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organizing SLOPs made me recall the conflicts i had with DPW and the commissary on the playa. these happened in early august, before the festival opened.

over several years i tried to fight the destructive consequences of an abusive organizational culture (DPW) and stupid ego conflicts (commissary).

the most bitter of the conflicts i had on the playa simply didn't happen here. at pride,water, first aid and medical support were readily available, and not an issue.

SLOPs was ... read more
Sat, August 1, 2009 - 10:38 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
I am amazed and pleased at how the SLOPs project is going. Amazed and pleased at the burner response - and at the non-burner response, even at the Moose Lodge.

Who wudda thunk it?

I have been describing this project at the Moose Lodge, even tried to leave a Pride coin collection can there ( was advised not to.)

After overhearing me talk about this, one Moose offered to buy me a drink. I don't usually drink alcohol, but decided to accept because he was showing respect for my w... read more
Tue, June 30, 2009 - 9:48 AM permalink - 0 comments
 
i have a few things i'm proud of. one of them is probably the key to all the others. i am proud that i have been able to take much of the force of my anger and rage and turn it into something else. i'm proud that i've been able to turn that rage into a fierce appreciation and nurturing of empowerment - of myself and others. i'm proud that i've been able to make things that are beautiful, write things that are meaningful...........

i could have spent my life as a Nazi hunter. i think... read more
Sun, June 21, 2009 - 10:05 AM permalink - 0 comments
 

I recently again heard the comment "Only the strong survive."

It is my perception that is only marginally correct.

Only the jive survive. The strong get taken from behind.
Sun, May 31, 2009 - 11:38 PM permalink - 1 comment
 
My friend Joe was a one man operation, making and selling ergonomic equipment. He had gotten an order he couldn't handle alone and needed a hand. This was a big break and he needed things done inexpensively and correctly. I was doing consulting and things were slow, so off we went to LA to install some equipment at various field offices of a major corporation.

Joe was a stimulating companion - bright, articulate, charming and quality oriented. I greatly enjoyed his company and expected a p... read more
Fri, May 22, 2009 - 4:01 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
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Re: Aptitude vs Hard Work (in Too Many Aptitudes)
>I guess the idea is to provide us with estimates of what occupations we match in terms of who is already succeeding in them.

That works best in the bulge of the bell curve. The past few years I've been more interested in breakthrough work... read more
discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 9:25 AM
Re: Aptitude vs Hard Work (in Too Many Aptitudes) "I just thought it was weird that there seemed to be no correlation in my case between how I performed on the tests and how stressed out I got while taking them."

Though JOCRF offers the best set of tests I know of, it doesn't really understand... read more
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 8:14 AM
Re: Aptitude vs Hard Work (in Too Many Aptitudes) "'Stress', or a tendency to give up before that due to experience, or plain disinterest."

There seem to be several different kinds of stress. There is the kind associated with you performing at a high level in an area you are comfortable in. ... read more
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:29 AM
Re: Aptitude vs Hard Work (in Too Many Aptitudes) pretty good statement.

re: the point at which fatigue sets in. yes, low aptitude folks fatigue faster. their stress levels are significantly higher at equivalent levels of performance. there is also a lower threshold for information ov... read more
discussion post on Thu, October 22, 2009 - 5:27 PM
Re: legal fundraiser / baby shower (in SD Burners) the incident happened wednesday night on his way in to decom, and the policy didn't come out of the white house until a few days later. however, it was already clear that the white house was relaxing it's position on medical mj.

i suspect ... read more
discussion post on Thu, October 22, 2009 - 12:37 PM
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