chawley

Your Checkmate

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Buy land in secret. Build the house in secret.Then do the housewarming party with publicity.Date in secret. Propose in private.Then marry in front of a crowd.Let your haters only see your reality, never your vision,or you will have division.In a game of chess, you don’t speak. You just act.The only time that you ever speak … Read more

What is crufty and bogacious?

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From: The Gospel of Tux “Crufty and Bogacious” is a bit of an oxymoron. It’s like saying something is “messy and perfect” at the same time. It might be used humorously to describe something that is incredibly impressive despite being incredibly messy or complex. Example: “That old computer is so crufty, but it’s still bogacious … Read more

Fuck your productivity system. Seriously

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From Reddit Here’s what actually works: Do the fucking thing. That’s it. Stop reading productivity on Medium. Stop watching YouTubers tell you how they organize their day in 15-minute intervals. Stop buying notebooks that cost more than your hourly rate. You know what made our parents productive? They just sat down and did the work. … Read more

Meet me half way

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How about delivery service that only delivers halfway? Like, you call to order a pizza, and they say, okay, I’ll meet you in the Marc’s parking lot in a half-hour.

Goodbye (again) old friends

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I bought these shoes in July 2023. I have another pair of “comfortable shoes” for walking, but these have been my exercise shoes. Since I put these into the rotation last August 1, I have walked almost every day. According to Samsung Health, I’ve walked just under 2.5 million steps in a year. I’m retiring … Read more

On Journaling

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Summer 2024. I’ve gone back to writing in a notebook. On May 28, someone posted a deal from meh.com in a Slack channel at work about a sale on the Panda Planner by Rocketbook. I’d heard of Rocketbook during my recent obsession with e-ink writing devices, but this was an opportunity to check them out … Read more