Salon XLIV
Sunday, May 4, 2014, 7:00-10:00
Anna’s House
Sunday, May 4, 2014, 7:00-10:00
Anna’s House
- Share our "Creative Routines" using the graphic John will provide, as inspired by the Creative Routines Infographic brought to our attention by Kim. (John)
- 8:00-9:00 Morning prep for work.
- 9:00-6:00 Work
- 6:00-7:00 Workout
- 7:00-7:30 Dinner
- 7:30-1:00 Information/Education/Entertainment on the web
- What things do you procrastinate about? (Sarah)
- Cleaning my house.
- Getting up in the morning (several snoozes, and back to bed for “5 more minutes” after I get up and go to the bathroom).
- Getting my donations together for Bob's MICU yard sale each year, and for a year-end tax break.
- Doing my taxes.
- What's your perspective on living in one place vs. moving to a new place? Has it changed? What do you value about the places you've lived? (Kim)
- As a “military brat,” I moved a lot as a kid. I attended seven different schools between kindergarten and 6th grade. While I never liked moving as a kid, I do think it taught me a lot—how to say “goodbye,” how to make new friends, and gave me exposure to a lot of different people who were not like me.
- As an adult, I hated moving, because I/we (when I had a wife) had so much “stuff.” I don’t think I’d mind moving nearly as much now, because I’ve gotten rid of a lot of things, especially over the last 5 years.
- How do you feel about your car turning a different color to let other drivers know you're distressed? Feeling glum, happy, aroused? New technology can detect your mood. (John)
- Overall, I would classify this as “practical, helpful technology.” There are a couple of things that I wonder about though:
- Is there an implication that we could be arrested if a certain “mood” is exhibited?
- How distracting would this be to other drivers?
- Overall, I would classify this as “practical, helpful technology.” There are a couple of things that I wonder about though:
- A mother adds a sandbox to her son's grave so his older brother can play with him… thoughts? (John)
- In general, I’m of the ilk that if it helps someone deal with grief, and it’s not hurting anyone else, then have at it. And I would assume at some point, when it’s “age appropriate” there’d be a talk about if it’s helping and when might be a good time to stop doing it.
- What do you think of the Periodic Table of Storytelling? Any elements you'd add that aren't represented? Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "The universe is made of stories, not atoms" (Muriel Rukeyser). (Brad)
- I admire the hell out of whoever had the passion for the idea to create.
- At first glance, it seems harder to learn the the actual periodic table, as I don’t know what a lot of the tropes actually mean. (e.g., Ass pull (LOL!), squick, Five-man band ), although it is fanfuckingtastic that you can click on the element to be taken to its definition.
- I would love to have the time to really learn it, and then have a blog in which every entry was this applied to something I’d recently read.
- I couldn’t figure out what the “fade across” affordance was for.
- I was trying to think what a description of our typical Salon meetings might look like. HIL (Hilarity ensues) → IVC (Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism) → SCW (mind screw) → a bit of ASS (Ass pull) → ROF (Rule of funny)?
