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Lead Picture
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Welcome to the 578th consecutive post to the blog, existentialautotrip.com
Below, the Blue Bottle café, my work area for the last 300 of them.
Read more in the Commentary section of the blog.
The blog? Features a daily three to four-minute excursion into photos and short texts to regale the curious with an ever-changing and diverting view of a world rich in gastronomy, visual art, ideas, chuckles, stories, people, diversions, science, homespun, and enlightenment.
Observing with wit and wisdom, Dom Capossela, an experienced leader, guides his team of contributors and followers through that world, an amusing and edifying conversation to join.
Note that the blog is also the first place that posts the "Hello! my friends," videos and the
“Conflicted” podcasts.
Every Sunday we start a new seven-day post, every day adding new ideas to the post.
A new chapter of the podcast is added on Sunday.
A video is added on Monday.
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Commentary
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Welcome to our 578th consecutive post.
So I start the first seven-day post with a picture of JJ and John at the Blue Bottle café.
Pertinent because I’m trying to restructure my days to accommodate my daily posts to the blog, plus the videos, and podcasts, still leaving room to market the output.
So Tuesday morning, beside all the chores we do to get ready to ‘go out,’ I spent an hour restructuring the lines of Chapter Six of the manuscript I’m converting to the Conflicted podcasts. I wrote the Introduction and the Epilogue to Chapter Six, as well as doing some work on the body of the text. Must get it ready for Wednesday when I will be recording it at a television studio. First time with professional backup. Exciting.
I left for the Prudential Center about 11.00am, made an appointment for 25 minutes of personal training, and went to the café to work on the blog.
Afterwards, I’ll pick up tomorrow’s dinner, a steak and vegetables, and I’ll lift (the club is quiet for a bit at 3.00pm,) otherwise it is overcrowded. Then I’ll head home.
After reintegrating into my apartment, I’ll try to complete my work on Wednesday’s podcast.
The restructuring of my day appears to be working.
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News re: volunteers to work on the blog
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Looking for someone or two who would like to help with some part of the blog.
Are you interested?
domcapossela@hotmail.com
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A “Conflicted” podcast
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Chapter Five, Conflicted, by Dom Capossela
Conflicted is a story about a sixteen-year-old mystic-warrior conflicted internally by her self-imposed alienation from God, her spiritual wellspring, and externally by the forces of darkness seeking her death or ruination.
In Chapter Four, we watched Diana’s introspection, learning about her spiritual separation from God, her fears, her decision to move into the world on her own, her acceptance of her role in defeating the devil’s Plan B to destroy humanity, and her name change to Dee, a signpost indicating the emergence of a new persona.
In this chapter, Chapter Five, we will watch Dee begin to assemble her team, adding an important new ally to her inner circle.
Chapter Six to be posted on Sunday, Nov 10.
Dom’s website: existentialautotrip.com
Links to the Podcasts
From here, access all podcasts with this link: https://soundcloud.com/user-449713331
The podcasts are also available on the social media of your choice.
On Sound Cloud, search: dom capossela conflicted
On iTunes, go to ‘Conflicted’ and select the Sound Cloud link.
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A “Hello, my friends!” video.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Thinking Poodle
Poodle lost in jungle finds himself in great danger.
Dom’s website: existentialautotrip.com
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Sunday’s Dinner posted on
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Dinner on Sunday was an “I come in peaceaparty, featuring pizzas and arancini from Umberto’s, stuffed clams, and pumpkin pie. Everything was readied the day before.
And tasted like it.
I won’t do that again.
Fortunately, my guests were all kind and ate across the board.
We did enjoy watching escapist fare: I Come in Peace, aka, Dark Angel.
Recommended only for fans of Dolph Lundgren and really bad script writing.
I Come in Peace.
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Sunday’s Dinner posted on
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Dinner on Sunday was an “I come in peaceaparty, featuring pizzas and arancini from Umberto’s, stuffed clams, and pumpkin pie. Everything was readied the day before.
And tasted like it.
I won’t do that again.
Fortunately, my guests were all kind and ate across the board.
We did enjoy watching escapist fare: I Come in Peace, aka, Dark Angel.
Recommended only for fans of Dolph Lundgren and really bad script writing.
I Come in Peace.
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Chuckle of the day:
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
From Jerry Seinfeld:
"A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it."
"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."
"Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box."
"When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it."
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Monday, November 4, 2019
This from Kali L:
I write this poem to you
to the women that used their art
to cradle me and bathe my wounds in love
I write this poem to you
to the women that held me as my body
shook the earth with sobs
I write this poem to you
to the people that sat with me
and held my hand when the others
walked away with pieces of my heart;
I hope they did something good with them.
This life it gives and it gives and it tests and tests.
I never want to say that it takes.
Web Meister responds: Like everything you write, lovely. Thank you, my dear.
Which also elicited this response from Colleen G:
Wow--Kali's poem!
It seems she may have stumbled upon the pieces that were taken only a small distance and put down for her to find again like a single lost glove or a scarf left on the fence of a popular walking spot. She had done the difficult work of going back and visiting the spots where she remembers she was and has collected these lost pieces up again.
Maybe she has already donated the matching glove or doesn't care for the scarf anymore, but she has managed--it seems--to have collected them and put them toward a new, some may even say: better, purpose.
Her poems appear to me like a mosaic of broken glass---so much more beautiful because of the difficulty of fitting broken pieces together and making art out of it.
In layman's terms: great poem!
Cheers,
Colleen:)
Web Meister responds: Poetry eliciting literature. Well put, my dear.
Colleen G’s literary comment eliciting this from the author of the poem, Kali L:
Oh my gosh
WHAT A GIFT!!!
Thank you for seeing my words and seeing me
This feedback is astonishing
how generous and how kind
I am speechless and honored
Kali
Web Meister responds: I love the exuberant spontaneity, the response without filter. So happy to be posting these.
But wait!
There’s another:
From Colleen G,
Thanks Dom:)
Making something literary is effortless with such an inspiring catalyst provided by fellow writers. Like dancing--it's so much more natural when the other person knows a step or two--haha.
Enjoy the weekend.
Cheers,
Colleen:)
Web Meister responds: Not all pretty women produce such pretty words.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924) after signing an Indian treaty
Sly devil that he was.
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Acknowledgements
Monday, November 4, 2019
Thanks to Kali for her poetry and responses.
And to Colleen for enriching the blog and contextualizing Kali’s work.
And to Lauren for giving me the idea of lightening my load. Sometimes you need someone from the outside to remind yourself that the water’s getting deep.
And Adam for cautioning me against two podcasts per week in favor of one.
Thanks to Jerry Seinfeld for today’s jokes.
Thanks in general to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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Good Morning
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Looks like the crew is getting it together.
What a great blog this is developing into.
Fifty-two posts a year, each composed of seven daily posts.
Go, my friends.
But now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon