Category Archives: Too XYZ

Just How Often Do Clothes Make the Man

I have to admit that I am not a slave to fashion. I am not worried about trends in clothing. (Or in just about anything else, for that matter.) I tend to purchase clothing, make use of it until it is no longer serviceable, and then discard it to buy new clothing. Given the rather …

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Social Media

Five years ago, I started toying with the notion of starting a blog. Everyone was doing it, and most of the ones I read just weren’t that impressive to me. I figured, “I can do that.” People were getting respected and admired for writing about the dumbest of things. Hundreds of people were listening to …

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Nothing to Fear But….Indecision Itself?

Many scholars believe that Hamlet’s fatal flaw was being indecisive. I have never agreed, and probably never will. An interesting discussion, but not germane to this blog’s content. I, however, am germane to this blog’s content, and I have no problem admiting that sometimes I am indecisive. That perhaps being so has stagnated my life …

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Belated Sense of Direction

Too XYZ was designed not simply to offer personal advice and observations about succeeding,  but also to, in as frank a manner as possible, examine some of the reasons I may be so far behind society’s (and sometimes my own) definition of success. While much of my lagging behind remains a mystery to me, years …

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Look Before You Melee

I am not a true gamer. I have a lot of fun with video games, but I am perfectly content to play on what most would consider ancient systems. (Genesis. N64. GameCube.) Even when those systems were new, I often bought games that the serious gamers never bothered with. Mario based games, or winter sports …

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