Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Quote - Excellence
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle -
Funny - Football and the Blond...
FOOTBALL AND THE BLONDE......
Out of all the blonde jokes, this one has to be the best!
Football FINALLY makes sense..........
A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had
great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked
her how she liked the experience.
'Oh, I really liked it,' she replied, 'especially the tight pants and
all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were
killing each other over 25 cents.'
Dumbfounded, her date asked, 'What do you mean?'
'Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of
the game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the
quarterback!' I'm like...Helloooooo? It's only 25 cents!!!!
Out of all the blonde jokes, this one has to be the best!
Football FINALLY makes sense..........
A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had
great seats right behind their team's bench. After the game, he asked
her how she liked the experience.
'Oh, I really liked it,' she replied, 'especially the tight pants and
all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were
killing each other over 25 cents.'
Dumbfounded, her date asked, 'What do you mean?'
'Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of
the game, all they kept screaming was: 'Get the quarterback! Get the
quarterback!' I'm like...Helloooooo? It's only 25 cents!!!!
Funny - Acts 2:38
Acts 2:38
An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: "Stop! Acts 2:38!", (Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven..) The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: "Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you."
"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an Ax and Two 38s!"
Knowing scripture can save your life - in more ways than one!
An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: "Stop! Acts 2:38!", (Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven..) The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar: "Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you."
"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an Ax and Two 38s!"
Knowing scripture can save your life - in more ways than one!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Quotes - Inspirational movie lines
Found on http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/2008/12/40-inspirational-speeches-in-2-minutes-overthinkingitcom.html
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Mr. Tweet - for those Twitter folks out there
If you are a big fan of Twitter micro-blogging - http://www.twitter.com - then it might be good to use this web 2.0 tool - Mr. Tweet.
Mr. Tweet looks through your extended network to help you build effective relationships on Twitter. Yes, I copied that explanation from their website because it's pretty straight forward.
http://www.mrtweet.net/
Sometimes these things can create information overload, but at the same time I've bought music, found out new photo book sites, and know more about topics important to me all from reading little twitters from other people. To have a tool that allows you to see twitters of people with the same interests - so cool.
Keep twittering!
Mr. Tweet looks through your extended network to help you build effective relationships on Twitter. Yes, I copied that explanation from their website because it's pretty straight forward.
http://www.mrtweet.net/
Sometimes these things can create information overload, but at the same time I've bought music, found out new photo book sites, and know more about topics important to me all from reading little twitters from other people. To have a tool that allows you to see twitters of people with the same interests - so cool.
Keep twittering!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Quote - Personal Angels
Another quote from a Pam christmas card:
"There have been angels in my life.
While they
haven't
arrived
with a blast
of trumphets
or a rustle of wings,
I've known them
just the same."
"There have been angels in my life.
While they
haven't
arrived
with a blast
of trumphets
or a rustle of wings,
I've known them
just the same."
Quote - passing on
Since I've been going through some cards, I thought I'd put some of the good quotations on here.
"In one of the stars
I shall be living
In one of them
I shall be laughing
And so it will be
as if all the stars
were laughing
when you look
at the sky at night."
-The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"In one of the stars
I shall be living
In one of them
I shall be laughing
And so it will be
as if all the stars
were laughing
when you look
at the sky at night."
-The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Poem - An Extra - Ordinary Night
My friend Pam sent me a Christmas Card with this poem on it a few years ago. I've been thinking about it all week and finally went looking amongst old cards trying to find it. Luckily, she has a great memory and found it for me right away when I asked for it.
I'm not sure why, but it is one of those poems that brings tears to my eyes even though the words are ordinary compared to the great writings of our times. But, sometimes simple has the most power.
An Extra-Ordinary Night
by Max Lucado
An ordinary night with ordinary sheep
and ordinary shepherds.
And were it not for God
who loves to hook an "extra" on the front of ordinary,
the night would have gone unnoticed.
But God dances among the common
and that night he did a waltz.
I'm not sure why, but it is one of those poems that brings tears to my eyes even though the words are ordinary compared to the great writings of our times. But, sometimes simple has the most power.
An Extra-Ordinary Night
by Max Lucado
An ordinary night with ordinary sheep
and ordinary shepherds.
And were it not for God
who loves to hook an "extra" on the front of ordinary,
the night would have gone unnoticed.
But God dances among the common
and that night he did a waltz.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Quote - green pastures
Ok, I just made up a quote at least I think I did.
Here it goes:
"Be careful, it's not all green beyond this pasture."
What think ye?
Quote - future worry
I received this "daily motivator" in our monthly HR newsletter.
What can you do when the situation gets worse? You can improve.
Life throws many challenges at you. And you always can respond in a positive,
effective way.
It is wise to plan for the future and to prepare for the future. Yet there is no need
to worry about the future.
Because whatever the future may bring, you will find an answer for it. Whatever
events may transpire, you can craft a powerful and successful response that will
move your life forward.
It may indeed be very difficult. And in transcending that difficulty, you have the
opportunity to find great fulfillment.
Dream big dreams that resonate perfectly with who you are, and know that you
will reach them. For whatever may come, you can make it work for you.
-- Ralph Marston
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Daffodil Principle
Periodically the same email circles it's way around again. Here's one that I receive each year and I always have to read it again because I don't remember what it is about. Each time I'm glad that I took the time.
Here it is again:
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, 'Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over.' I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead 'I will come next Tuesday', I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.
'Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!'
My daughter smiled calmly and said, 'We drive in this all the time, Mother.' 'Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!' I assured her.
'But first we're going to see the daffodils. It's just a few blocks,' Carolyn said. 'I'll drive. I'm used to this.'
'Carolyn,' I said sternly, 'please turn around.' 'It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience.'
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read, ' Daffodil Garden .' We got out of the car, each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight
It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it over the mountain peak and its surrounding slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns, great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, lemon yellow, saffron and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted in large groups so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.
'Who did this?' I asked Carolyn. 'Just one woman,' Carolyn answered. 'She lives on the property. That's her home.' Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house.
On the patio, we saw a poster. 'Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking' , was the headline. The first answer was a simple one. '50,000 bulbs,' it read. The second answer was, 'One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain.' The third answer was, 'Began in 1958.'
For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration.
That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time--often just one baby-step at time--and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world ...
'It makes me sad in a way,' I admitted to Carolyn. 'What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five or forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think what I might have been able to achieve!'
My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. 'Start tomorrow,' she said.
She was right. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, 'How can I put this to use today?'
Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting.....
Until your car or home is paid off
Until you get a new car or home
Until your kids leave the house
Until you go back to school
Until you finish school
Until you clean the house
Until you organize the garage
Until you clean off your desk
Until you lose 10 lbs.
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married
Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until the kids go to school
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring or winter
Until fall
Until you die...
There is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt, and
Dance like no one's watching.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
Here it is again:
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, 'Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over.' I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead 'I will come next Tuesday', I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.
'Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!'
My daughter smiled calmly and said, 'We drive in this all the time, Mother.' 'Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!' I assured her.
'But first we're going to see the daffodils. It's just a few blocks,' Carolyn said. 'I'll drive. I'm used to this.'
'Carolyn,' I said sternly, 'please turn around.' 'It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience.'
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read, ' Daffodil Garden .' We got out of the car, each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight
It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it over the mountain peak and its surrounding slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns, great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, lemon yellow, saffron and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted in large groups so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.
'Who did this?' I asked Carolyn. 'Just one woman,' Carolyn answered. 'She lives on the property. That's her home.' Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house.
On the patio, we saw a poster. 'Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking' , was the headline. The first answer was a simple one. '50,000 bulbs,' it read. The second answer was, 'One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain.' The third answer was, 'Began in 1958.'
For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration.
That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time--often just one baby-step at time--and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world ...
'It makes me sad in a way,' I admitted to Carolyn. 'What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five or forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think what I might have been able to achieve!'
My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. 'Start tomorrow,' she said.
She was right. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, 'How can I put this to use today?'
Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting.....
Until your car or home is paid off
Until you get a new car or home
Until your kids leave the house
Until you go back to school
Until you finish school
Until you clean the house
Until you organize the garage
Until you clean off your desk
Until you lose 10 lbs.
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married
Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until the kids go to school
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring or winter
Until fall
Until you die...
There is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt, and
Dance like no one's watching.
Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - life and success
"Rather than wonder if I can achieve something, I automatically assume I'm going to be successful. When I was a kid, I visualized it was like climbing a ladder. When I reached the top, I would push myself to climb higher. I still look at life that way."
- Greg Norman -
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Blog Pickles - Elf Yourself - Christmas fun!
Ok, if you didn't discover this website in years past, you must visit it this year and upload your personal picture to the site. Most people that try it think it's hilarious. It provided a few hours of entertainment last year with my family and friends.
Here's a sample or two:
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/oHTYjpBd8cFVQZAOPNov
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/mRl8ms1buCVTzuCcFFxT
Visit ElfYourself to make and share your own ElfYourself dance!
http://www.elfyourself.com/
Here's a sample or two:
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/oHTYjpBd8cFVQZAOPNov
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/mRl8ms1buCVTzuCcFFxT
Visit ElfYourself to make and share your own ElfYourself dance!
http://www.elfyourself.com/
Monday, November 17, 2008
Blog Pickle - Tip Junky - a blog with deals and ideas
Sometimes I hit the "Next" button on the blog just to see what it leads to and today, I found one I'd like to share.
http://tipjunkie.blogspot.com/
Though I'm not someone that goes looking online for too many creative ideas or sales, a lot of people do and this looks like a blog to bookmark.
http://tipjunkie.blogspot.com/
Though I'm not someone that goes looking online for too many creative ideas or sales, a lot of people do and this looks like a blog to bookmark.
Blog Pickle - The Soloist
My friend Harrison dropped off a book at my home this weekend. She said I would love it, and I did. Both of us played the viola in junior high and high school and so that made it especially appealing with the main character being an avid learner of all string instruments.I am not sure if it was Cracker Barrel, Don Pablos or Silver Diner, but one of these restaurants caused me to have severe headaches and vomiting this weekend. Yes, too much information. But, as a result I was able to lay in bed all weekend and during those times that I couldn't sleep I continued reading the book.
The Soloist is one of those sad stories with glimmers of hope. It is about a talented musician that went to Julliard only to have schizophrenia overtake his pursuits and dreams. He ends up living in the streets of Los Angeles.
The author, Steve Lopez, is touched by the talent of this man that plays his instruments on the street, and ends up spending a couple of years following him, building a relationship with him and trying to help him progress into what most of us call a normal and desirable life (home, food, clothing, mortgage, doctor visits, etc.)
It ends up being a painfully slow journey with many set backs, but you could sense that the author grew as much as the main character, Nathaniel, as he realized that love could go a long way, but that both had their limits as well as their freedom to choose.
For me it was a reminder to continue to help the one. Somehow in helping the one, our individual lives are blessed, we gain more patience and gain a deeper respect and understanding of our purpose in life. All cannot address the masses. All cannot, and should not, go try to save the people overseas or in distant lands. There are plenty amongst us, including ourselves, that need a caring hand that will patiently help us through our own troubled times....even if we don't have a mental illness or extreme disability.
The Soloist is coming out in movie format soon and I plan to go see it. Since the book is about the power of music, I have a feeling that the movie will be able to convey the depth of the book better because it will be key to hear the awe inspiring music instead of just read about it.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - about writing
I'm reading a book called "The Soloist" that my friend Harrison dropped off at my front door. The author, Steve Lopez, is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where he first wrote a series of enormously popular columns about Nathaniel Ayers who was a homeless and very talented musician.
The book is amazing and I will probably write another entry about it later.
But, for now...I liked something he wrote in his book about writing.
Here's the quote:
"It was in Philadelphia in the mid-1980s that I had an epiphany. The challenge isn't to figure out how to write, I realized, but why. Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading."
The book is amazing and I will probably write another entry about it later.
But, for now...I liked something he wrote in his book about writing.
Here's the quote:
"It was in Philadelphia in the mid-1980s that I had an epiphany. The challenge isn't to figure out how to write, I realized, but why. Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading."
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Blog Pickle - Google gadgets for Blogger
So, it's great when Google gives you a link to YouTube to show you how to add gadgets to your blog on Blogger. Kind of a nice little tutorial.
Here's the video:
Here's the video:
Blog Pickle - Sliderocket - PPT presentations
I've you'd like to build more advanced Powerpoint presentations, here's a product that offers some nice features - http://www.sliderocket.com/ .
Friday, November 7, 2008
Blog Pickle - Daily Gem on Happiness
I get these automatic emails from http://www.lds.org containing a little quote called a "Daily Gem."
Here's the gem from today:
The Grand Key to Happiness in this Life
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 01:00 AM CST
"When Jesus gave His disciples a new commandment to 'love one another; as I have loved you' (John 13:34), He gave to them the grand key to happiness in this life and glory in the next."Love is the greatest of all the commandments--all others hang upon it. It is our focus as followers of the living Christ. It is the one trait that, if developed, will most improve our lives."
Joseph B Wirthlin, "The Great Commandment," Ensign, Nov. 2007, 30 31
Here's the gem from today:
The Grand Key to Happiness in this Life
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 01:00 AM CST
"When Jesus gave His disciples a new commandment to 'love one another; as I have loved you' (John 13:34), He gave to them the grand key to happiness in this life and glory in the next."Love is the greatest of all the commandments--all others hang upon it. It is our focus as followers of the living Christ. It is the one trait that, if developed, will most improve our lives."
Joseph B Wirthlin, "The Great Commandment," Ensign, Nov. 2007, 30 31
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Blog Pickle - Add photos to Google Earth
If you are a photographer, or camera happy tourist, here's a site to share your photos and have them show up on the map in the location you visited. Pretty cool!
http://www.panoramio.com/
I found this on Howie's blog. He has a link to his photos. Take a look:
http://photoforyouebaystore.blogspot.com/2008/10/panoramiocom.html
http://www.panoramio.com/
I found this on Howie's blog. He has a link to his photos. Take a look:
http://photoforyouebaystore.blogspot.com/2008/10/panoramiocom.html
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - Virginia women
Found on Facebook and so true...but, I'm a little biased.
"Tough girls come from New York, sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Virginia girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it."
-Ashley Judd
"Tough girls come from New York, sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Virginia girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it."
-Ashley Judd
Friday, October 24, 2008
Blog Pickle - Various quotes from email signatures
I keep a few quotes in my iGoogle notes when I find them on email signatures. Here are a few that I've saved up over the last few months:
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."
- Martin Luther & Noel Coward -
"Arrogance without humility is a recipe for high-concept irrelevance; humility without arrogance guarantees unending mediocrity." - Clay Shirky -
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship" - Hellen Keller -
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."
- Martin Luther & Noel Coward -
"Arrogance without humility is a recipe for high-concept irrelevance; humility without arrogance guarantees unending mediocrity." - Clay Shirky -
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship" - Hellen Keller -
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Blog Pickle - overheard in the office
Someone was complaining.
Another said - "Bitter, table for one?"
Another said - "Bitter, table for one?"
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - response and provocation
"If there is one immutable law of history, it is this:
When the response is out of all proportion to the provocation, look further for the causes than the apparent facts of the matter."
- Page Smith, American historian-
When the response is out of all proportion to the provocation, look further for the causes than the apparent facts of the matter."
- Page Smith, American historian-
Monday, October 20, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - Freedom
Hopefully I haven't posted this quote before. Since I'm at work I cannot actually access the blog to find out.
At the bottom of an email signature:
"For Those Who Fought For It, Freedom Has A Flavor The Protected Will Never Know"
(Anonymous ... found on ration box at Khe Sanh Vietnam 1968 ... for some ... also called Murphy's Combat Infantryman's Law of Vietnam.)
At the bottom of an email signature:
"For Those Who Fought For It, Freedom Has A Flavor The Protected Will Never Know"
(Anonymous ... found on ration box at Khe Sanh Vietnam 1968 ... for some ... also called Murphy's Combat Infantryman's Law of Vietnam.)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - One
I've always loved a quote that is often attributed to Nelson Mandela about the Power of One.
It was actually written by Marianne Williamson and here's an excerpt from the famous passage.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
(A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3])
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson
It was actually written by Marianne Williamson and here's an excerpt from the famous passage.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
(A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3])
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson
Friday, October 17, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - faith - update
This is an update to a formal blog pickle.
Here it is:
"Faith is not only a feeling; it is a decision. " - Elder Neil L. Andersen - General Conference - October 2008
http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-947-4,00.html
Here it is:
"Faith is not only a feeling; it is a decision. " - Elder Neil L. Andersen - General Conference - October 2008
http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-947-4,00.html
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Blog Pickle - photography by Pam S.
I've got some friends that are great photographers. One of them recently started a blog to showcase her pictures.
Take a look - http://picturemethis.wordpress.com/
I'm loving that people are sharing their photography online. It is 1.) giving me ideas and 2.) motivating me to take a photography class sometime soon.
Take a look - http://picturemethis.wordpress.com/
I'm loving that people are sharing their photography online. It is 1.) giving me ideas and 2.) motivating me to take a photography class sometime soon.
Blog Pickle - Internet use good for brain?
From BBC website....
Page last updated at 15:00 GMT, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:00 UK
Internet use 'good for the brain'
Areas activated by reading a book in the brain of an experienced web user
For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.
A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.
The researchers say this might even help to counter-act the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.
The study features in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
A simple, everyday task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults
Professor Gary SmallUniversity of California Los Angeles
As the brain ages, a number of changes occur, including shrinkage and reductions in cell activity, which can impact on performance.
It has long been thought that activities which keep the brain active, such as crossword puzzles, may help minimise the impact - and the latest study suggests that surfing the web can be added to the list.
Web use stimulates much more activity in the same brain
Lead researcher Professor Gary Small said: "The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults.
"Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
The latest study was based on 24 volunteers aged between 55 and 76. Half were experienced internet users, the rest were not.
Compared with reading
Each volunteer underwent a brain scan while performing web searches and book-reading tasks.
Both types of task produced evidence of significant activity in regions of the brain controlling language, reading, memory and visual abilities.
However, the web search task produced significant additional activity in separate areas of the brain which control decision-making and complex reasoning - but only in those who were experienced web users.
Brain activity in web newcomers: similar for reading and internet use
The researchers said that compared with simple reading, the internet's wealth of choices requires that people make decisions about what to click on in order to get the relevant information.
However, they suggested that newcomers to the web had not quite grasped the strategies needed to successfully carry out a web search.
Professor Smith said: "A simple, everyday task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults, demonstrating that our brains are sensitive and can continue to learn as we grow older."
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, said: "These fascinating findings add to previous research suggesting that middle-aged and older people can reduce their risk of dementia by taking part in regular mentally stimulating activities.
"Older web users - 'silver surfers' - are doing precisely this.
"Frequent social interactions, regular exercise and maintaining a balanced diet can also reduce dementia risk."
Dr Susanne Sorensen, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "Use it or lose it may well be a positive message to keep people active but there is very little real evidence that keeping the brain exercised with puzzles, games or other activities can promote cognitive health and reduce the risk of dementia."
Page last updated at 15:00 GMT, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:00 UK
Internet use 'good for the brain'
Areas activated by reading a book in the brain of an experienced web user
For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.
A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.
The researchers say this might even help to counter-act the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.
The study features in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
A simple, everyday task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults
Professor Gary SmallUniversity of California Los Angeles
As the brain ages, a number of changes occur, including shrinkage and reductions in cell activity, which can impact on performance.
It has long been thought that activities which keep the brain active, such as crossword puzzles, may help minimise the impact - and the latest study suggests that surfing the web can be added to the list.
Web use stimulates much more activity in the same brain
Lead researcher Professor Gary Small said: "The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults.
"Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
The latest study was based on 24 volunteers aged between 55 and 76. Half were experienced internet users, the rest were not.
Compared with reading
Each volunteer underwent a brain scan while performing web searches and book-reading tasks.
Both types of task produced evidence of significant activity in regions of the brain controlling language, reading, memory and visual abilities.
However, the web search task produced significant additional activity in separate areas of the brain which control decision-making and complex reasoning - but only in those who were experienced web users.
Brain activity in web newcomers: similar for reading and internet use
The researchers said that compared with simple reading, the internet's wealth of choices requires that people make decisions about what to click on in order to get the relevant information.
However, they suggested that newcomers to the web had not quite grasped the strategies needed to successfully carry out a web search.
Professor Smith said: "A simple, everyday task like searching the web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults, demonstrating that our brains are sensitive and can continue to learn as we grow older."
Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, said: "These fascinating findings add to previous research suggesting that middle-aged and older people can reduce their risk of dementia by taking part in regular mentally stimulating activities.
"Older web users - 'silver surfers' - are doing precisely this.
"Frequent social interactions, regular exercise and maintaining a balanced diet can also reduce dementia risk."
Dr Susanne Sorensen, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "Use it or lose it may well be a positive message to keep people active but there is very little real evidence that keeping the brain exercised with puzzles, games or other activities can promote cognitive health and reduce the risk of dementia."
Blog Pickle - quote - Faith
"Just as the capacity to defer gratification is a sign of real maturity, likewise the willingness to wait for deferred explanation is a sign of real faith and of trust spread over time." - Neal A. Maxwell -
(Ensign, May 1985, p. 71)
(Ensign, May 1985, p. 71)
Monday, October 6, 2008
Blog Pickle - run for president
Ok, Erin posted this on her blog and I put my name in it.
http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=370743&altf=Sfcfddb&altl=Dmbsl
http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=370743&altf=Sfcfddb&altl=Dmbsl
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Blog Pickle - blog of deep thoughts and quotes
After I finished my undergrad program I went to Indianapolis for about a year and worked as a substitute teacher and tried to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Someone I knew was in the training business and invited me to work at his booth at a small ASTD (training and development association) conference.
While at his booth (Franklin Covey booth), I met a guy that not only trained people, but was also a professional motivational speaker for different organizations. I've kept his email since and about once a year keep in touch.
Recently, I invited him to join me on Facebook and I found out he has a blog where he keeps some of his personal thoughts as well as his thoughts about quotes from famous people.
I think I'll start following this - http://www.wisdomeverywhere.blogspot.com/ - going forward.
I was especially pleased to see that he knew about this book that I love - Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather.
While at his booth (Franklin Covey booth), I met a guy that not only trained people, but was also a professional motivational speaker for different organizations. I've kept his email since and about once a year keep in touch.
Recently, I invited him to join me on Facebook and I found out he has a blog where he keeps some of his personal thoughts as well as his thoughts about quotes from famous people.
I think I'll start following this - http://www.wisdomeverywhere.blogspot.com/ - going forward.
I was especially pleased to see that he knew about this book that I love - Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather.
Blog Pickels - quote - Faith
From a speaker at the LDS General Conference (will add who quoted it later because I forgot to write that down)
"Faith is not a feeling, but rather a decision."
"Faith is not a feeling, but rather a decision."
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Blog Pickles - quote - Glen Beck
I was watching Glen Beck tonight and he said this:
"Now that we are in the hand basket, let's go to hell together."
Um, I just thought it was a clever play on an old quote and so I looked up the original (the "to hell in a handbasket") to learn a little more.
Here's the link: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hell-in-a-handbasket.html
Here's the explanation from the link below:
Hell in a handbasket
Meaning
'Going to hell in a handbasket' is to be deteriorating - on a course for disaster.
Origin
The transit to hell is conjured up in various terms that use the imagery of swiftness; for example 'hellbent' and 'hell for leather'.
There are one or two theories as to why 'handbasket' was chosen as the preferred vehicle to be conveyed to hell. Handbaskets are, of course, baskets that are carried by hand. Items put in a handbasket are moved without resistance and it could be that the imagery of someone being taken off directly and without choice was in the mind of whoever coined the phrase. Another theory is that it derives from the use of the guillotine and the imagery of decipitated heads being caught in baskets, the casualty presumably going straight to hell, without passing Go. The first use of an alliterative 'in a handbasket' phrase does in fact relate to head rather than hell. In Samuel Sewall's Diary, 1714, we find:
"A committee brought in something about Piscataqua. Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it."
There's no real evidence to support those theories. 'Going to hell in a handbasket' seems to be just a colourful version of 'going to hell', in the same sense as 'going to the dogs'. The 'in a handbasket' is an alliterative intensifier which gives it a catchy ring. There doesn't appear to be any particular significance to 'handbasket' apart from the alliteration. That view is backed-up by the existence of similar earlier phrases, which, not having the same catchiness, have now disappeared - for example, 'hell in a basket' and 'hell in a wheelbarrow'.
The notion of sinners being literally transported to hell in carts is certainly very old. The mediaeval stained glass windows of Fairford Church in Gloucestershire contain an image of a woman being carried off to purgatory in a wheelbarrow pushed by a blue devil. The phrase isn't that old though and 'going to hell in a handbasket' and its alternative form 'going to hell in a handcart', originated in the US, around the start of the 20th century. The 'handbasket' version is now the more common there, although neither version is widely used in other English-speaking countries.
'Hell in a handcart' is found in print before 'hell in a handbasket'. The earliest citation I can find for that is in The Trenton Times, January 1895:
"Let me tell the gentleman that I am not talking today to men who believe in going to hell in a handcart instead of to heaven supported by truth."
Given the perfectly serviceable phrase 'hell in a handcart', the reason why the handbasket version arose isn't clear. There may be a connection between 'going to hell in a handbasket' and 'basket-case', but that's just speculation.
The currently used 'hell in a handbasket' doesn't appear in print until the 1920s, although it was probably in circulation in the spoken language for some time before that. The earliest example that I've found is from a 'New York Day To Day' column, written by O. O. McIntyre and syndicated to several US newspaper, including the Waterloo Evening Courier, December 1928:
"Not every small town girl, casting her lot in the theatrical world of Broadway, scoots to hell in a handbasket."
Copyright © Gary Martin, 1996 - 2008
"Now that we are in the hand basket, let's go to hell together."
Um, I just thought it was a clever play on an old quote and so I looked up the original (the "to hell in a handbasket") to learn a little more.
Here's the link: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hell-in-a-handbasket.html
Here's the explanation from the link below:
Hell in a handbasket
Meaning
'Going to hell in a handbasket' is to be deteriorating - on a course for disaster.
Origin
The transit to hell is conjured up in various terms that use the imagery of swiftness; for example 'hellbent' and 'hell for leather'.
There are one or two theories as to why 'handbasket' was chosen as the preferred vehicle to be conveyed to hell. Handbaskets are, of course, baskets that are carried by hand. Items put in a handbasket are moved without resistance and it could be that the imagery of someone being taken off directly and without choice was in the mind of whoever coined the phrase. Another theory is that it derives from the use of the guillotine and the imagery of decipitated heads being caught in baskets, the casualty presumably going straight to hell, without passing Go. The first use of an alliterative 'in a handbasket' phrase does in fact relate to head rather than hell. In Samuel Sewall's Diary, 1714, we find:
"A committee brought in something about Piscataqua. Govr said he would give his head in a Handbasket as soon as he would pass it."
There's no real evidence to support those theories. 'Going to hell in a handbasket' seems to be just a colourful version of 'going to hell', in the same sense as 'going to the dogs'. The 'in a handbasket' is an alliterative intensifier which gives it a catchy ring. There doesn't appear to be any particular significance to 'handbasket' apart from the alliteration. That view is backed-up by the existence of similar earlier phrases, which, not having the same catchiness, have now disappeared - for example, 'hell in a basket' and 'hell in a wheelbarrow'.
The notion of sinners being literally transported to hell in carts is certainly very old. The mediaeval stained glass windows of Fairford Church in Gloucestershire contain an image of a woman being carried off to purgatory in a wheelbarrow pushed by a blue devil. The phrase isn't that old though and 'going to hell in a handbasket' and its alternative form 'going to hell in a handcart', originated in the US, around the start of the 20th century. The 'handbasket' version is now the more common there, although neither version is widely used in other English-speaking countries.
'Hell in a handcart' is found in print before 'hell in a handbasket'. The earliest citation I can find for that is in The Trenton Times, January 1895:
"Let me tell the gentleman that I am not talking today to men who believe in going to hell in a handcart instead of to heaven supported by truth."
Given the perfectly serviceable phrase 'hell in a handcart', the reason why the handbasket version arose isn't clear. There may be a connection between 'going to hell in a handbasket' and 'basket-case', but that's just speculation.
The currently used 'hell in a handbasket' doesn't appear in print until the 1920s, although it was probably in circulation in the spoken language for some time before that. The earliest example that I've found is from a 'New York Day To Day' column, written by O. O. McIntyre and syndicated to several US newspaper, including the Waterloo Evening Courier, December 1928:
"Not every small town girl, casting her lot in the theatrical world of Broadway, scoots to hell in a handbasket."
Copyright © Gary Martin, 1996 - 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - knowledge
   “We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.” |
Blog Pickle - 1/2 way
I got a little kick out of this little post - http://sjolsethupdate.blogspot.com/2008/10/12-way.htm
Sometimes lately I've gotten only halfway through something...and not in an ADD kind of way (which is most typical), but it a completely forgot kind of way.
It seems to be associated with STRESS.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - illiterate
Quote found on Facebook status:
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Toffler
Monday, September 29, 2008
Blog Pickle - Awesome quote site
I love quotes on almost any topic and needed a little pick me up this morning and found this site - http://thinkexist.com . There are probably quite a few others out there, but I'll worry about them later. There are enough quotes on here to keep anyone busy for a while.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - politics
From a Facebook wall:
Quote of the day:
Jesus was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor.
Jesus was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor.
For future reference - this is comparing Barak Obama experience to Sarah Palin. Very clever...however, one is running for president and the other for vice-president and...the position Jesus plays in this world doesn't happen to be up for a vote in an election process.
Nevertheless...clever and eye-catching.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Blog Pickle - Requirements gathering
Ok, so I looked at http://floodchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/09/reinventing-stop-sign.html
and can totally relate. In fact, I will have to find the famous (in government anyway) cartoon strip about what the government asked for and what the contractor thought they should create.
However, this does a pretty good job of demonstrating daily life in the world of clients and contractors understanding requirements...or not understanding.
Blog Pickle - Cake Decorating blog - Cake Wrecks
Someone shared this on a friend's wall on Facebook and I thought it had some fairly interesting cake decorating wrecks.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - dreams and success
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life in which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.--Thoreau
Friday, September 19, 2008
Blog Pickle - Quote - managing the good and the bad
Found on Facebook status
Mark - David Weinberger- "we manage the abundance of the bad but we don't know how to manage the abundance of the good".via Twitter - 8:44am - Comment
This has great meaning to me today because I find that we sometimes spend a lot of time trying to make sure "non-performers" are accommodated even though they are creating more work for everyone else. Meanwhile, the performers get overworked and under appreciated. Time to manage differently and go let the non-performers not perform elsewhere.
Mark - David Weinberger- "we manage the abundance of the bad but we don't know how to manage the abundance of the good".via Twitter - 8:44am - Comment
This has great meaning to me today because I find that we sometimes spend a lot of time trying to make sure "non-performers" are accommodated even though they are creating more work for everyone else. Meanwhile, the performers get overworked and under appreciated. Time to manage differently and go let the non-performers not perform elsewhere.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - boat rocking
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
--Jean-Paul Sartre
There is a lot of truth to do this, but sometimes ....it's a good idea to stop rowing and see where you are headed. So, I guess it depends upon the reason that you stopped rowing - rest, laziness, confusion, re-assess, etc.
Blog Pickle - quote - Freedom
"Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong... Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words", said by John Diefenbaker[40]. - pulled from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_catch_phrases
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Blog Pickle - Quote - Dream it
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Friday, September 12, 2008
Blog Pickle - Coconut Oil
I just read an interesting blog entry on a friend's blog - http://floodchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/09/coconut-oil-week-one.html - about coconut oil.
Hmm. I'm willing to give it a try. I'm exercising a lot and trying to eat healthier and have taken off 10 pounds in the last two months, but it would be nice to speed the process up a bit, aye?
Hmm. I'm willing to give it a try. I'm exercising a lot and trying to eat healthier and have taken off 10 pounds in the last two months, but it would be nice to speed the process up a bit, aye?
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Blog Pickle - Quote - Excellence
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Blog Pickle - quote - idiotic job
A quote from the book that I am reading called Maslow on Management from the journals of Abraham H. Maslow:
"To do some idiotic job very well is certainly not real achievement. I like my phrasing, "what is not worth doing is not worth doing well."
Interesting.
"To do some idiotic job very well is certainly not real achievement. I like my phrasing, "what is not worth doing is not worth doing well."
Interesting.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Blog Pickle - Quote - on life storms and rain
From Heidi's blog - http://floodchronicles.blogspot.com/
Quote of the Week
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Quote of the Week
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Blog Pickle - Ubiquity for Firefox
Just another cool step in integrating all the different web capabilities.
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/2008/08/ubiquity-from-m.html
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/2008/08/ubiquity-from-m.html
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Blog Pickle - Amazing scrapbooker - Dina Wakley
A few months ago I discovered some scrapbooking websites and somehow ended up at the blog of an amazing scrapbooker - Dina Wakley. The most amazing part is that she was a friend a grew up with in Michigan. Small world.
You can find her stuff all over the Internet, but thought I'd highlight her blog here because I've never seen this type of scrapbooking. Perhaps it will inspire others (and myself) to look at the capturing of memories a little differently.
Blog Pickle - Quote
Here's a quote that I've loved ever since reading the book called "Notes to Myself; My Struggle to Become a Person" by Hugh Prather:
"The horizon ceases to be the horizon when you get there."
By the way, I need to re-reference Strunk & White (isn't that it's name?) to find out if you put quotes around book titles or not.
"The horizon ceases to be the horizon when you get there."
By the way, I need to re-reference Strunk & White (isn't that it's name?) to find out if you put quotes around book titles or not.
Blog Pickle - Favorite Paintings
My friend Elise posted an interesting topic on her blog the other day - http://ejejohnson.blogspot.com/2008/08/most-wanted-painting.html. She talks about a study that found what types of paintings were popular (or not) depending on the country.
It is really quite interesting. Here's a link to the study - http://www.diacenter.org/km/
It is really quite interesting. Here's a link to the study - http://www.diacenter.org/km/
Friday, August 22, 2008
Blog Pickle - Song
I like this song. Erin posted it on her blog - http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/im-yours.html
I just bought the song on iTunes because I liked it so much.
I just bought the song on iTunes because I liked it so much.
Blog Pickle - Quotes
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." Martin Luther & Noel Coward
"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." Martin Luther & Noel Coward
"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."
Blog Pickle - Some quotes
The heights of great men reached and kept, were not attained in sudden flight. but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." --James Baldwin
If you spend all your time reacting to problems, you will have no time to anticipate problems.
A gun in the hand of a wise ma will do less damage them the microphone in the hand of a fool.
Contentment is acceptance without pity
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." --James Baldwin
If you spend all your time reacting to problems, you will have no time to anticipate problems.
A gun in the hand of a wise ma will do less damage them the microphone in the hand of a fool.
Contentment is acceptance without pity
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Blog Pickle - Four Worms
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol - Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead
Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead
Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation, "What did you learn from this demonstration???"
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said, 'As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!'
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Blog Pickle - Serenity or Senility?
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied.
'Two years older than me.'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?'
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'
I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends.
But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart <http://www.walmart.com/> .
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?'
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.'
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim said, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but its state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty', he r eplied.
It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.
An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. He went back in a month and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'
These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'
THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.
'Two years older than me.'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?'
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'
I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends.
But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart <http://www.walmart.com/> .
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?'
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.'
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim said, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but its state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty', he r eplied.
It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.
An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. He went back in a month and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'
These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'
THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Blog Pickel - quote
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Blog Pickle - being single
Thought this was an interesting post about being single.
http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-singles-life-for-me.html
http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-singles-life-for-me.html
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Blog Pickle - Sticks and Stones
I've been thinking a lot about words we use lately and was reminded of this quote from childhood:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
I think that this is a phrase we would yell on the playground.
The more realistic quote would be:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will break my heart."
Powerful words.
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
I think that this is a phrase we would yell on the playground.
The more realistic quote would be:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will break my heart."
Powerful words.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Blog Pickle - Behind every woman
I saw this and thought it fairly funny. Good enough to post as a blog pickle:
---BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF
---A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG... YOU DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER
---COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH
---DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN
---I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN And I HAVE A GUN
---WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT
---OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY... I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
---DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN
--- ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONETO CHOKE
---I CAN BE ONE OF THOSE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPENS TO BAD PEOPLE
---HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?
---DON'T UPSET ME! I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES
---And last but not least: IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Blog Pickle - Quote on the life journey
Here's a quote a read on a persons Facebook page and I liked it so much it was time to honor it by making it a blog pickle.
"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN BROADSIDE, THOROUGHLY USED UP, TOTALLY WORN OUT, AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING----WOW----WHAT A RIDE!!!"
"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN BROADSIDE, THOROUGHLY USED UP, TOTALLY WORN OUT, AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING----WOW----WHAT A RIDE!!!"
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Blog Pickle - Matt dancing around the world
My friend Ann placed this link on her blog - http://globetrekker28.blogspot.com/2008/07/fun-video-with-matt.html .
It has this guy named Matt that has traveled around the world doing this little dance. He had been on the news quite a bit last year, but I hadn't seen him lately. It's kind of like the unlucky tourist idea that circles through email a few years ago...except this is a little more positive.
The video is very inspiring and can also be found on his official page at http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/?fbid=PGPaT . When I see these types of things I'm inspired to live a little better, travel a little more and care for people in real ways. No, I can't quit my job right now and travel the world, but it doesn't mean I can't make people happy where I live and learn about people in far away countries. My time will come.
This little project of his also makes me realize that it's often those simple little things that bring people of seemingly different backgrounds together.
It has this guy named Matt that has traveled around the world doing this little dance. He had been on the news quite a bit last year, but I hadn't seen him lately. It's kind of like the unlucky tourist idea that circles through email a few years ago...except this is a little more positive.
The video is very inspiring and can also be found on his official page at http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/?fbid=PGPaT . When I see these types of things I'm inspired to live a little better, travel a little more and care for people in real ways. No, I can't quit my job right now and travel the world, but it doesn't mean I can't make people happy where I live and learn about people in far away countries. My time will come.
This little project of his also makes me realize that it's often those simple little things that bring people of seemingly different backgrounds together.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Blog Pickle - Woman of Strength
I found an inspiring message on my friend Ann's blog today. I'm not sure if I've heard this before, but that doesn't matter. It is always inspiring to read things like this.
http://globetrekker28.blogspot.com/2008/07/strong-woman.html
A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape....but a woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape.
A strong woman isn't afraid of anything...but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear.
A strong woman won't let anyone get the best of her...but a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.
A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future...a woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be unexpected blessings and capitalizes on them.
A strong woman wears a look of confidence on her face...but a woman of strength wears grace.
A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey...but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong.
http://globetrekker28.blogspot.com/2008/07/strong-woman.html
A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape....but a woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape.
A strong woman isn't afraid of anything...but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear.
A strong woman won't let anyone get the best of her...but a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.
A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future...a woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be unexpected blessings and capitalizes on them.
A strong woman wears a look of confidence on her face...but a woman of strength wears grace.
A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey...but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Blog Pickle - Architecture blog
I really enjoy architecture and interior design, but not enough to be an employee or entrepreneur in either profession.
Frank Lloyd Wright is my favorite architect and so over the years I've looked through a lot of pictures of homes and buildings he's designed. Our home in Michigan was semi-inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright since one of his students, Alden B. Dow, designed many of the homes in our town and other developers seemed to catch on to the idea.
My brother Scot is into architecture and has designed quite a few buildings. He too has a love for the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. So, he has applied that skill and love into a house that is specifically for me. We've worked together on this for the past couple of years.
Scot has now started a blog and is writing about some of his architectural discoveries.
http://aboutthebox.blogspot.com/
P.S. He is an amazing writer! I had no idea.
Frank Lloyd Wright is my favorite architect and so over the years I've looked through a lot of pictures of homes and buildings he's designed. Our home in Michigan was semi-inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright since one of his students, Alden B. Dow, designed many of the homes in our town and other developers seemed to catch on to the idea.
My brother Scot is into architecture and has designed quite a few buildings. He too has a love for the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. So, he has applied that skill and love into a house that is specifically for me. We've worked together on this for the past couple of years.
Scot has now started a blog and is writing about some of his architectural discoveries.
http://aboutthebox.blogspot.com/
P.S. He is an amazing writer! I had no idea.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Blog Pickle - Wedding websites
2008 is the year of weddings!
I've had two friends get married so far this year, three more to go and I hope to add my own to it in the fall.
In the past few years I've planned on announcing my wedding online instead of sending out invitations. This is especially after I found out that I'm about the only person that actually keeps wedding announcements that I've received. So, "to heck with that" is my attitude toward paying for full color photos toward a mailing that just goes on a refrigerator for a month and then into the garbage.
This is why it has been great to see the latest announcements online. Here are a few:
Most sites cost all of $4-5 a month and are easy to update and modify without any HTML or website development experience. One of the side benefits of web 2.0 technology.
I've had two friends get married so far this year, three more to go and I hope to add my own to it in the fall.
In the past few years I've planned on announcing my wedding online instead of sending out invitations. This is especially after I found out that I'm about the only person that actually keeps wedding announcements that I've received. So, "to heck with that" is my attitude toward paying for full color photos toward a mailing that just goes on a refrigerator for a month and then into the garbage.
This is why it has been great to see the latest announcements online. Here are a few:
Most sites cost all of $4-5 a month and are easy to update and modify without any HTML or website development experience. One of the side benefits of web 2.0 technology.
Blog Pickle - the Napkin PC - the wave of the future?
I will give credit to Adam for finding this amazing PC design of the future.
http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/entrydetail.aspx?id=863
This is a great idea for those of us that still like to write down "stuff" that comes to our minds even if we are tech savvy and prefer to be paperless in other areas of our lives.
Take a look at the thumbnails on the site. It explains it better than any words I could use.
http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/entrydetail.aspx?id=863
This is a great idea for those of us that still like to write down "stuff" that comes to our minds even if we are tech savvy and prefer to be paperless in other areas of our lives.
Take a look at the thumbnails on the site. It explains it better than any words I could use.
Blog Pickle - Wikis and blogs
Great resource on combining the wiki and blogging technology. This person also has instructional technology experience that she brings to her insights and information.
http://bavatuesdays.com/pimp-that-bliki/
http://bavatuesdays.com/pimp-that-bliki/
Blog Pickle - photographers
I visited my cousins blog - http://metcalfcrew.blogspot.com/2008/05/wedding-pictures.html - and saw her recent wedding pictures.
She also had links to some of her photographer friends. I'm posting them here:
http://www.clairissacooper.blogspot.com/
http://erinbphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1
Also, I found a link to another photographer - http://www.jonmcbride.com/ - at Erin's blog ( http://erinannie.blogspot.com/)
Visiting these sites led me to other photography sites and I'm continually amazed at the new round of creativity taking place in wedding photos. It's not just the strict posing anymore. It's really catching those unforgettable moments.
The wedding videos are becoming amazing as well, as I found out on Chi Wei's blog at http://www.chiweiandstacy.com/
She also had links to some of her photographer friends. I'm posting them here:
http://www.clairissacooper.blogspot.com/
http://erinbphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1
Also, I found a link to another photographer - http://www.jonmcbride.com/ - at Erin's blog ( http://erinannie.blogspot.com/)
Visiting these sites led me to other photography sites and I'm continually amazed at the new round of creativity taking place in wedding photos. It's not just the strict posing anymore. It's really catching those unforgettable moments.
The wedding videos are becoming amazing as well, as I found out on Chi Wei's blog at http://www.chiweiandstacy.com/
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Blog Pickle - a wiki
My first blog pickle is actually about a technology I learned about through Mark Oehlert (who I will link to later because his blog is stopping up everyone's computers).
The wiki technology is all the rage right now and I finally found out about http://www.pbwiki.com through either his blog or at a conference seminar I attended where he and his co-presenter shared with us. It's more personalized to individual/business needs rather than using the popular http://www.wikipedia.org that is more like a public encyclopedia...created by the public.
I am trying out PBwiki first for work because I have a lot of information that's in my head that needs to be shared with others, but I can see using it to capture personal history that you can freely edit as you remember more details about events or entire experiences that come back to you at later dates. The great thing is that it can be collaborative and so entire books could be written this way or expertise fine tuned.
Anyway, I thought it most meaningful and deserving of "blog pickle" status.
The wiki technology is all the rage right now and I finally found out about http://www.pbwiki.com through either his blog or at a conference seminar I attended where he and his co-presenter shared with us. It's more personalized to individual/business needs rather than using the popular http://www.wikipedia.org that is more like a public encyclopedia...created by the public.
I am trying out PBwiki first for work because I have a lot of information that's in my head that needs to be shared with others, but I can see using it to capture personal history that you can freely edit as you remember more details about events or entire experiences that come back to you at later dates. The great thing is that it can be collaborative and so entire books could be written this way or expertise fine tuned.
Anyway, I thought it most meaningful and deserving of "blog pickle" status.
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