Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

By Pat_B - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Saturday, May 24, 2014

TED - In case you haven't listened to TED talks on NPR --

From Google's menu: "TED* is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading - through TED.com, our annual conferences, the annual TED Prize and local TEDx events." Interesting, thought-provoking, creative, fun and sometimes weird, TED is much more interesting than celebrity gossip, ain't it awful... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 3:50 AM | add or view comments (8) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, May 23, 2014

Everybody says TGIF...

By Friday those days at work got long - and not just long, but tiresome. It seemed like everyone I came across on Friday had a list of complaints as long as your arm, and attitude out the wazoo. Or maybe it was just me. I remember coffee didn't help. By quitting time I was way past wanting outta... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 5:19 AM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, May 22, 2014

That'll learn 'em, durn 'em.

In winter I take pity on the squirrels spend way too much on peanuts raw and in the shell. In gratitude, they stick around all summer digging up their surplus. They don't remember where their stash is and search randomly in my newly potted flowers, uprooting delicate hothouse things not yet rooted.... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 4:09 AM | add or view comments (7) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Tuesday at the Center.

The last few Tuesdays have been slow. So yesterday I took a printout of my mss for "Simon Says." Rather than sit around with my chin in my hand staring at the wall, I'd do some blue pencil corrections. I had problems with getting the chapters in order so they'd make sense to a reader. I've been... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 4:09 AM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Undoing the Unfriending

Word got back to my Facebook Unfriend that I'd zapped him from my newsfeed. Someone saw my post about why I'd summarily unfriended "someone" because he posted how funny it was he'd once put "acid" into a friend's drink and the guy passed out pissed himself. I said it was unacceptably risky behavior... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 4:05 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Monday, May 19, 2014

In the midst of life

My former neighbor lady passed away a few days ago after a last year that was one broken bone, one miserable recovery after another. Back, hip, ankle. She could no longer go to the library, shop for groceries, do any of the things people take for granted as boring normal. She and I became neighbors... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 3:54 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Moving On...

I watched my daughter receive her law school diploma at Stetson University Law School in St. Petersburg Florida yesterday. The Webcast was going, the candidates were marching in at 7:30 when I clicked on the link. The crowd was standing, the marchers too far away to see faces. The introductions and... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 4:04 AM | add or view comments (7) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Woulda - shoulda - coulda

It seems like everything's happening at once. At 7:00 a.m. I woulda been putting things in the crockpot to make soup. I shoulda gone to the store yesterday and bought the stuff to make soup. I coulda, but I was busy on the phone talking to my heartbroken and embarrassed son who called to let me know... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 7:37 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Give me Strength...

Help me get through this day, because I ain't gonna make it otherwise. (Sounds a bit dramatic, doesn't it? Like maybe there's a terrible ordeal ahead of me, like the dentist or some painful, embarrassing medical procededure...) Well it's none of those. It's Vickie. One of my writing buddies. The... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 2:09 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, May 16, 2014

Pity Parties... How do you avoid them?

Baleful came into the center a few days ago. She hadn't been there with her list of grievances against life the week before. She stopped by the bread table where we have the donations from Panera bakery - they give us their day-old leftovers to hand out. Picked out a bag of assorted bagels, grabbed... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Pat_B at 4:40 AM | add or view comments (4) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

About this Blog

Sometimes you have to write it down in order to learn what you really think about life, what it means, how to do what's best. Sometimes you need feedback from someone else to put things in perspective.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)