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Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO

So Much Change In These Last 70 Years

Some changes are better, making life easier and amazing. Others are worse, making life harder.

Dec 31, 2024

So Much Change In These Last 70 Years

Dec 31, 2024

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All About Something

My Comment Strategy in Medium’s Current 2025 Climate

Choosing stories over comments

Jan 29

Left: Screenshot showing my responses. Right: Screenshot of my stories

Jan 29

Absent Friday email stats

I haven’t received any since March 14th

6d ago

My story stats from the last Friday email I received.

6d ago

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Sacred Heart Christian Blog

Why I’m Not A Rad Trad

I’m an increasingly conservative Novus Ordo Catholic

Mar 30

On left, priest viewed from the back elevating the host. On right, priest giving communion to nun.

Mar 30

Response to It’s the Worse Time to Write on Medium

By Smillew Rahcuef

Mar 27

Medium was built for two types of stories: The one-time story. … The best case scenario for Medium would be to have everyone write once or twice every decade. These would generate the best stories possible. The expert story. Coach Tony told us multiple times. Medium isn’t for creators. It’s for experts.

Mar 27

Response to I Wasted 6 Months Writing Aimlessly. One Simple Shift Changed Everything

by Derek Hughes

Mar 20

You don’t need to be an expert. It’s better to be a student. Because being a student means you’re growing. And your audience will grow with you.

Mar 20

I seriously doubt wheher it matters anymore how you publish your articles.

This past month, I’ve only written comments on other writers' articles in “short form” with an image displaying a quote from the article. I…

Mar 19

Perhaps most writers here strike some kind of balance. Self publish a few a month and submit the rest to a publication.

Mar 19

Response to: Grammarly Is NOT Perfect

by Michael Williams

Mar 8

Grammarly does not understand context. Why would it? It’s simply a basic writing tool. Grammarly can not think outside its little boxes of AI algorithms and programming.

Mar 8

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Read or Die!

Why I Read With Both My Eyes and Ears

What I “consume” decides whether I read print books or ebooks or listen to audiobooks

Feb 28

On the left, a pair of eyes over an image of an ereader and pile of print books. On the left, an ear above a pair of earphones surrounding three print books.

Feb 28

I’ve lived most of my life on the dopamine “dark side” before I had any idea that dopamine existed…

You’ll feel lazy, unmotivated, and lethargic when you’re in a low dopamine state. You’ll feel excited, motivated, and driven to get some…

Feb 22

Dopamine has both a good side and a dark side. The good side is that dopamine sparks the motivation and drive to improve ourselves, build a better life, or pursue certain goals. Without dopamine, we’d be couch potatoes who’d never create or achieve anything valuable.

Feb 22

kit_carmelite

kit_carmelite

Married 25 years. Retired SAS programmer from Statistics Canada. Member of Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites since 2008. Love chess..

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