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2015-05-05T23:41:44Z
The Limited Edition "Participate in Your Own Manipulation" Poster (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/The+Limited+Edition+%2522Participate+in+Your+Own+Manipulation%2522+Posterbluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2015-05-05T23:41:44Z2015-05-05T23:41:44Z
<b>Note from <a href="/title/Bluebear">Bluebear</a> 11/26/01:</b> Please disregard all pricing information except for that which is in the 11/19/01 note - directly below. For payment and pricing info go to <a href="/title/I%2527m+tired+of+all+this%252C+I+just+wanted+the+damned+E2+Poster">I'm tired of all this, I just wanted the damned E2 Poster</a>.<br><br>
<b>Note from <a href="/title/Bluebear">Bluebear</a> 11/19/01:</b> We have now reached orders for a definite 147 Posters. I am freezing the Purchase Price at $9.19 per poster. I have inquired with other's as to whether this seems fair or not, and they have agreed it is an excellent and fair price. I also am doing this so that people can begin sending their money, as I have already ordered up the printing. Completion date is 11/26 barring any unforeseen problems. Please /msg me with any questions/concerns.<br><br>
Most everyone here has doubtless seen the <a href="/title/E2+T-shirts">E2 T-shirts</a> being offered via banner ad. Some of you even bought them. Thank you for that.<br><br>Those shirts were designed and developed by <a href="/title/NightScape+Studios">NightScape Studios</a>, in the summer of 2000. At the same time The Everything…
power struggle (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/power+strugglebluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2001-11-13T08:01:06Z2001-11-13T08:01:06Z
We constantly turn <a href="/title/anger">anger</a> into <a href="/title/leverage">leverage</a>, <a href="/title/tears">tears</a> into <a href="/title/weapons">weapons</a>, <a href="/title/sadness">sadness</a> into <a href="/title/savagery">savagery</a>. A sore back, sore head, sore spirit and sore ego become demands for a rub a pill a drink or a bed. In each instance becoming weaker for the wear.<br><br><i>excerpt from a letter written from me, to my wife</i>
5S (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/5Sbluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2001-10-30T06:28:50Z2001-10-30T06:28:50Z
The 5S system was developed by <a href="/title/Toyota">Toyota</a>. 5S was initially created too eliminate waste of <a href="/title/time+and+materials">time and materials</a> in both manufacturing and production for the <a href="/title/automotive">automotive</a> industry.<br><br>
5S goes as follows:<br><br>
<b>Seiri</b> - keep only what is absolutely necessary, get rid of things that you don't need, i.e. <a href="/title/simplify">simplify</a>
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<b>Seiton</b> - create a <a href="/title/location+for+everything">location for everything</a>, i.e. <a href="/title/organize">organize</a>
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<b>Seiso</b> - clean everything and keep it clean, i.e. <a href="/title/cleanliness">cleanliness</a>
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<b>Seiketsu</b> - implement Seiri, Seiton and Seiso plant wide, i.e. <a href="/title/standardize">standardize</a>
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<b>Shitsuke</b> - assure that everyone continues to follow the rules of 5S, i.e. <a href="/title/stick+to+it">stick to it</a>
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In the manufacturing plant my father runs, 5S is almost a religion. Squares are taped off and labeled on the floor of the building to indicate where everything goes, including the trash cans. This emphasis on organization and cleanliness spawns lower error per part made, which obviously reduces overall <a href="/title/cost">cost</a>, as…
The hope that one of us would learn to swim (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/The+hope+that+one+of+us+would+learn+to+swimbluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2001-10-13T07:43:12Z2001-10-13T07:43:12Z
We need to <a href="/title/learn+to+swim">learn to swim</a>. "You first", I say, "Oh", you say, and instead we talk about what it would be like if one of us did learn. So often <a href="/title/safer">safer</a> to <a href="/title/remain+on+shore">remain on shore</a> dreaming of swimming. Fly, Back, Breast, Free. There's <a href="/title/an+ocean+between+us">an ocean between us</a> and I sit here hacking at a cruise-liner with an ax, wishing you'd buy a rowboat and some oars. Still, if you did buy that rowboat, I'd probably build a plane and <a href="/title/fly">fly</a> away, scared of what I'd actually do with you here.<br><br><br>
<i>A huge thank you to <a href="/title/Bindlenix">Bindlenix</a>'s <a href="/title/An+ocean+away+and+here+he+was%252C+seeping+into+her">An ocean away and here he was, seeping into her</a>, for the phenomenal line, which became this node</i>
All art is quite useless (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/All+art+is+quite+uselessbluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2001-09-26T01:08:35Z2001-09-26T01:08:35Z
While many claim not to understand or to enjoy the Fine Arts, most everyone understands and enjoys certain exceptional automobiles, or certain music, be it <a href="/title/Beethoven">Beethoven</a>, <a href="/title/Blondie">Blondie</a>, or <a href="/title/Blue+Grass">Blue Grass</a>. Furthermore, we enjoy a finely designed and constructed home. We revel among beautiful landscaping, or a brilliant Landscape. I recently had an argument with an acquaintance, this particular acquaintance argued with such clarity and <a href="/title/skill">skill</a> that I had no choice but to respect, and even enjoy, the <a href="/title/artistry">artistry</a> with which he chose his words, and though I never enjoy losing an argument, I was thankful for the opportunity to experience such a true artisan in action. <br> <br>
Humans <a href="/title/create">create</a>. Look around us, and all we see was created out of something, or quite often, nothing. Nothing, but an <a href="/title/idea">idea</a>. An idea pursued becomes a <a href="/title/boat">boat</a>, <a href="/title/a+painting">a painting</a>, a <a href="/title/home">home</a>, a song, a shirt, a book, an advertisement, a play, a business, sculpture, a <a href="/title/vacuum+cleaner">vacuum cleaner</a>, a movie, an entrĂ©e, and ultimately, the human experience. <br>…
Parenting (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear/writeups/Parentingbluebearhttp://m.everything2.com/user/bluebear2001-06-07T02:02:41Z2001-06-07T02:02:41Z
Respect your child and his/her <a href="/title/privacy">privacy</a>. Expect them to respect you and yours. Under no circumstance should a parent search a child's room without the expressed consent of the <a href="/title/child">child</a>. Do not read their journals. Don't look under their bed. Don't read their emails. Don't check their computer's histories. Don't listen in on their conversations. Expect the same courtesy from them.<br>
<br>Raise a child to be an <a href="/title/adult">adult</a>, and then trust yourself to have done a good job, and <a href="/title/trust">trust</a> them to have paid attention.<br><br>Only praise them for good reasons, and look for as many reasons as possible to <a href="/title/praise">praise</a> them.<br><br><a href="/title/Teach+them+to+find+beauty">Teach them to find beauty</a>, without telling them what beauty is to you.<br><br>Give them all the trust, respect, and freedom you can afford them, and only take these things away when they prove they cannot handle them. Chances are, given the <a href="/title/opportunity">opportunity</a>, they will prove they can handle all these things, and much more.