Be prepared to ride the cycles and trends of life; success is never permanent and failure is never final.
Brian Tracy
Archive for October, 2008
Quote: Cycles
Posted in quotations on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Syncopated Living
Posted in musing on October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So much of the world pressures us to move in step with those around us. We are encouraged to follow the same path: education, get a job, buy a house, get married, have kids. We are encouraged to buy the same products, through ad campaigns that tell us how popular an item is with our [...]
Quote: Effort
Posted in quotations on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You have to be able to look at yourself in the mirror every day and say, ‘I did the best I could.’
Bonnie Reitz
I Am A USB Geek
Posted in musing on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am a geek, through and through. I love my gadgets, and the more geeky, the better. But they also have to be practical. OK, well, at least fun.
It started when I was looking for a USB-powered light that I could use on my laptop. Sometimes, I have to admit, I have the laptop with [...]
Quote: Possibility
Posted in quotations on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Bill Blackman
Universal Salvation
Posted in musing on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It seems that parenting usually throws things at me before I feel my daughter should have to deal with them. Last year it was outright racism. This year, a little friend of hers started preaching fire and brimstone. It worried my six-year-old, because she had never heard of the concept of hell before.
We are Unitarian-Universalist. [...]
Quote: Happiness
Posted in quotations on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much.
Barney O’Lavin
Sign of the times
Posted in musing on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s a sign of the times, I guess. Layoffs are happening. But somehow I always thought it would happen to someone else. After all, I am a high-tech professional with solid skills and work experience, in demand with my customers.
Last Thursday, five minutes before I was due to leave, I was told my client contract, [...]
Quote: Pep
Posted in quotations on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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