Archive: 2010 August
Mushrooms are actually closer to animals than plants, because they decompose organic matter for energy just like we do. The difference is they do it outside their bodies. The real action happens underground; the actual mushroom is just for decoration.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-10-10T07:39:32-04, 2005-10-10_07h39m32
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Today I released Tweet This 1.7, the first update to my WordPress plugin in nearly a year. This version adds OAuth support, and it is an important upgrade because Twitter will be disabling basic authentication tomorrow, Aug. 31, 2010. I’ve also added support for the Bit.ly API and fixed many bugs, including problems with automatic tweeting.
Tweet This 1.7 is also available on the WordPress plugin repository and it has been downloaded 100 times since I released it an hour ago. Twitter requires each user of Tweet This to fill out a lengthy and complex application registration form and then copy and paste four API keys to the Tweet This settings, all of which long and confusing, like “5151540-ADGJeaa-dgaiojt-3ugeaei-ghq75gj-dwerty.” Even Alex King, creator of Twitter Tools, has complained about it. Unfortunately, it’s my only option, so I’ve included detailed instructions on the Tweet This options page.
Please leave me feedback and bug reports, as I will be actively developing Tweet This over the coming months.
A beautiful golden sunset near Walgreens. You can almost see the sign at the bottom in the shadows.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/145, F4.2, 12.6mm, ISO64, 2005-10-05T18:57:54-04, 2005-10-05_18h57m54
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The prequel to Raindrops, but not as good. This is from October of 2005 (eight months earlier), same location. I couldn’t get closer to the drops because the camera I was using would not focus closer than four centimeters.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/2000, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-02T08:59:57-04, 2005-10-02_08h59m57
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A rainbow high among the clouds.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/333, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-02T07:47:59-04, 2005-10-02_07h47m59
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Tomatoes at Publix from September of 2005. This picture had motion blur so I sharpened it a lot.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/22, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-09-15T09:47:04-04, 2005-09-15_09h47m04
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Just a typical bird drying his feathers. I don’t know anything about birds so I couldn’t tell you what kind this is.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/323, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-09-14T16:48:53-04, 2005-09-14_16h48m53
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A vivid pink sunset from September 2005, heavily edited. At the time I believed editing produced “fake” photos but now I know better. 
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/21, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-09-09T19:50:41-04, 2005-09-09_19h50m41
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1. Your Twitter name has your birthday in it.
2. Your car has a “My child is an honor student” bumper sticker on it… and you don’t even have kids.
3. You bought an iPhone for the camera.
4. You’re a Roman Catholic because “that’s where the power is.”
5. You bleach your jeans to make them look old.
6. You registered faaaceboook.com and you think it has value (it’s available… 3 a’s and 3 o’s).
7. Your computer’s desktop background is a picture of Barack Obama.
8. You buy Girl Scout cookies.
9. You have a tattoo where nobody can see it.
10. Your car’s rear-view mirror has teddy bears hanging from it.
11. You’re a straight gay-rights activist.
12. You believe the capital of Montana is Hannah.
13. You registered your first MySpace account in 2010.
14. You wear a fake diamond ring… and keep the real one in a safe.
15. You have a Mac because all artists have Macs, right?
16. You are a Unitarian Universalist.
17. You say age is “just a number.”
18. You believe Al Gore invented the Internet.
19. You started a blog on Viagra to make money.
20. You put your career before your family.
21. You go to the gym. (There are so many better ways to exercise… like mowing the lawn or building something. And you just know the exercise machines are hooked up to a generator and the owner of the gym is selling electricity back to the power company.)
22. You use “Scotch Magic” tape for good luck.
23. Your cell phone’s ringtone is “Für Elise.”
24. You bought General Motors stock in 2008 for “the long term.”
25. You believe the U.S. healthcare system is “the free market at work.”
26. You think Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
27. You just bought a new xD Picture Card for your digital camera.
28. You pay to download music.
29. You have an …
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Music only has two true modalities of meter: duple and triple, from which all other meters are derived. A piece in 4/4 time is actually duple, just as a piece in 6/8 time is triple. Similarly, there are two modalities of existence: fear and love, from which all four modes are derived.
Fear only = the dark side
Love only = the light side
No fear and no love = death
Fear and love combined = insanity
This matrix is much like a Johari window.
| Arena = the public self | Blind spot = the private self |
| Facade = the blind self | Unknown = the undiscovered self |
| COMPARE TO: | |
| Fear and love = insanity | Love only = the light side |
| Fear only = the dark side | No fear or love = death |
There are many shades of fear and love, such as sorrow, joy, guilt, forgiveness, rage, kindness, anger, and contentment. More importantly, there are two significant combinations yielding four results:
Fear of love = independence or phobia
Love of fear = courage or submissiveness
A living person cannot experience the absence of fear and love, just as a deceased person cannot experience both combined. The combination of fear and love produces all the evils of the world, including murderers, rapists, devil-worshipers, and the insane. The absence of fear and love can only be experienced in death. The quickest way to eliminate fear or love from your spirit is to kill yourself.
People with a love of fear sometimes become soldiers, firemen, astronauts, or daredevils, but more often than not, they get trapped in abusive relationships and accomplish nothing. In most of these relationships, women are controlled physically and men are controlled emotionally. A woman who loves fear will cling to a man who continually beats her, just as a man who loves fear will become obsessed with a woman who sees him as nothing more than …
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