Peeking into my super secret and personal electronic inbox, as of 12 minutes ago, it looks like I have 64 unread emails, and have sent out 0 emails so far today. I've received a piddling 32 earnest missives since midnight. As of right now, the battle against email looks pretty hopeful.

What I'm doing on Thu at 6am

Breakfast 50% of the time

This week's concerns

Money 35% of the time Leisure 20% of the time Religion 16% of the time Health 13% of the time Death 8% of the time Relationships 4% of the time Eating/drinking 2% of the time Home 2% of the time

How I'm feeling this week

Happy 52% of the time Angry 20% of the time Selfish 13% of the time Anxious 10% of the time Creative 5% of the time

The paparazzi found me in these photos from about 1 month ago


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Pictures I took as recently as about 9 hours ago


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Where I've been in the last 8 days or so

Wed, May 16: 05:22pm 06:23pm: Stumbling Monk 08:45pm 08:45pm
Tue, May 15: 12:43pm: Thai Curry Simple 08:01pm: Bitterroot BBQ 08:39pm 08:39pm
Mon, May 14: 12:33pm: Old Spaghetti Factory 05:38pm: Samurai Noodle
Sun, May 13: 05:35pm: Luxury on the Eastern Shore 05:53pm: Miller Playfield 06:07pm 06:07pm 08:43pm: Benson Bungalow 08:43pm 08:43pm
Sat, May 12: 12:40pm: Benson Bungalow 12:40pm 12:40pm 09:41pm 09:41pm
Fri, May 11: 10:52am: Katy's Corner Cafe 08:39pm 08:39pm
Thu, May 10: 06:35pm: Town Hall Seattle 09:14pm 09:15pm

Kinds of places I've been

Home (private)
Café
Ramen or Noodle House
BBQ Joint
Bar
Thai Restaurant
Performing Arts Venue
Italian Restaurant
Sport

In the last 14 days, I've posted 17 posts and photos. Mostly to Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare

Since I started writing online in October of 1999, about 12.62 years ago, I've posted 26,251 bits of nonsense. Yeah. And the problem is only getting worse.

About me

I live in Seattle. I am married to the amazing Kellianne and am the father of little Niko. I am building a new company around Health Month which helps people live healthier for fun. I have a few side projects, like Locavore (recently sold) and 750 Words. I used to be Buster McLeod, and before that I was Erik Benson. I previously co-founded the The Robot Co-op as well as the now sleeping McLeod Residence. I self-published a book called Man Versus Himself. I have otherwise been occupied on this planet for about 35.96 years.

Three of my favorite projects

8:36pm

For the last 1,455 days, at 8:36pm, I have taken a picture of what I'm doing. It's sort of a weird obsessive photo project that I plan to do for the rest of my life. You should do it too, it's fun. (here are some other people who are doing this)

About about 9 hours ago, I said, "8:36pm Walking home after great conversation with @greglinden"

 

Health Month

Health Month is a simple game that lets you choose your own health-improvement challenge to play with friends for a month.

 

750 Words

750words.com is simple website that gives you a way to write 3-pages privately every day, and learn about yourself in the process.

A few rules that I try to live by

1. You must not dilly-dally. 2. You must be your word. 3. You must have good intentions. 4. You must admit to being the maker of meaning. 5. You must not feel sorry for yourself. 6. You must have a vision that you are striving for. 7. You must tie creativity and experimentation with survival. 8. You must be the change you want to see. 9. You must rally others with your vision. 10. You must stake your reputation on your better self. 11. You must be comfortable with the consequences of being who you are. 12. You must share. 13. You must make your own advice and take it. 14. You must manage your stress, health, and clarity. 15. You must study your mistakes. 16. You must retry things you don't like every once in a while. 17. You must make time to enjoy things.

Wed May 16, 2012

74° Partly Cloudy

12 posts

Visited 1 place

  1. 6pm Stumbling Monk

Email from this day

  • Unread count: 20
  • Total received: 165
  • Total sent: 5
  • Getting: better

9:12pm from Twitter

Tweet at 9:12pm

I love @neiltyson so much. And also this Big Think series: http://t.co/dc8xVMj5

8:45pm from Twitter

Tweet at 8:45pm

8:36pm Walking home after great conversation with @greglinden http://t.co/1IgSLgil
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

8:45pm from Flickr

8:36pm Walking home after great conversation with @greglinden


6:23pm from Foursquare

1:05am

Checked in at Stumbling Monk (Bar)


5:42pm from Twitter

Tweet at 5:42pm

@heathr @kevinmarks Is it okay if I'm in Seattle? I'd love to hear more! Send me details: [twitter username]@gmail.com
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

5:35pm from Twitter

Tweet at 5:35pm

That's pretty cute RT @octavekitten: i really want a day maker http://t.co/JJVPBYiL
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

5:33pm from Twitter

Tweet at 5:33pm

One possible explanation for why behavior change is so difficult is that it often requires also changing your identity. /cc @kendramarkle
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

5:22pm from Twitter

Tweet at 5:22pm

Thank you! RT @shannonmw: Have you ever wanted to start (or maintain) a daily writing practice? In Praise of 750 Words: http://t.co/6Ao3S0qK
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

4:58pm from Twitter

Tweet at 4:58pm

"And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people." http://t.co/d3dmzDEb /via @kottke
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

4:52pm from Twitter Favorites

Tweet at 4:52pm

Faved @dingstweets's tweet: Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers http://t.co/2XpVjt3Q

6:50am from Tumblr

explore-blog: Jonathan Harris on social media as “routing...



explore-blog:

Jonathan Harris on social media as “routing devices for human attention… providing our species with a common nervous system.”


12:08am from Twitter Favorites

Tweet at 12:08am

Faved @OffbeatAriel's tweet: 37th birthday begins well with no parking ticket on illegally parked car, and @busterbenson deflecting drunk dudes at the neighborhood bar.

Tue May 15, 2012

5 posts

Visited 1 place

  1. 8pm Bitterroot BBQ

Email from this day

  • Unread count: 29
  • Total received: 185
  • Total sent: 4
  • Getting: worse

8:39pm from Twitter

Tweet at 8:39pm

8:36pm Impromptu double date in Ballard! http://t.co/6fzULTeQ
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

8:39pm from Flickr

8:36pm Impromptu double date in Ballard!

Tags: 836pm

8:01pm from Foursquare

3:05am

Checked in at Bitterroot BBQ (BBQ Joint)

Tags: BBQ Joint

7:29pm from Twitter

Tweet at 7:29pm

@abscondment Yes please!
Neighborhood: Seattle, WA

7:11pm from Twitter

Tweet at 7:11pm

Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson talk biology and physics for and hour. Highly enjoyable! http://t.co/TcR4qdh2
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