgur, then add to 1/2 cup boiling water; let stand until water is absorbed. In a separate pan, cover chickpeas and tomatoes with boiling water and allow to rehydrate (approximately 15 minutes). Discard water and add bulgur. Stir in remaining ingredients, add salt and/or pepper to taste, and enjoy warm or cold. - - Calories: 287 -Carbohydrates: 47.2 -Cholesterol: 0 -Dietary Fiber : 6.6 -Fiber: 7.8 -Protein: 10.2 -Saturated Fat: 1 -Sodium: 44.4 -Total Fat: 8.5 - - -Dinner Entree - -Curried Apple-Cashew Couscous - -Recipe Ingredients - 1/2 Teaspoon coriander - 1/2 Teaspoon turmeric - 1/4 Teaspoon cumin - 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon - 1/4 Teaspoon cardamom - 1 Pinch cayenne pepper - 1/2 Cup couscous - 2 Teaspoons vegetable oil - 1/3 Cup cashews - 1 small onion, diced - 1 small carrot, diced - 1 apple, diced - 1/3 Cup raisins - 1 Teaspoon grated fresh ginger - 1 Pinch salt - Serves: 3 - -At Home: Combine coriander, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, and cayenne pepper in a zipper-lock bag. - -In Camp: Pour 3/4 cup boiling water over couscous and let stand. In separate pan, sauti cashews in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil until browned. Set cashews aside. Sauti onion in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, until soft and slightly browned. Mix in carrot, apple, and raisins. Add ginger and bagged spices to onions. Add couscous and cashews, mix well, and cook for a few more minutes until heated through. Salt to taste. - -Calories: 246 -Carbohydrates: 49.9 -Cholesterol: 0 -Dietary Fiber : 4.3 -Fiber: 5.6 -Protein: 5.3 -Saturated Fat: .3 -Sodium: 24.7 -Total Fat: 3.7 - - -Dinner Entree - -Kasha Burgers - -Recipe Ingredients - 1/4 Cup finely chopped dried mushrooms - 1/4 Cup black bean flakes - 2 Tablespoons nutritional yeast - 1 Teaspoon dried basil - 1 Teaspoon dried oregano - 1/4 Teaspoon black pepper - 1/2 Teaspoon salt - 1/3 Cup kasha - 1 clove garlic, diced - 1/2 Cup diced fresh onion - 1 Tablespoon tomato paste - 1 Teaspoon vegetable oil - Serves: 3 - -At Home: Combine mushrooms and black bean flakes in a zipper-lock bag. Place nutritional yeast (available at natural foods stores), basil, oregano, pepper, and salt in a second plastic bag. - -In Camp: Rinse kasha and add to a pot of 2/3 cup boiling water. Simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. In a separate container, cover mushrooms and bean flakes with 1/3 cup boiling water and allow to rehydrate. Stir often to ensure even rehydration. Add kasha. Stir in garlic and onion. Add tomato paste and yeast-spice mixture. Using clean hands, shape into patties. Fry kasha burgers in vegetable oil on medium-high heat until well browned. - -Calories: 317 -Carbohydrates: 56.5 -Cholesterol: 17.3 -Dietary Fiber : 2.6 -Fiber: 4.4 -Protein: 10.8 -Saturated Fat: 3.1 -Sodium: 535 -Total Fat: 6.8 - - -Dinner Entree - -Mediterranean Polenta - -Recipe Ingredients - 3 artichoke hearts, sliced - 1/2 Cup black olives, halved - 1/4 Cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes - 1/2 Teaspoon dried basil - 1/2 Teaspoon dried thyme - 1/4 Teaspoon dried marjoram - 1/4 Teaspoon dried oregano - 1 clove garlic, diced - 2 Teaspoons olive oil - 1 Cup cornmeal - 1 Pinch salt - 3/4 Cup grated Cheddar of jack cheese (optional) - Serves: 3 - - At Home: Dehydrate artichokes and olives in dehydrator on a low setting for 10 to 12 hours. Crumble artichokes, olives, and tomatoes and combine with basil, thyme, marjoram, and oregano in a zipper-lock bag. - -In Camp: Cover ingredients of zipper-lock bag with 2 cups boiling water and allow to rehydrate. Drain the remaining water and reserve it. Sauti rehydrated vegetables and spices with garlic in 1 teaspoon olive oil. Add 1 1/2 cups of the reserved water. Slowly stir in cornmeal. Cook for 5 minutes, until cornmeal is a thick, sticky mass of polenta. Add salt to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Using clean hands, shape the polenta into a log. Cool thoroughly in a zipper-lock bag by placing in a pot of cold water or snow. Then, slice the log into 3/4-inch-thick rounds. Sauti each round in olive oil, flipping as necessary, until each is thoroughly heated and well browned on both sides. If desired, sprinkle each slice with grated cheese just before serving. - - Calories: 224 -Carbohydrates: 41.5 -Cholesterol: 0 -Dietary Fiber : 7 -Fiber: 8 -Protein: 6 -Saturated Fat: 1 -Sodium: 92 -Total Fat: 6 - - -Dinner Entree - -Millet-Bean Chili - -Recipe Ingredients - 3/4 Cup black bean flakes - 2 Tablespoons bell pepper flakes - 1 Teaspoon cumin - 1/2 Teaspoon chili powder - 1/2 Cup millet - 1 small onion, chopped - 2 cloves garlic, chopped - 1 Teaspoon vegetable oil - 6 Tablespoons tomato paste - Serves: 4 - -At Home: Combine black bean flakes, bell pepper flakes, cumin, and chili powder in a zipper-lock bag. - - In Camp: Rinse millet and set aside. In a large pot, sauti onion and garlic in vegetable oil over medium heat until soft and slightly browned. Add millet, the contents of the zipper-lock bag, tomato paste, and five cups of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat slightly and simmer uncovered, stirring frequently, until ingredients are fully cooked and the chili's consistency is to your liking, about 20 minutes. - -Calories: 191 -Carbohydrates: 35.5 -Cholesterol: 0 -Dietary Fiber : 7.6 -Fiber: 8.5 -Protein: 7.3 -Saturated Fat: 0.3 -Sodium: 477 -Total Fat: 2.8 - - -Dinner Side Dish - -Quinoa-Sweet Potato Salad - -Recipe Ingredients - 2 Tablespoons olive oil - 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar - 1/2 Teaspoon salt - 1/4 Teaspoon nutmeg - 1/2 Cup raisins - 1/4 Cup coarsely chopped pecans - 1/2 Cup quinoa - 1 medium sweet potato - 1/2 onion, diced - 2 Teaspoons grated fresh ginger - Serves: 2 - -At Home: Mix olive oil, vinegar, salt, and nutmeg in a leak-proof, screw-top container. Put the raisins and pecans in a zipper-lock plastic bag. - -In Camp: Rinse the quinoa well, then combine with 3/4 cup water and simmer, covered, for 12 to 15 minutes. Peel and cube sweet potato and place in a seperate pot. Cover potato with water and bring to a boil. Slightly reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes or until somewhat tender. Discard the water and combine the sweet potato and the cooked quinoa. Add onion and ginger. Stir in the oil and vinegar mixture and the raisins and pecans. Mix well and cool in a creek or snow bank, or eat warm. - -Calories: 561 -Carbohydrates: 80.2 -Cholesterol: 0 -Dietary Fiber : 5.6 -Fiber: 8.4 -Protein: 9.3 -Saturated Fat: 3 -Sodium: 557 -Total Fat: 25.6 - - -Angry Red Lentil Tortilla Soup -First Place Entree and Overall -Chris Gilliam, Greenwood Village, CO - -4 tablespoons olive oil -1/4 cup minced onion -1/4 cup minced carrot -1 clove garlic, minced -1/2 habanero pepper, minced -1/3 cup red lentils -2 cups water -salt and pepper to taste -2 6-inch stale flour tortillas -2 tablespoons dried chives -6 tablespoons grated Manchego cheese -2 lime wedge - -In camp -Heat oil in a saucepan. Saute onion, carrot, garlic, and pepper until caramelized. Add lentils and cook for about a minute. Add water, cover, and simmer (stirring occasionally) for about 15 minutes until lentils are soft. Mash the lentils with a fork. Add salt and pepper. Rip tortillas and place them in the bottom of two bowls. Add soup, then garnish with chives, cheese, and lime. Serves two. - diff --git a/recipes/backpacking-recipes-new.txt b/recipes/backpacking-recipes-new.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..984f265 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/backpacking-recipes-new.txt @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +# Breakfasts + +## Sausage and Grits + +Make grits +Make sausage with beef and seasonings. Adding some panko to beef will help it rehydrate better. +Combine and dehydrate overnight at 135 (about 10-12 hours) +Break into small pieces + +In Camp + +Cover in water (about a half inch above). Bring to boil, let sit for 20 minutes. + +# Dinners + +## Chicken and Dumplings + +stock in a bag: +3 medium carrots: steam for 3 minutes dehydrate for 6-10 at 125 +3 ribs celery: dehydrate raw for 6-10 at 125 +3 cans chicken: dehydrate 145 for 8 hours +3 T stock powder +1/4 t dried thyme + +dumplings + +mix in a bag: +1.25 cup flour +1 tsp baking powder +1 tsp xanthum gum + +Separate: + +3 T coconut milk powder +2 T avocado oil + +in camp: + +Pour water over stock base ingredients, let sit for 5 minutes. Fill with more water to make soupy and heat it up. +meanwhile mix up coconut powder and oil and heat over other stove. Pour into dumpling bag and knead up. Cut of corner and squeeze dumplings into broth. cook 7 minutes. + + +## Shining Rock Curry + +Ingredients + +dehydrated canned chicken (3 cans for 5 people. break into small pieces) +dehydrate veggies (frozen broccolli, cauliflower and carrots worked well, two packs) +dehydrated massaman curry paste bark + - take one small potato, boil until mashable + - mash and mix with curry paste + - dehydrate like a fruit leather +coconut milk powder (enough for two cups of milk) +dehydrated or instant cook rice + +In Camp: + +Cover rice in water, half inch over the top. let sit for a few minutes, then bring to a boil for 1 minute. Set in cozy to rehydrate +Cover chicken and veggies in water and bring to boil. Set aside to rehydrate +Pure a small amount of boiling water on the curry paste bark and allow to sit. +Mix up coconut milk powder into something like coconut cream +When everything is rehydrated combine and mix into curry + +## Mexican Bowl + +dehydrated taco seasoned beef (6 hours 145) +dehydrated yellow rice (6-7 hours 145) +dehydrated veggies (tomatoes, spinach) +Chulua bark +black beans + +Combine in bag (except bark) + +in camp: + +Cover in water for 5 minutes, bring to boil, let sit in cosy until ready. diff --git a/recipes/backpacking/sausage and grits.txt b/recipes/backpacking/sausage and grits.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 22337a9..0000000 --- a/recipes/backpacking/sausage and grits.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -Sausage and Grits - -Make grits -Make sausage with beef and seasonings. Adding some panko to beef will help it rehydrate better. -Combine and dehydrate overnight at 135 (about 10-12 hours) -Break into small pieces - -In Camp - -Cover in water (about a half inch above). Bring to boil, let sit for 20 minutes. diff --git a/recipes/backpacking/shining rock curry.txt b/recipes/backpacking/shining rock curry.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6d13bf1..0000000 --- a/recipes/backpacking/shining rock curry.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -Shining Rock Curry - -Ingredients - -dehydrated canned chicken (3 cans for 5 people. break into small pieces) -dehydrate veggies (frozen broccolli, cauliflower and carrots worked well, two packs) -dehydrated massaman curry paste bark - - take one small potato, boil until mashable - - mash and mix with curry paste - - dehydrate like a fruit leather -coconut milk powder (enough for two cups of milk) -dehydrated or instant cook rice - -In Camp: - -Cover rice in water, half inch over the top. let sit for a few minutes, then bring to a boil for 1 minute. Set in cozy to rehydrate -Cover chicken and veggies in water and bring to boil. Set aside to rehydrate -Pure a small amount of boiling water on the curry paste bark and allow to sit. -Mix up coconut milk powder into something like coconut cream -When everything is rehydrated combine and mix into curry - - diff --git a/recipes/beef stroganoff.txt b/recipes/beef stroganoff.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5a66e43..0000000 --- a/recipes/beef stroganoff.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -Ingredients - - 1 12-ounce package egg noodles - 1 – 1.5 pounds ground beef - 1 sweet onion, chopped (about 1 cup) - 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour - 2 cups beef broth - 1/2 cup dairy free sour cream - 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard - 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce - 2 teaspoon beef base (2 bouillon cubes)* - 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, for garnish - Salt & pepper, to taste - -To make this with dairy free milk: replace sour cream with 1.5 cups dairy free milk + 1 tablespoon cornstarch -Instructions - - Prepare noodles according to package directions. When they are cooked, drain and set aside. - In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown the beef, breaking it up into pieces as it cooks. - Add the onions to the pan and sauté, stirring frequently, until translucent and soft – about 5 minutes. - Sprinkle the flour over the beef and onion, stirring to evenly coat and allow the flour to absorb oil. - Add the beef broth, sour cream, Dijon, Worcestershire, and beef bouillon to the pan. Stir until combined, and allow the sauce to simmer until thickened. - Toss the noodles to coat evenly with the sauce. Adjust seasoning with salt & pepper and garnish with parsley before serving. - -To make this with dairy free milk: Whisk dairy free milk and cornstarch together until smooth. Add it to the sauce instead of the sour cream and simmer until sauce is thick. diff --git a/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits.txt b/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits.txt index 8c7cb5b..339ef3c 100644 --- a/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits.txt +++ b/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits.txt @@ -4,13 +4,7 @@ 1.5 T baking powder 2 t salt 1.5 cup buttermilk Make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice to the cup of milk -8 tablespoons lard or unsalted butter -2 large egg so - -## Instructions -Preheat oven to 450° F. -In a large bowl add the gluten-free flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and give it a quick whisk or stir to combine the ingredients. -Cut the butter into small pieces and put in the freezer for 10 minutes. If you do not have buttermilk make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice to the cup of milk and let stand 5-10 minutes in the refrigerator to keep cold. You can also make buttermilk out of dairy-free milk. +8 tablespoons lard or unsalted in the refrigerator to keep cold. You can also make buttermilk out of dairy-free milk. Cut in butter (or shortening for dairy-free) into the flour with a pastry cutter or fork until it looks like the size of small peas. Add in the buttermilk and the whisked egg (or egg replacer) and stir until a soft dough forms. (I whisk the egg right in the buttermilk) The key is to not over mix because over-mixing causes the dough to yield tough biscuits. The dough will be sticky. Add one tablespoon of flour to a large piece of parchment paper. PLEASE DO NOT ROLL OUT THE DOUGH. diff --git a/recipes/chicken-satay.txt b/recipes/chicken-satay.txt index f8b64ca..b989d3b 100644 --- a/recipes/chicken-satay.txt +++ b/recipes/chicken-satay.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -https://wwwz.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-satay-with-peanut-sauce +https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-satay-with-peanut-sauce Satay diff --git a/recipes/congee-pressure-cooker.txt b/recipes/congee-pressure-cooker.txt index dca8509..3d9ef66 100644 --- a/recipes/congee-pressure-cooker.txt +++ b/recipes/congee-pressure-cooker.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 8 cups water 4 cups chicken stock 1 3 inch Fresh Ginger Root peeled and minced -2 Soy Sauce +2 Soy Sauce 2 teaspoons sugar 2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce 4 teaspoons Ground White Pepper diff --git a/recipes/corn bread.txt b/recipes/corn bread.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a6d34fb..0000000 --- a/recipes/corn bread.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,9 +0,0 @@ -corn bread - -1.5 cups cornmeal -.5 cups flour -2 teaspoons kosher salt -2 teaspoons baking powder -3/4 teaspoon baking soda -2 cups buttermilk -2 eggs + 1t baking soda and 1T vinegar
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/recipes/dutch-oven-bread.txt b/recipes/dutch-oven-bread.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e239e34 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/dutch-oven-bread.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +2 Tbsp dry active yeast +2 tsp sugar +1½ c. warm water, 105°F +1 Tbsp xanthan gum +2 Tbsp olive oil +3 c. gluten-free all-purpose flour with or without xanthan gum +2 tsp fine sea salt +2 large eggs, lightly beaten +1 tsp apple cider vinegar + +Directions + +Start charcoal or fire. + +Once coals are hot, get dutch oven to 450°F. + +In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the yeast, sugar, and warm water, whisking until the sugar and yeast dissolve. Leave the mixture to sit until foamy and doubled in size, ~5-6 mins. + +In a small-sized bowl, add the xantham gum and olive oil, stirring until dissolved. +Add the flour and salt into an electric mixer bowl with a paddle or whisk attachment. Process until combined. Add the yeast water, xantham gum mixture, vinegar, and egg. Mix on low to combine, then pause, scrape down the sides, and process on high for ~ 3 mins. +Place a piece of parchment on your counter or a flat surface. Scoop the dough onto the parchment, and shape the dough into a dome with wet hands. +Cover the bowl and let the dough rise until it doubles ~ 45 mins. Cut 1-inch deep slits into the top of the dough right before baking, and dust the top with some extra flour. +Once the oven preheats, remove the Dutch oven from the oven with heat-safe mitts. +Place the dough on the parchment into the Dutch oven, close the lid, and bake for 45 mins. +Remove the lid and bake uncovered for another 10-15 mins or until golden brown. Remove the Dutch oven from the oven and carefully lift the bread on the parchment, placing it to cool on a wire cooling rack. diff --git a/recipes/gluten free waffles.txt b/recipes/gluten free waffles.txt index 5bf6db4..fb53d16 100644 --- a/recipes/gluten free waffles.txt +++ b/recipes/gluten free waffles.txt @@ -1,10 +1,19 @@ -Gluten Free Waffles +Gluten Free Waffles for 2 + +1.75 +1.5 +1 +2/3 +2 +2/3 +1 1/3 +1 1/3 Recipe for 3 2 2/3 cups gluten free flour (Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1) -2 1/4 tsp baking powder -1.5 tsp baking soda +1.5 tsp baking powder +1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 3 eggs 1 tsp baking soda plus 1 T vinegar diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0539.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0539.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 4e43613..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0539.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0540.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0540.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index b8cb266..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0540.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0541.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0541.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 3c43358..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0541.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0542.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0542.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index b4b95ff..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0542.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0543.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0543.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 0f72ec0..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0543.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0544.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0544.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index e9c13f5..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0544.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/DSC_0545.jpg b/recipes/images/DSC_0545.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 9954594..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/DSC_0545.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/bread-1.jpg b/recipes/images/bread-1.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index fbbfc59..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/bread-1.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/images/bread-2.jpg b/recipes/images/bread-2.jpg Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 672603d..0000000 --- a/recipes/images/bread-2.jpg +++ /dev/null diff --git a/recipes/new-dutch-oven-bread.txt b/recipes/new-dutch-oven-bread.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ba6dc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/new-dutch-oven-bread.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +Taken from: https://www.letthemeatgfcake.com/gluten-free-artisan-bread/#recipe +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlMXSdqQCHQ + + + +THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS + +Kim’s Gluten Free Bread Flour Blend + + 5 cups 700g 10 cups 1.4kg 15 cups 2.1kg 20 cups 2.8kg +POTATO STARCH 285 grams 570 grams 855 grams 1140 grams +WHITE RICE FLOUR 250 grams 500 grams 750 grams 1000 grams +TAPIOCA STARCH/FLOUR 75 grams 150 grams 225 grams 300 grams +WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE 75 grams 150 grams 225 grams 300 grams +XANTHAN GUM 15 grams 30 grams 45 grams 60 grams + + +Notes: + +Potato starch not flour. Super fine white rice flour like this: + +https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Foods-Superfine-White-Flour/dp/B000216O16/ + +can sub egg white protein for whey: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Just-Protein-Non-GMO-Unflavored/dp/B07N8G3Q1H/ + +INGREDIENTS + +3 cups (420 g) Kim's gluten free bread flour blend +1½ tsp xanthan gum (in addition to what's already in the blend) +1 tbsp (5 g) psyllium husks* (or 1 1/2 tsp psyllium husk powder) +1 tbsp (9 g) instant/rapid rise/fast-acting yeast (not active dry yeast) +1 tsp kosher salt +1¾ cups (420 ml) water* +2 tbsp (26 ml) olive oil +1 tbsp (21 g) honey + +INSTRUCTIONS +In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, add all dry ingredients and whisk using a handheld wire whisk. Add the honey, olive oil, and water. Place on mixer and mix briefly to incorporate. Turn the mixer up to medium high and knead for 5 minutes. Remove the dough hook and scrape the dough into a cohesive mass using a plastic dough scraper or a rubber spatula (or scrape into another bowl). Cover and place the bowl in a warm, draft-free area and allow it to rise (proof) for 1-2 hours, or until doubled in volume. + +Refrigerate for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight, but up to 10 days. + +On baking day, remove the dough from refrigerator and dump it out onto well-floured surface. Knead until fairly smooth, adding more flour as necessary. If not using the psyllium husks, it will be a somewhat sticky dough so keep a small bowl of flour on hand to sprinkle the dough and/or surface with extra flour. + +To shape into a boule, simply form into a round ball, pulling the dough up and under the ball and pinching on the bottom. Place on parchment paper. To shape into a baguette, smooth the dough and roll into a rope shape, tapering it at the ends, adding more flour as necessary. Roll out as thick or thin as you'd like and as long as you're able to fit in your oven (make sure it will fit on your pizza steel or stone). Place it on a sheet of parchment paper. + +Place the loaf or loaves, covered loosely with plastic wrap, in a warm, draft-free area to rise until visibly puffed and slightly larger, but not doubled in size, about 1/2 to 1 hour. This time will vary depending on the warmth of your proofing area. + +Place a Dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid into the oven and preheat it to 500° F. You won't need the shallow pan with steam as enough steam will be created in the Dutch oven once the bread goes in. NOTE: This will only work with boules or loaves that can fit into the Dutch oven. If you're making a longer batard or baguette, you'll need to use the first method. + +When the dough has finished rising and is visibly puffed, run a serrated knife under hot tap water and cut slits in the dough swiftly but uniformly, about ½-¾ inch deep. + +Remove the lid carefully and carefully lower the dough, parchment and all, into the Dutch oven. Replace the lid and shut the oven door. Immediately reduce the temperature down to 450° F. + +Bake the bread for 40 minutes with the lid on. Remove the cover and continue to bake for another 20 minutes. Check for doneness by picking up the loaf (with gloved hands). If the loaf feels relatively light for its size, it's done. If it feels at all heavy, it's not done and give it another 5-10 minutes before checking again. + +Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack. Allow to cool COMPLETELY before cutting (or it will be gummy on the inside). + +NOTES +The recipe makes about 2-3 loaves of bread, depending on how large or small you make them. You don’t have to make them all in one day. You can leave the rest of the dough in the refrigerator for another day when you want freshly baked bread. +You can double or even triple the recipe (if you have a mixer big enough to handle the dough). A double recipe fits well in my 5-quart Kitchenaid artisan mixer. +Extra dough may also be frozen. Wrap in plastic wrap and then in foil and place in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator overnight and then use as normal. +The possibilities are endless with this dough. It can be made into so many different shapes and sizes of loaves and you can shape it in about five minutes a day. You can make pizza with half of it, and bread with the other half! If you only want to make one loaf in a day, only take out the amount of dough you’ll need for that loaf (usually about a softball to grapefruit-sized amount). Again, it depends on the size and shape of loaf you’re making. +The dough will last in the refrigerator for about 10 days, fermenting even more (like sourdough) each day. It actually gets better with age 🙂 +*If you don’t want to use psyllium husks or psyllium husk powder, decrease the amount of water in the recipe to 1 1/2 cups (360 ml). + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/recipes/peanut-protein-balls.txt b/recipes/peanut-protein-balls.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41398dd --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/peanut-protein-balls.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +1 cup almond butter +3/4 cup peanut butter powder +1 T egg white powder +2-3 T MCT oil +2-3 T honey or maple syrup + +Mix together and roll into balls. refridgerate for 30 minutes, roll in coconut diff --git a/recipes/pumpkin-bread.txt b/recipes/pumpkin-bread.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..90fee45 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/pumpkin-bread.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Ingredients + +Yield: 1 loaf (about 10 servings) + +1/2 cup avocado oil +2 1/4 cups flour +1 teaspoon baking powder +1 teaspoon ground cinnamon +3/4 teaspoon kosher salt +1/2 teaspoon baking soda +1(15-ounce) can pumpkin purée (about 2 cups) +1 cup granulated sugar +3/4 cup packed light or dark brown sugar +2 large eggs +1/4 cup full-fat sour cream or plain yogurt +1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract + + +Preparation + +Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Oil a 8½- or 9-inch loaf pan; line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. + +In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. In a large bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, pumpkin purée, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until fully combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth into an even layer. + +Bake until the loaf is puffed and set, and a skewer inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 60 to 75 minutes. Transfer the bread, in the pan, to a rack to cool for 20 minutes. Use a paring knife to cut the two exposed sides of bread away from the pan, then use the parchment to transfer the cake to the rack. Let cool completely. + diff --git a/recipes/rice.txt b/recipes/rice.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..73977df --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/rice.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +I’ve only tried it once but some of the best rice I’ve eaten came from a YouTube chef (I wish I could be certain which one.) Rinse the rice to get rid of the extra starch, which is probably optional but gives fluffier rice. Put it in a pot with the usual two parts water to one part rice. Cover and bring to a rolling boil and then remove it from the heat and let it sit for twenty-five minutes covered. Light fluffy rice, no scorched pan, a fraction of energy use, no extra heat in a summer kitchen. diff --git a/recipes/stirfry-sardines.txt b/recipes/stirfry-sardines.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3878d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/recipes/stirfry-sardines.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Ingredients + +6 cans of sardines in oil drained +2 T garlic minced +1 T ginger minced +1 T Sesame oil +1 T other oil +1 t soy sauce +veggies (green beans, cabbage, etc) + +Fry the garlic and ginger for a bit, then toss in the veggies and fry until starting to get soft. Then throw in the sardines and soy, fry until crispy. Top with kinchi + diff --git a/recipes/thai beef slaw wraps.txt b/recipes/thai beef slaw wraps.txt index 48e1dd2..7a6e679 100644 --- a/recipes/thai beef slaw wraps.txt +++ b/recipes/thai beef slaw wraps.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MARINADE ½ teaspoon salt 12 ounces beef skirt steak DRESSING -½ cup mint leaves, loosely packed +½ cup leaves, loosely packed ¼ cup lime juice, or to taste 1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, coarsely chopped 2 teaspoons minced ginger diff --git a/The right to repair the need to repair the desire to repair is fundamentally a communal desire.txt b/repair is a communal world heriarchical but communal.txt index 6a5a115..6a5a115 100644 --- a/The right to repair the need to repair the desire to repair is fundamentally a communal desire.txt +++ b/repair is a communal world heriarchical but communal.txt diff --git a/notes-podcast-interview-bumfuzzle.txt b/retirement as a concept 1930s.txt index 619c833..619c833 100644 --- a/notes-podcast-interview-bumfuzzle.txt +++ b/retirement as a concept 1930s.txt diff --git a/further reaches.txt b/rn - maslow the further reaches of human nature.txt index 9bb7372..191d7d1 100644 --- a/further reaches.txt +++ b/rn - maslow the further reaches of human nature.txt @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +Abraham Maslow - Further Reaches of Human Nature + "First, self-actualization means experiencing fully, vividly, selflessly, with full concentration and total absorption. It means experiencing without the self-consciousness of the adolescent. At this moment of experiencing, the person is wholly and fully human. This is a self-actualizing moment. This is a moment when the self is actualizing itself." (43386948) "Second, let us think of life as a process of choices, one after another. At each point there is a progression choice and a regression choice. There may be a movement toward defense, toward safety, toward being afraid; but over on the other side there is the growth choice. To make the growth choice instead of the fear choice a dozen times a day is to move a dozen times a day to ward self-actualization. Self-actualization Is an ongoing process: it means making each of the many single choices about whether to lie or be honest, whether to steal or not to steal at a particular point, and it means to make each of these choices as a growth choice. This is movement toward self-actualization, to talk of self-actualization implies that" (43386948) @@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ Acceptance. Another kind of fusion of fact and valuc comes from what we call acc What I should like to maintain is that many of these dynamic characteristics of facts, these vectorial qualities, CaU well within the semantic jurisdiction of the word "value." At the very least, they bridge the dichotomy between fact and value which is conventionally and unthinkingly held by most scientists arid philosophers to be a defining characteristic of science itself. Many people define science as morally and ethically neutral, as having nothing to say about ends or oughts. They thus open'the door to the inevitable consequence that if ends have to come from somewhere, and that iC they cannot come from know ledge, then they must come from outside of knowledge. 115 -the Spinozistic principle that true freedom consists of accepting and loving the inevitable, the nature of reality. P119
\ No newline at end of file +the Spinozistic principle that true freedom consists of accepting and loving the inevitable, the nature of reality. P119 diff --git a/route.txt b/route.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c42408d --- /dev/null +++ b/route.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +https://goo.gl/maps/fjQKctxEnYwRUFqJ9 diff --git a/script about mumford return to eotechnic.txt b/script about mumford return to eotechnic.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b41ff3d --- /dev/null +++ b/script about mumford return to eotechnic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +It seems to me that what a lot of people these days are looking for is to return to what Lewis Mumford calls the eotechnic phase of culture. For Mumford that's the beginnings of technology, a time which was mainly powered by wind and water so you had windmills, and grist mill powered by water wheels, things like that. Now I don't think people are craving those technologies exactly, but when those are your dominant sources of power and technology, the culture that comes up but out of that necessarily has a strong dependence on the natural world -- you can't control wind, you can't control water. You are at the whims of weather, seasons, the natural world. There is a rhythm to life based around these things that is dictated by Gaia. + + you get this very seasonal energy source where you know you're going to have the river high at sometimes in others and so your productivity is going to be tied to that seasonal thing and you're going to be more directly connected to that nature and or to the world I guess and you know obviously for Mumford there's another technological face called paleo Technic that stands between the eotechnic and us in the neotechnic and I think that that's where a lot of that desire that connection is coming from which I find interesting from the perspective of you know sailing being this popular thing because that is a direct return to that eotechnic technology you can't go faster than the wind with a sale you are limited by which way the wind is blowing to control where you're going and and all this kind of stuff your back to that eotechnic face whereas the internal combustion engine without computers like the buses engine feels like a direct connection to the Paleo Technic face which is where I started I think I wanted to go back to the payload Technic face now I've reached a point where I think I want to go back to the neotechnic eotechnic face
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/script about my changing perception of what is the west.txt b/script about my changing perception of what is the west.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1de6ef0 --- /dev/null +++ b/script about my changing perception of what is the west.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +I was born in the West in + +:w +about as far west as you can get in a small Beach town south of Los Angeles California which I am very grateful for growing up near the beach spared me a lot of pain that people I know who did not grow up near the beach because no matter what happened in life for me there was always the ocean there was always surfing later body surfing so I sent it to turn to that where a lot of people turn to alcohol and drugs and things like that anyway growing up California I had a notion of the West I'm not sure I ever thought of myself as a Westerner in fact aside from the ocean and and the beach I really thoroughly dislike the Los Angeles Basin I have disliked it since so it's about 10:00 and I just like it to this day good waves bad place well bad place maybe that's not fair because I live by the ocean when I would go on trips as a kid we did occasionally travel we didn't go to the ocean we went out to Utah to Arizona where I had family Nevada or else I have family we went camping we went into the desert we went into the West we went to the mountains Sierra Nevada. And that forms my impression of what the West Was what the West is back then I would have said what the West is it was the desert it was the mountains it was you know the vast expanses of nothingness that are out there but it most definitely ended at the Rocky Mount once you went over the Rockies you were in the east and that's how I looked at it all my life until 2018. We were driving out of the Great Lakes headed across South Dakota to get our residency there so we can register our cars and get driver's license and we drive across Minnesota and slowly the trees faded out and then You Came Upon a lot of farming and then all of a sudden you were in the what I recognized as the West what I could feel as the West there were horses there were cattle they were Badlands they were you know there was Desert it was grass it was openness it looked a lot like northern Utah Southern Idaho and some other places that I've been and I realized that the West Coast pass the Rocky Mountains and I kind of be I became fascinated with this area and I started looking into you know who it who would explored it would written about it cuz that's what I tend to do when I get interested in something I read about it and I you know I mean the Utah I've read pretty much everywhere you know very Lopez will forever color the way I see Alaska if I do and you know Kirchner for for the desert Southwest down by Tucson and all these people and I thought where are the writers that wrote about that wrote about the Dakotas that wrote about Eastern Colorado why why does no one write about this area and of course you do have Lewis and Clark's journals they pass through the region and they had a few things to say and two lesser extent Isabella bird had some things to say about Eastern Colorado in particular I've read some of her journals you know Cabeza de Vaca is South in New Mexico that can throw in earlier but there was no one really writing about Sarah and I finally found Willa Cather who Trilogy of books about this area that I think you know they're fictional but having been out here and having having now actually found other nonfictional sources they seem to be a fantastic portrayal of the Dakota's and eventually this I I came across Jonathan Raven British writer who wrote a book called Badlands and I started to dig into that book a bit more I've read a couple times now and I never understood the West the place I'm from the way he did and I and I think I can go into from here Segway to the idea of the misled the misleading of the governments the desert that they were the rainfall diff --git a/script texas low country.txt b/script texas low country.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e5c881 --- /dev/null +++ b/script texas low country.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +This whole Drive is reminded me of coming into the South Carolina low country and in a lot of ways what we're doing is coming into the Texas Low Country there's some apparent overlap of low countries it would seem something about below water table or the high water table I guess and how you look at it and the presence of
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/sim.txt b/sim.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1fa6b32..0000000 --- a/sim.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@ -89014103272896858707 -old: 89014103272897034506 diff --git a/spike-protein-healing.txt b/spike protein healing.txt index 17b40ca..17b40ca 100644 --- a/spike-protein-healing.txt +++ b/spike protein healing.txt diff --git a/startproducing.txt b/start each day by producing.txt index f507e74..f507e74 100755 --- a/startproducing.txt +++ b/start each day by producing.txt diff --git a/that one guy.txt b/that one guy.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..faed65e --- /dev/null +++ b/that one guy.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Why did it bother me so much I don't know something to do with human nature we focus on the negative more than the positive when I ran a restaurant I remember reading somewhere that every person that likes your restaurant will recommend it to two people and everyone who dislikes it will tell 10 people. we focus on the negative. It has more impact on our souls + + + +You have to end up pitying people who spend their time worrying about what other people are doing. That is no way to live. + +But that’s simply because we miss the point. As Viktor Frankl points out in Man’s Search for Meaning, it is not our question to ask. Instead, it is we who are being asked the question. It’s our lives that are the answer. + +No amount of travel or reading or clever sages can tell you what you want to know. Instead, it is you who must find the answer in your actions, in living the good life—by embodying the self-evident principles of justice, self-control, courage, freedom, and abstaining from evil. + diff --git a/thts.txt b/thts.txt deleted file mode 100755 index d8b6bc6..0000000 --- a/thts.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ -Mon 2014-04-14 22:29 The history of man is such that yes, we were hunter-gatherer's for much longer than we have been farmers, but obviously there have in the history of the world been many more farmers than hunter-gatherers. -so we tend to see the farming-based cultures like our own as more successful, but really that's only in terms of pure numbers. And I wonder, is it such a good thing to have so many of us on the planet? Have we really been successful or just numerous? Of course it's a purely academic question since we are where we are and there's no going back, but I think that part of the fascination with disaster movies and the idea of a collapse of civilization that pervades so much of late 19th century on literature, film and art is that (perhaps unconscious) suspicion that perhaps we were better off in small bands, as hunter gatherers, since at this point the only path we have to return to such a culture is a disaster scenario. - -Tue 2014-04-15 21:37 Really like Epictetus' idea from a mock conversation with Zeus that Zeus, which for Epictetus appears to have been more like a generic conception of nature or life or the world, was hobbled in his ability to create. -That man though was given "a certain portion of ourself, this faculty of choice and refusal of desire and aversion." And that if we can learn to use this he will never feel frustrated or dissatisfied. That's nice, but I especially like the idea of worldview in which the forces creating us, which in our day and age might be more like evolutionary forces or maybe even the microbiology of our guts -- which is perhaps foreign enough, as in literally foreign bacteria, such as to be sketched as a kind of external god-like force -- is inherently flawed, as given us only half the message so to speak and that part of our reason for existence, part of our task in living is perhaps to piece together that missing bit. - -I can also see rejecting that notion that we are missing something though. Perhaps we just have half the information and that's all we need. I believe DNA can replicate itself from less than complete strands -- do we need, in this metaphor, all the information of Zeus or can we get by with what we have? @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Today - I think someone could probably do very well for themselves by curating a regularly updated website that lists and reviews free and subscription-based content. I’d gladly see my stuff included — links to this blog and my Dreamwidth account, plus info for my subscription astrology posts, along with much more of the same kind? You bet. +I think someone could probably do very well for themselves by curating a regularly updated website that lists and reviews free and subscription-based content. I’d gladly see my stuff included — links to this blog and my Dreamwidth account, plus info for my subscription astrology posts, along with much more of the same kind? You bet. He predicted in “Tools for Conviviality” that, should technology not be restrained and the “balances” proper to nature and society restored, the consequence would be an increasingly “uninhabitable” social and natural environment in which personal initiative would shrink, polarization would grow, “all bridges to a normative past” would be broken, and “the world [would be] transform[ed]… into a treatment ward in which people are constantly taught, socialized, normalized, tested and reformed.” This seems to me a pretty accurate pencil sketch of the present moment, even if the “uninhabitability” is unevenly distributed @@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg Letters of a Sufi Master Work less play more" by Steven Catlin Double Axe By Robinson Jeffers -The Importance Of Living Lin Yutang Travels With Herodotus Ryszard Kapuściński -TE Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety Edward O Wilson, On Human Nature Helena Drysdale, Mother Tongues diff --git a/travel notes goa.txt b/travel notes goa.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 4844a19..0000000 --- a/travel notes goa.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Travel Notes- Goa - -Addy's restaurant - -Fish Chootuporichathu baked/fried in a banana leaf, 226 year old dutch home converted to a restaurant.
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/work on skills and things to avoid.txt b/work on skills and things to avoid.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad4c8e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/work on skills and things to avoid.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +improve skills - diversify - work on skills / know how directly related to personal health and well-being + +- create multiple income streams, and look for ways to build those outside the CBS + +- use cash more often + +- when possible buy in-store, and from a locally-owned business + +- make sure I know my neighbors' names and if possible, have their contact info. Share mine with them. Try to get along with them as best as I can. (But avoid any neighbor discussion grioups / forums / apps -- these are unmoderated, gamed by algos, data is harvested) + +- look for ways to be helpful to others (within reason, many caveats, this would be another post) + +- look for ways to do things with and learn things from smart, creative, good-hearted people + + + +TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE: + +- people who use pronouns in their email or other signature-- it's a clear signal to me that they're all-in on the CBS game du jour, translation: they'll throw me (and other people who don't deserve it) under the bus if and when it's convenient for them to do so + +- people who regularly watch TV & TV news + +- drug addicts / alcoholics + +- people who got themselves into financial trouble because of Obvious Irresponsability (includes gambling problems) + +- people who mistreat their own family members and/or pets + +- all debt at all costs + +- anything that uses algos to game what I see and what others see that I post (that includes FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google) + +- Big Pharma
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/workout beginner body weight circuit.txt b/workout beginner body weight circuit.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 076b9c5..0000000 --- a/workout beginner body weight circuit.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -[Source](http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/ "Permalink to Beginner Body Weight Workout - Build Muscle, Burn Fat") - -# Beginner Body Weight Workout - Build Muscle, Burn Fat - -Join the Rebellion, get free eBooks. - -So you want to get in shape, but you have no gym membership. - -That's fine, screw gyms! - -They're loaded with chumps, meatheads, pushy salesmen, and people who suck at working out. (If you DO go to a gym, [here's how to make sure you DON'T suck at working out][1]). Luckily, you can burn fat, build muscle, and get a great workout using just your body weight. [Learn why cardio][2] is one of the least efficient methods of burning calories, and how you can get a lot done in a little bit of time. By doing body weight circuits, where you complete one exercise right after the other without stopping, you're both building muscle and getting a cardiovascular workout. - -## Why Body Weight Circuits Kick Ass - -What makes body weight circuits work so well? Every exercise involved utilizes multiple muscle groups, gets your heart rate pumping, and burns tons of calories. [Check out this interview][3] from Jason Ferruggia and Alwyn Cosgrove, two fitness gurus whose opinions and research I highly respect. Essentially, circuit weight training burns more calories than interval training, which burns WAY more calories than steady cardio. Essentially, if you're trying to lose weight, spending hours doing cardio on a treadmill is a really crappy use of your time. - -I'm going to take you through a basic workout today that can be completed in your house, apartment, out at a park, in your parents' basement, wherever. As always, make sure you are cleared by your personal physician for physical activity before attempting these exercises. Proceed at your own risk! - -## Beginner Body Weight Workout - -This is a basic body weight circuit. In a circuit routine, you'll do each exercise in succession without a break in between (if you're able). Once you've finished all exercises in the circuit, you do it again. If you're still able after the 2nd run through, go for a third. Because all of these exercises come one after another, you're bound to get tired. It's better to stop and take a break than to do an exercise incorrectly. If you can't do all three circuits without stopping, that gives you something to build towards. - -Before you start, WARM UP \- Never ever ever ever forget to warm up. Make sure to get your heart rate pumping and get your muscles warm or you're just asking for injury. If you're strapped for time, cut short your workout, not your warm up. You can run in place, jump rope, do a few push ups, pedal on a stationary bike, jog up and down your stairs, etc. Don't wear yourself out completely, but get your heart rate elevated and little bit of sweat never hurt anybody. After the warm up, here is exactly what you need to do: - -[Beginner Body Weight Circuit Video][4] - -And so you can write it down, here is the write up for the exercise routine. - -* 20 body weight squats -* 10 push ups -* 20 walking lunges -* 10 dumbbell rows (using a gallon milk jug) -* 15 second plank -* 30 Jumping Jacks - -After you've completed your workout, make sure you stretch. All of your muscles have been contracted from lifting and need to be stretched back out and rebuilt. - -For either the body weight squats or lunges, if you can't do them properly yet, it's okay to put your hand on a support to keep your balance. - -For the body weight squats, think of it like sitting back into a chair. If you can sit down onto a chair, and then stand immediately right back up without having to lean forward, you are in balance. - -For the lunges, keep your eyes ahead and your upper body completely vertical. I had a slight bend at times in the video due to trying to exercise and explain at the same time. - -I used a milk jug for my dumbbell, but you can use whatever is heavy enough for you. Find something that is challenging to lift 10 times in a row. - -Do this routine 2-3 times a week, but never on consecutive days. You don't build muscle when you're exercising, you build muscle when you're resting. Generally I follow a pattern of strength training on one day, then [20 minutes of interval training][5] on the next, then strength training, then interval training, and so on. You never want to do a strength routine two days straight (of the same muscle groups), as your muscles haven't had time to recover. - -Along with this routine, you need to make sure you're eating properly! A good workout and crappy diet will not get you anywhere. Lots of real foods (fruits, vegetables, lean meat, nuts, etc.). Eat natural, whole foods whenever possible, and leave the soda, candy, and junk food out of your system. Your diet is at least 80% of your success or failure.
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/workout.txt b/workout.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 762398f..0000000 --- a/workout.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -Workout - -Goal: Full circuit using only body weight. - -Warm up: -10 cat vomit ab lifts -3 Sun salutations -2 full sun salutations - -15 Min: -30 Jumping Jacks -20 body weight squats -20 push ups -15 myotatic crunches (requires pillow) -20 walking lunges -10 dumbbell rows (using available weight) -15 second plank - -x3 - -Cool down: - -2 full sun salutations -yoga pose -deep relax - -mostly pulled from: - -http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/ - -but added ferriss ab exercises - diff --git a/transitional-objects.txt b/your house is a transitional objects.txt index 3aa0fea..3aa0fea 100644 --- a/transitional-objects.txt +++ b/your house is a transitional objects.txt |
