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well. here’s another one.

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heh. say that three times without putting a knot in your tongue. www.chacha.com is trying to out-broker the information brokers, out-google google, and out-library the librarians. simply put, they staff human guides to help you sift through search results and pick out ‘things of interest’ to you. i tried it the other day. they’ve got a ways to go. currently in beta, staffed by referrees (residual income to those bringing them in, a la amway… but i think there’s a limit to how many any one may invite), and slower than most will want… but it has promise. one to […]

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there really isn’t a way to say this without sounding arrogant. that bothers… because of all the list of adjectives, arrogant just isn’t here. sigh. ok. saying it anyway.

my best friend, j, is having a crisis. it is a crisis that has been something of a recycling issue over the last ten years or so. called me the other night asking advice but we didn’t have time to talk.

earlier this week, on a lark, i sent everyone on my cell phone addressbook a short text message telling them how glad i am they are in my life, how much i care for them, that i hope they are well, and basically sending a smile. today, in email, i receive a note from one of my friends who has an amazing ranch just outside austin. he writes of cows and summer turning to autumn and drought… but also of amazing sunrises and misty views. and he sends the following to demonstrate the things words cannot say:

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first payday. the pressure is lifted. but i’m laughing, because ‘the pressure’ was self-inflicted.

it is time to sleep, but my heart is heavy. evening meditation long done, the backchannel thoughts posted, nothing left but to sleep, and this odd weight that appears suddenly and drags all my insides to it.