The Crowley Chronicles

I just checked, and I can proudly say that I’ve been deleted.

I had a (mildly) funny experience the other day.  Before going out for a jog, I wrote Christine a text message so she would know where I was when I came home.  Using the predictive text on my phone, I almost told her I was ‘going logging.’ I wonder: there were only two possibilities for [...]

So, yesterday I went to a ‘chess meeting,’ after registering for it online.  It was a good time, and I learned a lot.  (Well, a lot was explained to me, I don’t know that I learned it just yet). When I showed up, though, there were just the two hosts and I asked if I [...]

Well. . . it’s been more than two weeks since I told Facebook to delete my account.  So, I figured, why not see if I still exist?  I tried logging in. And. . . no, I’m not deleted, yet.  Facebook told me my account was scheduled to be deleted on the 25th of August and [...]

One of the things I’ve wanted to do for a while is learn to play chess. I’ve started playing against Scott, my brother-in-law, at Sound Chess.  It’s a chess-by-email website that I can’t recommend enough.  (You actually play on the website, and it sends an email to your opponent that it’s their turn to move. [...]

So, my two months off are winding down, and I’m trying to cram all the things in that I didn’t get done in the last seven or so weeks:  namely, I’m trying to exercise and read. I was supposed to go for a bike ride today, as part of the ‘a little bit every day’ [...]

Today, I made the leap.  I deleted my Facebook account.  Of course, I didn’t really delete it.  I requested that they delete it, and, in fourteen days, they say they will.  I’m not sure why they have to wait so long, but I’m glad to be out. Now I just wonder what I’ll do for [...]

As a part of my drive to do the things that are important to me with my time, I’m in the process of leaving Facebook.  After all, it doesn’t count as important to me. I’m wondering, though, if this blog counts as important?  I mean, I think I get more out of my offline journaling, [...]

I suppose it really ought to be the first step in becoming who you want to be: understanding who you are now.  But, well, I don’t think I have been. There have been a few reminders lately that I’m not as smart as I think I am.  Whether it’s not being able to focus as [...]

Two hundred and forty-seven, it turns out.  If you were wondering how much I’d gain in the U.S., the answer is three and a half pounds. But there’s more to the story than that.  I started out motivated to keep my weight constant and went either jogging or biking (nearly) every day, alternating.  I was [...]