We have no bread – Mark 8:16 (Part One)

November 7, 2012

A science fiction story about the end of the world, love, charity, leadership, duty, service and everything else.

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Episode One: The heart of a hero
Episode Two: Love hurts
Episode Three: God speed your love
Episode Four: Two hands ain’t good enough
Episode Five: Part One: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Five: Part Two: Rape of the Sabine Women
Episode Six: Everything counts in large amounts
Episode Seven: Love Never Fails
Episode Eight: Princes of the Universe
Episode Nine: Technobohemian Dreams
Episode Ten: It’s getting kinda hectic!
Episode Eleven: Part One: The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Episode Eleven: Part Two: The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Wiyathul

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The Book of Carrot

Book One: Principal Virtues

Chapter One: Love is a battlefield

Episode Twelve: Part One: We have no bread – Mark 8:16

Audience: Adult

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The Long Road of Hope. And exercises in procrastination.

February 29, 2012

And dogs fed on fatted cats.

October 2023

Tina Turner, We Don’t Need Another Hero

I’m working again on my science fiction novel. The first book of many (or so I like to say to myself). I attempt now the second rewrite.

“Do,” says Yoda.

“Oh – I’m facing a mountain of do, little rodent-man,” I reply to the venerable and wise Jedi Master.

The little dude wanders off muttering to himself – it sounds like the hushed barks of a dreaming dog.

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Blog Soup 2011.11.04 Customer Connection, Social Web, and Funk

November 4, 2011

Blog Soup

by Stan Faryna

Stan Faryna

Blog Soup 2011.11.04. How funky are you?

Customer connection is key to doing business. Because without customers, you don’t have a business. Bloggers are starting to get that. Privacy, Liking, Protest, and inhumanity – those are just a few of the trending topics in the blogosphere.

Oh- Triberrites… Triberr is now on full manual. You’ll need to approve each tweet from your tribe members – if you want them to keep loving on you.

I read a lot of blogs. Maybe, too many. I comment on a lot of blog posts. Maybe, too many. If you are a Triberrati, you do too.

A Triberrati is a blogger that stands out in the Triberr community. Triberr is a web app that connects bloggers and helps them to curate each other on Twitter. You can learn all about Triberr by reading any of the following posts about it.

1. James St. JohnTriberr: They Want To Change The World

2. Yomar LopezHow Triberr Changes The Competitive Landscape

3. Neicole CrepeauFriday Fives: Tips For Using Triberr

Gary Portnoy, Where everybody knows your name (Cheers theme song)

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Blog Soup 2011.11.02 Blogger’s Digest

November 2, 2011

Blog Soup

by Stan Faryna

Stan Faryna

Blog Soup 2011.11.02. Winter is coming.

What is the mindset of a gentleman or a lady? What are you doing with your life? Is it meaningful? Exciting? Are you making a difference? These are just a few of the things that bloggers are thinking about these days.

I read a lot of blogs. Maybe, too many. I comment on a lot of blog posts. Maybe, too many. If you are a Triberrati, you do too.

A Triberrati is a blogger that stands out in the Triberr community. Triberr is a web app that connects bloggers and helps them to curate each other on Twitter. You can learn all about Triberr by reading any of the following posts about it.

1. James St. JohnTriberr: They Want To Change The World

2. Yomar LopezHow Triberr Changes The Competitive Landscape

3. Neicole CrepeauFriday Fives: Tips For Using Triberr

Gary Portnoy, Where everybody knows your name (Cheers theme song)

2011.11.02

Today is Adrian Klein’s birthday. He’s the rockstar that helps me make podcasts – if you didn’t know. Happy Birthday, Rockstar!

Today, I made sarmala. It’s a traditional Romanian holiday dish. Everyone easts it at Christmas and Easter. Normally, it’s a meat and rice stuffed cabbage roll. I use an ancient recipe with spring leaves from the linden tree, seasoned beef, rice, red wine, and tomato paste. This is the first time I’m doing it unassisted. So, yeah, my fingers are crossed! Twice.

If you noticed, I’ve reduced blog soup down from 15 to seven featured blogs per episode. No more need for one or more pots of coffee to get through the soup!

Recently on my blog:

One Christian’s Letter to Occupy Wall Street Protesters

What is Occupy Wall Street? And other social media DOHs

Murder will not silence us. A guest post by @Soulati.

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Do not be afraid. And other social media DOHs.

September 5, 2011

Do not be afraid. And other social media DOHs.
by Stan Faryna

Play the soundcloud player to hear the podcast. Or download it here. The podcast sounds awesome with earphones or played on hi-fi speakers. Try it and tell me what you think.

Mobile users: you should be able to hear the podcast here.

Stan Faryna at the Moldavita Monastery

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Girls just want to have fun! #fanart

August 22, 2011

Click through the snapshot above to see the wide picture.

The uber Monte Carlo Club in Cismigiu Park, Bucharest.

Lumi living it up the night before the lights went out. A scene from my science fiction novel about the end times. The rough first draft of the story begins here: http://wp.me/pbg0R-98

Notes

Lumi as seen/vid recording through K-9s being worn by our protagonist, John.

Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Want To Have Fun


The bare-footed man of Bucharest #fanart

August 11, 2011

Anti-Christ?

What is the bare-foot man holding here? Is that our protagonist’s ear?!

The bare-footed man is the antagonist in my science fiction novel about the end times. The very rough first draft starts here: http://wp.me/pbg0R-98

Notes

There are rumors that the bare-footed man collects ears.

Fan Art

Media: Digital Art

Artists: Madalina Cristea

Creative Commons license for this graphic as follows: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

Credits:

Madalina Cristea
http://dmonss-mady.deviantart.com

Note: You can submit fan art to stan(dot)faryna(at)gmail.com. Please provide contact information (FB, website, etc. so I can include it like I’ve done above). Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted will be considered as released by the author under the Creative Common’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA.


Remembering that you’re so beautiful #fanart

August 4, 2011

Grety Mitulescu

Max being video-taped via Lumi’s K-9s. A possible scene in my science fiction novel about the end times. The very rough first draft of the novel is here: http://wp.me/pbg0R-98

Click on the cropped picture above to see the full picture.

Notes

After many months of her daughter being a missing person. After the lights go out and the world falls apart, Max is reunited with her lost daughter when she returns to Bucharest. And she remembers again. That she is a beautiful woman.

Fan Art

Media: Digital Art and Photographic Manipulations

Artists: Madalina Cristea

Creative Commons license for this graphic as follows: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

Credits:

Madalina Cristea
http://dmonss-mady.deviantart.com

Note: You can submit fan art to stan(dot)faryna(at)gmail.com. Please provide contact information (FB, website, etc. so I can include it like I’ve done above). Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted will be considered as released by the author under the Creative Common’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA.


Lumi #beautiful #amazing #princess

August 2, 2011

Daniela Mitulescu

Lumi in Cismigiu Park, Bucharest. As seen through a pair of K-9s. Click on the image to see the entire picture.

The very rough first draft of my science fiction novel about the end times begins here: http://wp.me/pbg0R-98

Notes

Some say Bucharest stands or falls by her.

Fan Art

Media: Digital Art and Photographic Manipulations

Artists: Madalina Cristea

Creative Commons license for this graphic as follows: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

Credits:

Madalina Cristea
http://dmonss-mady.deviantart.com

Note: You can submit fan art to stan(dot)faryna(at)gmail.com. Please provide contact information (FB, website, etc. so I can include it like I’ve done above). Unless otherwise specified, all works submitted will be considered as released by the author under the Creative Common’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA.