Prospects Challenge: Thoughts on Pens’ win over Ottawa https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/129024/ #challenge #FrontPage #Hockey #NHL #on #Ottawa #OttawaSenators #OttawaSenators #over #pens #pensburgh #Prospects #Senators #thoughts #win
Prospects Challenge: Thoughts on Pens’ win over Ottawa https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/129024/ #challenge #FrontPage #Hockey #NHL #on #Ottawa #OttawaSenators #OttawaSenators #over #pens #pensburgh #Prospects #Senators #thoughts #win
Three hundred and sixty-four days ago, I started the #100DaysToOffload challenge, in an effort to get myself unblocked from actually writing again.
The idea is to simply write, specifically, to publish 100 posts on a personal blog in a year. It shouldn’t have been too hard, once I got going.
It started off really well, with daily posts through Blaugust (at least I achieved one challenge, and got back into a groove, for a while). Some posts were really popular, too!
To be fair to myself – I came fairly close to success here. 88 posts to date, 89 when I publish this one. Just 11 from victory.
Options!
What have I done wrong here?
I feel like I’ve done a lot wrong.
I lost focus. I took a trip one time, got out of the daily habit, and never got it back.
I’ve got things I meant to post about, dammit.
I feel annoyed and angry at myself for not doing it.
and eventually, that loops around into me feeling even more blocked – the mountain of guilt became another barrier to progress.
I marked today’s date on the calendar, so I could see it. I checked how far away from success I was, a couple of months ago. July? That’s ages! Lots of time to finish this off. Easy.
As an aside, one week ago, I lost a friend. That was a bad day, and it has been a weird week, and I’m tired. That’s not the reason for any of this. It was a shock. It threw me off, but I was already thrown off.
…
and of course – I’ve done nothing wrong.
Right back at the start, I wrote about writing for myself, for the sake of writing, because it’s something I enjoy – not because I owe it to anyone (except for myself). I’d held myself back before. That feeling came back in, a bit, but look at me – here I am – writing today.
What next then
I’ve been doing a lot of stuff lately!
I’m going to schedule some posts with some of the panels and interviews I’ve done over the past few months, to get them out there in a different format. That can keep things ticking along, even on days when I don’t have time or energy.
I’ve been coding (a bit!) and I want to share a few of those side projects. If I don’t write about them, it does not make them less valid. [hey, brain, read/listen to/understand what you are writing right now]
There are some Big Things happening in the world and in the tech world. I want to write about my thoughts on those things, too.
And then there’s my lapsed newsletter, and the mostly-formed, just-not-executed, plan to do my own podcast.
Maybe I’ll never learn to offload all of the things from my head.
Standby for more: another day.
https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/07/16/trying-and-failing-to-offload/
Out of ~117 billion people born on the planet throughout human history, I CAN'T be the first person to think this. That being said, here is my revelation on a pleasant, rainy Montana Tuesday:
I was just reading a book by Philip Kindred Dick and a thought came to me, that a book, written by a person who died before I was alive, will enter Public domain only when I’m old. Copyright is a fucking scam.
Experts Said…
Jason Kottke has a great post about "Experts Said..." this week. I highly suggest that you check it out.
Large media companies, and the NY Times in particular these days, like to use the phrase “experts said” instead of simply stating facts.
Experts said that this is a great post showing how language and news can impact our thoughts.
I particularly dislike the pressure of social media, which forces people to post regularly to maintain engagement. Some people post basically EVERYTHING they do on social media, but I find some things uninteresting.
For example, here on Mastodon, I prefer to keep it more professional and only post my drawings. Sometimes I post about something I've played/read/watched, and sometimes I share my opinion on a topic, but I rarely post those.
The focus here would be art. I think many post random things just to maintain engagement, but I don't like that. I live a very ordinary life; the most interesting thing I have to offer is my art.
My engagement has always been low everywhere, except in a few cases, but I don't mind. I always prefer to offer something interesting rather than post random stuff just to keep engagement. =)
I use Debian (btw).
That doesn't have the same ring to it as the original one with Arch. Less arrogant, more soothing. Like a safe-haven for Linux users. Without the "btw" it sounds even more assuring and the machismo is gone.
It shows a more mature attitude, one that says "Choose whatever you like, I'll be here if your rocky ride doesn't work out and you need some trust in your life."
Thoughts on Princess Alexia’s look here? https://www.inbella.com/1150187/thoughts-on-princess-alexias-look-here/ #Alexias #FashionJewelry #Gossip #princess #Royal #RoyalFamilies #RoyalGossip #Royals #RoyalsGossip #thoughts
Thoughts on a 5-4 Rangers loss https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/123069/ #a #ball #FrontPage #Hockey #lone #loss #NewYork #NewYorkRangers #NewYork #NewYorkRangers #NHL #on #Rangers #star #thoughts
Thoughts on a 5-4 Rangers loss https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/173087/ #a #ball #Baseball #FrontPage #lone #loss #MLB #on #Rangers #star #Texas #TexasRangers #TexasRangers #thoughts
Mentor native, Luke Floriea on his thoughts on Shedeur Sanders
The Cleveland Browns are about 10 days away from the beginning of this year’s training camp, and one…
#NFL #ClevelandBrowns #Cleveland #Browns #browns #by #cleveland #cleveland-browns-news #cleveland-browns-roster-players #dawgs #floriea #Football #front-page #his #Luke #mentor #native #nature #on #sanders #shedeur #thoughts
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/202520/
Mentor native, Luke Floriea on his thoughts on Shedeur Sanders https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/202520/ #browns #by #cleveland #ClevelandBrowns #ClevelandBrownsNews #ClevelandBrownsRosterPlayers #ClevelandBrowns #dawgs #floriea #Football #FrontPage #his #Luke #mentor #native #nature #NFL #on #sanders #shedeur #thoughts
Maybe I need more “gerunding” in my English