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&%#$@
Oh, gosh darn it all and fiddle-dee-dee, gotta try to keep it clean. *** Ok, I am a curser. Not excessively so as far as I can tell but still–I would like to impress people with intelligent vocabulary if at all possible. So I have been trying to adopt benign curse words: firetruck and mother [...]
Moving
Box by heavy box, Accumulations of life, Car load after car load. *** Moving: can’t recommend it. In some cases it becomes necessary and even desirable to move on. Some wax poetic about the cleansing benefits. Hah! We have a lot interests and therefore, a lot of stuff. After watching the Story of Stuff, I [...]
You never know
Using unused muscles reminds me why I should workout more often. *** Why, you never know what you can make hurt with a little extra work. Okay, in this case it’s more than a little (moving). You would think by now that I would have reduced my positions down to a much more manageable size, [...]
85 emails, 18 minutes
I ordered 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done. It struck me that it’s a lot easier to manage distractions when email is down.
The day the Internet died
4 letter laws unintended consequences better to stay free. *** All of these sites that I rely on have gone black today. I feel like the web is in mourning for a world gone crazy. Here’s a great summary of today around the web: http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/01/18/archive-the-web-against-sopa/
It’s the end of the world as we know it
every day, the word resets: either we keep up or we fall behind. *** … and I feel fine.
Sunday
Now, now, now, now, now I really mean right now – now! Now, now–no… right now. *** Well, it’s not deal-with-procrastination Wednesday (that’s the say I recently set aside to deal with procrastinated tasks) but that’s what I am doing. I need to keep it up and maybe my to-do list will be cleared by [...]
Saturday
In the past, last year, yesterday, today, tomorrow, next week — how ’bout now? **** It’s the start of a three-day weekend. For me, that means the opportunity to get more work done with fewer interruptions. Pathetic, aren’t I? I would describe myself as a big-time planner but lately, I have been living in the moment more [...]
Acts of kindness
however improbable, great love can follow the smallest kind act. **** I have been thinking a lot about acts of kindness, random or planned. From Secret Agent L, I learned of one kind woman’s birthday-inspired kindness marathon. It’s inspiring to read her list and realize that it matters to do just *one small thing.*
A good investment
I see glimpses of a world in balance for her– Don’t stop dreaming now. *** Everyone is always looking for the sure thing. The investment that will pay dividends. Here you go. Infographic from USAID:
The trouble with poets
Sometimes life is not like poetry in motion. It’s just bad grammar. *** Let me just say that it’s easier to play Cafe World for 318 days straight than it is to blog for 11. Please don’t think less of me.
Just keep swimming
today is brought to you by the color green; it’s easy to be green. *** Well, today didn’t start out so great. I think that any day that includes barfing has to go in the reject pile. Honestly, the best thing that happened is that I cot compliments on my new green cashmere sweater. So [...]
How do you haiku?
Some days it rolls off the pen, the tongue–words of wit naturally performed. *** Today is about the difficulty of the everyday. Answering all your emails, listening to your voice mail, being polite, being kind, doing your sit-ups, taking the dogs for a walk. Some days, the victories are small.
Roam if you want to
we are all searching. looking ahead we miss it– love what you have now. *** Courtesy of Charlie White at Mashable, here are a couple of videos worth five minutes of your time. A masterful one-minute video by director Rick Mereki: Definitely puts those essays on “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” to shame. I had [...]
Chaps with maps
every journey begins with a map …or it should … where are you going? *** I love a good map and I have know a few good mapmakers. Check out “How One Guy in Oregon Made the Best U.S. Map You’ll Ever See” on Slate.
Just breathe
breathe: inhale, exhale– remember to keep it up, everything’s ok. **** Whew–what a week. Short weeks are long on work. It felt like an avalanche. Breathing …
Yes to refills
Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee coffee, coffee, coffee: more. *** When cars have built-in Keurigs, I will know I have reached that magical place called the future.
Priority
Priority: everyone has one and would like to make it yours, please. ****** Time management gurus all like to talk about priorities. You need to have them, make them protect them. Sounds straightforward. Until you involve human beings. I’ve been thinking a lot about building a meaningful (work)life and how to spend more time doing things that matter. [...]
If a tree falls in the (urban) forest …
The sun shines through where there one was shade. Progress? Fallen trees, heavy heart. **** The HOA is cutting down giant, 30-year-old pine trees on the road behind our house. Two giant trees on the other side of our fence are gone. I knew their days were numbered when they were marked with dayglo ribbon. [...]
Did someone say, “Walk?”
Cold mornings are bad for exercise resolutions, the dog complains. *** The dogs are hacking this morning like they have post nasal drip. Maybe they do. I worry when anything deviates from the norm. I complain about the sameness–the routine of everyday–but in reality, it makes the randomness of the universe easier to bear.
Killed by an upgrade
My WordPress site that is. I upgraded all my WP sites on Sunday and the upgrades killed this blog. I had to step back to get the site back but I think I have most of my posts. I guess it’s time to think about a new theme or sumthin.