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Photo Journal 12/15/2019

December 15, 2019 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens &

Canon 24mm f2.8

Marine Drive

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December 15, 2019 /Joe Gray
black and white, blog, blogger, Broughton Beach, bwphotography, clouds, columbiariver, gorge, landscapes, marine drive, nature, nature photography, oregon, photo journal, photoblog, portland, sunset, sunsets, travel, canon, Canon 100mm macro, canon 80d
Photo Journal

Book Review: Dune by Frank Herbert

December 13, 2019 by Joe Gray in Book Review, Fiction, Sci-Fi

My friend recommended this book to me several times and I am very glad that I decided to take the suggestion. This book was a non-stop rollercoaster of intrigue, action, and suspense. From the very first chapter, the reader is thrown into a mysterious world where pieces to a massive puzzle are introduced through context while eluding simultaneously to a known future and an unknown present. The author introduces such puzzle pieces in a myriad of forms such as excerpts from unknown tomes that refer to unknown events, words that can only be contextualized to determine, and the names of people, cultures, and religions that will only make sense once the reader has delved deeper.

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December 13, 2019 /Joe Gray
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Book Review, Fiction, Sci-Fi

Re-Post: Paying attention: A Retail Perspective

December 12, 2019 by Joe Gray in Business, Management, Retail Perspective

Try to not ignore anyone.

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December 12, 2019 /Joe Gray
advice, customer, customer service, paying attention, perspective, retail, sales, business, psy, blog, blogger, attention, security
Business, Management, Retail Perspective

Security and Fence: A Retail Perspective

December 06, 2019 by Joe Gray in Business, Cultural Musings, Ethics, Management, Retail Perspective

At a high-risk retail location such as the one I have been working at these past three years there comes a time when you are asked to be both a security guard for the products you sell and fence for the thieves that steal them.

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December 06, 2019 /Joe Gray
blog, blogger, business, capitalism, cashier, commerce, contradiction, corporation, crime, culture, fence, loss, profit, retail, retail perspective, security, shoplifting, store, thoughts
Business, Cultural Musings, Ethics, Management, Retail Perspective

Questions about Panpsychism

December 02, 2019 by Joe Gray in Philosophy, Psychology, Thoughts, Consciousness

After listening to Sean Carol debate Philip Goff about panpsychism and materialism I had a few questions about panpsychism.

Are animals conscious?

If so, how would we find out?

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December 02, 2019 /Joe Gray
panpsychism, questions, thoughts, rants, podcasts, Philip Goff, Sean Carol, consciousness, philosophy, mind, brain, blog, blogger, animals, conscious, science, materialism, metaphysics, epistemology, debates, psychology
Philosophy, Psychology, Thoughts, Consciousness

Re-Post: How and Why I Quit Biting My Nails

December 01, 2019 by Joe Gray in Balance, Free Will, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Psychology, Memoirs

I know what everyone's been wondering. And I mean everyone. They've been wondering about my fingernails. They look normal now which is saying a lot considering a year ago they were horrifying. They looked like the mutilated remnants of a carnivorous beast. They were as scarred as the creature tormenting them and creating in them a physical manifestation of what happens to the soul when repressed emotions, self-doubt and anxiety rule the mind.

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December 01, 2019 /Joe Gray
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Balance, Free Will, Lifestyle, Personal Development, Psychology, Memoirs
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