ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

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"mh just can't help acting on Impulse" (tag line of old UK TV commercial)

an executive by day and a wild man by night (snoball), Monday, 18 January 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link

no way I'm going near my worst impulses

Definition of Sonned (Noodle Vague), Monday, 18 January 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link

well worst impulses on internet are a lot milder than worst impulses in real life

Maria, Monday, 18 January 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link

19 January 2010:

Look at the order in which you do things

wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link

20 January 2010:

Do the washing up

WmC, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link

21 January 2010:

The musician and audience are parents to the music.

WmC, Thursday, 21 January 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link

22 January 2010:

Cascades

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Friday, 22 January 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link

is that another 'warm jets' ref

take me to your lemur (ledge), Friday, 22 January 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link

23 January 2010:

Use an unacceptable color

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Saturday, 23 January 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link

24 January 2010:

Consider different fading systems

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 24 January 2010 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link

25 January 2010:

Get your neck massaged

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Monday, 25 January 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link

today's strategy is so true, omg
my neck is hurtin tho

thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Monday, 25 January 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link

26 January 2010:

The future is what the present can bear.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link

bummer, I forgot yesterday

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link

28 January 2010:

Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link

Might as well say "apparent importance", he needs to specify if it's most or least important first.

take me to your lemur (ledge), Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link

bummer, I forgot yesterday

― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:46 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

what a great strategy
"forget yesterday"

thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link

29 January 2010

Take a break

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Friday, 29 January 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link

30 January 2010:

In total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link

31 January 2010:

How we hold our pick is how we organise our life.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link

1 February 2010:

Trust in the you of now

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Monday, 1 February 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link

dude how many different ways are there to hold a pick? am i missing something with the whole 'between thumb and index finger'?

Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Monday, 1 February 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link

There's some specific pick technique RF teaches in Guitar Craft; the angle and grip have to be just-so.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Monday, 1 February 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link

2 February 2010:

We are held responsible for our actions, whether intentional or not.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link

that is not a strategy

take me to your lemur (ledge), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link

that's true

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link

I do like these in theory, but in practice lots of them seem to mistake vapidity for obliqueness.

take me to your lemur (ledge), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link

keeping it in mind could be a strategy though

genial anarchy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link

xp new ilx board description

genial anarchy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link

"Be excellent to each other!"

might seem normal (snoball), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link

And one for the olds: "Drinka Pinta Milka Day"

might seem normal (snoball), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link

makitlikeasaladbap beansaladbean

genial anarchy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link

today's is a Frippicism -- they're always scolding admonitions, not oracular like OS.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link

3 February 2010:

Put in earplugs

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link

4 February 2010:

What context would look right?

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Thursday, 4 February 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link

5 February 2010:

From nothing to more than nothing

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link

6 February 2010:

Intentions
- credibility of
- nobility of
- humility of

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Saturday, 6 February 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link

7 February 2010:

Bridges
- Build
- Burn

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 7 February 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link

Is anyone still alive after following these every day?

StanM, Sunday, 7 February 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link

It's more of a general guide than a direction, I guess.

mh, Sunday, 7 February 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link

8 February 2010:

To try is to fail.

the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Monday, 8 February 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link

jeez

;_;

take me to your lemur (ledge), Monday, 8 February 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Tell that to the All Blacks.

Mark G, Monday, 8 February 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link

9 February 2010:

What wouldn't you do?

WmC, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link

10 February 2010:

Interrogate the error.

WmC, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link

11 February 2010:

A very small object
- its centre

WmC, Thursday, 11 February 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link

;_;

^is this means crying?

Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Thursday, 11 February 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link

yes

mellow, dramatic (WmC), Thursday, 11 February 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link

aw ledge doesn't like to do things he aint good at on the first try then, eh?
i pretty much fail at everything i try the first time, but then i get better init

Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link


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