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Bucket List

Posted August 16, 2014 By Landis V

It’s difficult for me to start a specific “bucket list”, as I want to do just about everything that can be done, and see just about everything that can be seen, but I realized this afternoon that I didn’t have a central repository for these kinds of “someday” things.  So I decided to start one.

Places To See/Visit

This is a list of places I’d like to see or visit in my travels, both in the continental US and worldwide.

Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, AZ

Ran across a few pictures of this area while surfing around today.  Beautiful.

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Rise and shine: the daily routines of history’s most creative minds | Science | The Guardian

Posted December 3, 2013 By Landis V

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/05/daily-rituals-creative-minds-mason-currey

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A Woman Asked How Mike Rowe Could Associate With Glenn Beck. This is How He Responded… | Independent Journal Review

Posted October 29, 2013 By Landis V

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/90363-mike-rowe/

I’ve always found Mike to be a pretty interesting fellow.  I think he’s a lot more hopeful than I am… and more likely to compromise and work across the aisle.  I guess it’s probably good that some people are, but I’m to the point where I have absolutely no faith and think we need to just pick sides and go our separate ways.

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The Grill: Scott Blanchette on building a professional services culture – Computerworld

Posted August 22, 2013 By Landis V

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241517/The_Grill_Scott_Blanchette_on_building_a_professional_services_culture

I find the perspective of transparency, up to and including pricing, very interesting.

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How to Master Non-Awkward, Effective In-Person Networking

Posted April 24, 2013 By Landis V

http://blog.hubspot.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-non_awkward-effective-networking?sf11500472=1

Without a doubt there are some things here I can improve upon, even as much as I enjoy meeting and talking to people and the importance of being able to do so in some areas of my life.  I’m always awed by people who can – and do – effortlessly strike up a conversation with anyone and create a very genuine and memorable experience.  Most of the time I get through it, but I lack the natural, effortless ease that these folks have.  I suspect probably the biggest factor to success is “more practice!”

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Gary Johnson, Republican Presidential Candidate: Politics: GQ

Posted September 14, 2012 By Landis V

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201111/gary-johnson-republican-candidate-debate-interview

Fantastic article everyone should read about Gary Johnson.  I think his positions are largely fairly clear, but the article gives you a chance to get to know him.

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William James – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Posted April 21, 2012 By Landis V

Charles Renouvier

via William James – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This should lead to some further reading on the aforementioned Renouvier and Will To Believe/Free Will

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