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Unfinished Projects

November 2, 2017 by admin

I read in a book recently that an experiment was done that showed that unfinished projects take up more mental bandwidth than finished projects. The scientists tested this by allowing their subjects to finish some puzzles but not others in a certain allotment of time. The subjects continued to think about the unfinished puzzles afterwards. In some ways this mental attention to unfinished … [Read more...]

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Do you really want to hurt me?

October 25, 2017 by admin

Yes, martial arts are supposed to be about self defense or combat. Injure, maim, and take out the threat. But there's a difference between training and applying the arts in real life. One of the aspects of martial arts where people struggle with is their ego and their desire to win. This is rampant in the martial arts and I too struggle with the desire to win or beat my opponent and … [Read more...]

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The Cost of a Thing

October 21, 2017 by admin

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” -Henry David Thoreau … [Read more...]

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Smoke in the Air

October 14, 2017 by admin

Up here in Northern California, we've been under a cloud of smoke for a week from the fires in Napa and Sonoma. Horridly beautiful colors in the sky. Ash descending on our cars. Burning in the back of our throats. I am miles away and outside of the reach of the fire itself, but the smoke and ash fill my days now. Nothing pithy to say about all this but a general recognition about … [Read more...]

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Hats for sale

October 8, 2017 by admin

Not really. Maybe not yet. Though I've got a really good idea for a lifestyle brand that does sell hats. I've got a lot of good ideas. Just as I'm sure you do. So how come those ideas never materialize? Was it just a bad idea? Can an idea be good or bad? Until it becomes something real (whatever real is these days), can it have a positive or negative value? And how do we define a … [Read more...]

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How you wear it

October 3, 2017 by admin

A jacket is a jacket. A hat is a hat. You choose how to wear it. That person yelling at you is that person yelling at you. The deadline is the deadline. How do you wear those? Your life won't last forever. Wear it well. … [Read more...]

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About the Author

Peter Fugazzotto is a fantasy and science fiction author who fights to protect the earth by day and battles his ego with armbars and slashing sticks by night. He lives in Northern California with his wife, daughter, bird and dog. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Grimdark … READ MORE

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Unfinished Projects

I read in a book recently that an experiment was done that showed that unfinished projects take up more mental bandwidth than finished projects. The scientists tested this by allowing their subjects to finish some puzzles but not others in a certain allotment of time. The subjects continued to think about the unfinished puzzles afterwards. […]

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