tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882828832307802132024-03-18T16:24:52.059-05:0065 and AliveRelections on Life and WorkWarren Liebermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814282049866901912noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388282883230780213.post-87089675347947435442014-06-04T17:34:00.002-05:002014-06-04T17:34:16.834-05:00Procrastinators<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Four months ago I printed an article titled, “Why Writers
Are the Worst Procrastinators.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I glanced
at it and thought it would make an interesting blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I pushed it aside and eventually other
articles and papers got piled on top of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just started five consecutive days off with anticipation
of good personal time with my wife, a few hobby projects and some volunteer
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today we made a brief shopping
trip then we enjoyed lunch out and an afternoon movie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we arrived home I opened the mail, paid
a bill and stared at my cluttered desk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I work best (or least I think I do) with a relatively clean
desk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 4:30 p.m. I cleared my desk
contrary to the habits of many other writers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This entailed throwing a few things out, neatly arrange my carry-around
items that end up each day on my desk, file a few important papers and look at
printed items of interest dumped on the right side of my desk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One task placed several of my pieces of flash
fiction into a notebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I saw two articles I intended to read and use for future
blog inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read the
procrastination article, decided it didn’t pertain to me and tossed it into the
garbage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I read the other article
about the “Good Old Days.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
shock, it too went into the garbage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The essence of the “Good Old Days” turned out to be a
rambling recollection of the writer’s experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I think it implied that right now is the
“Good Old Days.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It rings true for me; I
have a good almost full-time job with plenty of time off, and several hobbies
that fill time while filling me with personal pleasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a Facebook page of photos, a growing
notebook of flash fiction, and other activities that more than fill time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They prod me to learn more and be creative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My second novel is almost done, an idea is
floating around about a third, a friend introduced me to stone sculpting, and I
attempting to revive my blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My son
wants me to use twitter to promote my blog and Facebook photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many ideas, so little time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Got to check my meter: just used 45 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">February 1 is my son’s birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Details of that exact day are fuzzy, frankly I just don’t
remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know he was late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seemed to mark a trait that
followed him for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
mother and I are early birds so the origin of his habit puzzles us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway back to my point, “First day of
my transformed life.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Around sixteen years of age I delivered newspapers in an
apartment complex for a few months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d ride the elevator to the top floor (8<sup>th</sup> I think) and use
my bag to prop open the elevator door and take the appropriate morning papers
and race up and down the hall placing the newspaper in front of each door. And
then floor by floor make my way to the ground floor before moving off to
another building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had four
buildings on my route. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I delivered
the Newark Star Ledger, NY Times, NY Daily News, Daily Forward and several
other foreign language papers if my memory serves me right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A ledger book with the apartment
numbers and paper or papers to be delivered was my guide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After that I worked in a drug store during high school,
while in the local college I worked at a department store and one summer I
delivered reconditioned automobile bumpers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then three years in the army and a return to college which forced me to
take many other part time positions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I even parked cars in mid-town Manhattan for several years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And then another 40 years of full time work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fast forward to February 1, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is now the beginning of the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My current position, at my request, is
going from full-full time to semi-full time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve cut
back my work load 20%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done
it not by shortening the work day, but taking 5 days off per month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the time I’ll take two or three days before or after
a weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be a few
times during the year that I will take a solid week off and occasionally there
will be a solitary day off, perhaps connected to a weekend or a holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chunks of time off rather than a little
at a time is my plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expect to
continue this for at least two years, perhaps more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is a practice semi-work day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See Evan early, chat about his dogs and computers, and give him a
birthday gift; then off to my casual Saturday writing group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Write in my journal, edit my book and
draft this blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This afternoon
with Iris and dinner out with the usual crew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow breakfast out and then at my niece’s request
photograph her organizing an in-service program so she can use those photos in
publicity pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But man’s plans sometimes go awry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dream for this time in general is local travel, time with
Iris and family, writing, and photographic jaunts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finish novel number two and rework my photo web page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in the words of Bob Marley, “Be
happy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only time will tell if this works, but
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McDonalds Hamburgers has displayed several variations of “Billions
Served” on its signage for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Periodically they change the number from 50 to 100 to 257 to whatever
the sign reads now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it just
says “Billions” served.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever
the number or verbiage, it is a tremendous number of things severed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it burgers, fries or people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you care?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Billions served” just numbs the mind.</div>
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Well, I care about the number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That phrase makes my book sales look puny and insignificant.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even a million copy bestseller is
100,000 times smaller (check my math) than “billions served.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could rationalize and say that I
wrote the book for my self-image or as part of some writing therapy or that my
agent was on my case to produce something (that’s a lie).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or just that I had nothing to do at
night, since I don’t play poker or care about TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But once I got started I enjoyed it too much to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not interested in numbers, just a
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The end result is that I wrote just one novel, Far from
Newark, and have only sold a modest number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I may have given away more than I sold.<br />
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My hometown of Newark NJ was listed as the un-friendliest
city in 2013, it beat out Islamabad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It really wasn’t that bad when I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the survey was taken at Newark
Airport, which probably skewed the results towards the negative side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Current and former residents of Newark
are actually quite proud of Newark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many famous people were born in Newark: Philip Roth, Aaron Burr, Ed
Koch, Whitney Houston, Chris Christie and many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Newark,_New_Jersey" target="_blank">others</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Newarkers even have a Facebook
page, <span class="entity">Newark N.J. Born and Raised !!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you have to be invited to be a
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The title of my book came from a saying that I had been
known to use often when asked, “Where are you from?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get that I lot especially with my accent in San Antonio
Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My answer is often, “From
Newark, far from.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That phrase or
variations of it appear in my book in several places and became the natural
title for the book.</div>
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I am proud to say that “Far from Newark” has sold
dozens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take that McDonalds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch for the sequel, “Return.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be out by the end of 2014 and
I certainly intend to claim, “More than dozens sold.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t be surprised when you order my book on-line if
you are asked, “Do you want fries with it?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for a true Newarker a sausage, pepper and onion sandwich
served on an Italian roll would be much better.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that we have moved to acceptance that men don’t ask for directions the question becomes why it is true and how do we solve this monumental societal issue. Most people think the problem is because men have a self-image of being problem solvers and to ask for directions would indicate failure. There is a certain element of truth to that. Our image of prehistoric man is the ultimate provider, get that deer, hunt that tiger, and bring home the bacon. If he failed he and his family went hungry. But these ancient hunters probably conferred with each other to locate the best places to hunt and how to get there. They weren’t stupid, they were well motivated. They asked for directions. Either that or go hungry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Men are proud of their accomplishments. I’ve got a bigger boat than you, my TV is 99 inches, or my computer has a “fill in the blank” feature are typical male comments. Driving is an extension of that attitude. I am a better driver than you, whoever you are. Faster, safer and I can parallel park and you can’t. I know several men who are exactly like that. They also go on more exotic vacations that anyone else. And have photos from a 100 megapixel camera to document of their exploits. Or a trophy deer head stuffed on the family room wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Failure can cause embarrassment and asking for directions from a gas station attendant or the clerk at convenience store is the ultimate failure. I’d rather ask Stephen Hawking how to solve a problem than Joe for the corner store which sale item is a better deal. I’d rather get advice from Stephen King than the clerk at Costco for a book recommendation. Since we can't get in contact with Hawking or King we don't ask. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’ve read research that indicates that men and women find their way around using different mechanisms. Women navigate by landmarks: go to the Mall turn left and go down the street to the nail place etc. Men on the other hand utilize compass directions to find their way around: go north two miles on Highway 6 and then turn east on Route 12 and drive around one mile to the auto parts store and so on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are probably many studies and more antidotal evidence giving credence to one theory or another; Google has over 100 million hits on the question. Men not asking for directions must obviously be a pressing problem otherwise why would a Google search have such a large number of hits. In that mass of information I think I discovered the answer: Men don’t think they are lost. All typical male stereotypes lead to this conclusion. I am not lost and I will argue that I am merely taking another route to my destination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“We are close, it is right near here.” Might be an answer given by a man as to why he doesn’t ask for directions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Getting around is an adventure. Finding new places, driving in different neighborhoods is fun. Taking a hunting trip without going to Africa or Alaska is fun. It takes one million sperm to fertilize one egg; they are on an adventure and it was fun. Who cares if only one successfully made the entire trip?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not asking for directions does have one big downside: it causes arguments. Every extra turn, wasted minute, missed appointment increases the chances of a conflict between the driver (man) and the passenger (wife). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Forget the cause, just eliminate the problem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How? Gadgets. The solution is to embrace men’s love of gadgets. The solution already exists in phones, stand alone devices, tablets and preinstalled in cars which should be sufficient to help men find their way. Men: play with your gadgets, use your GPS apps. Don’t get or stay lost. But they are missing one key element to have universal usage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The missing component from the GPS apps is a reward component. Just getting to your destination is not enough for most men. Every time the device is used and you reach the proverbial Grand Ma’s house you should get points. Every time you reach a location on time or without a disagreement the user should get points. Score extra points for arriving at that great new restaurant on time for your reservation. Points, points: that is the ultimate goal. Bonus points can be awarded if you use the devise before being told to ask for directions. And one more thought men aren’t going to ask Siri, after all she is a woman. Redeem the points for beer, books or uninterrupted TV time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can have the boyz over to watch the Super Bowl without having to get permission if you accumulate a very large number of points. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, the real solution is to allow your wife, significant other, or partner to drive because driving while using gadgets is dangerous. Sit back and watch videos or sports on your gadget while someone else drives. But men, be careful not to become a back seat driver; you’re probably wrong and that might result in the loss of points. And God knows we (men) need all the points we can get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In late October I started a two-part blog series, Wandering Brain. Then I stopped to engage in a month-long writing program/contest. <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo)</a> was a challenge to writers to create a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. I accepted the call on November 4<sup>th</sup> and began writing a sequel to Far from Newark, titled Return to Newark, and I am pleased to announce that I completed the novel on November 25<sup>th</sup>. I received a certificate of achievement, which I had to print myself. And if I want I could purchase a T-shirt stating my accomplishment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course participating in this program required that all other writing, reading and most other leisure pursuits be kept at a minimum. It required that 65 and Alive Blog cease for the month, it also required discipline of a structured plan and sticking to a schedule which I sometimes lack. I wrote every morning and reviewed my work in the evenings with minor revisions and corrections of completely incomprehensible sentences or thoughts. Then start again the next day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writing a novel is full-time work and not suited for a family life, children, honey-do lists or anything close to a normal life. Not recommended for most people. I am now, at a much slower pace, reviewing and editing my novel. At some point I will print a copy and rewrite again. Then edit and edit some more. Return to Newark may see the light of day (in digital edition) by the end of 2014.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Wandering Brain took me on a completely unexpected path. Perhaps knowing that it would only last one month allowed me to complete it. My plan was to just plow right into the work and write each day knowing that I was 2500 words closer to completion. It did feel rather good when I submitted my rough draft for final word count validation. I got almost as good a feeling as I did when Far from Newark was submitted to <a href="http://smashwords.com/">Smashwords.com</a><span id="goog_151580480"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_151580481"></span> and then received confirmation of its conversion to digital format.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope that upon my return to more regular blogging that I didn’t lose too many of my readers. With that in mind I would appreciate a comment just to tell me someone read this blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">McDonald’s posts “Billions sold” on its signboard to announce how they are doing. I am pleased to state my motto for now is: Dozens sold. Email me and I will be glad to send my followers a free copy of Far from Newark, just tell me what digital format you would like.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earlier this week I read an article that was published on
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Apparently, some people can control pain with a Wandering Brain. Research by <a href="http://www.utoronto.ca/pain/about-us/profile/karen-davis.html" target="_blank">Wendy Davis at theUniversity of Toronto</a> indicates that “mind-wanderers” were able to function
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of you may remember sitting through boring, painful,
early morning lecture classes as a college freshman. The text books had all the information and note taking was
merely writing down the same information you highlighted the night before and therefore
was mostly, by me anyway, perfunctory and incomplete. So the student’s mind does what it tends to do, wander,
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In smaller classes the teacher could catch the wanders,
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mental state not their physical location.
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return to the classroom activity.
I hope they were merely bored and not in pain from my classes. Although being merely bored or in pain
from my class did not reflect well on my technique or the subject matter at
that moment. The need to ask that question
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Large lecture halls of the 1960s excelled in the creation of
mind-wandering situations. I have seen card games in progress, students
working on other homework assignments, and outright sleeping. But the blank looks that appeared on
the faces of the wandering student raise another question: Where do we go when we mind-wander? Good research and blog writing should
not just give static opinions by the author but prompt or ask other questions that
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So where do we go when we wander? Answers to that question vary by individual, some people
relieve past experiences of their youth or merely last weekend, others speculate
on what if situations, or dwell on upcoming events with dread or
anticipation. Come back next blog
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Update: My mind has wandered and I entered a contest to write a 50,000 novel in one month for <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">National Novel Writing Month</a>. The clock is ticking now. No more posts until the end of November. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Part 1</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2004 I joined the Sun Poets writing group as a tool to
divert and channel my energy after leaving the best job I ever had in 2001 (up
to that point). In fact, I had resigned
my position on September 7 (a few days later the world was turned upside). I wasn’t searching for a better job, nor was
I chasing a dream or experiencing a mid-life crisis. A wall at work hit me and a change was required. Best move I ever made, but not
without regrets at times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The slippery slope started with flash fiction, very short
pieces that could be written in 15 minutes, perhaps only 200 or 300 words at
most. Some were written during the sessions
and re-crafted later. Others were
started at home and shared with the group during the critic period. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Later I gravitated to longer pieces of perhaps 600 to 1000
words. These pieces took longer to
thrash out in my head and on paper. I
eventually wrote a few pieces that I submitted to a few publications. Rejected.
No problem, I was just writing for myself and with no dreams of becoming
a famous or rich writer, although that would be nice. Eventually several pieces became published
on-line for zero dollars. Again, no
problem. I was writing garbage and
regularly working at it. Many hours were
spent during lunch-times at the book store with my laptop or early on the
weekends to work the keyboard and my pound head on the wall for a few hours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wrote a <a href="http://www.orientaltales.com/writers/w_lieberman.html" target="_blank">true story about an event</a> that I experienced
during my tour of service in Thailand.
Then I wrote a second true event recreation; next came a <a href="http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/3046" target="_blank">fictional account</a> of a Buddhist monk giving a lesson. The wheels in my head started to turn
overtime. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A basic concept of a novel developed. These three finished stories and a few scraps
of other pieces I had written formed the basis of Far from Newark. And so it started. No outline at first, just writing as thoughts
and events popped into my. No direction
just working at my computer whenever I could.
At some point I sketched a story on a page or two, created a general
timeline of events and the story evolved when I moved the timeline to 3 x 5 cards. Then I arranged and rearranged the cards,
into a logical sequence of events. It
was light on details, just a sentence or two on what happened. Those few lines acted as a prompt to create a
chapter or two.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Posed picture on original Mac</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many hours of research went into learning about old Newark,
Thailand, Buddhism and anything that popped into my head. The writing and research occurred
simultaneously. The entire process ended
in 2013 with a notebook (3” thick) of information, a notebook of rough draft
chapters and a finished story of 55,500 words.
Strangely enough, the three original stories are not part of novel, but remain
as stand-alone pieces that were the inspiration for Far from Newark.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The past year was spent editing the final piece. In all honesty to my readers there were
times, sometimes months long, that I did not touch the story. But at some point during each lapse I decided
to finish the project. It could not be
left incomplete. So I plunged back in and finished the novel, and then went
back and trashed and rewrote some sections.
AND EDITED. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, what next was the question? I decided to utilize <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=warren+lieberman" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> to
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After I created my Smashwords account and uploaded my book I
checked out the Amazon/Kindle self-publishing service. Not much more work was required to implement
a few more changes required to create another E-book, so I plunged into the wild river called Amazon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bing, Bang, Click, Click and my account was created and the
book uploaded. The only difference there
was no delay in publication, it was almost immediate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Holy crap, I am on Amazon.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Internet, while exciting and dynamic, is sometimes
passive. Readers still need to find my
book in order to sell a few copies. I now
need to promote Far from Newark, get people to download a sample and then buy my
book. <a href="http://65andalive.blogspot.com/p/far-from-newark.html" target="_blank">Update my blog</a>, send out a mass
email announcing my book’s publication, search for few outlets to directly promote
my book, update my email signature to include the book link and (gasp!) start a
Facebook page. I’ve avoided Facebook for
quite some time because I am more of a lurker than an-up-front-in-your-face
kind of person. I am a watcher, just ask
my wife and check out my <a href="http://65andalive.weebly.com/faces.html" target="_blank">Faces</a> page.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few more clicks and entries and my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> presence is
created. In a few short days I have over
25 friends, making comments, adding photos, and, oh yes, promoting my
book. I am now just another
self-promoting A-hole.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Part 3</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Sunday Broadway Street from Mulberry Street to Alamo
Plaza was closed to vehicular traffic from 10 am to 3 pm to allow 75,000 San
Antonians to walk, ride, stroll or bike the 6-mile route for its semi-annual
<a href="http://www.ymcasatx.org/siclovia" target="_blank">Siclovia </a>event. I arrived with my bike
and camera around ten am at the middle of the route. (Pronounced sic-lo-via)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even at that early hour and after a overnight heavy rain downpour many thousands of people were
already enjoying the event. At my
starting point I looked for someone I was supposed to meet. Couldn’t find them, but meet a few others I
knew. After a quick schmooze I checked
out a few health vendor booths, got two T-shirts, a bag and a water bottle,
before pedaling south towards the Alamo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My trek was a slow easy ride with increasing crowds as I
approached the Alamo. The sounds at the
Alamo were amazing. Vendors galore,
people milling about and a buzz in the air of excitement. Having your picture taken in front of the
Alamo is a popular tourist and resident’s activity that I didn’t decline. At this time I am waiting for the on-line
photo to be posted. At the Alamo I took
the opportunity get free air for my bike.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I didn’t stay long before I turned around and rode north
towards my starting spot and beyond. I
stopped to enjoy the San Antonio Youth Symphony performing at a street
corner. Rode past “bubble artists.” Waved at strangers and just goofed along.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the mid-point I stopped again to check for my missing
companion, still missing. To be honest
it was a person that I had only spoken to on the phone and I had no idea what
they looked like. Could have been right
next to me and I wouldn’t have known. Then
I continued north with increasing crowds.
Past Ronald McDonald, the Pig Stand, a rock climbing tower and Larry’s
Lop-cycle. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Siclovia event ended at
Brackenridge Park with numerous booths, refreshments, water and crowds.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Booth at Brackenridge Park, with water, bananas, apples and more</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At one point I glanced at my watch and realized how long I
had been out and proceeded to call my wife.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Honey, I am having too much fun and I might leave in
another hour.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It turned to be more like
ninety minutes, but when having a good time there is no reason to quit too
soon.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Me at the Alamo</span></td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">See the entire slide show <a href="http://65andalive.weebly.com/siclovia-september-2013.html" target="_blank">on my webpage</a> of my 12-mile Siclovia day. </span></span> </span></div>
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ninety degree days ahead, but the day-after-day run of extremely hot temperatures
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degree days are almost balmy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fall or what
equates to fall is soon approaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
change in the trees or frosty mornings but a sub sixty degree morning is almost
as good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only a <a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/lost-maples" target="_blank">few areas of south Texas enjoy colorful foliage during late fall</a> so the abatement of the heat is the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last Saturday my wife, her sister and I ventured forty miles
north of San Antonio to one of Texas’ little known gems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjc16" target="_blank">German Freethinkers who founded Comfort in1854</a> embraced the democratic values of their new homeland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Comfort Texas is unique in the south because
many of its original settlers remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War
and as a result thirty-five soldiers from Comfort were massacred during an
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We drove to an outdoor art show in nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort,_Texas" target="_blank">Comfort Texas</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today <a href="http://www.comfortchamberofcommerce.com/" target="_blank">Comfort’s old historical district</a> is home to a small number unique shops and restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked a block or two and had a wonderful
lunch at High’s Café and Store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife
and her sister enjoyed an extra cup of coffee and dessert while I wandered around
taking photographs and adding to my <a href="http://65andalive.weebly.com/out-and-about.html" target="_blank">Faces collection</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Berney, my high school physics teacher, droned on about E= MC<sup>2</sup> one hot spring afternoon. Most of his students were mentally on a trip to the Jersey shore from the previous weekend or dreaming of the next trip. Alan next to me was dead asleep and Richie was working full-time on his geometry homework due next period. I was just staring out the window at the pizzeria across the street, the image of a hot steaming slice with extra cheese and sausage caused my stomach to grumble. I am surprised it didn’t wake Alan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Berney had perfected a method of putting his students to sleep or otherwise kept mentally preoccupied as a way of holding the noise down for one more day before he retired.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. B was using his personal Reality Distortion Field for his own devious purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing like that ever happened to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am sure that teachers all over are working a secret, patentable and marketable Reality Distortion Field device to use in their classrooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But wait a minute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the Reality Distortion Field?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An associate of mine was taking about a person we knew in common and used Reality Distortion Field as a descriptive phrase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He went on to say that in the recent biography of Steve Jobs the phrase Reality Distortion Field (RDF) was used by <a href="http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Reality_Distortion_Field.txt" target="_blank">Bud Tribble to describe Jobs’ behavior and management style</a> and attributes this phrase to Star Trek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menagerie_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)" target="_blank">Star Trek 2-part episode Menagerie </a>(Nov. 1986), Gene Rodenberry tells a convoluted story that used RDF as a plot gimmick and as production technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The characters used the RDF to manipulate Captain Kirk and Doctor Spock into believing that a twisted reality was true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RDF is a phenomenon in which the impossible is stated to be possible through force of personality and persuasive force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impossible is made out as easy, people are motivated to perform difficult tasks and they end up believing the RDF user’s logic or at least working towards elusive goals despite reservations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>World leaders use it all the time, likewise politicians,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>business tycoons and other charlatans cajole and convince their followers black is white, hot is cold, and any number opposite and mutually exclusive terms that are proposed with authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The users of RDF generally justify their actions by stating, believing and acting that the end justifies the means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I visualize RDFers at a traffic stop, ““Sorry officer I wasn’t speeding, you were standing still.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The higher power position the user of RDF occupies on the political or business ladder the more difficult it becomes to defy the power of the RDF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once used it become difficult to counter at a later time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The force of the RDF can be resisted very easily if the user is confronted with the falsehoods of facts or logic early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish I could get my RDF working right now and have that slice of pizza from my 1961 daydream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things were better in the good old days is a phrase average RDF users employee since we don’t have the power over thousands of employees or followers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might want to consider reading this <a href="http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-global-bullshit-theory-and-meter/" target="_blank">blog from the Musings of the Big Red Car</a> to read about the Theory of Global Bullshit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or if you’re lazy just visit <a href="http://fullmetalbullshiet.ytmnd.com/" target="_blank">this website</a> and recite its mantra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In any event you need to develop your own RDF counter offensive technique because global BS is getting deeper and smellier everyday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet browsing can be very productive when searching for
specific information or a certain product.
Enter a few key words into the search box of your preferred search
engine. Or in short: Google it.</span></span></div>
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entered the title and author and quickly found three sources for this book
through a Google search. I had a lottery
ticket sitting around for a few weeks and wanted to check to see if it was a
winner. Google Texas Lottery and bingo a
link to winning numbers showed at the top of the list. Quick and productive answers to exact questions
are the norm for Google (and other search engines).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But when casually “surfing the net” distractions can quickly
cause the surfer (me) to follow various related and other not so related links
and go wildly off course. My interest in
local examples of street or public art started me on a wandering course last
week after seeing a newspaper story about a <a href="http://65andalive.weebly.com/trio-by-rashid.html" target="_blank">trio of new murals in San Antonio</a>. It started with a Pinterest search for “street
art San Antonio.” I found a picture of a
piece of art under a bridge. My eye
caught a glimpse of a “stereotype map of the world.” Then on that website I found a stereotype map
of the United States. I downloaded images of both maps and went to creator’s
web page and saw numerous other maps and projects by the artist. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alphadesigner.com/mapping-stereotypes" target="_blank">Alpha Designer</a> Map of USA</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thoughts of the novel The Ugly American popped into my
head. My mind was off on another
direction for the moment. Perhaps I’ll
get a copy and reread it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From this rambling process about stereotypes I created a
rough outline for a blog about stereotypes.
Find a definition, examples, read a story or two about recent public
cases and remember my own experiences, both being stereotyped and a user of
stereotypes and put these ideas to paper (digital paper). Neither personal experience was very
pleasant. Soon this draft reached a
block that I think I could overcome if I wanted to get serious. Serious is not my nature, I tend to be more
casual and I definitely don’t take myself serious to point of preaching to
other people on what to do. So a blog on
stereotype went into my to-do list for future blogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then a story appeared TV:
Newark's listing as the world’s most unfriendly city. My hometown made the news! It is common knowledge that TV news is abbreviated
so I went to the Internet to find out more, find the truth. Newark is the most unfriendly city in the
world. 46,000 people were surveyed and
my hometown is on the top of a list, just ahead of Islamabad. I am so pumped. NUMBER ONE!
WE’RE NUMBER ONE.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This explains two important personal matters to me. I know how the title of my unpublished novel,
Far from Newark, formed in my mind. Now
would be a perfect time to finish the novel and capitalize on the Newark
publicity. Timing is everything. NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE
UNFRIENDLIEST CITY: Far from Newark.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As mentioned in previous blogs I am the proud owner of a
numbers of signs that proudly proclaim me as a crab, gifts from my sons as
acknowledgement of certain personality traits that they have assigned to
me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My gift back to them is knowledge that
the crab trait shouldn’t be passed to them, it is environmental, not genetic. But don’t stereotype people from Newark as crabby;
we all know they are just unfriendly.</span></span></div>
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Houston, Paul Simon, Aaron Burr, Ed Koch, H. Norman Schwarzkopt, Shaquille O’Neal,
Chris Christie, Ice-T, Queen Latifah: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Newark,_New_Jersey" target="_blank">Source link.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NPR recently posted an article that posed the question: Should military chaplains have to believe in
God? A licensed minister (trained in a
school of divinity) who lost his faith and is now a Humanist wants to serve as
a Chaplin in the US military. This
question raises interesting questions in a nation that is split between people
of various faiths and non-believers (in a supreme being). I’ve heard the word Rabbi phrased as Jewish
Rabbi; is there any other kind? Perhaps
yes, I think in old-time gangster terms rabbi could be meant as a teacher. I am going off thought, back to my thoughts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My blog steers clear of religion and politics and this post
will be stand fast to that position. But
I love a good Oxymoron. (Note previous
sentence – stand fast). Oxymorons can
make us laugh, scratch our heads in confusion or just slip by without
notice. A Humanist Military Chaplin
would do all three, the trifecta of language use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is an Oxymoron?
It is a figure of speech that utilizes contradictory terms together,
such as: almost exactly, electric candles.
Our language usage is full of them.
We laugh when we hear military intelligence, especially if you have
served in the military as an enlisted soldier.
Business ethics is a phrase that sounds noble but is even more absurd
than military intelligence. I always
laugh when I hear, read or use “pretty ugly.”
Members of my generation know that rap music is definitely an Oxymoron,
but how does that square with music awards for that genre of music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The origin of the word oxymoron is strange. Oxy is derived from the Greek word for sharp
or keen. Moron is dull. Kind of reminds me of the terms dumb ass and
smart ass, often used interchangeably.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One phrase that gives me serious pause is religious
tolerance. I can barely tolerate my own,
much less someone ringing my bell at nine am on a Saturday morning. How long does it take to become an instant
classic? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Could Ray Bradbury burn a digital book stored in the
cloud? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Similar to the Oxymoron use of words are quotes from Yogi
Berra. My favorites are: When you get to
a fork in the road, take it; and you should always go to other people’s
funerals; otherwise they won’t come to yours.
But my all time favorite is: It gets late early out there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you think you understood my blog then you clearly
misunderstood me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the second paragraph I said I loved a good oxymoron. My favorite Oxymoron is my oldest son shown
below when he was a member of the Oxymoron Comedy Troupe in San Antonio (and
has the tee shirt to prove it).
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.0pt;">My blog hiatus was spurred by my wife’s recent knee replacement
surgery and my plan to devote time to help her during her recovery.
I thought I might restart my blog in September after a brief stint as her
helper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">I spent several days last week in the hospital with her and my
nursing plan seemed on course. I devoted last weekend at home to just
that, helping her. She is recovering nicely and I left the nursing duties
for the week to her sister (who happens to be former nurse) and returned to
work. I returned to duty this weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Of course I do laundry at night and shopping gets squeezed in
between work and arriving home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Now the routine is settling in. Help her
into the passive motion machine and watch her for two hours. My watching
lasts about ten minutes, after which I find a book or a TV show to watch.
Get her a drink, fix the ice pack and adjust the position of her leg.
Pace a little bit, check my email. Answer the phone and give to
her. Give her the IPod. Eat a cookie or two, or three. Big
gaps of time exist while on call for action while she is strapped into her
machine. Then we do a series of prone and seated exercises, have lunch,
take a short break and return to motion machine for an early afternoon
session. One more session is planned for the evening.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Control unit for Continuous Passive Motion machine</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Saturday was the end of my imitation of Florence
Nightingale. I thought I might have some free time for myself during my
wife’s afternoon machine time so I went into slacker mode.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">I booted up the old laptop, my preferred writing
implement. I have several journals, pens and an IMac but sadly my
eight-year old laptop with all its quirks still feels most natural.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">Oops
I hear a call.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">“I am done, time’s up.” Iris gingerly moves her leg off
the machine. Then we remember we need to shop for a cane at the medical
supply store. Off we go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0in;">So much for my free time. But at least I have something to
write about.</span></div>
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<script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Warren Liebermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814282049866901912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388282883230780213.post-60511318319088842072013-06-26T10:36:00.000-05:002013-06-26T10:36:06.654-05:00Oops I hit the Pause Button<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been considering writing a
post on Time Travel.<span> </span>Recently, I read
several articles about significant historical events that occurred: ex: fifty
years ago, twenty-five years ago or on this date in history.<span> </span>Also, last year I was inundated by notices of
my fiftieth high school reunion and I often get notices from a military group
about upcoming reunion meetings.<span> </span>Not to
mention that I read Stephen King’s 1963, and Time Traveler’s Wife last year and
have just finished Time Travelers Never Die.<span>
</span>My mind has been fixated on Time lately.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1964</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I printed Google images from 1963
for ideas; images of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, the Beatles, Martin
Luther King and the civil rights movement dominate the group.<span> </span>What do I remember directly about those
events and people?<span> </span>Some fuzzy memories
come to mind, but mostly I remember details that I read well after the
event.<span> </span>Clearly my mind was on other
things of fleeting importance when I was nineteen.<span> </span>Getting out of high school, starting college
and gaining a sense of independence dominated my 1963 thought processes, not
the history being made at the time.<span> </span>In 1964
I met my future wife and joined the army.<span>
</span>Army life put my life on hold for three years; after my service was
completed I concentrated on starting married life and returning to
college.<span> </span>The worldly events of the
remaining years of the sixties left very little active memories with me.<span> </span>I lived in a historical decade without clear
recollections of those times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Time Travelers Never Die the
protagonists visit numerous times and people with historical and scientific
importance as the story progress.<span> </span>They
make lists of times and people they want to visit and search for a missing
fellow time traveler, who also had interests in specific events and desires to
meet important people.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It would be interesting to go
back in time and watch, and learn from the past.<span> </span>Understanding the causes and motivations
would be far more enlightening than reading about it now.<span> </span>In King’s, 1963, the protagonists want to
change history, to stop the assassination.<span>
</span>You can read the story to find out what happened without me spoiling
it.<span> </span>I’ll leave thoughts about changing
history to others and wander into a different direction (time-wise).<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In September of 2012 I wrote
about a feature of my Time Machine, the <a href="http://65andalive.blogspot.com/2012/09/time-to-spare.html" target="_blank">OOPS Eliminator</a>.<span> </span>Version 2 is next with the PAUSE button.<span> </span>Imagine instead of going back and fixing
something you have the opportunity to PAUSE.<span>
</span>Stop and reflect and then act.<span>
</span>Give yourself a few minutes, a day or even several weeks to figure out
the problem.<span> </span>Don’t worry about fixing
errors; get it right the first time.<span>
</span>Remove the stress of rushing from your life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How would you <span> </span>like an extra hour or day to complete a
project?<span> </span>How would you like to take a
break from some task (cleaning the house, the garage, writing a blog or doing
your taxes) to have a cup of coffee or go for a walk without a worry about a
looming deadline?<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It seems that I have hit the
PAUSE button on this blog too long.<span> </span>What
I really need is REVERSE switch so I can complete this blog and post it two
weeks ago.<span> </span>Would be nice.<span> </span>See you next time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Droplets of moisture from fall’s remaining dead leaves fell onto
the runner’s lean torso as he sliced through the wooded trail.<span> </span>Crunching sounds emanated from the trail when
his shoes kissed the crushed stone path and created a rhythm that became the
metronome of his pace.<span> </span>Gray fog rolled
through the trees and flowed over the path that snaked through the park.<span> </span>His breath froze in the air with each
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The winding trail blocked his view of the few runners who
frequented the park.<span> </span><span> </span>Those numbers decreased even more drastically
since the weather started to turn very cold.<span>
</span>This morning he passed only a solitary pair of runners looping slowly at
the trail head.<span> </span>A nod as he passed them,
then they vanished as he moves into the frigid mist that now surrounded him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He ran up the shallow uphill path on the north side of the
park.<span> </span>Near the crest, at the spot where
the city view broke through the trees, he slowed momentarily and glanced at the
geometric skyline.<span> </span>Blurred by the fog it
was a mere aberration.<span> </span>His office and
home where out there somewhere, with their distractions and problems.<span> </span>Sometimes he stopped to pinpoint those
locations, they were his travails.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">He raced past the peak, without hesitation.<span> </span>Not today.<span>
</span>No reality today, just the run.<span> </span>A
slug of water and a glance at his watch were the only movements that disrupted
his graceful gait.<span> </span>Faster he strode into
the deepening fog.<span> </span>Sounds of the nearby
parkway and of his footfalls muted by the fog that swirled around him
eliminated distractions.<span> </span>Despite, or
because of, the lessening visibility he increased his pace without fear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soon he would cross a wooden bridge at the five-mile
mark.<span> </span>Deep breathes infused energy into
his lungs and heart.<span> </span>He raced on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A paved portion would signal the approach of the
bridge.<span> </span>He anticipated the solid path before
the spring of the bridge.<span> </span>Fog fully
engulfed the path; the runner could only see an arm’s length ahead.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Above a soft glow broke through the gray.<span> </span>Rapidly the fog lifted and transformed the
gray into blue as the winter sun began its slow rise over the horizon.<span> </span>Fresh frost covered the brown foliage, white
as snow.<span> </span>Pavement made its presence felt
to the runner.<span> </span>He ran on.<span> </span>One last deep breath and then a burning sensation
pulsed through his body.<span> </span>His step
faltered.<span> </span>Pain surged upward from his
heart to his shoulder and head.<span> </span>He
stumbled, but his feet keep moving.<span> </span>The
bridge was close, now the concrete below felt alien.<span> </span>The bridge was ahead.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arms and feet danced at jarring angles.<span> </span>His water bottle slipped from his grasp.<span> </span>Forward his body wrenched and jerked, with
the grace of a marionette.<span> </span>Forward he continued.<span> </span>Wooden slats rattled under his feet.<span> </span>Each board bounced with his footfall and then
rebounded with an echo in remembrance of his impact.<span> </span>One, two, three strides he counted on the
bridge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The runner slowed to a walk as he took his final strides on
the bridge.<span> </span>Two more steps and he
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In some circles the Holy Trinity is a reference to the
Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am not a religious person, and not even Catholic, so that Trinity is
not the point of this blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I have a policy to ignore
religion and politics in my blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For cooks the trinity is celery, onions and peppers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am familiar with that combination
from a cooking class I took in New Orleans and my twice annual gumbo soup
blitzes.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I make a decent gumbo but
not outstanding, kind of ordinary.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I need to work on my gumbo technique.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my retirement plans is to do more cooking from
scratch and perfecting gumbo is high on the goals of that activity.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But cooking is not the thrust of this blog, even though
Sunday night I prepared a tasty, if slightly spicy chicken stir-fry.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saturday we made an unexpected stop at
our favorite Oriental market and stocked up on a few items, including a new Lo
Mein noodle that we cooked then crisped in the wok before topping with the
stir-fry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I am digressing from my original thought: my Holy
Trinity is thinking, acting and reflecting.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saturday afternoon I was sitting on my patio after a long
night and morning of tropical rains (10 inches total) pondering the upcoming
day.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The rains had let up and
after our rush of morning errands I relaxed on our patio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lightning struck.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More accurately, inspiration struck.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is as rare as getting hit by lightning.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sky brightened up and my solar
powered fountain began operating.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sun still hadn’t appeared but enough light peeked through the
overcast sky to power the pump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Several months ago I had built a small water feature
fashioned out of a galvanized tub, a small electric submersible pump, a small
section of rubber hose, a burner from a gas space heater and a variety of
rocks. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was really an impulse
project.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I put the pump in the tub
to see how much water it would move, then connected the burner to the hose and
finished the water feature with rocks from my garden.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Later I added several pieces of copper pipe to direct the water
to different areas.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not much
planning but the process got me thinking (Step One).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Electric Fountain</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Close up of copper pipes, note water streams from hidden gas burner</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Wine bottles with Christmas lights, a different project. </span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thinking.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Formulating.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Gathering ideas.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Research.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Any creative activity must commence with constructive
thought.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you want to
accomplish, visualize the end first (credit to Covey), and create your road
map.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The water feature initiated a
thinking period with some research.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to build another feature.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An idea slowly formed to build a small solar powered feature for the
patio.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Detailed plans, work.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Transforming an idea into a finished product requires effort.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ideas are easy.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Transforming an idea into some meaningful
result is the most difficult aspect of any creative undertaking.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My solar water feature caused me to investigate
a variety of pumps, containers and a review of my budget (near zero).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The end result is a very small system utilizing
a small container, a ceramic bowl and garden rocks; the water
cascades from the ceramic container into the galvanized tub.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The building of the two features and
resulting thought process has started the planning for a third feature for a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Step Three: Reflection and Use.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Creative activities and projects need to fulfill some
purpose.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On a completely abstract
level creative acts satisfy the artist and others must “buy in.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other projects are more utilitarian but
still are creative efforts by the builder.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The fountains are decorative but I find a subtle benefit.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The soft sounds of rippling water
during the day and in the evenings are soothing and have a meditative
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The lightning (inspiration) that struck me Saturday afternoon caused me to
get my camera and take a few pictures for this blog.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The trinity of the fountains was building them, photographing
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perhaps I have found a new direction for my blog: Book Reviews. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the second sequential book review I have written. </span>I had the chance to get a copy of Bob Lowry's (a fellow blogger) new book, Living a Satisfying Retirement. Bob's blog, <a href="http://satisfyingretirement.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Satisfying Retirement</a>, has given him a chance to write about retirement and produce a book from material supplied by his followers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bob Lowry’s successfully asked strangers questions that most
of us would have great difficulty or considerable reluctance asking our friends
or acquaintances. Lowry received
enough information from the response to garner a number of gems about
retirement to share with his readers.
I had a chance to participate in the survey in the summer of 2012 but
declined. Perhaps for the purpose
of this review it good that I didn’t because it would have slanted or
influenced my review. During the
reading of his book I did mentally consider the questions and compared my
answers to his respondents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">For “Living a Satisfying Retirement” Lowry created a dozen
questions that he asked the already retired followers of his blog to
answer. In addition to this group,
he asked ten questions of his blog followers who were approaching
retirement. He received answers
from about fifty people and from their answers he presents first person reflections
about retirement life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some of the questions merely gather background, such as: How
long have you been retired? Others
are more personal and delve into financial issues, one example is: What percent of your pre-retirement
income are you living on? Others
deal with relationships, time, expectations and surprises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most of the respondents to his survey seem to have been
mostly successful about reaching their financial goals, or have very definite
goals set and are on target to reach them. So in this respect I think his sample of retired persons is
not typical or that of your average retired person. Certainly, my goals have been missed, mostly due to career
changes, deliberate and unforeseen.
But still the answers provide interesting insights into retired life in
manageable chunks. Bob then
summarizes the answers from many respondents into a somewhat general overall
statement about the question. He
is a good listener and synthesizes multiple answers into a cohesive conclusion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorite answers to a question is from Doug
N. He states, “Instead of dwelling
on old memories I’ve enjoyed creating new ones with my family.” Doug is very upbeat and positive. All of us can use that advice. Retirement is time that a person can
create new activities and memories.
The past is gone. We don’t
necessarily need to start our entire life over but we can change the direction
of our lives and try new things.
And switch them without regret, if needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bill D answered another question about plans with, “I have
also learned that each person’s retirement is a unique experience. There is no set way to achieve a
satisfying retirement.” This
comment cuts to one of the truths revealed in this book. Everyone is different and retirement is
not the same for everyone. There
is no single secret revealed in this book. This book is not a retirement guide book, nor is it is a ten
steps program or a list of things to do.
Living a Satisfying Retirement is a peephole into the lives of a variety
of retired people, each with a unique perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Living a Satisfying Retirement is short presentations of the
personal accounts from real people about their retirement or planned retirement. They answer questions your friends
can’t or won’t articulate or you are too afraid to ask.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps in that respect there are secrets revealed. Those personal comments are a gateway
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In just fourteen short chapters Dave Bernard again is the
cheerleader for the reader as he or she approaches retirement. The chapter topics range from
Redefining the Retired You, to Accepting Aging and What will be your
Legacy. A very impressive
assortment of topics addressed in his usual snappy style: quotes and relevant
thoughts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’ve followed Bernard’s blog, <a href="http://lovebeingretired.com/" target="_blank">Retirement – Only theBeginning</a>, for about a year and find this book
condenses a long series of blogs about retirement into essential topics. The ultimate goal of the book is to
help the future retiree find his passion.
He reminds us that, “Retirement is your time to do what you want to be
doing.” Sounds easy on paper. I trust that I’ll be able to live up to
his admonition in the years to come.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What is retirement?
What is life about? One of
his blog followers writes and quotes Robert Frost, “In three words I can sum up
everything about life – it goes on.”
So life goes on during retirement.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rather than expand and comment on the entire book I
encourage future retirees and those now retired to buy and read “I Want to
Retire!” Instead of the classic review of a book I will make a few comments about Chapter 8: Staying Busy and
Engaged in Retirement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Staying engaged during retirement can be more challenging
than it sounds. Many retirees now
face a loss of income and in these days of uncertain financial times this is a
serious issue. I myself face a
less than ideal retirement.
Retirees now have more empty time they ever envisioned. There is only so many honey-do
projects, so many garden projects, walks in the park, golf or card games a
person can participant in before he or she begins to wonder about Purpose or
becomes so bored that they become a couch potato.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Decision about what time to wake can be irksome. If there is no reason to get up then
the day becomes merely a chore to get through. Dave tells us to create a schedule of a mixture of
activities blending purpose, health and relaxation (yes – you deserve some do
nothing time). Finding the balance is the challenge. Retirees can determine the pace of the day, the week and the
rest of their life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The chapter ends with a list of possible things to do,
activities with purpose and meaning.
My charge is for the reader to review the list and then start your
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You are now your own boss; you don’t need someone else’s
list. Create your own. I have a dream list that I review and
think about from time to time.
I am on the board of directors of a senior services granting agency and
the organization has been tasked to create a few programs of <span style="font-size: large;">its </span>own. This summer I am starting a weekly
walking group for baby boomers.
This project combines my regular walking habit and the desire to bring
a healthy activity to my peers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next year I plan to take another passion of mine and transform it into a
program, A Seniors Writing Group.
More intensive research into writing groups and senior needs is required
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approach to it is to be open-minded and if it doesn’t work try a different
approach or something different.
Being open-minded is another one of Dave’s suggestions about finding
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Read Dave Bernard’s “I Want to Retire!” and use it as a guide to create
passion and meaning in your retirement years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mother-in-law and wife have stated on several occasions men should only have a baby the size of a pea. The closest a man can experience to childbirth is passing a kidney stone, which thankfully I haven’t had that unique experience. My wife has suffered from severe psoriatic arthritis for many years and continued to work with only minor expressions of complaints. I know she suffers greatly and it very disturbing to be powerless to relieve the pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then the doctor and nurse would laugh. I would be standing there looking like… a wimp. But needless to say we did make a trip to the emergency clinic. And laughed all the way to the clinic.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The week before my 69th Birthday I participated in the Texas Senior Games 5K Roadrace. I really hadn’t planned to write about my accomplishments in that race. Although the results would show that I improved from a 10th place finish last year to 7th this year, I was actually 2 minutes slower. The reason for my place showing improvement occured because there were less participants in my age group and also less overall participants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One possible reason for my slower pace was that my niece couldn’t come to run with me as a pacesetter. I ran</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">alone with many runners ahead of me and a few behind me. Typical man, blame your own failings on others. And I went too fast at the start, slowed down in the middle and lost my step near the end. When I train on the threadmill I start slow and then increase speed gradually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before I was light and now I am heavy. False also, I haven’t been light since I left the army at 23. Now I am not as heavy as a few years ago, which is still a small positive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before I was athletic, now I am a sloth. False again, I never was athletic; I was merely active. Fortunately I remain active and my plans, hopes and aspiration are to remain active. But my training in the few weeks prior to the race was inconsistent.</span></div>
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