On Monday I posted about my neighbour and the funding campaign underway to raise funds for him to receive lifesaving cancer treatment. The post, Help Nathan Live -- GoFundMe campaign was an effort by me to fundraise for him.
The post received a payout of $5.81 and a direct donation from 
In case you missed the post and would like to help. I'll donate the proceeds from this post as well.
Onward to today’s rambling
After 12 Years Being Together and 7 Years of Marriage: My Take on How to be a Great Partner
Yesterday being Valentines it seems like this is a good time for a post like this one by 
Seeing an unfinished painting in a new light, the benefit of a creative break.
We all come across this at times. We’re working on something and it just isn’t working out like we thought it should. We can either choose to keep beating our head against the wall and trying to get it, OR, pause and let the light of a new day gives us a different perspective. 
(Comic) An Old Man From Jersey Explains: Free Will
Ever tried to argue for or against the existence of ‘free will’? It’s an argument you really can’t win but it can make you think. 
The Vinyl Cafe Fades to Black - Stuart McLean Dead at 68
Right here, I received news that Stuart McLean, on of Canada’s best storytelling humourists had died at the age of 68. I broke off doing the Ramble to write this post about him. So, I’m including it in today’s Ramble with some obvious bias towards the author.
Critical thinking- How can we stimulate our brains? Part one
One of the best posts I’ve seen on the topic of critical thinking. Don’t miss watching the video, it will give you a new perspective on the challenges of learning new material.
The first winners of the Fiction-Trail competition are:
Portrait Work in Progress shots [original art]
I like when an artist thinks to snap shots of the various stages of his work. It’s really interesting watching the time lapse as the piece develops. 
Who else wants to stand-out on Steemit?
If I wanted to write a simplistic summary of this post it would be, “three rules to keeping it real on Steemit”. 
Elimination of Curation Rewards
I’ve been watching an ongoing debate about curation rewards and the pros and cons of them on the system. It seems today was the day for some posts as the result of those chat debates. Here 
On Curation Rewards and Their Necessity
On the other side of the debate 
To be clear, all of us who hold Steempower are stakeholders.
Feature Suggestion: Revenue splitting from Curation Rewards
The final word on curation today goes to 
Wrap-up on Day #72
Another interesting day on Steemit. Always lots of variety to comb through. A lot of posts with very thin content to be filtered out and then those with content read through before I decide which ones I’m going to roll with for the day.
As for the curation debate, I think I tend to lean towards making the curation an activity that all users can benefit from. As for the bot argument, I don’t think short of having to fill a captcha on every vote that it will ever be resolved. I don’t want to be clicking captchas multiple times a day, that would be a participation killer.
Supporting and Upvoting
Let’s not forget folks. I’m sharing these posts not only because I like them. I’d really like to see them get support and upvoting. I know some of the posts have done okay by the time I post my ramble, but some really could use the support and upvoting.
Subscribing to My Posts
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