Latest Stuff…
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Luck Journal 4
Joined my local walking/running club today downtown hoping to practice some more extroversion. I turned out to be the only walker, everyone else was running. I decided to walk around anyways by myself. Not but a few blocks later I see someone across the street wearing an MTV shirt. I pointed at him directly and
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Luck Journal 3
More practice in extroversion today. Stopped by the local brew pub this evening. On the patio were several people and in the bike racks I spotted a folding bike, one of my favorite kinds of bikes. I took a chance and asked the first person I saw if that was theirs and it was. Then
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Luck Journal 2
I’m an introvert at heart. But clearly the best way to increase my luck is going to be increasing my extroversion. Not an easy ask. So like I did in Luck Journal 1, and will continue to do, I sat on the patio today at my local coffee shop and greeted everyone coming in. I
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Luck Journal 1
After reading The Luck Factor, I’m going to start journaling about things I’ve learned, thoughts I have about it, or anything lucky thing that happens to me. Principle 1 can be summed up as extroversion and putting yourself out there as much as possible to increase your chance opportunities. This morning, and all this week,
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The Luck Factor
I’ve started reading a book that is going to change everything for me and I’m only halfway through it. It’s not everyday you come across a book that will have that kind of impact. But I feel strongly about this. There was once a time in my life when I thought I was very unlucky.
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Boom Therapy
It’s been a while since I’ve posted because I lost momentum on a few things in my life. Music in particular. I had been doing left hand strokes daily until one day, I just broke and couldn’t get back to it. I tried it again recently and I feel like I lost most of the
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Host Your Own Copy of iFixit
Today I learned you can host your own copy of iFixit. Just like my prior post of hosting a copy of Wikipedia, you can also download all of iFixit by downloading the zim file. I was able to look up how to replace my phone’s display as well as repair my old game console the
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Crow Joke
I came up with this joke 11 years ago when I video taped a crow crossing the road. And here’s Chat GPT converting it to a comic for me.
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Magic the Gathering Arena Achievements
Magic is funny. Here I am in the beginning of 2026 and I am absolutely getting crushed in Ranked Standard (Airbender set). I decide to step back and just try to get some achievements, a recent feature in the game. And I see one for putting 12 Artifacts or Enchantments on the battlefield. I grab
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Toxic Grassculinity
Wife asked me: Why do you put the houseplants outside each week? I said… Because I want them to grow absolutely enormous. I have Toxic Grassculinity.