This Glenn Beck fellow, doesn't follow his own -- blah, blah, blah. He tells Sarah Palin that it's off limits to talk about the kids of political families and then...
He forgets himself ...
Because he's still an idiot.
Now, I am sorry if you are a fan of Glenn Beck, but here's the way I see it:
Okay ~ today, Beck apologized for this insensitive remark. But, what I find this to be is a great tactic for getting away with stuff. You say what you want, and then you apologize.
I don't call to many people idiots ~ But Glenn Beck is an insensitive, broadcasting idiot. And that is just my, not so humble good, opinion.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Thanks to Mom
This You Tube video is just adorable, smart and clever!
A friend at Jacksons Cafe shared this with the message board. It was done by a friend of her son's. I don't know that much about the young artist personally, but I will offer this shot in the dark opinion, this young man will go as far as he wishes in the direction he chooses. And I wish him success.
I wish to thank him for sharing this. I sent it to my kids, and my daughter in law.
I hope someone out there finds some enjoyment, as well.
A friend at Jacksons Cafe shared this with the message board. It was done by a friend of her son's. I don't know that much about the young artist personally, but I will offer this shot in the dark opinion, this young man will go as far as he wishes in the direction he chooses. And I wish him success.
I wish to thank him for sharing this. I sent it to my kids, and my daughter in law.
I hope someone out there finds some enjoyment, as well.
Why does Grammar Rule?
I will be the first to admit, I do not know every single rule of grammar, but I find I am more comfortable than not, obeying the rules. But really, some of them are silly. Are they really necessary?
Take this one for example:
Compound nouns in which the first part is a single letter can be hyphenated (T-shirt) or written as two words (X ray). X ray is written as two words when used as a noun ("His X ray came back clear"), but should be hyphenated when used as a verb or adjective ("We need to X-ray his ankle;" "He has X-ray vision").
Now, seriously, what difference is it going to make in anyone's world, except for some grammar-fanatic, for that hyphen to be there or not be there? Just how much order in the universe would go askew? I'm all ears for the explanation.
Here's another:
You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use extra prepositions when the meaning is clear without them.
Okay. Since when?
I grew up in the sixties and ending a sentence with a preposition got me a red mark on my paper, so I didn't do it out of fear. And now, I'm phobic about it. So, after all these years of suffering and agitation, someone says it's okay to end a sentence with a preposition. But, not to many. And who decides? Well, la dee freakin' dah.
But here's one of my favorites in Grammar (along with the semi-colon) the Ellipsis:
Use ellipsis marks when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quote passage.
Ellipsis. I love this word. I think it originally comes from the Greeks and means to 'fall short'. I use these marks -- which are three little dots that I place just so ... -- when I fall short of thought. I probably drive people crazy with them.
Maybe someday I will go back and fill in all those blanks.
"Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case is still before the courts."
- Horace
Take this one for example:
Compound nouns in which the first part is a single letter can be hyphenated (T-shirt) or written as two words (X ray). X ray is written as two words when used as a noun ("His X ray came back clear"), but should be hyphenated when used as a verb or adjective ("We need to X-ray his ankle;" "He has X-ray vision").
Now, seriously, what difference is it going to make in anyone's world, except for some grammar-fanatic, for that hyphen to be there or not be there? Just how much order in the universe would go askew? I'm all ears for the explanation.
Here's another:
You may end a sentence with a preposition. Just do not use extra prepositions when the meaning is clear without them.
Okay. Since when?
I grew up in the sixties and ending a sentence with a preposition got me a red mark on my paper, so I didn't do it out of fear. And now, I'm phobic about it. So, after all these years of suffering and agitation, someone says it's okay to end a sentence with a preposition. But, not to many. And who decides? Well, la dee freakin' dah.
But here's one of my favorites in Grammar (along with the semi-colon) the Ellipsis:
Use ellipsis marks when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quote passage.
Ellipsis. I love this word. I think it originally comes from the Greeks and means to 'fall short'. I use these marks -- which are three little dots that I place just so ... -- when I fall short of thought. I probably drive people crazy with them.
Maybe someday I will go back and fill in all those blanks.
"Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case is still before the courts."
- Horace
Monday, May 24, 2010
Okay. Now, say What?
What?
This oil company called BP spilled a ton of oil in the Gulf and they're attempting to clean it up with chemicals. It's really a very serious oil spill.
What?
Yes, with a chemical called Corexit. Seriously.
What is Corexit?
Well, guess what? You will be drinking Corexit for the rest of your life. Because *they* are dumping it in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the oil spill.
Corexit is said to be this:
"....[snip]... Corexit 9500, is identified as a "moderate" human health hazard that can cause eye, skin or respiratory irritation with prolonged exposure, according to safety data documents.
What?
Yup. A -- Moderate. Health. Hazard.
Wow. Seriously? Those three little words don't sit very well with me at all.
And "Prolonged exposure"? Well, we will be exposed to it for a very long time, because the guys at BP are ~pros~ at using something dangerous to clean up their wicked mess!
Okay, so, *they* are dumping corexit in the Gulf to stop the oil, and then the United States Government tells them to stop ?----
Stop. As in S.T.O.P.?
Then we read: written here
"After initially approving a chemical oil dispersant called Corexit, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency retracted it's allowance and ordered British Petroleum to stop dumping the mysterious chemical substance by Sunday".
Now, fudge and pancakes, that article from The Raw Story says the Government as ordered them to stop, and then, this article here from Bloomberg Business Week says BP was told to scale back.
I don't know about another person's knowledge of the English language, but to me -- stop has one meaning, and scale back has another meaning.
So, just what did the Government tell them to do ~ Did they say Stop? Or did they say Scale Back? Maybe I am being old fashioned, but I would like to know the truth of the matter. Not just see catchy word phrases in order to make sensational bold comments in newspapers and on blogs and new shows, then, to be picked up by the internet, and people like myself who happened to live in Florida, and might want to actually know what is really going on.
One truth is, we all live on this planet. This is a universal problem. Water makes a lovely cycle all around the world ...mi aqua, su aqua, and on and on ad infinitum until who knows, we will have found that what we have been drinking, for years and years, this chemical that has altered the state of what we once knew as the human bean...will cause a change in us. Perhaps the stories of X-Men weren't to far off? I'd prefer to be a society of X-Man than a cancer ridden society, but choices aren't being given out, as far as I know, so we are going to have to deal with the unknown.
You think it not possible? Mix a few unknown x-factor chemicals in your water for a few hundred years, which will eventually get into everything that has to do with a person, and add that to all the chemicals that are already in all the foods you eat and drinks you consume. Gosh, name something left on the planet that doesn't have a chemical in it? (I'm thinking, give me a sec...)
Ummm, is not water the base of most things, now it will be water filled with corexist or something else like it ....what kind of water is that?
OH so much to learn! Maybe tomorrow I can become a scientist, after I become an environmental expert, and before I become a doctor, because we will be needing doctors and nurses as the morphing phase begins to happen...Geesh, until then, I have to trust other people. Drat.
Yeah, it reads like a grade B movie doesn't it? That is so sad. And, we are all in it.
I don't have answers. I'm not comfortable with chemicals being used in the water of the Gulf. No, not at all.
I'm banking on Kevin Costner. Where is Kevin Costner right now? Can't we just get him down there? I'd even watch Water World again and again, if Keven can shore this up. Just would love to find another way that didn't include chemicals, or that other stunt they tried, you know, throwing the garbage and stuff down there? oh, that was totally beyond my simple brain capacity to think that would work...
Nah, at the end of the day, my money's on Costner. Come on, Bull, hit us a good one...
Until we know, I'm just remaining a dreamer, dreaming about Everyman ~~
Note to self:
Coffee in the morning, maybe will see things more clearly then -- lot a doubt about that, though, lot of doubt.
This oil company called BP spilled a ton of oil in the Gulf and they're attempting to clean it up with chemicals. It's really a very serious oil spill.
What?
Yes, with a chemical called Corexit. Seriously.
What is Corexit?
Well, guess what? You will be drinking Corexit for the rest of your life. Because *they* are dumping it in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the oil spill.
Corexit is said to be this:
"....[snip]... Corexit 9500, is identified as a "moderate" human health hazard that can cause eye, skin or respiratory irritation with prolonged exposure, according to safety data documents.
What?
Yup. A -- Moderate. Health. Hazard.
Wow. Seriously? Those three little words don't sit very well with me at all.
And "Prolonged exposure"? Well, we will be exposed to it for a very long time, because the guys at BP are ~pros~ at using something dangerous to clean up their wicked mess!
Okay, so, *they* are dumping corexit in the Gulf to stop the oil, and then the United States Government tells them to stop ?----
Stop. As in S.T.O.P.?
Then we read: written here
"After initially approving a chemical oil dispersant called Corexit, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency retracted it's allowance and ordered British Petroleum to stop dumping the mysterious chemical substance by Sunday".
However, the oil giant has ignored the government's deadline and was continuing to dump large volumes of Corexit into the Gulf on Monday, according to The New York Times, apparently to keep the massive sea floor oil plumes from surfacing and possibly washing ashore.
Now, fudge and pancakes, that article from The Raw Story says the Government as ordered them to stop, and then, this article here from Bloomberg Business Week says BP was told to scale back.
I don't know about another person's knowledge of the English language, but to me -- stop has one meaning, and scale back has another meaning.
So, just what did the Government tell them to do ~ Did they say Stop? Or did they say Scale Back? Maybe I am being old fashioned, but I would like to know the truth of the matter. Not just see catchy word phrases in order to make sensational bold comments in newspapers and on blogs and new shows, then, to be picked up by the internet, and people like myself who happened to live in Florida, and might want to actually know what is really going on.
One truth is, we all live on this planet. This is a universal problem. Water makes a lovely cycle all around the world ...mi aqua, su aqua, and on and on ad infinitum until who knows, we will have found that what we have been drinking, for years and years, this chemical that has altered the state of what we once knew as the human bean...will cause a change in us. Perhaps the stories of X-Men weren't to far off? I'd prefer to be a society of X-Man than a cancer ridden society, but choices aren't being given out, as far as I know, so we are going to have to deal with the unknown.
You think it not possible? Mix a few unknown x-factor chemicals in your water for a few hundred years, which will eventually get into everything that has to do with a person, and add that to all the chemicals that are already in all the foods you eat and drinks you consume. Gosh, name something left on the planet that doesn't have a chemical in it? (I'm thinking, give me a sec...)
Ummm, is not water the base of most things, now it will be water filled with corexist or something else like it ....what kind of water is that?
OH so much to learn! Maybe tomorrow I can become a scientist, after I become an environmental expert, and before I become a doctor, because we will be needing doctors and nurses as the morphing phase begins to happen...Geesh, until then, I have to trust other people. Drat.
Yeah, it reads like a grade B movie doesn't it? That is so sad. And, we are all in it.
I don't have answers. I'm not comfortable with chemicals being used in the water of the Gulf. No, not at all.
I'm banking on Kevin Costner. Where is Kevin Costner right now? Can't we just get him down there? I'd even watch Water World again and again, if Keven can shore this up. Just would love to find another way that didn't include chemicals, or that other stunt they tried, you know, throwing the garbage and stuff down there? oh, that was totally beyond my simple brain capacity to think that would work...
Nah, at the end of the day, my money's on Costner. Come on, Bull, hit us a good one...
Until we know, I'm just remaining a dreamer, dreaming about Everyman ~~
Note to self:
Coffee in the morning, maybe will see things more clearly then -- lot a doubt about that, though, lot of doubt.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
"Tone it down"
The article I read is here ..President Obama says:
"What troubles me is when I hear people say that all of government is inherently bad," Obama said after receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree. "When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us."
Government, he said, is the roads we drive on and the speed limits that keep us safe. It's the men and women in the military, the inspectors in our mines, the pioneering researchers in public universities.
The financial meltdown dramatically showed the dangers of too little government, he said, "when a lack of accountability on Wall Street nearly led to the collapse of our entire economy."
But Obama was direct in urging both sides in the political debate to tone it down. "Throwing around phrases like 'socialists' and 'Soviet-style takeover,' 'fascists' and 'right-wing nut' – that may grab headlines," he said. But it also "closes the door to the possibility of compromise. It undermines democratic deliberation," he said.
~~~ This article is not new on the scene, nor is the subject of the text mentioned new, from President Obama. It adds to the list of the confrontational comments that President Obama had made from time to time. Comments that are irritating to people who think when he says 'tone it down', he is saying, 'shut it up'
...which is the more dangerous, of course. That is having the leader of your country telling you not to talk about stuff, I get that, but what I don't get is,that, that is what he is doing...
I'm trying to sift through this, and I don't hear the 'shut it up',
Maybe, I will turn out to be one of the fools who is still hoping for a world, a country more specifically at this point, that can find a way to work together in their differences, without thinking that it's either ALL of something, all of the time, or NONE of something, all of the time. I mean, do we live in a country now where cooperation is just not possible? That's like bully in the play-ground tactics of a third grader, isn't it?
I know we are supposed to learn from history, but there are plenty of people who don't even learn from their parents~ and, that is certainly less of a generation away than WWII, so go figure. Who listens to what anymore? And when? I am in a fog about where some people are drawing some of their conclusions.
I'm thinking it might be better to hone up some knowledge of How Your Brain Works, specifically your own brain, so that you can understand why you react to things, to people, and what makes you do the things that you do...what makes you want the things you want, or the things you think you need for your security, rather than just focus a total reliance on history books and things in the past, because history books are being sorely altered from time to time, and people and population and life are changing faster than the history books can be written or rewritten, as the case may be.
It seems it's more about what safe compromises can be made to sustain the world, the earth, the planet ....I guess, I see more areas that involve compromise than are there are ways to compromise! And, the plan of 'my way or the highway' type America, is hard to conclude as being the one that should be successful.
I mean, really, which group having that philosophy has ever worked, in a long run, in the past?
I'm still thinking about it. It's all still going on. And, it will be when I get up tomorrow. After I have my coffee in the morning, I'll see what I think. I'm not that close to figuring it all out tonight.
"What troubles me is when I hear people say that all of government is inherently bad," Obama said after receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree. "When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us."
Government, he said, is the roads we drive on and the speed limits that keep us safe. It's the men and women in the military, the inspectors in our mines, the pioneering researchers in public universities.
The financial meltdown dramatically showed the dangers of too little government, he said, "when a lack of accountability on Wall Street nearly led to the collapse of our entire economy."
But Obama was direct in urging both sides in the political debate to tone it down. "Throwing around phrases like 'socialists' and 'Soviet-style takeover,' 'fascists' and 'right-wing nut' – that may grab headlines," he said. But it also "closes the door to the possibility of compromise. It undermines democratic deliberation," he said.
~~~ This article is not new on the scene, nor is the subject of the text mentioned new, from President Obama. It adds to the list of the confrontational comments that President Obama had made from time to time. Comments that are irritating to people who think when he says 'tone it down', he is saying, 'shut it up'
...which is the more dangerous, of course. That is having the leader of your country telling you not to talk about stuff, I get that, but what I don't get is,that, that is what he is doing...
I'm trying to sift through this, and I don't hear the 'shut it up',
Maybe, I will turn out to be one of the fools who is still hoping for a world, a country more specifically at this point, that can find a way to work together in their differences, without thinking that it's either ALL of something, all of the time, or NONE of something, all of the time. I mean, do we live in a country now where cooperation is just not possible? That's like bully in the play-ground tactics of a third grader, isn't it?
I know we are supposed to learn from history, but there are plenty of people who don't even learn from their parents~ and, that is certainly less of a generation away than WWII, so go figure. Who listens to what anymore? And when? I am in a fog about where some people are drawing some of their conclusions.
I'm thinking it might be better to hone up some knowledge of How Your Brain Works, specifically your own brain, so that you can understand why you react to things, to people, and what makes you do the things that you do...what makes you want the things you want, or the things you think you need for your security, rather than just focus a total reliance on history books and things in the past, because history books are being sorely altered from time to time, and people and population and life are changing faster than the history books can be written or rewritten, as the case may be.
It seems it's more about what safe compromises can be made to sustain the world, the earth, the planet ....I guess, I see more areas that involve compromise than are there are ways to compromise! And, the plan of 'my way or the highway' type America, is hard to conclude as being the one that should be successful.
I mean, really, which group having that philosophy has ever worked, in a long run, in the past?
I'm still thinking about it. It's all still going on. And, it will be when I get up tomorrow. After I have my coffee in the morning, I'll see what I think. I'm not that close to figuring it all out tonight.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
What if you don't agree?
1. "I understand his viewpoint," she said. "And he understands mine." ...and she left it at that...that was Laura Bush, speaking to Larry King about her differences of opinions with her husband George W. Bush, regarding the issues of gay marriage and abortion rights. She thinks one thing; he thinks another thing. They disagree.
2. Disagreeing is not a bad thing. Understanding, before disagreeing is good thing, if one can do it. But, a lot of people just don't have the patience for it. That's a bad thing. Living with disagreement ~ agreeing to disagree ~ is what makes it a survivable thing.
I really don't know how easy I would be to live with if my husband disagreed with me on tons of things. I don't think I'm real opinionated or anything. I might have strong opinions, but I do respect someone's right to have strong opinions, or just plain ~ be wrong. Hah~! Isn't that what you call it when someone disagrees with your opinion? Oops. Okay. That's not polite.
3. Back to being polite:
Learning how to disagree is a necessary skill for moving through life easily. One should begin to accept that one can survive should someone disagree with their opinion on something. It took me awhile, but I learned this. It's really okay for my friends and loved ones to be wrong, oops, I mean, disagree with my opinion.
What it is, I think, is getting old. I just don't worry about it so much any more. I'd rather be polite.
What I have seen is that people with really, really strong opinions in one direction often turn out to be wrong in the long run. Life just does not go in one direction. I'm not sure why that is. You can try to make it so, but it just seems that life just sort of zig-zags in and out and back and forth and all around, and never gets done.
No one is really around long enough to know if they are right. Really. They aren't. You're here for a little while, and then you go. Somewhere. And maybe when you get there, you'll be right about all the things you thought you were right about, and you'll find a bunch of people who agree with everything you think and say and believe.
I just want it to be peaceful. I have my beliefs, and I am comfortable with them.
You can disagree with me all you wish. You can say I'm wrong. You can call me crazy. I hope you wouldn't say it too loudly because that would be embarrassing. Just whisper to yourself, if you feel that you must. And, go ahead and laugh out loud. It would probably be good for you.
4. "When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us."
~~Sidney J. Harris
2. Disagreeing is not a bad thing. Understanding, before disagreeing is good thing, if one can do it. But, a lot of people just don't have the patience for it. That's a bad thing. Living with disagreement ~ agreeing to disagree ~ is what makes it a survivable thing.
I really don't know how easy I would be to live with if my husband disagreed with me on tons of things. I don't think I'm real opinionated or anything. I might have strong opinions, but I do respect someone's right to have strong opinions, or just plain ~ be wrong. Hah~! Isn't that what you call it when someone disagrees with your opinion? Oops. Okay. That's not polite.
3. Back to being polite:
Learning how to disagree is a necessary skill for moving through life easily. One should begin to accept that one can survive should someone disagree with their opinion on something. It took me awhile, but I learned this. It's really okay for my friends and loved ones to be wrong, oops, I mean, disagree with my opinion.
What it is, I think, is getting old. I just don't worry about it so much any more. I'd rather be polite.
What I have seen is that people with really, really strong opinions in one direction often turn out to be wrong in the long run. Life just does not go in one direction. I'm not sure why that is. You can try to make it so, but it just seems that life just sort of zig-zags in and out and back and forth and all around, and never gets done.
No one is really around long enough to know if they are right. Really. They aren't. You're here for a little while, and then you go. Somewhere. And maybe when you get there, you'll be right about all the things you thought you were right about, and you'll find a bunch of people who agree with everything you think and say and believe.
I just want it to be peaceful. I have my beliefs, and I am comfortable with them.
You can disagree with me all you wish. You can say I'm wrong. You can call me crazy. I hope you wouldn't say it too loudly because that would be embarrassing. Just whisper to yourself, if you feel that you must. And, go ahead and laugh out loud. It would probably be good for you.
4. "When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us."
~~Sidney J. Harris
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Me and SuZie
My friend SuZie is an artist. She has an endearing way about her, and she and I have become friends. We have never actually met, but have talked to each other at length.
She is the person I confided to that my one secret dream was ~ that I wanted to paint. But, I could not find the connection inside myself to put the brush to the paper or canvas. Since I have told SuZie about this, and she has been so understanding of my feeling of fear about this step in my life, I have been able to actually speak my dream out loud to other people. I am now, not afraid to fail. Because I realize I would not be failing at anything.
SuZie has encouraged me, in the most gentle and kind ways, to please begin. Just begin, she says. Every time I encounter a road block, SuZie seems to say or do the right thing to help me keep on that path and further open the door that will help me fulfill this feeling in myself.
I have not yet found the way to do the big things I wish, but I have made a few small stokes on paper in my most private moments.
Anyway, SuZie made a suggestion to me, that she and I could encourage each other with quotes of motivation that we feel have meaning to us, and as they come , we send them to each other.
Here is the list we have so far:
Suzie's .... The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. C.G. Chung A.W. page 35
Roxie's..... Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance....
The Artist's Way, page 42
Suzie's... Dependence on the creator within is really freedom from all other dependencies. A.W. page 95
Roxie's ... Learning is movement from moment to moment. AW page 161
Suzie...What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies inside us. Ralph Waldo Emerson A.W. p. 6
Roxie... "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in - forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old mistakes and nonsense" R.W. Emerson
Suzie...It's not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca p 83
Roxie's...When you want to do something sincerely and are decisive about it; the power of concentration becomes available to you. Concentration allows you to achieve more in less time and respond to situations in a more effective way.''''''''''''''''''''''(Found in Thought For Today) Note from roxie: I spend my time afraid of the project instead of just letting all parts of me be involved with the project.
Suzie... Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin P. 156
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So there are our quotes of encouragement to each other for the week before. Perhaps others can find some encouragement from these thoughts we have stumbled upon in our journeys to feel the completion of the artistic calling.
She is the person I confided to that my one secret dream was ~ that I wanted to paint. But, I could not find the connection inside myself to put the brush to the paper or canvas. Since I have told SuZie about this, and she has been so understanding of my feeling of fear about this step in my life, I have been able to actually speak my dream out loud to other people. I am now, not afraid to fail. Because I realize I would not be failing at anything.
SuZie has encouraged me, in the most gentle and kind ways, to please begin. Just begin, she says. Every time I encounter a road block, SuZie seems to say or do the right thing to help me keep on that path and further open the door that will help me fulfill this feeling in myself.
I have not yet found the way to do the big things I wish, but I have made a few small stokes on paper in my most private moments.
Anyway, SuZie made a suggestion to me, that she and I could encourage each other with quotes of motivation that we feel have meaning to us, and as they come , we send them to each other.
Here is the list we have so far:
Suzie's .... The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. C.G. Chung A.W. page 35
Roxie's..... Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance....
The Artist's Way, page 42
Suzie's... Dependence on the creator within is really freedom from all other dependencies. A.W. page 95
Roxie's ... Learning is movement from moment to moment. AW page 161
Suzie...What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies inside us. Ralph Waldo Emerson A.W. p. 6
Roxie... "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in - forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old mistakes and nonsense" R.W. Emerson
Suzie...It's not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca p 83
Roxie's...When you want to do something sincerely and are decisive about it; the power of concentration becomes available to you. Concentration allows you to achieve more in less time and respond to situations in a more effective way.''''''''''''''''''''''(Found in Thought For Today) Note from roxie: I spend my time afraid of the project instead of just letting all parts of me be involved with the project.
Suzie... Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin P. 156
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So there are our quotes of encouragement to each other for the week before. Perhaps others can find some encouragement from these thoughts we have stumbled upon in our journeys to feel the completion of the artistic calling.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Speed Evangelism
Well. It's been a long, long while since I have encountered a Jehovah's Witness on my doorstep. And, when I have, they have always wanted to talk longer than I wanted to, and I learned that there were several things you just did not mention to them, or they would try to never leave, all in the great efforts of saving your soul.
Then today, the weirdest thing ~
A little green car pulled right up in my driveway. An elderly lady with blonde hair got out. She was by herself. We saw her quickly walking up to the front door.
(I thought she had a summons or something, she was walking so quickly.)
My son opened the door, and as she was walking up she extended a paper towards him while she was still moving forward and said, "Here, this is for you to read," turned around, got back in her car and left.
We looked at the single flyer in his hand.
A Jehovah's Witness track.
Wow! That was some Speed Evangelism! I never thought I would see the day!
Then today, the weirdest thing ~
A little green car pulled right up in my driveway. An elderly lady with blonde hair got out. She was by herself. We saw her quickly walking up to the front door.
(I thought she had a summons or something, she was walking so quickly.)
My son opened the door, and as she was walking up she extended a paper towards him while she was still moving forward and said, "Here, this is for you to read," turned around, got back in her car and left.
We looked at the single flyer in his hand.
A Jehovah's Witness track.
Wow! That was some Speed Evangelism! I never thought I would see the day!
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Smile on Cinco De Mayo
1..It is so nice to read stuff in the news about people doing really nice stuff.
Here's a story about an unselfish young athlete. And no reason to do what he did, but just being a good sport and an all round nice guy. He sounds like someone who just didn't need to be selfish.
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. ~Frederick W. Faber
Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~Thomas Paine
Here's a story about an unselfish young athlete. And no reason to do what he did, but just being a good sport and an all round nice guy. He sounds like someone who just didn't need to be selfish.
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. ~Frederick W. Faber
Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~Thomas Paine
Large Air Spill
It was refreshing to read this Breaking News Headline:
"Large Air Spill at Wind Farm. No Threats Reported. Some Claim to Enjoy the Breeze".
(Click on the link for the photo.)
Wouldn't that be absolutely lovely, should that be the worse breaking news?
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964
I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.
~Darryl Cherney, quoted in Smithsonian, April 1990
Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature. ~Dennis Gabor, Inventing the Future, 1963
"Large Air Spill at Wind Farm. No Threats Reported. Some Claim to Enjoy the Breeze".
(Click on the link for the photo.)
Wouldn't that be absolutely lovely, should that be the worse breaking news?
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964
I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.
~Darryl Cherney, quoted in Smithsonian, April 1990
Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature. ~Dennis Gabor, Inventing the Future, 1963
Monday, May 03, 2010
Some things I have noticed 'bout me
1. I am a critical proof reader of newspapers, etc. Mistypings and misspellings just jump off of the page on me. But, I make mistakes on my own posts all the time Seems I can proof read other peoples work easily, but not my own.
AND, it's easier for me to proof my own post, after I post it for everyone to see my mistakes. What is up with that? Maybe, that's some deep psychological need for being seen as human bean with flaws? Maybe, when my stuff is already 'out there' I am further back one space and can see more clearly? I don't know. I'll think some more on this. Maybe.
2. I have decided to break my habit of reading every morning. I'm going to have my coffee in silence, maybe while I enjoy looking at nature, and then, I'm going to color. Coloring in good. It's relaxing. It's nice to have a coloring book with well made paper, smooth paper, and also, to have nice coloring pencils or crayons. The stuff they give kids in school is sorry. What is going to happen to creativity in this world?
3. A friend and I are exchanging quotes by email as a way to inspire ourselves and each other to help our artistic selves flourish. I'm planning on adding those quotes every week. I am in the mood to be inspired.
4. I have injured my back again. I thought I was fine, but after I tried some exercise this morning, the message was loud and clear ~ whoooaaa, you are not! So, back on ice.
AND, it's easier for me to proof my own post, after I post it for everyone to see my mistakes. What is up with that? Maybe, that's some deep psychological need for being seen as human bean with flaws? Maybe, when my stuff is already 'out there' I am further back one space and can see more clearly? I don't know. I'll think some more on this. Maybe.
2. I have decided to break my habit of reading every morning. I'm going to have my coffee in silence, maybe while I enjoy looking at nature, and then, I'm going to color. Coloring in good. It's relaxing. It's nice to have a coloring book with well made paper, smooth paper, and also, to have nice coloring pencils or crayons. The stuff they give kids in school is sorry. What is going to happen to creativity in this world?
3. A friend and I are exchanging quotes by email as a way to inspire ourselves and each other to help our artistic selves flourish. I'm planning on adding those quotes every week. I am in the mood to be inspired.
4. I have injured my back again. I thought I was fine, but after I tried some exercise this morning, the message was loud and clear ~ whoooaaa, you are not! So, back on ice.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Tell me again how Corporations love America?
BP won't allow themselves to be sued by the very people they are hurting.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a really, really, really big mess. And it is a mess that is going to keep on getting messier for a long while. It's going to affect and hurt a lot of living creatures and ways and means of living. And, guess what, it's not a Natural Disaster. It is, apparently, a man made screw up. A huge mistake and unfortunately, somebody has got to take a loss here.
The question is: Who?
BP doesn't want to take the loss. (And seriously, I know, who would?) The company will not let the fishermen who are affected by this awful tragedy help them clean up the mess --
because ---
because ---
because they do not want to be sued.
Nope, won't allow it. They will not accept that immediate help (even though, at the same time they would be taking care of getting some money in the hands of the people they are directly hurting.)
What they have done is make the fishermen who are going to help them, while getting paid money they need to feed and care for themselves and their families ... they are going to make them sign a Contract that says they will "hold harmless and indemnify ... release, waive and forever discharge the BP Exploration and Production, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees, and independent contractors ... from all claims and damages" arising from helping to clean up the mess that BP has made.
And so what now?
I just don't get this. My guess is, just a guess, but I'll wager in the pool of life, that BP had some insurance policy going on somewhere, that payments were being made to. I mean, aren't insurance companies, like everywhere? I mean, isn't insurance like required for just about every, single business adventure. I mean, isn't INSURANCE what America is all about? I mean, like I.E. ~ *we don't want a national health care program, we want our own private INSURANCE policies* America? I mean, last time I checked there were... freakin' insurance company coverage requirements for just about every business thing going on in this country.
And, drilling for oil is risky. I mean, it's not like the words OIL and SPILL haven't come together before ...
So, Question:
Why are they, the companies and all their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees and independent contractors, NOT ready for the possible MISTAKES with all this insurance that America loves so much?
Are they not required to carry enough insurance to cover such a Catastrophe? I'll bet they got some somewhere. Because this is America, and we love our insurance companies, right? Well, where are you now?
So, Question:
Why is anyone, who cannot maintain their responsibility to the people in the surrounding environment (and the earth), and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees, and independent contractors, even be allowed to drill anywhere in the freakin' first place?
Why?
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a really, really, really big mess. And it is a mess that is going to keep on getting messier for a long while. It's going to affect and hurt a lot of living creatures and ways and means of living. And, guess what, it's not a Natural Disaster. It is, apparently, a man made screw up. A huge mistake and unfortunately, somebody has got to take a loss here.
The question is: Who?
BP doesn't want to take the loss. (And seriously, I know, who would?) The company will not let the fishermen who are affected by this awful tragedy help them clean up the mess --
because ---
because ---
because they do not want to be sued.
Nope, won't allow it. They will not accept that immediate help (even though, at the same time they would be taking care of getting some money in the hands of the people they are directly hurting.)
What they have done is make the fishermen who are going to help them, while getting paid money they need to feed and care for themselves and their families ... they are going to make them sign a Contract that says they will "hold harmless and indemnify ... release, waive and forever discharge the BP Exploration and Production, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees, and independent contractors ... from all claims and damages" arising from helping to clean up the mess that BP has made.
And so what now?
I just don't get this. My guess is, just a guess, but I'll wager in the pool of life, that BP had some insurance policy going on somewhere, that payments were being made to. I mean, aren't insurance companies, like everywhere? I mean, isn't insurance like required for just about every, single business adventure. I mean, isn't INSURANCE what America is all about? I mean, like I.E. ~ *we don't want a national health care program, we want our own private INSURANCE policies* America? I mean, last time I checked there were... freakin' insurance company coverage requirements for just about every business thing going on in this country.
And, drilling for oil is risky. I mean, it's not like the words OIL and SPILL haven't come together before ...
So, Question:
Why are they, the companies and all their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees and independent contractors, NOT ready for the possible MISTAKES with all this insurance that America loves so much?
Are they not required to carry enough insurance to cover such a Catastrophe? I'll bet they got some somewhere. Because this is America, and we love our insurance companies, right? Well, where are you now?
So, Question:
Why is anyone, who cannot maintain their responsibility to the people in the surrounding environment (and the earth), and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, regular employees, and independent contractors, even be allowed to drill anywhere in the freakin' first place?
Why?
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Just so you know stuff...
1. Are you a fan of Sarah Palin. Then, you should go to Sarah Palin Digest, to help you learn everything you can about her.
2. The Martyr Personality is a tricky one.
The characteristics of neurotic martyrdom in adulthood can be summarized as follows: The person cares for and helps others while sacrificing their own needs.[snip]
On a deeper level, martyrs are very needy for love. Unfortunately, they unconsciously believe that the only way they can get love is through suffering. The suffering makes them feel special and wanted, and it brings meaning to their life. Their suffering is tied to their ego. They are actually proud of it. Take away their suffering and they seem lost.
It's interesting to read, if you are having to deal with a Martyr/Victim type. You will see it's a No Win Scenario.
It is easy to pass up on this type of person to have a relationship with, but, when they are in your family, it is difficult and frustrating. You really, really have to make up your mind not to let this person make you crazy or feel guilty because they really will not allow you to be nice to them. They must 'out-nice' you. You must accept this.
If one is not emotionally programed to function with a Martyr type, as I am not, one must just set the boundaries and carry on. One must dust off any negative feelings that are brought up from within, and just deal with it.
So yeah. That's about all there is to it.
3. A Waste Of Money Study, judging your personality on your sleep position. What does that have to do with any thing there is about anybody, anyway?
It's really all about snoring. That's what puts a strain on thousands of marriages. All they had to do, was ask all the wives, of men who snore, and the women would have told them -- he sleeps this way (whatever position, she could draw a picture, as that is inexpensive), and he snores, and I feel like punching him in the jaw, but I don't so I'm tired as all get no sleep and I am grumpy, and then I ask my doctor for sleeping medication for myself --
But see, there's the winner part. Instead of the money being spent on that ridiculous study, they could just supply the women with sleeping pills for free! Husbands don't have broken jaws, wives are happy because they are rested ...
Now, how easy is that?
4. When you get as old as me, which is Older Than Jackson Browne, you really begin to know things For Sure. And you also begin to realize that - There's Not a Whole Lot You Can Do About a Whole Lotta Stuff -- so, just accept it, and move on. (Dancing and Smiling, of course!)
5. Everyone needs a grandchild.
2. The Martyr Personality is a tricky one.
The characteristics of neurotic martyrdom in adulthood can be summarized as follows: The person cares for and helps others while sacrificing their own needs.[snip]
On a deeper level, martyrs are very needy for love. Unfortunately, they unconsciously believe that the only way they can get love is through suffering. The suffering makes them feel special and wanted, and it brings meaning to their life. Their suffering is tied to their ego. They are actually proud of it. Take away their suffering and they seem lost.
It's interesting to read, if you are having to deal with a Martyr/Victim type. You will see it's a No Win Scenario.
It is easy to pass up on this type of person to have a relationship with, but, when they are in your family, it is difficult and frustrating. You really, really have to make up your mind not to let this person make you crazy or feel guilty because they really will not allow you to be nice to them. They must 'out-nice' you. You must accept this.
If one is not emotionally programed to function with a Martyr type, as I am not, one must just set the boundaries and carry on. One must dust off any negative feelings that are brought up from within, and just deal with it.
So yeah. That's about all there is to it.
3. A Waste Of Money Study, judging your personality on your sleep position. What does that have to do with any thing there is about anybody, anyway?
It's really all about snoring. That's what puts a strain on thousands of marriages. All they had to do, was ask all the wives, of men who snore, and the women would have told them -- he sleeps this way (whatever position, she could draw a picture, as that is inexpensive), and he snores, and I feel like punching him in the jaw, but I don't so I'm tired as all get no sleep and I am grumpy, and then I ask my doctor for sleeping medication for myself --
But see, there's the winner part. Instead of the money being spent on that ridiculous study, they could just supply the women with sleeping pills for free! Husbands don't have broken jaws, wives are happy because they are rested ...
Now, how easy is that?
4. When you get as old as me, which is Older Than Jackson Browne, you really begin to know things For Sure. And you also begin to realize that - There's Not a Whole Lot You Can Do About a Whole Lotta Stuff -- so, just accept it, and move on. (Dancing and Smiling, of course!)
5. Everyone needs a grandchild.
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