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Welcome to the Wise Sloth Institute. It's a virtual model of a monastery that I'd build if I got a MacArthur Fellowship. You can tour the virtual monastery by scrolling down. If you get lost, try clicking the "MAP" button. I suggest starting your tour at either The Administration Office or Classroom #1.
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1. Arts Department 2. Engineering Department 3. Film Lab 4. Graphic Design Department 5. Vacant Room 6. Marketing Department 7. Writer's Room 8. IT Department 9. Vacant Room 10. Vacant Room 11. Class Room #1 12. Empty Department 13. Conference Room 14. Administrative Office 15. Lounge 16. Kitchen 17. Cafeteria 18. Bed Room #1 19. Bed Room #2 20. Bed Room #3 21. Bed Room #4 22. Bed Room #5 23. Bed Room #6 24. Your Room 25. Hallway 26. Mystery Room 27. Expansion Area 28. Utility Space 29. Bathrooms 30. Courtyard
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Administration Office
Give me a MacArthur Fellowship so I can build a real intellectual monastery. Until then, all you get is a virtual one. Though, I’ll be improving this place as I find the time. While I’m doing that, feel free to wander the grounds, and why not enjoy a complimentary copy of the popular E-book, The Wise Sloth? Speaking of which, if you didn't just come from there, you should check out my blog: The Wise Sloth If you leave a message I might get back to you.
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Class Room #1
You'll find the curriculum on your desktop in front of you. And by "curriculum" I mean a bunch of notes some guy took while trying to teach himself how to write stories efficiently. And by "efficiently" I mean lazily. Feel free to practice by expounding on and finishing the practice stories below. They're all creative common license.
The Wise Sloth formula plot template Formula Plot Storyboard Notes on writing formulaic sitcoms 8 simple formula plot templates A parable about how to tell a story How to write a story
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TL;DR Story Time: Sweet As, Bro TL;DR Story Time: The Paris, TX PTA TL;DR Story Time: The Ents TL;DR Story Time: One Night in December TL;DR Story Time: The People’s Pyramid TL:DR Story Time: The Prisoner’s Tale The 36 Adventures of Captain Buigardo
Courtyard
Stay a while and listen to.... The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 1 The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 2 The Adventures of Monk and Punk: Book 3
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Cafeteria
This place always empties out when class isn't in session. It's a good time to catch up on your reading though. The Alphabits analogy (why it's dumb to be stupid) They're giving way free superpowers at the library 7 steps to becoming a genius How to become an expert at anything Reading for truth How to argue scientifically The science of thought
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10 reasons you're surrounded by idiots 10 ways people get dumber as they get older Signs you're mature...but not necessarily old Signs you're old...but not necessarily mature Media for smart people The war debt
Conference Room
This is the conference room. We have it because everyone loves conferences. Today's topic is life.
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Hallway
I've always wanted grass in my hallway, and now I've got it. By the way, I also do relationship advice. How to pick up chicks Why women like jerks How to go down on a girl Stages of a relationship
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Lounge
If you're just going to be lounging around, here’s some headline news you can read. State of the Union: Volume 1
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Water Closet
I left some light reading material for you if you're going to be in here for a while. Highway to the Thunderdome! An Agnostic Perspective on the Meaning of Life
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Vacant Room
Chicken: We need to talk about this pants situation. Monk: I'm just going to go shut the door...from the outside.
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Utility Room
I was just looking for my flanges. Ah, look...I've found one of the children's stories my mother used to read to me as a child at bedtime.
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Kitchen
Which one of you dirty hippies keeps leaving coloring books in the kitchen!?!? Zoe's Monastery The Ents Project Cairo
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Writer’s Workshop
This is the heart of the monastery. This is where we channel our collective experiences into stories that pierce the core of the human experience. If any of it seems un-Disney that's just because we call it like it is around here. Why: An Agnostic Perspective on the Meaning of Life
Occupy LOL Street: Volume 1
The Wise Sloth
Occupy LOL Street: Volume 2
State of the Union Volume 1
Monk and Punk: Book 1 of 3
State of the Union Volume 2
Monk and Punk: Book 2 of 3
An Old Man From Jersey Explains Life MAP
Arts and Crafts Department
Want to see some pictures I drew over the years? Also, here's some sea shells I carved by the sea shore.
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Engineering Department
This is the engineering department. If I ever get a MacArthur Fellowship to build this monastery I'd make all my designs public domain and run workshops that teach sustainable building techniques. If the monastery ever got big enough we'd send crews to refugee camps to build sustainable monasteries where they can live and work...sort of like in "Occupy LoL Street: A Brave New Village. Within ten years of opening the monastery I'd like to be building floating islands...sort of like in "Occupy LoL Street: The Freedom Flotilla." Unsafe Trailer House Boat Design Corporate Style Monastery Design Resort Style Monastery Design I'll give you my Google Sketchup files for these monasteries if you ask. MAP
Film Department
The show must go on...even if the script isn't finished yet! Read "The Unfinished" on Google Docs Read "The Unfinished on Scribd
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Graphic Design Department
This place needs interns to redraw these comics: Occupy LOL Street: Volume 1 Occupy LOL Street Volume 2
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Marketing Department
This is the marketing department. Nobody is here, but someone wrote something on that chalk board. It says, “Stop treating people like shit, and they’ll start giving a fuck.” Hmmm. I wonder if that’s supposed to be our motto.
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I.T. Department
Formula plot template Iphone apps don't write themselves. Come to think of it, nobody writes them. Bummer. There's probably good money in that. I’m just saying…there’s room in a monastery for a small business incubator.
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Bedroom #1
This is bedroom #1. It's basically an efficiency apartment. It's not for everybody, but at least you don't have to pay rent. I remember what it was like to pay rent.
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Your Room
Just make yourself at home. We’re real laid back around here.
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Expansion Area
Look yonder at the horizon. A sustainable economic model Collapse is the product of unsustainability. Sustainability is the product of sustainability. The fundamental problem with the economy Cost/benefit analysis of economic oppression 7 ways workers’ rights still need to improve
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