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Thirty-Three

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As the iron-cored blue-hued orange-shaped planet known as Terra rotated slowly on its obliquity of the ecliptic while revolving gradually and languidly tracing a somewhat elliptical journey around a bright yellow star, which the inhabitants of the aforementioned planet had named Sol, bringing about a phenomenon that the denizens of the planet perceived as if…

The Struggle

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The water was perfect, just about the right temperature that I like, slightly lukewarm and hitting a spot that was neither too cold nor too warm. Unfortunately I couldn’t appreciate the feeling that accompanies one when stepping into that kind of water, that feeling when the skin pierces the surface of the water converting a…

I love my mice

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Looking down at the small family of mice, the tiny pups cavorting with each other and feeling the warm sunlight for the very first time in their short lives, their pale translucent skins glowing under the summer sun that played peekaboo among the clouds, under the watchful eyes of the father mouse while the mother…

I saw a bird.

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I can still recall the exact moment (it was twelve minutes past six in the morning) and what I was doing — struggling to tie my shoelaces with one hand that had come unlaced when I crossed that small log that served as a bridge not across troubled waters but across a small meandering stream…

I drink coffee

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After reading Stanley Fish’s How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One, I decided to try an experiment in writing out a paragraphic sentence. I plan to take a simple sentence and construct a passable sentence. Since I don’t get to this kind of writing at work, this exercise ought to be fun. …

Tools used for October in numbers

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As promised in the earlier post, here are the tools I used in my quantified self experiment: Google Spreadsheet : Data Capture and Analysis Sleep Patterns: Sleep Bot Tracker Log (Android app: Market Link) Beverages: Simple Counter (Android app: Market Link) Body Weight:  Libra (Android app: Market Link) Exercise: RunKeeper (Android app: Market Link) Phone…

For my teachers

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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward Coming from a family where almost everyone is a teacher, this is for them also. For my wife, mom, grand-parents, uncles, aunts, and all other consanguineal and affinal relatives in the teaching profession, Happy Teacher’s…