TheRANTdetritus

ideas from the cutting room floor
One knight’s writing 2010.11.28 and then some

OUR TINY HOUSE
… shrunk… did I mention this before? Okay somehow it worked fine for the three of us but with four it has become a bit of a pressure cooker. Four is exponential in 600sf. Suddenly it is really hard to keep any horizontal space open. So we are in conversation about what to do… ms.amanda’s garden is really well developed after being here for five years now. I have some great container-addition ideas but the lending market is not on our side at the moment. Most likely scenario is to buy a bigger place… We shall see… who knows, perhaps we’ll move to the country & paint our mailbox blue.

CURRENT READS
Manifesting Change – It couldn’t be easier.
The guy who coined “Thoughts become things/ choose the good ones”… and sends email “notes from the universe”…
ms.A went with me to see mike dooley talk and you can see that in herRANT

The Four-Hour Work Week
Well, I have only gotten about a quarter thru this book but the key lesson so far is “allow no distractions” - guess i should get back to work, eh?

Deep Survival
Just like it says. A lifetime querry into the mind, body & emotions of extreme outdoor sportsmen & how it applies to the rest of us. Really good read.

Manhood for Amateurs
Written by another bacon eating jew. Many lines made me laugh out loud – even to myself. And a favorite is a comment that all of us are just a disruption in each other’s distortion field…

JUDIASM
Okay speaking of judiasm, it’s not working for me. I have been dabbling in it for many years and this year went to the high holy days solo. One day to an orthodox temple. 95% was in hebrew (which I don’t speak) and I really got nothing out of the service (even the parts that were in english) except that the building itself was beautiful. And one day I went to services at ‘our’ temple and had the realization that this form of reverence does not provide fulfillment for my wavelength. King of men. Pah.

BUDDHISM?
May well be my calling. Okay, time to check it out. I recall a class I took @ k-state called varieties of consciousness. The prof was a practicing buddhist and on the day of that topic, he came in with a shiny shaved head (where there was a full head of hair the day before) and bowed until his forehead was touching the ground. I remember feeling the sincerity of his reverence that day, decades ago. Not surprisingly my sister jade and my ever so cool mom are also into buddhism so I’ll be readin’ me some books… but as a slow reader, perhaps I’ll find them on ‘tape’. One of the intents is to find something that works for the whole family and helps us to show our appreciation for the seasons of the earth

NEW MOON ASTROLOGY
Okay, I’ve been dabbling in this for a few years now thanx to my friend pam. Short description of this theory: there are some days that are more powerful for wishing (and manifesting positive results) than others and each new moon has it’s associated power categories based on the star sign that it is in. it’s a good practice for an agnostic jew, and I have experienced some swift & positive results.