# Recovered some pieces

... from old database backups

Linking here to make deepcat'ing useful for this date (today, literally), when I crawl this page:

* 2011
  * [Teach frameworks in school.](/2011/04/28/teach-frameworks-in-school..md)
* 2010
  * [sometimes goodbye is a second chance](/2010/01/07/sometimes-goodbye-is-a-second-chance.md)
  * [fanboy genius](/2010/01/12/fanboy-genius.md)
  * [regression](/2010/01/16/regression.md)
  * [.. synergy](/2010/01/26/..-synergy.md)
  * [alright, well](/2010/03/04/alright-well.md)
  * [Gatekeeper](/2010/10/05/gatekeeper.md)
* 2009
  * [It began, as before, with a lark.](/2009/01/05/it-began-as-before-with-a-lark..md)
  * [ars moriendi](/2009/01/27/ars-moriendi.md) — channeled writing
  * [this is the story of a girl (age nineteen)](/2009/01/27/this-is-the-story-of-a-girl-age-nineteen.md)
  * [pray for me as I pray for you](/2009/02/01/pray-for-me-as-i-pray-for-you.md)
  * [20090210](/2009/02/10.md)
  * [I found a door to the sky](/2009/02/12/i-found-a-door-to-the-sky.md)
  * [20090215](/2009/02/15.md)
  * [20090325](/2009/03/25.md)
  * [stand up straight](/2009/04/01/stand-up-straight.md)
* 2008
  * [meant to live](/2008/04/28/meant-to-live.md) — major depressive disorder diagnosis (nb: parents wondered if the depression was a symptom and not its own disorder. they were on to something!)
  * [blue man](/2008/02/29/blue-man.md)
  * [just... one more line...](/2008/03/03/just...-one-more-line....md)
  * [(insomnia)](/2008/01/02/insomnia.md)
  * [To Fly](/2008/06/10/to-fly.md) — this recurring dream loomed large for a long time
  * [20080811](/2008/08/11.md) — more about dreams
* 2007
  * [Mirror and Stone](/2007/03/03/mirror-and-stone.md) — I remember how cold and clear this one felt
  * [Forty Two](/2007/01/14/forty-two.md) — had the original speech, recovered the addenda
  * [something's getting in the way](/2007/10/30/somethings-getting-in-the-way.md)
  * [tip #73: spend the class at similarminds.com](/2007/10/tip-73-spend-the-class-at-similarminds.com.md)
  * [things on my mind](/2007/11/01/things-on-my-mind.md)
  * [weather: diffused](/2007/11/01/weather-diffused.md)
* 2006
  * [Inevitable Goodbye](/2006/11/10/inevitable-goodbye.md) — channeled writing
  * [Communicating a State of Being](/2006/11/12/communicating-a-state-of-being.md) — on reading the experience of consciousness
  * [untitled 382](/2006/12/27/untitled-382.md) — in which I had a dream about an AI inhabiting a physical space
  * [College](/2006/12/28/college.md)
* 2005
  * [moving on](/2005/11/03/moving-on.md)
  * [(Male+Female)^2](/2005/12/05/male+female-2.md) — I was thinking and writing about being gay?

Here's everything, in case I want it later:

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> What emerges most clearly is not a linear progression but a spiral - returning to core questions with increasingly sophisticated means of engagement. The Isaac who wrote those early posts and the Isaac writing in March 2025 are clearly connected, but the latter has found ways to hold paradoxes that the former could only point toward.


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