January 2008
7 posts
Advice . . .
So, since there are apparently no more tests to assign to me at this time, I took a little break to catch up on my surfing. Wouldn’t you know that I bumped into a piece of advice that I could really use right now. A piece by Joel Johnson. He sez: “It’s awfully nice to forgive. “Even better, I think forgiveness has made me a more productive person. Or at the least, one able to...
MLK
This coming Monday is MLK Day, and of all the quotes I have read and heard from him, the following is his best, in my opinion. ”If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper...
Two Glasses of Wine
I didn’t write this, I don’t know who did………… When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine theory… A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and...
So, where did . . .
… I get the nickname Snowdog? I was tagged with that in high school by some fellow fans of the band Rush. As I was (and still am) a guitarist, I was really into an Alex Lifeson (a.k.a. Alexander Zivojinovich, of Serbian heritage, like me) phase for a time. I’m also a big fan of winter and skiing and such. Anywhich, it comes from the track ‘By-tor and the Snow Dog’,...
WatchFYI - not office friendly (language).
WatchGotta remember to use this when the occasional sales call happens …
Long time, no post . . . .
*woo hoo* A good analogy of where I’ve been since the holidays … and I’m still waiting … Talking Heads: Crosseyed And Painless Lost my shape-Trying to act casual Can’t stop-Might end up in the hospital I’m changing my shape-I feel like an accident They’re back-To explain their experience Isn’t it weird/Looks too obscure to me Wasting away/And that...