In this particular post, I’m going to address one of my pet peeves. (I only have two that I can think of, and one of them is the word “orientate”. Which is not a word. The correct usage is “orient”. But I digress…)
This particular issue has been a pet peeve since I was a child, [...]
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He/She Made Me Do It…
Posted in soapbox, tagged personal responsibility on February 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Favorite Coffee Mug
Posted in commentary, tagged coffee on February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Like my friend, I have a full-blown addiction to coffee. I once told someone who questioned me on the expense of serving Starbucks at home, that “Life is too short to drink ****** (nasty) coffee.”
My favorite coffee mug is one I purchased while doing a job at Monticello. Besides being a nice big mug, it [...]
Mark Twain: Getting Things Done
Posted in quotations on February 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. — Mark Twain
Thoughts vs. Deeds
Posted in musing, tagged deeds, thoughts, Unitarian, universalism, UU on February 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I read another blog a few weeks ago, and started thinking about this subject. It’s been hard to get my thoughts together. It started with asking myself what I truly believe, and if my actions carry those beliefs forward…
I know this controversy has been around for centuries under the guise of “faith vs. works”. The [...]
Apologies for down time
Posted in blog business on February 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I have to apologize for falling behind on my posting. I’ve promised myself I would post at least once a week here. The problem is that I have been stricken with some kind of sinus thing for the past two plus weeks, and it is very difficult to write when you are listening to the [...]
Thomas Szasz: Self
Posted in quotations on February 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates.
Thomas Szasz
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Irony: taxes
Posted in commentary, tagged taxes on February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I heard on the radio this morning that H&R Block (the tax prepararation firm) is having to restate earnings….
The Reason?
They made a mistake on their taxes.
That gives me a lot of confidence in their services!
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