Faragon's blog

But I said ‘yes, yes, yes’ In July 2007 I hurt my back, I herniated two disks, and they never completely healed. Today I had an intake at RCA (Revalidatie Centrum Amsterdam, Dutch site) a rehab center, as they have a special program (PDF, Dutch) for patients with chronic pain problems. It comes down to [...]

I’ve mentioned before that you can search for alternate uses for your waste such as charities that benefit from recyclable materials, but you can do much more in and around your house. Glass: With a simple LED and battery setup, you can make waterproof out-door lighting in case you have a party. Just put the [...]

I came across a very interesting TED-talk today. Besides sustainable living being good for the environment, it can also be good for you. William Li talks of how specific types of food contain compounds (anti-angiogenics) that can help your body fight (and more importantly prevent) a large range of diseases, including cancer and obesity by [...]

There’s a couple of things that you can do to minimize your waste output, by not getting unrecyclable materials in your house to begin with. When you go shopping, bring your own sturdy bags. This saves only a little bit of plastic at a time, but it does add up if you realize how many [...]

Ever since I can remember, my mom has been an avid “gardener”. We only had a little balcony as I grew up, but I like to think that’s where I picked up a fondness of sustainable gardening (and living). I remember the compost bin we had on our balcony (an old plastic garbage bin with [...]

We recently had a garbage strike over here. It was about 4 weeks before the garbage was being collected again in my neighborhood, and I hadn’t put the garbage out about a week-and-a-half before that. In all that time, I didn’t have more than a garbage-bag-and-a-half worth of waste, including cat-litter, I would like to [...]

No, this is not a post on the difference between good and evil, although I of course am obviously good and everything that opposes me is therefor clearly evil, this is a post about the difference between brilliant art and art that is anything else. I take art very liberally, I mean books, music, movies, [...]

This: Latest tweet RT @RickDeckardt: Naast giro 555 is er nu ook giro 666, voor het hek om dat land, jaartje wachten, goedkoop t landje verdelen, profit! http://twitter.com/Moi_Faragon Might be a bit harsh for me. Normally I don’t condone such remarks, but lately I have noticed that we’ve all become (in my eyes) overly concerned [...]

I let my mind wander and wondered about the things we don’t say. I expect (and usually get) honesty, but not only that, openness and a direct approach are high on my list too. Yet I’m not sure I pay others the same courtesy as I expect of them[...]

I’m faced with a dilemma, should I blog regardless of the fact that I’m out of practice as I pick up writing again, or should I do so all by myself without an audience to direct my thoughts at?

To blog or not to blog…