Author: David Schwarm

  • Tripod

    Ekhart Tolle

    Ego creates the future
    Principle of connected less personality
    Really intense
    Sweater vest
    Tibetan bell
    Toes to nose

    D

    A mindfulness walk
    Each foot on the ground
    Experience
    Experience of the integration
    Going long silence
    Gong Would sound
    His rhythm will do that
    Little boy sat next to the Dali Lama
    Personality a barrier to the message ego is the unobserved mind seductive

    R

    To be presented or distracted by the mental or expectation cultural. Is attaché. There are different styles. Post heart attack.
    Unconditional Ego
    Intuition as my processor
    No idea what I say next
    No memory of what I said

    K

    E.T can be so dull
    Messenger was distracting
    Not connected to subject
    Take a class on self-esteem
    Where did he get his sweater vest
    Your mind creates the future

    J

    Attention to gratitude
    Control or ignore – attention is the place
    Ego is the unobserved mind
    I am mindful
    No self esteeming grave with the ranking
    Self esteem

    B

    Send link to talk

    M

    Gratitude vs Appreciations
    Stretch talk another 20 minutes

    J

    Eckhart Tolle
    Listen to a lot of him and his talks
    Not grounded in a lineage or tradition
    Not helpful in meditation technique
    Self Help
    Self help spiritual teacher
    Started with Oprah

    B

    Ability to communicate in very little things
    All of this is present and to be with it
    Arrogant of the lineage
    “Beingness” and a more powerful now
    Don’t know

    R

    Get this stuff
    Inspirations
    It is possible with out training
    Maybe I have a chance

    K

    Dark night of the soul

    M

    Listen vs Watch
    Non verbal

    S

    Not a socially fluid person
    Relax and fall asleep
    Social fluidity

    K

    Ram Das + Ekhart

    B

    Jon Cabot Zinn

    D

    Rant

  • Frogs

    • $6000 car
    • 80k = happiness
    • Alcoholic neuropathy
    • Almonds
    • Blueberries
    • Brenda Joy
    • Burrito lasted all day
    • Cashews
    • Dave new job
    • David forgot
    • Denouement
    • Diabetes
    • Division II water polo Team
    • Early
    • Everything is gay
    • George Benson
    • Google when you play water polo
    • Job Allergan -> Edwards
    • Joe Pass
    • Killed by a train
    • Making money how to swim
    • Maltase Falcon
    • Nice dogs – yell
    • Not @ money
    • Pizza – the Parlor
    • Playboy
    • Scott envelope
    • Small
    • Sorry
    • Street light come home
    • You always get what you put in
  • Casting & Graveyard Exploration

    Recap

    Session Zero! We review the table rules (currently there are five), we come up with a party theme (Hollywood production), we roll for stats (like men!), and we enter Neverwinter to complete our role-u-mentory on Kas the killer of Vecna (we think)! Umberto Noblin has gone missing and Dagult Neverember will help fund the next phase of our production if we can find him (I think). #DnD

    Summary

    Table rule

    1. Monty Python tone
    2. PG-13
    3. Bullying
    4. Role new character at same level when you die
    5. No racism

    Character creation

    1. Point buy 27
    2. Alert & Tough feats
    3. Three magic items

    Establish background

    1. Movie crew

    Characters

    Adam – high elf – bard
    Brian – Henelo Wolfroar – Minotaur – Paladin (glory) – pole arm – stunt performer
    David – N-joi D’ryd – hill Dwarf – cleric – war hammer – Director
    Dylan – Harrison Deadcrest – Variant Human Warlock Sorcerer – unknown – special effects
    Stephen – Ryan Bloodburg – Variant Human – Barbarian – great sword – actor

    Not there

    Glenn –
    Henry – Producer & marketing director
    Lance –
    Taylor

    RIP

    No one yet.

    Treasure

    No treasure yet. Yet.

    NPC

    Dagult Neverember

    Ruler of Neverwinter. Cuts corners and cleans up

    Umberto Noblin

    Neverwinter Noble specializing in Vecna studies
    Gout – twelve quarts of fluid removed from him

    Organizations

    Water Clock Guild

    Enslaved Marid (large elemental wish granter)

    Hand with Eye logo

    History

    Kas slew Vecna
    Kas fell

  • The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) by Caleb Carr

    The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)The Alienist by Caleb Carr
    My rating: 3 of 5 stars

    I really liked the start–the strangely integration of reality and fiction, the history of psychology, the clever setting, it was awesome. Things slowed down as we moved into traditional mystery detective space with the incumbent relationship focus. But over all a fun summer read.

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