This is accurate.

Eliot: “The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”

“All complex systems that work evolved from simple systems that worked.”

“Those who will not face improvements because they are changes will face changes that are not improvements.”

~ The Personal MBA, by Josh Kaufman

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I spent a lot of hours just driving around listening to the radio in that game. #nostalgia

Oh look at that it works now. Must have been on my side: I was having some internet connection issues last night. So here you go #ZapZap

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

―Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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I'd zap you but you don't seem to be conductive. Got to set up that lightning wallet!

Thanks for the recommendations!

Kin

If you've ever grabbed a stick

from the ground and thought

"oh, this is a good stick,"

then we're family.

~Love Notes from the Hollow Tree

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“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”

―Ben Okri

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“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Today has been a long day, I spent a good portion of it helping my parents install their air conditioners for the summer and move things they shouldn't be moving and I go to see some of my nieces and nephews for a bit. They were a little sad because I was running out of gas but that time so I wasn't as open to running around with them as I usually am.

My sister saw that I had been bitten by a deer tick, so now I'm all paranoid about Lymes disease (am I tired or just sick?) I took a nap and work up to wash clothes for work tomorrow, I am behind on my weekly preparations but just feeling empty. Back to bed.

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Nice! I haven't read any of these yet: Thanks for taking the time to respond! I highly value seeing things from other's perspectives, it helps to gain clarity and context that you can't see from your own window.

It's late, but I'll keep conversating until I pass out for the night. As you've alluded to,and I've projected, there is time, until there isn't.

I grew up Lutheran: LCMS and WELS for specific denominational context. Private grade school, high school, and college. Midwest, Americana Dairy Farmers.

Currently: Agnostic/Atheistic/Pagan? If we must apply labels to facilitate context and conversation.

I've deduced through your previous notes you're all in on the Jesus narrative, as I once was, but not so much anymore. However, I'm open to discussion.

So worst-case scenario you get some practice with a moderately intelligent idiot who knows nothing.

Clever.

If I'm lucky I have the advantage of time: waiting you out on points I disagree with. I did not expect to find another more experienced person with "Loki energy" as my wife describes it.

You've awakened my curiosity, but I suspect I'll just have to let this interaction of egos and perspective play out to their conclusions. A new mystery: how delightful!

Hmm, 70's... recalibrating my assumptions, confirmation that my estimation skills are not calibrated correctly.

I love it! I still have much to learn. I had pegged you as an enthusiastic youngster, but obviously, I was quite wrong. I'm hesitant to speculate further since my initial assumptions were so wrong: I guess we'll just keep orbiting each other and sending out our explorational probes, trying to gather more data and figure out: everything.

Nostr keeps surprising me. 7 decades! Hmm... that's a lot of experience I wasn't prepared for: you have me at a disadvantage - Touche'!

It is on my future reading list. I'm curious how many decades you have walked the earth: I'm 40 this year and I'm getting 20's maybe early 30-year-old vibes max from you. Just testing my intuition.

Something is off, I tried to zap but I also got the Inurl error. Maybe double-check your wallet address on your nostr profile?

No, thanks for helping me test the block function in nostr clients: I guess you're not completely useless, just mostly.

I suspect we could have some very interesting conversations also. I'm not opposed to this at all.

Scheduling a long formal interaction will be the largest hurdle. Technology has negated geography but we might be obstructed by Schedules and obligations. You have my attention.

Oh, this looks like I'm going to have to do some WORK to track down a physical copy. You're winning on the difficulty of the obtainability front at this point: Thanks for the recommendation!

The author is actually very geographically local to me. I've read everything he's written. He seems to be in a slump right now, but I agree the magic system is quite compelling!

You obviously have great taste in fantasy literature. Thanks for the recommendation!

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

I would love to hear your most obscure book recommendations.

Give me the weirdest, niche book that tickled the neurons in your cranium! I will zap every recommendation, thanks!

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