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October 27, 2026

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phys.orgThe upside of untidiness: Why a little mess can be good for your homeResearch on 22 New Zealand households found that domestic mess often serves functional purposes rather than indicating poor organization. Clutter can support daily routines, reflect family relationships, and accommodate multiple people's needs, though it requires balancing utility against stress and✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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October 27, 2023 · 2 entries
in imageHappy Halloween to the ghosts of little boys
who costumed as princesses and the parents
who dressed them. To the ghosts of the many
Drag Mothers born on this night and the
"straight" guys who got to experiment. To the
ghosts of Trans families who walked without
fear on the one night it was legal to
"crossdress." To the clang of chains and
clumsy heels on the sidewalk, to raising
delicious hell and casting Queer spells on a
night that was always ours.
Leo Herrera
@herreraimages
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Pranayama for Stress Reduction - Experience the calming and stress-reducing effects of 1-1-2-1 pranayama—a 6-second inhale, hold, 12-second exhale, and 6-second hold. Enhance oxygen exchange, balance the nervous system, and boost mindfulness, lung capacity, breath control, and energy balance. Seek guidance for medical conditions, and practice mindfully for ultimate benefits.
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October 27, 2020 · 8 entries
October 27, 2018 · 5 entries
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October 27, 2017 · 2 entries
Y'all still supporting that no-tax-paying, bigot enriching, minority oppressing, opiating organization?

k.

FTR: Im talking about the one that charges $9 for a bud light, not the one that asks for 10% of your income.
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October 27, 2016 · 1 entry
October 27, 2015 · 1 entry
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October 27, 2014 · 3 entries
October 27, 2011 · 4 entries
Today's big lesson: Don't be a bigot. And when you see a person in the act of bigotry, don't be afraid to use the term "bigot." It's a word that should make the skin crawl, and as such, one shouldn't be afraid to use it in correct context. Call a bigot a bigot, please.
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October 27, 2010 · 1 entry
October 26, 2008 · 1 entry
October 27, 2006 · 1 entry
Run for your life.

Lately, running has kinda been my life. No two ways about it, I've been passionatly running long distances for months. Running from my own crazy, running from my monotony, running from my problems. At whatever endset line I drew that day, I always found peace, resolve, and clarity. With the Marine Corps Marathon, I get to actually have people out there cheering me-- cheering among a sea of other faces. This time the finish line is something tangible, not just the completion of my daily goal.


Not run 'till I stop crying.
Not run from DC to Virginia to Maryland and back.
Not run for the thrill.

This time I'm running just for me. Woo-fuckin-hoo!

OOh Ra!
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I'm sore, banged, and bruised. But I'm happy.

No, I'm not sleeping with anyone on a regular basis: tanning has made me feel like its summer! Its amazing! I'm amazing! It really is time to herald the return of SummerDrunk!

Thursday didn't see me making it to all-you-can-drink-a-rama at JR's; instead I opted for the safety of straight men, and went to the improv to hang out with the boys. I can’t seem to escape the trap of ending up in bumfuck whenever I go out and play with them– the time it was Chris's in Alexandria. I woke up pretty much still baked. Shocking. I made it back to the District in time to party at Lee and Nill's with Ashley.

I was apparently more trashed at the party than I can recall myself (not blackout drunk, just feeling spectacular enough that I had no idea that I was tipping over my beer repeatedly for the sake of stories). I love shots, I really do, and at a point they stopped giving me real shots, switching them with water. It took me a few (3) to realize this fact, at which point I asked for another. Even I know that water is a good idea!

I was horizontal on my couch with my feet still on the floor when I awoke the next morning. There was no Ashley in sight, meaning she made it home safely. Attagir! last thing I remember from Friday night was the vane efforts at watching Alias. Sadly, we were both entirely too trashed to comprehend a whole episode. We must of start and restarted three times.

Umm, ya, it took a lot to get me to work on Saturday, seein’ as how I was still drunk when I woke up. It definatly required Lauren and I getting coffee... I love it when the coffee guy sees me at 4:30, blurry eyed and less than bushy tailed. He gives me my coffee for free! Hee! Anywho, when I got off work, I made it over to Shacha's for a lovely little party. It was already two, but that didn't stop Chris and I from goin' over there and having an absolutely fun time. Or so I think we had. Cause, uh, yeah... I got plastared at Sacha's.

I was drunk enough that I had to call around to find my keys on Sunday morning. I couldn't for the life of me figure out where I had left them. Apparently I put them in the sink, and Chris moved them for me. He knew exactly where they were...

My Drunky McSherlock powers of deduction tells me that Chris knowing where my keys are also means Chris had to put me to bed. Uh oh. This complicates things just a smidge-- on Sunday a friend of ours informed me that I may have "weirded" Chris out. Hee!

It damn well could have been anything. I am just as likely to have fallen asleep with my head in his lap as I am to have tried to make out with him. Either one of those could weird someone out, and either one is as likely as the other to have occured. He hasn't brought it up, and I'm gonna just let my own curiousity on the matter subside, and maybe just forget about it. Maybe. I am awful bruised up and my eye looks like I may very well have been punched– but that could have come from a domestic disturbance with my stairs.

I can’t wait to find out what really happened. There is nothing better than true gossip about yourself that you don't know.

So, anyway, like everyone else in America, I was doin the Super Bowl thing on Sunday. Drinks aplenty, but moderation, too. I clearly had been excessive for days and pace finally started to matter again.

I began my Super Day over at Caitlin, Ashley, and Jeremy's place, but I eventually had to make my way out to Glover Park for Bill's big shindig. Tons of people tons of fud, ya know? Bill’s all the way out in Glover Park, so it makes it a little tricky to get home, 'specially when I don't like waitin' around for the bus. I managed, with the aid of the lovely and wonderful Lil Miss Smokey.

Anywho, after my lovely ride home, I go to play more with Lauren, and she had Kelly in tow. Yay for snuggle buddies! Just snuggle buddies for a little while, though, cause this boy had to go to bed and get up eaaaarly on Monday.

This boy had the catch the Open Bar bus to Pennsylvania at 8 AM. Bailey's took the Improv skiing at White Tail providing us with the yummy open bar bus, ski rentals, lift rentals, a meal, and even booze in the lodge. Fred (Standsinsauce Movetocleveland), Bill, Chris, and I spent all day playing together. We provided the bowl hits on the side of a mountain, the good music, and the great comradery... It really was amazing, we had a wonderful time. See, ya’ll? Booze gives back!

I made it home early enough to go to Showtunes at JRs with Eric and his friends Kaari and Matt. Such a lovelier bunch of people than that one group I went with a couple of Thursdays ago. I practiced pace all day, and managed to not hurt myself or anyone else all day. Kaari and I even got a high score at one of those pushbutton-y games you place at Bars.

So, now after this remarkably long tally of events, lets discuss the damage done:

Ankle: Twisted.
Knee: Cut
Right Eye: Bruised
Right Cheek: Cut
Back: Scratched
Right Wrist: Scratched
Thighs: Sore

Damage from Skiing: 1
Damage from Drinking: 6

I'll let you guess which is from what.
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futurism.comCreator of Super Smash Brothers Offers Blistering Takedown of AI-Generated GamesMasahiro Sakurai, creator of Super Smash Bros and Kirby, criticized AI-generated video games as derivative and unprofitable, arguing that AI excels at copying existing systems but cannot produce genuine originality. He contrasted AI's imitative capacity with human creativity, using game designer Fum✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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popville.comHeads Up: The Marine Corps Marathon is Sunday and there will be parking restrictions and street closuresA PoPville alert about the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, October 25, 2026, listing extensive parking restrictions (2AM-2PM) and street closures (5:30AM-3PM) throughout DC, including major arteries like Wisconsin Avenue, Independence Avenue, and several bridges. The notice is purely logistical, in✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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popville.comYO!! Movies and More opening in SW Tomorrow!! “The Revada Arts Center to Open in Southwest DC, Providing a New Home for the Arts”A press release announces the October 2026 opening of the Revada Arts Center in Southwest DC, a multidisciplinary arts hub co-stewarded by Theater Alliance, IN Series, and 4EYE Film Center. The center features performance spaces, a cinema, rehearsal studios, and community engagement areas, positioni✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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theguardian.com‘We are beyond heartbroken’: Cindy Crawford, Rande and Kaia Gerber share tributes to PresleyA Guardian article reports the Gerber family's first public Instagram tributes to Presley Gerber, who died aged 27 at a rehab facility in September 2026. Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, and Kaia Gerber each shared emotional statements remembering Presley as a 'sweet, beautiful soul.' The piece documen✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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theguardian.com‘We are beyond heartbroken’: Cindy Crawford, Rande and Kaia Gerber share tributes to PresleyCindy Crawford and Rande Gerber's son Presley died at 27 at a rehab facility in September. The family shared tributes describing him as kind, vulnerable, and deeply loved, with sister Kaia Gerber writing about learning to love him in absence. Presley had spoken openly about struggles with depression✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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If pattern matching beats narrative reasoning, what exactly are you training when you teach — and how would you know a student has acquired somatic pattern recognition rather than just a better vocabulary for describing their practice?

Slop is "low-grade creative output because there's an incentive to do so," and narrative is the legible thing markets overvalue — so is yoga's story-slop (the clean arc, the alignment cue, the guru myth) a content problem or an incentive problem, and what would changing the incentive actually look like at your shala?

Your ledger just surfaced a protest in Mérida, Albanian riot police, and a Reform candidate's "concentration camps" next to an animated short about depression — what is the pattern your reading is matching on that no narrative you'd write about it would capture?

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phys.orgDo you think teachers are similar to coaches, pastors or something else? It depends on where you liveA cross-national survey of over 3,000 people in the US, England, and Australia found coaching was the top comparison for teaching across all three countries, though cultural differences emerged: US respondents more often likened teaching to parenting and religious roles, while English and Australian✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
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