Category Archives: Free Association

Time is like Gasoline

Posted on 27 September 2008 by Matt Lavery

I set up my mail client so that, when I open it, it shows my blog in the message window. My hope was that seeing it on a regular basis would encourage me to make time to write blogginess more … Continue reading →

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Underway

Posted on 17 June 2008 by Matt Lavery

I write this blog entry at 35,000 feet over the Bearing Sea. Of course, by the time anyone reads it, I’ll already be in China, but I have resisted the temptation to compose my words as though I was aready … Continue reading →

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Maslow meets the Buddha

Posted on 6 April 2008 by Matt Lavery

I had the most interesting image in my head, just now. I pictured Maslow and the Buddha meeting on the street and getting to talking. In my head, it goes a little something like this: Continue reading →

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What’s the Rush?

Posted on 29 March 2008 by Matt Lavery

I had the chance to spend some time today with a good friend that I haven’t gotten to talk with in quite a while. I always value the time I get to spend with Manny since, invariably, I learn something new or gain a perspective I didn’t have before. Today was no exception. Continue reading →

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“The Time has Come,” the Walrus Said…

Posted on 28 March 2008 by Matt Lavery

Spring break is finally here, and while that is a source of great joy for me, it may not be for the most common reasons. On a day to day basis, I am able to accomplish those things that need … Continue reading →

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Free Association: Long Time, No Blogginess

Posted on 9 March 2008 by Matt Lavery

It’s been long enough since I’ve written a blog entry that I thought it was time. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in the mood to write the next LITDSTPTSOA entry, so I almost didn’t write one at all. Then it occurred to me: The name of the blog is [at the time of this writing] “Radical Eclecticity.” Limiting myself to sequential posts on the same topic is not even remotely eclectic, let alone radically so. Continue reading →

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