ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

23 January 2010:

Use an unacceptable color

24 January 2010:

Consider different fading systems

25 January 2010:

Get your neck massaged

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

26 January 2010:

The future is what the present can bear.

bummer, I forgot yesterday

28 January 2010:

Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance

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

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"

29 January 2010

Take a break

http://www.brandchannel.com/images/FeaturesProfile/235_profile_img1_kitkat3.jpg

30 January 2010:

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

31 January 2010:

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

1 February 2010:

Trust in the you of now

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

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

2 February 2010:

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

that is not a strategy

that's true

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

keeping it in mind could be a strategy though

xp new ilx board description

"Be excellent to each other!"

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

makitlikeasaladbap beansaladbean

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

3 February 2010:

Put in earplugs

4 February 2010:

What context would look right?

5 February 2010:

From nothing to more than nothing

6 February 2010:

Intentions
- credibility of
- nobility of
- humility of

7 February 2010:

Bridges
- Build
- Burn

Is anyone still alive after following these every day?

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

8 February 2010:

To try is to fail.

jeez

;_;

Tell that to the All Blacks.

9 February 2010:

What wouldn't you do?

10 February 2010:

Interrogate the error.

11 February 2010:

A very small object
- its centre

;_;

^is this means crying?

yes

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

12 February 2010:

Trust the process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Process_Church_of_The_Final_Judgment

http://i45.tinypic.com/2djsz1s.jpg

Trust...the...process....ahahahahahaha

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

"if at first you don't succeed, try again" = fairly empowering. "perfection is unattainable so try your best", yeah am down with that. "to try is to fail" = "you ain't never gonna amount to nuthin', might as well give up before you start".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Process_Church_of_The_Final_Judgment

Following DeGrimston's removal the group underwent a significant change in orientation and renamed itself the Foundation Faith of the Millennium. Further changes in both name and focus followed, and the organization eventually became the Best Friends Animal Society, which is now one of America's best known animal welfare rescue groups.

Sc1ent0l0gy splitters end up with a series on National Geographic o_O

I'm pretty sure Fripp means that there will be failures along the way for anyone who sets their hand to a task (in this case learning to play guitar), and one never rises above occasional failure no matter what level of mastery one achieves, but that the failures are no reason not to try. It's a good gauge, a little more subtle than "is the glass half empty or half full?"

half full of what?

13 February 2010:

Always first steps