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Xenophanes




I'm doing 26 things
  

Xenophanes's Life List

  2. 1. Create a personal recipe book
    1 entry . 49 cheers     		725 people
  3. 2. take on more teaching
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. think of things to eat for healthy and interesting lunches
    2 entries . 83 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. grow a chilli plant
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		2 people
  6. 5. Buy a House
    13 cheers     		14,059 people
  7. 6. update my wardrobe
    11 cheers     		402 people
  8. 7. have a child
    6 cheers     		678 people
  9. 8. Find some geocaches
    6 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. finish writing my paper
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		4 people
  11. 10. solve a whole cryptic crossword without help
    5 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. (long-term goal) get a permanent research position
    11 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. Learn some basic Spanish
    14 cheers     		3 people
  14. 13. overcome my problems with stress, and help my other half overcome problems with stress
    17 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. sponsor a child
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		261 people
  16. 15. Start writing down some of the things in my head for short stories
    16 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. knit a jumper
    4 entries . 11 cheers     		45 people
  18. 17. Run a half marathon in under 2.5 hours
    8 cheers     		3 people
  19. 18. Find out more about meditation and start some kind of meditation practice
    10 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Get my weight back down to 55 kg
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Get a book chapter published
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. Get my publication count above 20 articles
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. start doing yoga again
    22 cheers     		123 people
  24. 23. Have a go at cooking with a crockpot.
    6 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. Give blood
    3 cheers     		3,021 people
  26. 25. Try to eat 5 fruit/veg per day. AT LEAST 3 per day.
    2 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. Clear out the garage
    4 cheers     		5 people

How I did it
How to give a really good conference presentation
It took me
4 days
It made me
Tired

How I did it: OK, I have to admit that I am trying to make my goals measurable. I realised after adding this one that it's difficult to define 'really good'. I gave a presentation last week, at a higher-profile conference than I have previously been at, and didn't get destroyed in the Q&A, so I'm defining that as good- OK? :)How I did it- I was invited to give a talk, put some slides together and gave the talk... :D Read how I did it…

Aug 20, 03:59PM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


How to try geocaching
It took me
1 day
It made me
amused

How I did it: I went to a local geocaching event and borrowed a GPS unit from the organisers. Started walking, used the GPS to find various planned markers and then the cache was hidden in some tree roots. We left our names in the cache log. Read how I did it…

Aug 04, 12:14PM PDT | 0 comments | 10 cheers


How to learn to deal with my panic attacks.
It took me
12 months
It made me
less anxious!

How I did it: The first GP I talked to about my problems was basically unsympathetic and just told me to get on with it. The problems got a lot worse and at one point I was having a panic attack every couple of weeks or so. I saw a different GP who at least listened. He gave me a prescription for diazepam. I took it before a situation that I knew would probably cause a panic attack. It made me very sleepy for several hours, but I managed to get through… Read how I did it…

Apr 25, 2011, 02:15PM PDT | 0 comments | 11 cheers


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Recent entries
solve a whole cryptic crossword without help (read all 5 entries…)
Improving

I came SO CLOSE on the Guardian quiptic this week. There were only 2 clues I didn’t get on my own.

If I’d thought about it a bit more I could perhaps have got

Small rivers making squeaking sounds (6) CREEKS

but I had no chance with

Developed so-called shudder in Scotland (4) GREW

because I didn’t know that the Scots have a word GRUE which means shudder. Still, I learned something and I’m getting better! And homophone clues are obviously my weakness.

I also managed half of a regular Telegraph cryptic the other day, go me. Still can’t ever do much of the regular Guardian one though(!)This is not a skill that is coming easily to me!

Feb 06, 02:14AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


finish writing my paper
It's drafted...

...but there’ll still be a lot of revisions to do on it…

Oct 24, 08:16AM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments


take on more teaching
This goal is well under way

I’ve got more students to teach this year, and a college teaching affiliation…

Oct 24, 08:15AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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paint more InshaAllah memorize the Quran learn martial arts how to make a friendster layout using my picture? be loved ComicMedal wants to drink less alcohol be a vegetarian for a week stop being lazy get up on time Learn to cook Do NaNoWriMo play sims online learn to pick a lock Let go of the past Design and build my own house KatyLove wants to Grow in Christ be a good daughter go green grow my own vegetables Learn to play keyboard run with the bulls in Pamplona stop eating fast food learn fencing learn to sail a sailboat do yoga visit every MLB stadium See Pearl Jam live
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