Category Archives: life

TV Trains You To Expect The Worst

I was watching an episode of United States of Tara the other day when I had something of a realisation. In case you don't know the show, here's the back story. Tara is a woman with dissociative identity disorder (aka multiple personalities). For the sake of TV, they are 5 (or 6) very distinct & …

16/Jun/2010 – 11:18 | By Si | Posted in life, self-improvement | Comments (13)

Stop Bashing Your Head Against The Wall, Dipshit!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It enables us to look back & say "Oh wow, that was a complete waste of a day.. or 10 years." Wouldn't it be useful to know in advance if something was going to be pointless? Or how about just at the time? Even cutting that wasted 6 months back to …

10/Jun/2010 – 16:01 | By Si | Posted in health, life | Comments (9)

Talking By Text Sucks (& How)

Particularly in recent years, reading & writing have taken over our lives. We communicate primarily by text an increasing amount of the time. Facebook, Twitter, email, IM, SMS, blogs, forums, the list goes on. There are some very real problems with communicating by text. Asymmetry Unless both parties are typing an equal amount, any text based conversation …

07/Jun/2010 – 13:28 | By Si | Posted in communication, life | Comments (19)

Making Friends Online

I've been online a very long time. Since the late 80's. That's before what we currently know as the net was much more than a twinkling in a small handful of San Francisco computers. So, I've had a lot of time to think about the intricacies & common pitfalls of meeting someone online. The first …

17/May/2010 – 17:02 | By Si | Posted in communication, life | Comments (8)

How To End Hate (& its nasty side effects)

Ever heard that saying "What you resist persists"? Ahh yes. I've noticed a few patterns in my life recently. In general, I've spent the last few years on a bit of a spiritual journey. Clearing out, well, pretty much everything. The downside to this is, as I've got clearer, what remaining crap is there has …

30/Jan/2010 – 13:16 | By Si | Posted in healing, life | Comments (5)

The Moments That Define Us

Now, from a title like that, you may be thinking I'm talking about those lifetime events that mark our place in history — ala Bill Gates selling DOS to IBM, or Lawn Chair Larry. No, I'm talking about the moments that define our character, and as a result, ultimately us as human beings. It breaks …

26/Nov/2009 – 00:04 | By Si | Posted in life, self-improvement | Comments (2)

The Rat And The Rose

I was at a friend's place having a coffee when I saw the weirdest thing (to help you out, I circled it): Can you see it? Nope, neither could I, at the start. However, we'd been watching the cat (a delightful Burmese). The cat had seen something interesting, so we were curious what it was. Usually …

24/Oct/2009 – 05:10 | By Si | Posted in fun, life | Comments (12)

Confession

Nobody has their shit together, or has all the answers. No matter how much they pretend otherwise. This, of course, includes me. relatedA Night Of Bad DreamsNative BushYou Are Responsible For Your Parents (.. And Their Parents..)What The Hell Is Karma?How To End Procrastination Forever

23/Sep/2009 – 03:07 | By Si | Posted in life | Comments (11)

Turn Every Down Into An Up

I had a realisation recently. Fundamentally, the only person that has any control over how I feel is me. I choose how I feel. So, any time I feel bad due to someone else's actions, I know that's just a pain body reacting. That's just my ego, getting in the way, hurting me, wanting me to feel pain. …

22/Sep/2009 – 00:46 | By Si | Posted in healing, life | Comments (4)

The Pain Bodies Inside Us

Ever catch yourself doing something really stupid? You watch it happening in slow motion, yet can't seem to stop yourself going right ahead and doing it? Now, there's a ton of things that fit under the heading of 'stupid', ahh, and by goodness, I've done a lot of them. What I'd like to talk about today is …

10/Sep/2009 – 09:53 | By Si | Posted in healing, life | Comments (5)