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Friday, May 7 2010 at 16:52 (4:52 PM) Eastern Time

From the African Proverbs message set

Ashes fly back into the face of the one who throws them.

imc wrote this story on May 7 2010 at 17:01 (5:01 PM) ET: Wow— I was listening to Wilco, and I got this synctext just before the track "Ashes of American Flags" started playing. Comments »

Wednesday, March 24 2010 at 13:07 (1:07 PM) Eastern Time

From the Quotations message set

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Kozel

imc wrote this story on March 24 2010 at 13:14 (1:14 PM) ET: When I got this Synctext, I was having a conversation with a colleague about a case where the local police here turned over a member of the community to federal immigration officials, even though she had not committed any crime other than being undocumented. We segued into talking about whether Congress will take on immigration reform, then I immediately got this Synctext. Comments »

Wednesday, February 24 2010 at 17:39 (5:39 PM) Eastern Time

From the Quotations message set

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Clark

imc wrote this story on February 24 2010 at 17:42 (5:42 PM) ET: I had just finished watching a video of an Olympic slalom event when I got this! Comments »

Friday, January 29 2010 at 13:22 (1:22 PM) Eastern Time

From the Quotations message set

Don't bite at the bait of pleasure til you know there's no hook beneath it. Jefferson

imc wrote this story on January 30 2010 at 14:42 (2:42 PM) ET: When I got this, I was waiting for my flight in the airport, watching CNN, and thinking about how well-produced it is, and how compelling and fun TV can be, and how easy it might be to get sucked into a pattern of constantly watching. Comments »

Monday, January 18 2010 at 11:25 AM Eastern Time

From the Quotations message set

A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. Goethe

imc wrote this story on January 18 2010 at 11:34 (11:34 AM) ET: It's Monday, and I was feeling weary about work when I got this Synctext. Comments »

Friday, December 11 2009 at 08:25 AM Eastern Time

From the Beatles Lyrics message set

Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies.

imc wrote this story on December 11 2009 at 10:52 (10:52 AM) ET: Every once in a while, I get a synctext that causes me to totally change the way I think about Synctext. This was one of those.

I've been in a rut recently where a lot of my synctexts have seemed either (1) irrelevant, or (2) ironic. I've been using Synctext for a long time, so I know that when this happens, it's an indication of something, and I should pay attention and try to... Continue reading »

Wednesday, November 18 2009 at 16:34 (4:34 PM) Eastern Time

From the Virtues message set

Patience

imc wrote this story on November 19 2009 at 09:26 (9:26 AM) ET: I was rushing home from work, but I had to stop to pick up some groceries, including some flour for baking. There's a bin of bulk flour at the market where I shop, and someone was there in front of me scooping flour from it, taking what seemed like forever to me in my impatient state. I stood there waiting for minute, then decided I should just get the other items on my list, then return to get the flour later. A moment later, I got this. Comments »

Thursday, November 12 2009 at 16:18 (4:18 PM) Eastern Time

From the Virtues message set

Unity

imc wrote this story on November 12 2009 at 16:22 (4:22 PM) ET: This is from the new "Virtues" message set. I've been doing web programming work all today, and when I got this message, I was just starting to write some code to aggregate two blog feeds together into one. Comments »

Monday, October 12 2009 at 18:12 (6:12 PM) Eastern Time

From the American Proverbs message set

Rome wasn't built in a day.

imc wrote this story on October 14 2009 at 11:29 (11:29 AM) ET: This was the most uncanny, unbelievable alert I have received in a while. I had just switched all my alerts to the new American Proverbs message set over the weekend. Then we had some relatives over for dinner on Monday night. They had just returned from a trip to Italy. My wife's uncle was showing me some printed photos of the Colosseum that he took when they were in Rome, and I got this... Continue reading »

Sunday, June 28 2009 at 22:13 (10:13 PM) Eastern Time

Accomplish as a human accomplishes, not as a machine accomplishes.

imc wrote this story on June 28 2009 at 23:22 (11:22 PM) ET: I'm a software engineer and statistician by profession, and I added this alert message to remind me not to enter the state of blinkered robotism that can sometimes characterize my line of work. I've definitely noticed that this message arrives more often while I'm programming than at other times. I'm going to try to use the Notes feature in my online alert history to keep better track of all the times I get this one. I'll report my statistical findings :) Comments »

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