Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Healthy Digestion

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There are a couple of properties that characterize my life. One, I spend a huge amount of time alone (God help me), and two, I spend almost all of that alone time either reading or writing. One of the “reads” I enjoy most each day is Slope’s own Daily Digest, which gets shipped out to everyone who wants it at 2 p.m. PST every day of the year.

I’ve heard some of you haven’t been getting it, so we did some cleaning and fine-tuning of our email system last night, which should expand its reach. You can control whether or not you get this digest on your Profile page, and if you expect it and don’t get it this afternoon, please drop me a line!

No Right to be Negative Anymore

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I have what I think some of you will consider good news (the rest won’t care). A bit of background is needed.

People leave comments on Slope. Others are able to Like and Dislike any comment. Over the years, literally millions of comments and millions of Likes and Dislikes have been offered. And some folks, for God knows what reason, really, really, really like to spend their time Disliking comments.

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