I’ve learned to be patient. Or maybe it’s just that I’ve learned to trust myself. My Need-for-closure Self (the J-type) has learned to let my intuitive self (the N-type) do her job. Intuitive Self knows that with enough pieces, the puzzle will come together; she’ll be able to connect the dots, to see the patterns. Need-for-closure Self has to suspend her need to know the parameters and constraints before starting
July 11, 2008
Iteration | Recurring Themes
Limitations on living ones life only in the present moment.
July 4, 2008
Segmented Sleep
Why am I up at 2:30 in the morning writing. According to Ekirch, it’s because I’m in touch with that deeper, more primal aspect of myself
May 8, 2008
Cranford
Cranford.
Elizabeth Gaskell.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0-19-283209-3
Originally published as a series of stories between 1851 and 1853, and then as a book in 1853. This edition includes an excellent introduction, a chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell’s life, and an essential section of explanatory notes.
February 6, 2008
iPhone, A Day in the Life
Great technology redefines a task so completely that we change our behavior, not because we are forced to adapt to the technology but because the technology provides us with new ways to interact with the world and to do things we never imagined doing before.
January 18, 2008
Juno
A celebration of the functional family without any sticky sentiment.
Bottom line: Recommended
September 4, 2007
Closeted
To retreat for a moment from the prospect of dealing with the failed garden house project, we turned our attention to some little things we could finish up in the kitchen.