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Archive for August, 2006

Tagged! Books

This is in response to the tag from my friend Chuck.

One book that changed your life. Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. This is the book that got me seeking on my own path.
One book that you’ve read more than once. If they’re good, I will read them more than once. The one I re-read [...]

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I am just coming to realize the difference between the concepts of acceptance and resignation. One of the definitions of acceptance is “to recognize as true”. Resignation is defined as “the quality or state of being resigned: submissiveness”.
Why is this important? Acceptance and resignation can play a good deal into how we view and react [...]

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Diversity

I’ve gone back and re-read this blog posting by Adrian Savage a whole bunch of times since it was posted. And all I can say is that I don’t think there is anything else I can add to it.
I have felt strongly for a long time that any type of discrimination-by race, gender, sexual orientation, [...]

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I normally don’t post links unless I am making a comment on someone else’s content. But this link, to a video (and it’s clean) is a must-see. I have watched it several times, and I am still amazed at the things they were able to do using the treadmills.
Check it out here.
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Simple Pleasures in Handiwork

I’m not sure what inspired me (or caused me to go crazy), but after reading a very clear tutorial on how to make valances for windows, I decided I would make some for our kitchen and office. I had been looking for window treatments for months, but not finding anything I liked.
Now in order to [...]

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Quietude is over

Time has really passed quickly since my last posts to both of my blogs. After my great vacation, where I had time to sit back, think and try many new things, life just came on at a frantic pace. I’m figuring up what I want to say in both places, and formulating a schedule for [...]

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