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I wrote one of these pieces but decided to nuke it because it got way too personal. These pieces tend to be confessional, but I want to stick to things like making coffee and taking a dump.

I write to fill in the gaps between my other activities. If you ever wondered what my days are like, I am like a bee constantly buzzing. The goal is to always be doing. The problem is that I run out of things to do, so I have the creative writing to fall back on for those times. There is also Facebook.

I don't do boredom. Scott Adams had an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about boredom, and why it is necessary. It was a hilarious piece. Boredom does spur creativity because it makes you want to go do something. Or, it makes you want to sleep. I sleep out of exhaustion not boredom.

Technology has made it possible to never be bored, but the truth is that I always had resources even before the technology came. I lived for five years without a television set reading only books. Needless to say, I got a lot read. I still read a lot, but I also write a lot now as well. But before the devices, I had the backpack that was stuffed with the books I was reading. Now, I have the Kindle. Nothing has changed except my books are easier to carry around. I still rock the backpack because I do grab hard copies esp. cheap ones out of thrift stores or whatever I get from the library. Then, there is the notebook I write in. The backpack is forever.

If there is a downside to connectivity, it is the huge flow of frivolous info that is at your fingertips. You could be reading Moby Dick, but you end up reading about whatever Lindsay Lohan is up to these days. I try to keep a balance between the deep and the frivolous. I need the frivolous in order to make jokes. I've never managed a humorous line about Proust.

Off to get some laundry and reading done.

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