Storytimer
Last night I made a story-timer for my improv group based on Dan Harmon’s ranting about story structure. I hope they like it. https://dalliance.net/storytimer/
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Wordcloud Tarot – 21st Trump – Universe
The final card in the major arcana is often known as “world”, but the trouble with that is that you immediately start to picture it as the Earth from space. But that isn’t what the final major archana card is about. It’s not about a single pathetic little planet floating in an infinite sky. It…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 20th Trump – Aeon
The 20th trump card in my wordcloud tarot deck is Aeon. A departure from the more traditional deck and following instead the lead of the Thoth deck. More traditionally called “Judgement”, that word is still emblazoned bigger than any other in the background here along with era and tine and change and phoenix and atonement…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 19th Trump – Sun
The 19th card in the major arcana is the Sun, and our alien strides into a sunset. Or is that a sunrise? Images are so hard to interpret. Thank goodness that my Wordcloud Tarot also has things written on it in plain English so you can see at a glance the card is about enlightenment…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 18th Trump – Moon
What would our super-evolved alien do as he approaches the spiritual heights of the subliminal clairvoyant confusin deceptive disorderly moon? Why get down on all fours and howl at it of course. What else can you do? The clues to the conscious emotions in this card are written on the front in plain text for…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 17th Trump – Star
The Star is a card representing the alien’s home. Here here we find him pointing back homewards. The card is about optimism and inspiration and happiness and beauty. It’s about horoscopes too, and divination, but you won’t need to memorize meanings if you can read and own the marvelous revolutionary wordcloud tarot deck.
Wordcloud Tarot – 16th Trump – The Tower
The Tarot’s “Tower” card is about the collapse of the tower, so it appears as falling with the alien screaming in fear. But you don’t need to remember why he’s screaming with my Wordcloud Tarot Deck, for it’s written there for all to read that the card is about breakdown and destruction and ruin and…
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Still arguing with Sam Harris instead of meditating.
I take my seat as Sam says to sit down and stare at an object. Concentrate on it and let it be the focus of attention he reckons. Then to turn attention on itself at look at the thing that’s doing the looking. No problem. There’s my glass of water, shining in a sunbeam. What’s…
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My Birthday Cover of “Everybody Knows”
Spent my birthday this year recording an arrangement/cover of a Leonard Cohen song, “Everybody Knows”, and I’m pleased with how that went.
Wordcloud Tarot – 15th Trump – Devil
The Devil comes down to my wordcloud tarot deck filled with lies and doubt and fear and materialism and spanking, as any literate person can see at a glance in my revolutionary new deck which will surely monopolize the entire tarot deck market.
Meditation 2019
I’ve been meditating again this year. A third of the time with Sam Harris’s new app. I got it for free since I got in early. Ages ago and regularly I’ve donated to his podcast. You should feed the media you love. It seems way more expensive than warranted otherwise to me otherwise. A tenner…
Joni Mitchell Brexit – We won’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone.
I’ve been suggesting we’ll have a “Joni Mitchell Brexit” for months. Nobody will believe the “project fear” stuff until it’s happened. We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone. Got around to producing the song that those words imply yesterday. So here’s the song I call “Joni Mitchell Brexit”
Wordcloud Tarot – 14th Trump – Temperance
The alien evolves again as it passes from “death” and is reborn as “temperance”, a card representing the art of alchemy and synergy and juxtapositions and synthesis, as any literate verbal thinker can tell at a glance without memorizing obscure meanings in my world-changing world cloud tarot deck.
Wordcloud Tarot – 13th Trump – Death
The 13th Trump Card in my Wordcloud Tarot Deck is Death. Also nice things like renewal and breaking-habits and possibilities and expectancy and awakenings… but mostly death and failure and endings. Even the most verbal of thinkers can see this at a glance without taxing their terrible memories with my amazing revolutionary wordcloud tarot deck.
What Bokononists say when they commit suicide
Next up in my album about my bookshelf is “What Bokononists say when they commit suicide“, A song about Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle“. Vonnegut’s brilliant short and simple sentences describe a world-destroying military invention, delivered with his curt Kurt style. Great book. The song is a jazz musical scene from the book, featuring someone else’s…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 12th Trump – Hanged Man
The 12th Trump Card in my Wordcloud Tarot Deck is the Hanged Man. It represents delay and sacrifice and understanding and transformation, as any literate person can see at a glance from this revolutionary tarot deck for verbal thinkers.
I’m A Subgenius Preacher
No more sleep in 2018. It’s all over bar the last bit of drinking. I’ve spent the last few days of the year pretty lazily until I got some “Bob” in me yesterday and wrote and recorded this song in the hope of getting it out. Next year: More stuff! More meditation! More fasting! More…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 11th Trump – Justice
Justice is about balance but also about vengeance and so carries both a scale and a sword. It’s also about fairness and karma and duty and belief and humility and obligation, all of which is pretty obvious if you can read and you use my revolutionary tarot deck for the literate.
Brexit Smexsit.
Whether we are in or out of the European Union isn’t even close to being the thing which prevents “us” from taking back “control” in this country. Whatever your “Us” vs “Them” may be. Most of us live in places where our votes don’t even count. Safe seats in the UK: 382 Total seats in…
Wordcloud Tarot – 10th Trump – Fortune
The tenth major arcana is “Fortune” and most decks show Foruna’s wheel in which someone is strapped to the top and the bottom, their places to be replaced as the wheel turns. But the card is really about luck, and so my alien has a different wheel of fortune. The card is also about cycles…
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Final Ever #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast – 14th November 2018
One year ago this week, the Bitcoin Tarot Podcast began. In a shock turn of events, the producers have terminated the project on ethical grounds. Presenting the last ever Bitcoin Tarot Podcast, an exit interview with Cosmic Conroy and Charting Chad, in which we finally do get an actual numerical answer to the question “Is…
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A few days with Mycroft.
Mycroft is an open-source home assistant. Kinda like Seri or Alexa only ideally not spying on you and more adaptable and programmable. I have been playing with it for a couple of days. Install Installing Mycroft went better than I expected. Cloned the repo, ran the startup and there it was. It wasn’t listening to…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 8th November 2018
The price continues to refuse to break out of the triangle. The forecasters suspect this flatness won’t last much longer though. Which way do they think it’ll go? How did they do last week? Is Technical Analysis any better than reading the tarot? Find out in this week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Click here to view…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 1sts November 2018
The price of Bitcoin barely moved all week, and the grades of our contestants likewise barely moved. Both predicted a quiet time last week, and it was pretty quiet. When will this quiet time end? Is it possible to tell in advance? Does Technical Analysis do any better than the Tarot? Find out in this…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 25th October 2018
Bitcoin’s price this week has been the flattest since the #bitcoin #tarot #podcast started. Will anything in Bitcoin ever change again? What will next week bring? And if things change, which will be the first to notice? Charting Chad’s Technical Chart Analysis, or Cosmic Conroy’s Tarot Card Readings? Find out in this week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 11th October 2018
Both forecasters predicted calm last week but the price dived then a #Tether run made it jump up, canceling out the fall. Does that count? Our judges thought not, and both Tarot and Technical Analysis lose points this week. But what will the next week bring? Will Tether collapse? What will our forecasters predict for…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 11th October 2018
Last week the price of bitcoin held steady and nothing changed. Is this the new normal? Will BTC be 6500 for ever? We have a rare consensus from Chad’s Technical Analysis and Conroy’s Tarot Reading this week, find out what they predict, what their grades for last week were, and of course if Technical Analysis…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 4th October 2018
Last week’s winner, Charting Chad, predicted the price of Bitcoin would go up, but only temporarily. Then during the week, the price went up, but only temporarily before coming back down and ending the week around even. What did Chad predict for this week? And what are Conroy’s excuses? And can Technical Analysis do any…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 27th September 2018
*Both* our contestants get a failing grade this week as Bitcoin rises despite the catastrophe they each predicted. The tarot closes the gap, catching up on Technical Analysis. But what will the price do this week? Will the cards tell us? Will the charts? Will we ever actually answer the main question: Is Technical Analysis…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 20th September 2018
The Tarot cards catch up on the Technical Analysis some this week as the judges find the less precise forecast also the least wrong. Are the judges quite mad? Is that really reasonable? How will Chad take the news and what will the price of Bitcoin do over the next seven days? And come to…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 9th Trump – Hermit
The ninth card in the major arcana is “Hermit” and references withdrawing from society, contemplation, self-analysis, wisdom and enlightenment and awareness. Thus he carries a lamp, symbolizing the search for truth but you wouldn’t need to know that. “Truth” is written right on the card as well as encoded in symbology, as are the other…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 13th September 2018
The price of #Bitcoin crashed down below 6500 before the week was out, so Chad appealed and the TA grade for last week is revised to an A. This week’s A gives Chad a four-week run of straight A grades. Will the cards fare better this week? What will Tarot and Technical analysis predict for…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 5th September 2018
Bitcoin’s price has dived today, wiping out the whole week’s hard worked for gains. How will our judges grade last week’s forecasts? How much complaining will the loser do? And can reading the Tarot do any better than Technical Analysis at price prediction? Find out in this week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Click here to view…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 31st August 2018
In this week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast, Chad’s Technical Analysis extends it’s lead over Conroy’s mystical tarot readings, but will next week’s predictions fall the same way? What will happen to the price of Bitcoin? And can Technical Analysis do any better than the Tarot? Click now to find out in this week’s Bitcoin Tarot Podcast.…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 8th Trump – Strength
The eighth card in the major arcana is “Strength”, a card with a lot of “self-” in it, self-discipline, self-control, self-awareness, self-worth, self-respect. All the selves here, as you can read at a glance without having to memorize images in my Wordcloud Tarot deck.
#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 24th August 2018
Last week Charting Chad predicted the price would remain trapped in the 6000s and would end the week about even. Meanwhile, the Tarot’s predictions were… less accurate. What are Conroy’s excuses? Will Chad be a good winner? What are the predictions for next week? In this week’s Bitcoin Tarot Podcast we answer all these questions…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 7th Trump – Chariot
The seventh major arcana card is “The Chariot”, a mode of transport of course, giving your life direction and allowing you to express your will and mastery and control over your destination, just like using Wordcloud Tarot gives you mastery and control and direction over your tarot reading since it allows you to just read…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 6th Trump – Lovers
The sixth card in the major arcana is “The Lovers”, and our purple headed alien finds another even more veiny purple headed alien for a loving and erotic embrace. The card represents partnerships and duty and love and romance and trust, as any literate person can see at a glance without having to try and…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 17th August 2018
Cosmic Conroy feels like he’s losing control in this week’s new look faster paced #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast, but still reads the cards and suggests the authorities may cause the death of the price, or of the bear market. Will Charting Chad’s analysis give us anything more definite? Brand new look for this week’s show which…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 10th August 2018
In last week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast, Chad predicted the price would go down, probably bouncing from the 50-day moving average. Then the price went down, other than a small bounce around the 50-day moving average. Conroy’s tarot prediction did less well. How will Conroy’s failure affect the grades? What will next week’s predictions hold? Watch…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 3rd August 2018
In last week’s #Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast, Charting Chad predicted the price would be squeezed between averages and Cosmic Conroy predicted the up-cycle was at an end. Then the price was squeezed between averages, dropping as the up-cycle came to an end. Both good forecasts! But which forecast was judged better? And who takes the lead?…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 27th July 2018
Last week the cards predicted that Bitcoin would rise up in dominance against the alts and Charting Chad thought the price would boost up to around 8k. Then the price boosted to around 8k while the bitcoin dominance index shot up rapidly. How does this leave their grades so far? What will they predict for…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 19th July 2018
A win for the Tarot this week, with Cosmic Conroy’s promise of happiness beating Charting Chad’s prediction of downwards price movements. Join us to hear Conroy’s tarot prediction and Chad’s Technical analysis for the next week in the show which asks and answers the question “Is Technical Analysis any better than the Tarot?” Click here…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 5th Trump – Hierophant
The fifth trump card is The Hierophant, and he’s a preacher and an educator and a trainer and a devoted dogmatic disciple as you can tell at a glance with my Wordcloud Tarot deck without having to decode arcane pictures.
Heart Of Gold
The fifth song in my album about my bookshelf is about Douglas Adam’s “Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy” and is a song about the drive in the Heart Of Gold.
#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 13th July 2018
Last week Cosmic Conroy read the cards and found that we should make hay while the upcycle-sun still shines while analyst Charting Chad said that the price would likely bump then end the week down. Who was right? What grades did the judges give? Which is winning, Technical Analysis or Tarot reading? And what the…
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#Bitcoin #Tarot #Podcast Price Analysis 5th July 2018
In this week’s Bitcoin Tarot Podcast, we introduce a new co-host, “Charting Chad” to add some conflict and drama to really get at the essential question of the show: Is technical analysis any better than reading the tarot? Chad will be making chart based Technical Analysis predictions alongside Conroy’s reading of the cards. This week…
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Wordcloud Tarot – 4th Trump – The Emperor
As we progress through the major archana, the alien evolves. By the time we reach the Emperor, we have also reached stage two of the alien’s evolution. The emperor represents authority and responsibility and law and lots of other actual words rather than arcane pictures.
Wordcloud Tarot – 3rd Trump – The Empress
Giving birth to a whole new verbal-thinking tarot industry to supplant and disrupt the visual-thinking tarot industry is a huge task, but I am up to it. One card at a time. The Priestess represents motherhood and femininity among other things.
Wordcloud Tarot – 2nd Trump – The Priestess
Visual tarot readers will cower in fear at the power of the verbal thinker once they are unleashed upon the visual tarot reading monopoly. The Priestess is a book learner. She devours knowledge.
