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Writing Exercise: Escalator – “Bear ISO Human Friend”

“Bensworth now closed the distance further on the new potential human friend, and he worried that he wouldn’t succeed in convincing this one of his amicable intentions.” Continue reading

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Writing Exercise: Routine in the Second Person

At first approach to setting your SOP [Standard Operating Procedure], you thought about a few things in combination. Your first concern was for her, of course, and your second concern was for what would work best. “Best” here was a determination met by calculating your sub-optimal options given the constraints presented by (1) caring about another person’s comfort and (2) living as a human with limited cognitive abilities. Continue reading

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Batman and Joker, Couples Therapy

“That’s what you think, but you don’t understand me. He -” he nods toward Bruce Wayne – “understands. A name and a title are two different things. “No one ever called me by my name. Not since my mother.” He winced. Continue reading

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Stop Visualizing Success

“I’ve always wanted to travel,” people say. “I’ve always wanted to write a book,” say others. “I really should sit down and think through that idea I had.” “I’m finally putting my thoughts in order and am almost ready to … Continue reading

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Day 21: Krušovice to Praha 5 (and robbers!)

Today we commuted from Krušovice to Prague. We’re staying in a family apartment in District 5 (the neighborhoods are referred to by reference to their postal codes). We had somewhat of a tough time deciding whether or not to return … Continue reading

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