76 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN
TODAY’S TRANSMISSIONS
The daily dispatches live here. New entries appear first, with earlier transmissions remaining in the archive below.
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Day 19 – Content Creation on Course.
As I point out in Toys are Totems, these little playthings have been integral in so many facets of my personal and professional life. This journey is obviously no different. In fact…
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The ability to create anything.
What do you enjoy most about writing? Words matter. But sometimes they don’t. And that’s the most fun part of writing. Just making oddball shit up right off the top of one’s…
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Day 18 – Why Collectors Need a Mirror, Not Just a Shelf
There’s a strange kind of magic happening right now. Not in the toy aisle. Not on eBay. But in the hearts of readers who cracked open Toys Are Totems and saw themselves…
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The Totem Tour — Day 18: Chapter 3 — “Totem Decoder 101” (pp. 23–25)
Every collector has a pattern — even if they don’t know it yet. Your shelf isn’t random; it’s a psychological map of who you are. In Totem Decoder 101, I reveal how…
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The Totem Tour — Day 17: Chapter 2 — “Play as Ritual” (pp. 19–21)
Before we ever had words for ritual, we had play. Every time we lined up figures or built a fortress out of couch cushions, we weren’t just passing time — we were…
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The Totem Tour — Day 16: Chapter 1 — “Plastic Time Machines” (pp. 15–17)
Some of the smallest things leave the biggest echoes. For me, it was a Superman with a cloth cape and a Batman whose grin never faded. In Plastic Time Machines, I take…
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Love.
What positive emotion do you feel most often? This is JAK the wonder dog. Everybody loves JAK and JAK loves them back. And JAK loves em right back. Even if it gets…
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Like a broadcast hour.
How do you plan your goals? Since I first learned the “wheel”, I’ve applied it to pretty much everything else me would consider a “goal”. Breaking things down into time / percentage…
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The Totem Tour — Day 15: Introduction — “The Spark Inside the Plastic” (pp. 9–11)
This isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about remembering what you never really forgot. In the Introduction, I set the record straight — Toys Are Totems isn’t a hobbyist’s defense. It’s a liberation. That…
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That’s easy. Have the robot do it…
Create an emergency preparedness plan. Here’s a comprehensive Emergency Preparedness Plan you can adapt for your household, workplace, or community. I’ve structured it so you can plug in your own details quickly…
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3 out of 50…
Day 13 of the “Journey to 11,000” find me in an interesting state of mind. First the wind. One avenue I am working is the state to state retail distribution network I’m…
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That’s a good question…
What brings you peace? And I don’t know if I have an honest answer. Why? Because I’m not sure how to define “peace”. Why? Because I’m thinking too much. All the time…