Apopheniac http://www.apopheniac.net/ en Copyright 2010 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:45:48 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Facebook is very much alive I just looked at my blog after having not touched it for six months and I would say that the hoopla about Facebook blew over. They got the message and made some concessions and appear stronger than ever. And that still seems to be where I post when I have something to say.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/11/facebook_is_very_much_alive.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/11/facebook_is_very_much_alive.html Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:45:48 -0600 Death to Facebook???? I haven't blogged much recently as I have been posting what limited news there was in my quiet life on Facebook. But like many others I have become concerned about Facebook's disregard for privacy and their Orwellian heavy-handedness and operations. Some are canceling their accounts and calling for an open source alternative or a return to blogging.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/05/death_to_facebook.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/05/death_to_facebook.html Sun, 16 May 2010 08:18:58 -0600 Rejection I recently had my first true romantic relationship since Jean passed away. It was lovely and lasted about 4 months and she broke up with me last week. I've had relationships which didn't work out but this was the first time I had been outright rejected since my senior year in high school. I've grown in wisdom since then but it is still a shock to the system. Once again I wonder at the challenge of getting what I know in my head through to my heart.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/04/rejection.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/04/rejection.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:54:16 -0600 Mental Health Weekend Each month that doesn't have a long weekend, I spend some of my vacation and take a 5 day weekend with Thursday, Friday and Monday off. This is that weekend and I am so ready for some time to relax, catch up on project and just breathe deeply. Sigh!

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/03/mental_health_weekend_1.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2010/03/mental_health_weekend_1.html Blogging Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:07:53 -0600 White Christmas in Lubbock We awoke on Christmas eve with 3-4 inches of the fluffy white stuff. It only got to 32 yesterday so much of it is still here and the roads got crusty overnight. I think I'll mostly stay in today. We'll start cooking Christmas dinner in about an hour. Merry Christmas to all.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/12/white_christmas_in_lubbock.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/12/white_christmas_in_lubbock.html Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:36:38 -0600 Swinging into Christmas Facebook and even Twitter seem to have taken the steam out of my blogging. I can quickly post there and, more often than not I seem to have less that 140 characters to say.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/12/swinging_into_christmas.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/12/swinging_into_christmas.html Blogging Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:44:31 -0600 Shamanism at Unity Lubbock Tonight we began covering Shamanism at the Explorations class at Unity Church of Lubbock. We did an overview and then did some drumming. We will get even more into it over the next 4 Wednesday evenings. 2112 Broadway at 7:30 pm. Join us. Visit the Explorations Blog.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/09/shamanism_at_unity_lubbock.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/09/shamanism_at_unity_lubbock.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:10:11 -0600 Happy Birthday Josieanne Fournerat Happy first birthday to my granddaughter.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/07/happy_birthday_josieanne_fourn.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/07/happy_birthday_josieanne_fourn.html Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:09:33 -0600 Full and Festive Fourth My 4th weekend was full and productive. I spent Friday getting ready for the Lubbock Democratic Party presence at 4th on Broadway: moving tables, getting helium tanks and the like. Made a brief produce run to Amy's Sunburst market. Friday was Angela's birthday so Lonie and I took her to see the Buddy Holly retrospective, link.
Saturday, I manned the Democratic fort at 4th on Broadway, link. After a day outdoors, I spent the evening in the air conditioning watching episodes of Foyle's War. Sunday was church, hauling back 4th stuff to Democratic HQ and returning helium tanks followed by a wedding. The evening was spent home resting and doing laundry.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/07/full_and_festive_fourth.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/07/full_and_festive_fourth.html Entertainment Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:33:32 -0600 Anniversary It was 28 years ago today that Jean and I married. Being who we are, we had three ceremonies. We had a spiritual ceremony with just the two of us. We had a civil ceremony with a justice of the peace and we had a celebration with friends. That day formalized the pivotal and most important juncture of my life. I am so grateful and I miss her so.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/anniversary.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/anniversary.html Journal Wed, 27 May 2009 06:37:28 -0600 A Normal, Week Ending in a Holiday This has been a fairly normal week. Tuesday I dropped by the union hall to teach others how to post to the Union website I had built and Tuesday evening was the Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting followed by a Public Relations committee meeting which I chair. We had a bit of an issue because someone had set up a forum which had erupted as forums frequently did. The problem was that this one had been set up under the party banner, so that had to be fixed and was.
Wednesday night I facilitated the Explorations class at the Unity church. We started this in April and it had been fun and interesting. It is a survey of spiritual and metaphysical topics as they apply to the lives we wish to live, with a new topic each month. March was energy work. April was health and healing. In May we are covering relationships and relating to others and we decided that June will be Astrology.
The relationship discussion has been interesting. Last week we covered freedom in relating and balancing freedom with the responsibilities and accomodations of relationship. We particularly focused on the importance of the difference in perspective between focusing of freedom to do or be something and the freedom from something or someone. The Unity church has been good for me at this juncture. I have been active in the church service and some social activities and have been singing. I had not sung publicly since high school and it has been enjoyable and rewarding. I wonder if I might enjoy voice lessons, just for the fun of it.
Anyway, that is being my week, along with watering the trees and flowers and mowing the yard. I have not yet decided how I am going to spend the extra day I get this weekend. My sights are set on a 5 day weekend I am taking June 6-10. Kirk and I are going on a camping and sightseeing journey through the hill country with our friend Lonie.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/a_normal_week_ending_in_a_holi.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/a_normal_week_ending_in_a_holi.html Fri, 22 May 2009 03:26:35 -0600 Reemergence It just registered how seldom I had blogged since Jean's illness. I am adjusting to a life without her. I have been keeping busy. Work fills my weekdays and I have been active in the Unity Church. This wonderful group of people and their friendship have been an anchor in what would otherwise have been far too unsettled a sea. I have been singing (hadn't sung publicly since high school) and I am leading a Wednesday night workshop in spiritual and metaphysical exploration and development. Keeping busy has given me a space for recovering from the sorrow of Jean's loss and allowed the ragged edges of my wounded heart to begin to heal. The fellowship of good people has allowed me a pleasant and rewarding place to focus my thoughts and my energies and I am grateful.
Kirk and Chloe are doing well. We are off this morning to see Star Trek and tonight is their uncle Matt's birthday so we are then to Matt's this evening to celebrate.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/reemergence.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/05/reemergence.html Entertainment Sat, 09 May 2009 07:42:47 -0600 Off to the Airport to Pick Up Chloe Chloe arrives back from a couple of months of hopping around Europe and Egypt. Kirk and I are off the airport to meet her flight.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/04/off_to_the_airport_to_pick_up.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/04/off_to_the_airport_to_pick_up.html Vacation & Travel Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:07:29 -0600 3-day Weekend Each month I schedule a long weekend for my sanity. This one delightfully snuck up on me.

If enough people write congressmen and senators and tell them to support the Employee Free Choice Act then more people will have unions and enough jobs, benefits and paid time off to maintain their sanity.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/03/3day_weekend.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/03/3day_weekend.html Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:21:19 -0600 Photos of Jean There have been requests for the photos of Jean that we had at the memorial service. I have set up a collection of photos of Jean and they are available here.

]]> http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/02/photos_of_jean.html http://www.apopheniac.net/2009/02/photos_of_jean.html Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:48:09 -0600