The Value of Procrastination...

For most of my life I have been called a procrastinator. Usually this carried a negative connotation. I have worked hard in my personal habits to be more responsive when asked to do something, but I still have some of this tendency to put things off until later. But, in the last few years, especially as the speed of information flow, the change to systems I work with and the demand on my time increases, procrastinating a little has been a benefit. Let me explain...
The common meaning of procrastination involves the deferment of activities to a point where the delay is detrimental to the successful execution of the activity.
But, in situations were there are rapidly changing needs, the definition of the need and related activities change as well, and to put in a bit of delay in execution can buffer the dynamic system a bit. The buffer results in the initial set of rapidly evolving changes to be skipped over, and allows the more finalized set of necessary activities to be more clearly defined. This reduces the amount of wasted effort on unnecessary initial activities and allows that amount of time to be directed toward existing tasks on other projects.
Of course this effects the perceived 'responsiveness' of an individual. But at the same time makes the same individual more efficient and effective overall.
At a time where things are expected to happen faster and faster, evolving at a non-human rate of change, a bit of procrastination is not a bad thing, and can help to eliminate a lot of wasted duty cycles of misguided effort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination

Becoming more inspired each day by: http://zenhabits.net

4 years and 7 days since Blog creation...

My first post to this blog was on Monday 12/27/2004. It seems like so long ago, especially if time is a way to measure change and I look back at all the changes that have happened since then. I would say that time seems to pass more quickly when things are changing a lot and when we are trying to do as much as we can in the short amount of time we have to do it in.
I thought that this was interesting, according to http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html, from 12/27/2004 up to today there have been 1468 days.
1468 days can be converted to one of these units:
* 126,835,200 seconds
* 2,113,920 minutes
* 35,232 hours
* 209 weeks (rounded down)
And in that ridiculous amount of time I have only posted 52 times to my blog. That is only 1 post per month (28 days) on average. Not the best I can do by a long shot, considering all the stuff I am doing each day. Not a very accurate reflection of all the change and adventures during that time. So, for 2009 and on, I will be posting more often, maybe once a week, about all the stuff I am up to and find interesting. I suppose this is my new year's resolution, one of them at least. :)

Happy New Year and here we go!
-BK

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-BK

The Mysterious Connections

The standard distance of comfortable spaces, between touch, heart and minds. But, what if we treasure the meeting of two, and thrive on the union of lives.

Then we are open to the mysterious connection and find the joy inside.

The thrill of recognition, and knowing what's on your mind.
The beautiful look of comprehension, our lives now intertwined.

Where were you yesterday, and tomorrow you'll be gone.
I only know that now is real, and I'll hold on until it's done.

Then we are open to the mysterious connection and find the light seen in your eyes.

Looking back through hazy memories, I grasp but do not feel.
Away from you now, I face my life and smile for that which is real.

I will not forget yesterday, it means too much to me.
But, I'll go on anyway, and try to remember the time...

When I opened myself to the mysterious connection that brought you to my life. A moment, a touch, a brief flash of joy... Hidden deep in my mind.

Overqualified: Hallmark: Know what I mean?

Overqualified: Hallmark: Know what I mean?:

"Idea #4

Front cover, a pretty butterfly, pinned under glass.
The text reads 'I'm glad you stayed.'
There is no inside text."


The trick is avoiding the net in the first place.
-B

The sun came out today...

It was brief, but it was appreciated.
The rays streamed down on my face for a few moments today then went back to the heavens.

My soul took a deep breath, absorbing the light, and was renewed.

This should last me until next time.

-Ziv

We crave the effect...

It is only the effect that something has on us that we seek.
Nothing has value intrinsically but the effect on our senses is where the value is.

Would a rose be cultivated if it had brown petals and smelled like rotten meat?
Would gold be treasured if is wasn't shiny and had unique effects as a material?
Would sex be worth having if there was no friction/sensation and it did not result in reproduction?

If only the effect matters, then what are the most valued effects?

These thoughts were in my head after waking up around midnight.
Sorry if they don't make sense.

Delta/t... Rate of change and a cosmic reset button...

First post in a while...

It isn't that I haven't had much to say... since anyone who knows me would know that silence, although a virtue, is not a virtue that I posses.

The problem has been that the rate of change in my life has been staggering and I am only now beginning to catch up with it and resume my normal life functions. Blog posts, email friends, breathing, etc.

So I am back to it... What was that? What changes you ask?
Well, let me tell you a few of the big ones...
How about moving from Washington State, to Washington DC? Yeah, stuff like that.
How about divorce... How about new relationships, new families, new life.
How about switching from Windows to Mac OS X at work and at home... complete conversion.

Although everything I am doing now is a natural extension of what I have been doing all along, the eventual outcome you might say... it also seems as if there was a cosmic reset button that has been pressed. And I just finished loading the BIOS, enabling the hardware and core functions of my system. I am now booting in to the new OS, (OS X of course) and looking around, becoming familiar with the new environment. Testing new features that never existed before and making sure that the features of myself that are familiar are still there or at least have an equivalent.

So now that I am up and running again, the posts should start flowing.
I have some interesting stuff to post and even more cool stuff coming soon, so get ready for the sights and sounds of my new life.

All new at 32.
-BK

My Blue Eye...

What happens if Hazel turns Blue? 

Flying Heart...

I made this in ArtRage during a couple of hours that could have been very boring...But, since I believe that only boring people are bored, I made this instead. I Love ArtRage and my U750P... :^)-Ziv 

Today will be fun!

Wish me luck! :^)
 

Last Sunset of 2005, Cannon Beach, Oregon

2005 was a dynamic year, full of huge changes in my life.
Seing the last sunset of the year was bittersweet for me.

I am glad to see the year pass, knowing that I made it... I survived and things are moving in new directions that I would not have imagined a year ago. At the same time, parts of my life I have known for years will never be again. People and places I had built my life around are no longer there, and I have to go through the process of redefining... who, what, when, where, why, how much, etc. As the sun sank into the ocean, I looked forward to facing tomorrow's sunrise.
The process of life... the turning wheel... appreciating all that I have experienced and eager for more. 

Some of the best people I know in this life...

A bite to eat at Marco's Cafe in Multnomah Village.
From Left to Right... Danny, Arden, Holly, Me and Elisa.
It was great to see all of you! We need to do this more often. :^)

-Ziv 

Me

 

My Bookshelf...

Overall View...

Shelf 1: Sci-Fi (mostly Asimov), Science and Classics

Shelf 2: More Science related and Historical texts...

Shelf 3: Religious and "Spiritual" Books.

Shelf 4: Geek Stuff

Shelf 5: Text books and stuff that didn't fit above.

Friendly and Yummy... does it get any better?

Mitchell's fish market at the waterfront in Homestead, PA. Excellent fish-n-chips and the service was even better. Thanks Lisa! :^)

Link to the Resturant website...
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Chillin' in my new place.

Well, I am all moved in and finally starting to feel comfortable here. It is so strange to move your life to a new place. But the one thing you can count on is that things will change. 

Of Love and Kite Flying...

My heart is the kite,
aloft in the winds of love,
taking flight into the sky of life.

But, not too high or too far away from the pilot mind who controls it, as the strings of a painful past experience keep it tethered to the earth. The mind lets the heart dance in the breeze but is always there keeping the strings tight and the flight controlled. What would happen if he let the strings go? Would it fly away, so high that it will never be seen again? Would it spiral out of control and crash to the earth, broken on the sands? The pilot knows that in the past his control has made the kite soar with joy and also smash violently into the sand. Is he any better than the chaos of the wind itself? He knows he will never let go. So here he is, fighting the winds, straining at the end of the strings. He will not let it fly away today… He will gently bring it back down to the sand. His tired hands will wrap the strings up, and with care fold the kite then put it back into its protective bag. For now apprehension prevails as he walks alone across the sands carrying his precious kite. He knows he will fly it again someday and pray that next time the winds will be so strong that he has no choice but to be lifted from the earth and fly away with his heart… Only then will the pilot mind and kite heart will become one.

Waiting with the traveler for my ship to come in. Chillin' in Ephrata, WA.
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The path of least resistance.

Where is the boundary between the inertia of our biological processes and our choices of freewill? Does our choosing something change the probabilities of a certain outcome that is inline with our will? Or is the choice itself an illusion created by multiple layers of complex processes that are each simply following the shortest paths of least resistance?
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Out of control gift shopping in MX...

"La Cucaracha!"

Testing the hat's ability to make me look cool.

Well, I am not sure it worked.

http://www.lacucaracha.com/

-Ziv

Great food and friends...

Delicious dinner at El Lenador.

The beach...

The beach from the restaurant at Kino Bay (Bahia Kino). Nice!

In Arizona, you have to eat here.

My favorite pizza and wings place in the US. Nino's pizza and wings. 5800 W. Peoria in Glendale, AZ 623.878.7777

Escape from the heat.

Thanks for the cool pool G&B!