Monday, August 20, 2007Motivation and FearsSuccess Warrior ahs posed yet another very thought-provoking question in his financial blog. What motivates you? And, as a corollary to another line of thought that he's tracking, what do you think about the coming economic recession? Motivation: well, I have these photographs on my desk that are my... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, August 17, 2007So Very SadI just read about the second disaster in the Utah mining tragedy. How awful! It's just so sad that these people who were working so hard to save the trapped miners were killed and injured. My heart goes out to the families, both of the trapped miners and of the casualties of the rescue efforts. I... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, August 16, 2007I Want to Watch....Good Morning, Viet Nam. There's a couple of scenes in that movie that are the perfect expression of how I'm feeling right now. One scene relates to the abysmally hot temps we're suffering right now. It would be nice to watch the radio skit about "It's hot! It's damn hot..." just to give myself a... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, August 15, 2007To Give, or Not To Give?Gomedome has a very interesting post today in which he tells the story of a beggar who asked him for money and, when he got it, went directly to the liquor store to spend it -- in full sight of Gomedome, who was, well, nonplussed at this squandering of his gift. The question arises, then, as to... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, August 14, 2007Accentuate the PositiveSo I have been trying to think of SOMETHING, ANYTHING, that I can be grateful / positive about with this wicked heat wave that is baking the ground hard as cement and roasting people alive when they venture outdoors. I've actually come up with a few things: I live in the twenty-first century, so I... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, August 13, 2007Roast? or Bake?So it's 105 degrees in the shade here in Memphis, Tennessee. And the weatherman says that it's going to stay around there for at least another week. I keep listening to him, hoping that the forecast will change. That we will get even a brief afternoon thundershower. No such luck. And last night,... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, July 26, 2007Duty Over DesireI am struggling at the moment with keeping my word. I agreed to do an editing project. I am in the middle of it now, and I want out. Not because I don't like the editing... but because I don't like the book. And hating what you are reading makes it very hard to plug away at the work. But I gave my... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, July 23, 2007Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsI pre-ordered my HP7 on the day it was released for pre-sale. Since then, I have been counting down the days until I would know how what happened to Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and the rest of the gang. So wouldn't you know that on release day, when the book arrived on my doorstep, I couldn't stop... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 20, 2007How Much Security Is Too Much?I'm glad that my financial institutions want to keep my information secure. Really I am. But I think some of them are going too far. I just spent 30 minutes getting into one of my accounts. Why? Because my old password had expired. Passwords expire every 30 days for this account. I don't access this... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, July 9, 2007He's at It Again!SuccessWarrior says, "Okay, so you know what your biggest obstacle is, so now what are you going to do about it?" Well, my problem being fear, that's not an easy question to answer. What does one DO about fear? First step for me, I think, will be to face it. Facre right up to it and stare it down.... Sign in to see full entry. |