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TILT! (An original poem)

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Allen

What if our LifeWas like a pinball machine?Would we bouncefrom bumper to bumper?Would we score pointshere and there?Would we use our flippersTo return the ball

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Several Short Sentences About Writing

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Allen

There is lots of wisdom in this book about improving our writing (and thinking). But for me, the free verse or sing-song style made it

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Books Learning

Book Notes: Ben Franklin-An American Life (Part 2–by the numbers)

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Allen

Pages-493 Notes harvested from the book: 70. Each note is tagged with several categories. The primary category is shown below, with the number of note

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Visuals

Street Poetry

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

For those of you that use Instagram, try this link.

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Books Journaling Writings

Putting Pen to Paper, but Not Just Any Pen to Any Paper

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

In my post about the book Writers on Writing, I didn’t mention my favorite essay in the book because I thought it deserved it’s own

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Books Learning Writings

Book Notes: Writers on Writing

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Allen

I’m actually tempted to call this post “The Streetcar Chronicles” since I read this book over a multi week period, using stolen moments while riding

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Books Learning

Book Notes: Benjamin Franklin-An American Life (Part 1-The Moral Perfection Project)

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 Allen

This is quite a lengthy book (approximately 500 pages) and a detailed review will take much too long for anyone to read all at once.

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Books Thinking Visuals

Book Notes: The Back of the Napkin

April 15, 2024April 23, 2024 Allen

I found this book at the library as a supplement to my ongoing self improvement project to improve my visual thinking. To me, the book

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Journaling Learning Thinking Visuals Writings

California Typewriter: Review and Commentary

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Allen

The film California typewriter ostensibly concerns a Berkeley, California typewriter shop as it struggles to stay afloat in the digital world of computers and tablets.

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Books Thinking Writings

Book Notes: “Knowledge, Reality, and Value”

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Allen

Yeah, it’s a philosophy book. Why read philosophy? Every philosophy reader has their own reasons, but to me it’s a way to consider Big Ideas,

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