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Sunday, August 24, 2003

Failure is not an option

This is Gene Kranz' motto. Gene Kranz, for those who don't know, was the NASA employee responsible for taking charge of bringing Apollo 13 back home to Earth after a disastrous explosion. He told his team that "failure is not an option" because he was bound and determined to bring Jim Lovell, Fred... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 23, 2003

I'm about ready to hit my head against a brick wall just for fun

This is one of those situations where I'm not sure I can keep quiet for much longer. You know how doctors tell you that diet and exercise are essential methods of treating or preventing certain disorders? Well, we're having a tough time of it with that because we can't do it - orthopedic problems... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 22, 2003

News Flash (no, not the CNN kind)

In reading some of the comments on my last blog entry, I learned another perspective, this time more of a secular one. Some of us prefer to keep our problems private. Although an example was provided in one of the comments to my last post, I'd prefer that you read that comment yourself, and I would... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 21, 2003

Why is it...

that I have to explain concepts to some people that are entirely self-evident? I'm not referring to the retarded here. I'm referring to people who simply need explanations for everything - even words like "a," "an" and "the." Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2003

He's BAAAAACCCCCKKKK!

It seems that no sooner did I post something inquiring as to where MightyHolyWarrior was than he came back with a new blog. Talk about hoof-in-mouth disease. Please pass the crow and I'd like humble pie for dessert. Sign in to see full entry.

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What happened to MHW?

I just went over to MightyHolyWarrior's profile and found out that he has erased his second batch of blogs since June 1. I hadn't even known he'd left the first time until I came back in mid-July after a trip to Cleveland and a nasty cold. I found him to be an interesting person to read. Yes, his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Men-bashing redux

An apparent one-post blog by sassyass_64, entitled Dating Jerks, underscores my recent ideas about male-bashing and its impact on our society. The point of the blog is that women end up preferring jerks over nice guys. Two of the reasons given are that "nice guys" end up as jerks anyway (so why not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 18, 2003

Powerlessness

Jemmie211's writing prompt for today is about powerlessness. I don't think I can adhere to the 150-word limit, so I'm just going to write on the topic and give credit for the idea where credit is due. Thanks, Jemmie. If there is one situation guaranteed to induce powerlessness, it's being ill. When... Sign in to see full entry.

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Inside a New Age nightmare

Some of you who have been in the New Age movement for a while may have heard of the crystal books written by the late Randall Baer. Near the end of his life, he wrote a book repudiating his involvement with the movement, and his writings on crystals and their use by adherents to New Age ideas,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Whim was right without realizing it

I noticed that blogs such as Have we achieved The Dream? have been appearing in the Featured Blogs section of the BN home page. Like Whim, I thought that a blog had to be in the Top 100 in order to rotate in and out of the Featured Blogs department. I'll grant that I assumed that the Top 100 was the... Sign in to see full entry.

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