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This week’s selected media, October 12, 2025: Tokyo Story, Talkin’ Greenwich Village

This week’s selected media, October 12, 2025: Tokyo Story, Talkin’ Greenwich Village

This week I finished: Tokyo Story, directed by Yasujiro Ozu: Someone in my meditation group recommended this movie after I spoke about how much Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer…

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Passing fancies and shiny objects sap life of meaning, if you don’t know your values and how to live them

Passing fancies and shiny objects sap life of meaning, if you don’t know your values and how to live them

I said the following words today and realized I had to post them here: Chasing shiny objects means you're running away from what you value. For background, I describe passing…

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The easy and hard parts of exercise and another value of sidchas

The easy and hard parts of exercise and another value of sidchas

This morning's calisthenics involved four sets of burpees. I noticed a funny thought as I started the third set. I had barely done a tenth of a burpee in that…

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I wrote a poem: The Poem of the High-Fiber Diet (trigger warning: juvenile humor)

I wrote a poem: The Poem of the High-Fiber Diet (trigger warning: juvenile humor)

Am I going to get in trouble for a puerile post? Will it distract from my sustainability leadership focus? I hope not. I had a blast making the poem. Regular…

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The books and movies I liked most and least in 2024

The books and movies I liked most and least in 2024

On Sundays I post the selected media I finished that week, usually books and movies, though sometimes videos or other media. I looked back at the list I finished this…

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This week’s selected media, November 3, 2024: Be Useful, the Power of Negative Thinking, How to Be an Antiracist

This week’s selected media, November 3, 2024: Be Useful, the Power of Negative Thinking, How to Be an Antiracist

This week I finished: Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, by Arnold Schwarzenegger: I got this book expecting something to pass the time and got much more. Maybe it's just…

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Two updates to my sidchas and standard operation procedures

Two updates to my sidchas and standard operation procedures

I'm updating My sidchas, standard operating procedures, and preferences in two ways. Cardio days First, in my 6-Day Exercise/Mindfulness Cycle, I'm changing day 6, which was "Cardio, at least 300…

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This Week’s Selected Media, July 14, 2024: Make Your Bed, A course in packaging toxicity, The Dred Scott of Our Time, No god But God

This Week’s Selected Media, July 14, 2024: Make Your Bed, A course in packaging toxicity, The Dred Scott of Our Time, No god But God

This week I finished: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World, by Admiral William H. McRaven: I saw the video of McRaven's commencement speech…

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