Susan Maushart: On Partnership

“A woman who counts herself ‘lucky’ because her husband ‘helps’ can generally justify this with reference to some unlucky friend or acquaintance whose husband ‘does nothing.’ This is a bit like being overjoyed to have hemorrhoids because it’s so much better than a brain tumor.”

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Every Day Activity

This idea comes from something I read on another blog about daily activities (click here). It is basically how people use a quota to get things done.
I read somewhere (and I can’t lay my hands on the reference right now) that Thomas Edison required his workers to come up with a quota of ideas. Bad [...]

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Representative ? Democracy

Here in America we have elected representatives that are supposed to protect our interests in our national government. We have two senators that represent the entire state, and one representative that goes to Washington for a given geographical district.
I have occasion to send correspondence to all of my elected officials. I believe that if one [...]

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Native American Proverb

The frog does not
Drink up
The pond in which
He lives.
– American Indian proverb

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James M. Barrie

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
–James M. Barrie.

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