I will do pushups for every +1 on this post, PLUS the +1's on the original pushup +1 post.

I will do pushups for every  +1 on this post, PLUS the +1's on the original pushup +1 post. I may regret this, but it is my compromise as, after a bachelor party, I ain't doing 20 pushups.

When can we stop pretending things have value and admit that we pay for other people's time?

When can we stop pretending things have value and admit that we pay for other people's time?

That the only capital that matters is human attention, not, say, the gigahertz of my laptop. 

Instead, what matters is that it is connected to the internet and I can talk to you people. And access the wealth of knowledge in google and other databases. That I can get a person on the phone. Or, hell, that I can pay a chef to make me deliciousness. Or a farmer to grow me some crops.

You horrible people that made me do 50 pushups. 

Soon, I hope?

let's see what happens.

let's see what happens.

Originally shared by Neila Rey

Challenge me: Push-Ups
How to play: if you want to challenge me, plus one and give me work to do, if you want to be challenged, re-share or post on your stream and let others decide what your plans for this weekend will be.

Why play: the gamification of fitness is what makes it fun, the X-factor adds suspense and making it a public commitment that helps with accountability. Fitness is often about doing something, anything and just keep on doing it consistently. Every rep adds up and makes a difference - energy invested is never wasted.

Credit: trend from the Fitness community by the Fitness community, for #fitfriday  
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105008312335704126105

Challenge me and/or challenge yourself for a fitter, healthier and happier world Google+

tl;dr - the dragon ate a vampire. With blood brandy!

tl;dr - the dragon ate a vampire. With blood brandy!

In #UrbanShadows  last night:
-- We had two PCs, a ghost and a dragon
-- The dragon (that's me!) ran into a vampire who would not accept that Dragon trumps vampire. So, I ate her. That's right: I ate a vampire.
-- The Ghost, while in the dragon's lair, found a sword that she said belonged to her. When she gripped it, she had flashblacks to another life -- when she was burned at the stake.
-- The dragon kidnapped the ghost's reason for living -- her fiance -- while saving him from the now-digested vampire. Why? To get the Ghost to talk.
-- The ghost and the dragon came to an accord, and can now take over the city with minimal opposition.
-- The Dragon was shooting for the corruption, to get the move that lets you become a dragon. I am the Great and Terrible!

Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver rarely tells me anything I didn't already know, but does make me angry.

Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver rarely tells me anything I didn't already know, but does make me angry. So very, very angry.

Just watched the clip on payday loans. Can we start giving out low interest loans at post offices yet?

Note: hammer in effect, should it be needed.

Today: 227.1

Today: 227.1
Daily Change: Down 1.4 (too high, but OK as an outlier, which this is)
Weekly Change: down 1.4 (perfect)
Monthly Change: Down 4.2 (good)

I like the accountability inherent in doing this publicly, but,, I'm pretty sure that is limited to me.

Our friend, Brian Burke is starting a Patreon for his newest comic, Wayfarer 1805.

Our friend, Brian Burke is starting a Patreon for his newest comic, Wayfarer 1805. 

He'll be at gen con, with his wife Rachael Storey Burke . Ask him for a card, and he'll draw you something to remember him.

/end commercial.

I'm leaving comments open, but the I'll be borrowing a mallet of doom to use if need be.
http://www.patreon.com/brianchristyburke

Ask the internet: What is the yearly cost of owning a car that is not used for commuting?

Ask the internet: What is the yearly cost of owning a car that is not used for commuting? That is, a weekend and after hours car.

Some arithmetic in a comment.

229.3

229.3
Change from yesterday: down 0.3 (Good)
Change in last week: down 1.2 (good)
Change in last month: down 2.2 (OK)

I wish the monthly measurement was better. I had allowed myself more sweets, and its time to reduce that once more.

Will a Nexus 5 increase, or decrease, my ability to strive for Arete?

Do you like RPGs? Do you seek the emotive moments in them? Does needing to cry after an RPG appeal to you?

Do you like RPGs? Do you seek the emotive moments in them? Does needing to cry after an RPG appeal to you?

Then, if you're in DC, join us for Larp Day at Rachael's house. I've put in on meetup, here:
http://www.meetup.com/AARGGH/events/199181382/

Last time I shared this with just those who were in my gaming circles. This time, wider audience. We're looking for a few good people.
http://www.meetup.com/AARGGH/events/199181382

Random musings: Does war act as an evolutionary pressure against violence?

Random musings: Does war act as an evolutionary pressure against violence?

 In the Ringworld series, there is a race of predatory, sentient cat people called the Kzin. When they get space travel, they reach out and destroy whomever they can fight. This includes several wars with humanity.

And here's the spoiler: The humans and Kzin are kept at the appropriate technological level by a hyper intelligent race of cowards to ensure that neither one wins outright.

Why? To breed aggression out of the Kzin, and various other things to humanity. The Kzin that are on the front-lines die, and its the ones that stayed home that produce children. Continue this for a couple of thousand years, and you wind up with a species that can be reasoned with.

I wonder -- here's the musing -- have our wars done the same? Are we, as a species, simply less warloving than we were in 1066?

228.7.

228.7.
Daily Change; Down 0.4 (good)
Weekly Change: Down 0.3 (bad)
Monthly Change: down 5.7 (good)

I'm still working off the pound that appeared yesterday, so the poor weekly measurement starts to make sense.

I think I'm going to call this good, despite the poor weekly measurement.

For those following along: 229.

For those following along: 229.1, up 1.1 from yesterday. Down 1.2 for the rolling week, and 5.3 for the rolling month.

Daily ups and downs happen. The rolling weekly metric is probably more relevant, and so long as it is greater than 1 then I am still on the right track.

We just re-watched Fight Club -- probably the first time together.

We just re-watched Fight Club -- probably the first time together.

Fight Club was a really meaningful movie to me - and I find it very difficult to explain why. The importance and meaning for me has never been in the fighting. Nor the soap.

Instead, that our protagonist chooses to become a charismatic cult leader to accomplish his goals -- that of getting the girl and having a more connected life. He goes from a life where the most intimacy he has is crying on Bob's tits, to having the love of a hundred space monkeys, and the devotion of Marla.

And that's really the point -- we're not bound by history, and can choose who we are going to be.

I woke up one day and started going by William. I moved from Oklahoma City to Pittsburgh, and everything in my life changed. I described it as becoming Tyler Durden -- and I think it still applies. I'm not destroying financial history, but am choosing who to be and how to live.

That was 10 years ago, nearly. Now, I'm married and live in a condo. I just left a shitty job early this year, and am creating the freedom and responsibility of forming my own business.

This is our world. We can choose who we are. And that's really the point -- we are as empwered to change the world as we want to be.

Note, though, for those following along -- yes, I'm a cis-gendered straight white dude with a masters from a fancy-pants university. Yes,  this means I play life on the easiest difficulty setting. And yes, I'm sticking to the point that we can all decide who to be -- though, it is easier for me to be taken seriously.

Was my #firstrpg really deadlands? I think so, and I played a zen buddhist pacifist priest with a shotgun.