tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33115192010-03-25T14:42:17.561-04:00altering reality one mind at a timeMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376273763859498355noreply@blogger.comBlogger992125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311519.post-51057704783682770012010-03-23T23:55:00.004-04:002010-03-24T00:13:26.903-04:00

say what?Well, I've been here sporadically and honestly only popped in today to mention that this blog is in no way affiliated with the new movie, Love and Other Drugs. I have nothing against the movie and might even see it as I'm fond of the stars, but I've been using Love and Other Drugs as a blog for years now and used it as a sign off on email and letters for years before that. I know there's

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in 25 words or lessSo what sort of person am I? In 25 words or less?I'm the guy who eats all the oat cereal first and then enjoys the wealth of charms left behind in the bowl.

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love and breakfast cerealGoing back and tagging really old entries is...interesting. Some were, and still are, beautiful. Some were badly written and rather difficult to read because of that fact. And some were pure navel gazing, interesting to no one but my self in retrospect. Well, until I become famous. When you're famous, suddenly what you ate for breakfast and other mundane details become

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new moonFirst off, if you're here looking for Edward or Jacob...bugger off, this has nothing to do with them.Okay. So there's no moon tonight, the sky is cloudy enough to block out the stars and everything is feeling compressed. The weight of all that darkness is squashing me. I think it may be a bit too early to be thinking this, but I just wish winter would hurry up and get over itself.

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san francisco spirit Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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November afternoon on the Charles- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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So this is a test to see if this app is worthwhile.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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lostHe opened his eyes slowly, like a lead character from a popular drama slowly coming to terms with suddenly strange surroundings, and wondered why it was so hard for him to come up with an original idea.He spent the next moments of the new day getting ready for work and trying to erase the drama's theme song from his mind. This was made particularly difficult by the fact that though it lasted

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the bargaintake my heart and shove it deep inside Yourself,far away from the vagaries of the world in turn I'll take your soul and suck slowly, relishing each newly discovered layerlove may hurt, but it beats the alternative

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there's an echo in this roomWow, it got empty in here. The smell of dust and disuse hangs in the air. Perhaps I ought to just shut the door and seal off this particular room, let it be discovered by some web archeologist out there in future world. An HTML snapshot of random man's life. Except here I am, hovering in the doorway, unwilling to say goodbye quite yet.

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tj loveI really appreciated this fan video for Trader Joes. Especially since we recently discovered that the Cambridge Trader Joes, right down the road, has a license for wine and beer. Almost like being back in San Francisco! (almost)

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gateway drug of the daySo due to one thing and another, I ended up getting an iPhone. I originally wanted a new smart phone of the pc variety, but couldn't justify the cost when the old generation iPhones were selling for so much cheaper. Still, I was a bit hesitant, and even told the Apple associate that, "I'm a pc.". He leaned in and whispered that I should be careful because the iPhone was a

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paper worksYou find some odd things after moving. I've been slowly going through files and recycling bags full of paper, but had to stop when I found my handwritten will from midnight, August 28th of 1991.Some things stayed the same. Jackie can still have her copy of Bob Geldof's autobiography back. Even though I lost touch with her during the intervening years, we're back in touch thanks to FB.

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drinking pepsiFrom the AFA Action Alert I received today: Taking an "in your face" approach, PepsiCo sent a public message of support for the homosexual agenda. The company ran a full-page ad in the June/July issue of Out, a semi-pornographic homosexual magazine. The magazine is filled with page after page of nude and semi-nude photographs of men in suggestive positions.First I raced home to see

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mike vs. insomniaSo it's four in the morning and I can't seem to fall asleep. M and E are visiting, and that's exciting, but it also means an early morning tomorrow so sleeping right now would be a good thing. Not sure if it's the change in weather, the wedding yesterday messing with my schedule, or just an overactive brain keeping me awake. I spent the past half hour running through the 90's in

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moving onWe'll be moving to Cambridge in a week and a half. That's all, just thought it was about time I posted an update. Everything else is going along just fine.Really wondering if this blog will go on. Might be different once we're in our own place again. I may feel the need to update more often. Then again, perhaps this is something I needed to do for a while and can let go of now that

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myomusings 2009I just helped Mom post her 2009 myomusings update. If I haven't said it before, or often enough, she's an incredible woman and an inspiration to me!

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snapshot of March 2009I write a lot at work now. I also have this batch of ghost stories I'm trying to write on the side. With FB keeping me connected to most everyone, Love and Other Drugs is getting neglected. I'm not quite ready to let it rest yet, but the updates are dwindling.A snapshot of my life in March 2009.Started own business in order to work directly for company instead of through a

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mmmmm...piSo on March 3rd, Chris statused "Happy Square Root Day! I immediately commented that he was about 11 days early, but he pointed out, quite correctly, that it was 3/3/9 and not 3/14. I had pi on the brain that day obviously.Now it is officially pi day and I can't let it pass without wishing everyone the happiest of pi.

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i am the presidentI officially opened my company today. Went down to the town hall, filled in the paperwork, paid 30 dollars and took an oath. Yes, they asked me to raise my right hand and swear that all the information I was submitting was true to the best of my knowledge. Kinda old school, but I enjoyed it immensely. So now I'm president, treasurer and janitor of my very own business!What this

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a meme to pass the timeDid I mention I've been abducted by Facebook? Yes...but I have a secret goal for this blog and haven't reached it yet so...a meme! (thanks to Brian who is indeed made of fine materials)Mike is made of stories.While all the others are resigned to defeat, Mike is made of sterner stuff.Mike is made of stupid.Mike is made of very soft rubber.Mike's is made of laminate

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ground hog!This blog is officially 6 years old. If it were a small child, it would be in first grade.

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sucking facebookIt's official. I've been sucked into FB and tend to ignore this blog now. I status update when I want to send out an APB. I post memes on the notes page.I zip little notes back and forth to friends to keep in touch. Look at pictures and feel more connected to them. I've communicated more with friends on FB and know more about what's going on in their lives now than I did before.

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mikey, he likes itSo I talk about taking a break, but then M and B both hit me with a meme and I find myself posting again within 24 hours. Since I go by different monikers, I typed in each of them. They were too funny to keep to myself, but I kept the total results to five for each.Rules: Go to Google and type in quotation marks, your name and then "likes to" (E.g. "Mike likes to"). Type in

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getting metaHaven't been posting much lately. Been in a good mood and things are happening, but I'm wondering if it's time to take a break...I need to be working on some different writing at the moment. Truth is that this did keep me writing longer than any other journal I've kept and it is both nice and amusing to so easily go back and reread things from years gone by, so maybe I'll keep it up

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