My life is my message.
Mahatma Ghandi
Archive for September, 2009
Quote: Life’s Message
Posted in quotations on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Keeping Your Word
Posted in musing on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been listening to a podcast where they were debating the value of keeping your word. The question was presented in a light of putting intentions behind words, and how that can affect outcomes. One side argued that you should never give your word unless you are sure you can keep it; the other side [...]
Quote: Irritations
Posted in quotations on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am not an oyster. My irritations do not produce pearls.
LJE
Little Things Add Up
Posted in musing on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A leaky bucket will empty as surely as if you had knocked it over.
A person I know dreams of traveling to Europe. He has pictures of famous spots in Europe all over his desk, his computer background is made of places he wants to visit.
He was recently planning on taking a trip. And when I [...]
Quote: Aim
Posted in quotations on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
Les Brown
Did We Move To Seattle?
Posted in musing on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This summer weather has been weird. Ever since I moved here, the summer gets very dry and hot around early July, and stays that way. Most summer rain comes from tropical storms that pass through.
This year has been very wet. It has been raining just about every day, and some of the storms have been [...]
Quote: Effort
Posted in quotations on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there is no wind, row.
Latin Proverb
Pay Your Own Taxes!
Posted in soapbox on September 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
There is a commercial I saw a couple of nights ago that really ticked me off. It starts with the announcer’s voice asking if you owe the IRS money. Then it goes to a series of scenes with people saying how much they owed and how much they ended up paying.
Here’s the part that gets [...]


Coercion
Posted in commentary on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From creating our own world…:
The American people will get what they want and deserve and I include myself in ‘they.’ If they really want real health care reform they will make it happen and if they want to step aside for a loud mouth with a gun who wants to intimidate them into shutting the [...]
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