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May.24.2013
While I'm writing fiction, even science fiction and fantasy, I like to ensure that I keep science correct and internal logic intact. If I veer from science, I must supply a plausible explanation for the difference or exception. If I'm putting my story in the current world of physics, I...
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May.24.2013
Memorial Day holiday weekend.
It's one of the big ones.
It's hard to think of this as Memorial Day weekend and the end of May. Past years would have had my wife and I planning although our plans had little over my family's planning.
This year, here in bucolic Ashland, we ...
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May.24.2013
It's interesting how expectations develop and become woven into our fabric of thinking.
A recent example: I was asked to send an email stating my position on a matter on Wednesday so others could act and comment on it. Finishing the call, I sat down, typed it up and clicked send.
My...
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May.24.2013
Microsoft did its super update last week.
It's something MS likes to do to mess with our computers and our heads. They're supposed to be fixing things. I'm certain that's the plan but somehow it ends up like a Three Stooges marathon as Microsoft's fixes screws other things up.
In this...
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May.24.2013
It was an average week so far as meetings go, after perusing the calendar to see why it seemed like I was busier.
It wasn't because I had more meetings. I ended up with more taskings. There were much more chats going on as well.
Twenty-two meetings were scheduled for this week. ...
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May.23.2013
My work schedule was inundated with calls, tasks, chats and projects yesterday and this morning. Communication traffic became as heavy as a rainy Los Angeles rush hour. It was a surge sourced from several disparate projects and needs clashed at one intense, restless juncture where I...
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May.22.2013
Interesting article on CBS.com.
'(CBS News) Modern wheat is a "perfect, chronic poison," according to Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published a book all about the world's most popular grain.
Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had: "It's an 18-...
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May.22.2013
My wife was busy playing an online computer game. She's a quadriple threat, making spectator comments and urging herself on like a coach or teammate, berating herself for making mistakes, game critic and commentator. She does everything while complaining about her machine and her...
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May.22.2013
David Carney at CNET chronicled an Apple issue he experienced in a post about Apple's Customer Service.
The question asked, about whether Apple's customer service is 'better or worse' than it was applies to more than just Apple, computers and consumer electronics. David gets caught in a...
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May.21.2013
Writing is a comforting activity.
Blog posting is more about understanding myself and the world, and venting, releasing the darknesses and madness that imperils my sanity. I enjoy reading others' posts so I can keep nudging back the many ways knowledge and experience traps me with...
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May.20.2013
Tux, aka Enigma, continues his regular evening visits. I feed him well.
He's looking so much better. I do feel certain others care for him. His coat has been brushed, heightening his sharp black fur and transforming his dull white mess into pure white silk. He's gained...
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May.20.2013
I vented and now I feel better. Don't know what brought that about. Perhaps venting saved me again.
My relief should be apportioned like a car accident's contributing factors. Some is due to venting and some can be attributed to fiction writing. More can be written off as a...
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May.20.2013
I was off work on Friday. My wife and I indulged in an overnight recharging venture away from home. Nothing fancy, just 24 hours of escape from our routines.
But I'm back at work today, back at home, sighing about getting back on the familiar treadmills....
No, I told myself....
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May.20.2013
My wife had her New Day sustainability breakfast on Friday morning. The agenda is to provide a forum for everyone to come together to share grassroot ideas about improving community. They often have several speakers. One speaker this week was from the United Way.
I was surprised...
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May.19.2013
Hi Jim,
Hope all is going well. Wonder where you're at and if there's somewhere to be? You and I never talked about things like that. I wonder what your last thoughts were, your last words. Hard to reconcile that you've been gone almost 22 years. Some things don't ever...
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Writing is exploring myself and discovering the stories and characters that managed to burrow into me. It's a trek, a space shot, an endurance race, a transcendental existence and a dark, worrying tunnel.”
About Michael
1956 - I was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Some other things happened that year, too. Moved around the country as a military brat before finding anchor in Pittsburgh, PA. Lived there 8 years, moved to southern West Virigina, graduated high school and...
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Causes Michael Seidel Supports
Kiva, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Propublica.org, Doctors Without Borders, GreaterGood.com
Michael’s Favorite Books
Catch 22, Catcher In The Rye, Ender's Game, Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Lonesome Dove, Children of Men, The Handmaid's Tale, The Left of Darkness, The Cancer Ward...
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