October 29, 2011

This is why the 99% are marching in the streets-

Quotes of the week

You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism. ~President Barack Obama, University of Michigan Commencement, 2010

“The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.”
Norman Vincent Peale

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
Michael Jordan Quotes

Dear Photograph of the week

 

The culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor

Interesting story about living bridges, the ultimate technology (thanks Rob)

Meditation of the week

Let everyone sweep in front of his [or her] own door, and the whole world will be clean.
--Goethe

Taking care of ourselves rather than trying to control others may be difficult. Our character defects may lead us to believe we should take responsibility for the actions of others. Sometimes we may feel we know how a spouse, co-worker, or friend should act. We may even go so far as to tell someone what he or she should do or do it for them.

Tonight we can reflect on our actions of today. Did we cover up another's behavior, or tell someone what to do, or take control of something that was not our responsibility? We need to realize that taking charge of another's life is not beneficial to anyone. Focusing on another's life keeps us from looking at ours. Doing for others what they should be doing for themselves takes away valuable lessons for growth.

What would happen if everyone in a classroom were the teacher? Who would listen and learn? Who would mature and grow? The teacher in our lives is our Higher Power. Let us respect our instructor and let our Higher Power do the guiding while we grow.

Help me listen and learn and let go of controlling others. 

Poem of the Week

A Cat's Life

by David R. Slavitt

Her repertoire is limited but fulfilling,
with two preoccupations, or three, perhaps,
if you include the taking of many naps:
otherwise she is snuggling or killing.

Song of the Week

I recently worked with a client in his 50’s that lost his partner in a tragic accident and this song just played and played and played in my mind. I never shared it with him.

Official Toy Story 3 "Losing You"

Randy Newman: The Unforgettable Inspiration Behind "Losing You"

Randy discusses the unforgettable story behind the Harps and Angels song "Losing You," which BBC calls "two minutes and 16 seconds of wonder: a perfect gem shining in the darkness," followed by a solo performance at the piano.

Another you tube version

October 23, 2011

Quotes of the week

And, my friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you. And that, is what is going to happen to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. ~Nicholas Klein

“We’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one of them” from Doonesbury, 10-18-11

"Everyone thinks their opinion matters. Don't argue with a nobody. A farmer doesn't bother telling a pig his breath smells like shit." From Shit my dad says Justin~ http://twitter.com/#!/Shitmydadsays

Websites of the week

http://www.buzzfeed.com/fjelstud/the-best-signs-from-occupy-wall-street

http://theproudparents.com/

http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com

The culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor

Hilarious Bad Lip reading  http://badlipreading.tumblr.com/

Meditation of the week

You take what you need from your father

http://twitter.com/#!/Shitmydadsays

Poem of the Week

In the Olden Days

by Richard Newman

The world held no color but sepia.
Our bedside tables creaked beneath the weight
of daily hardships, buffered only by doilies.
We did without, did things by hand. We got more
snow. Our Mickey Mouse was far from cute.
We specialized in quaint and quirky phrases
like "23 Skidoo." Our songs rang dark
with forced joy and naiveté: "Aint We Got Fun?"
Staring from family photographs, we look
older than we are. Even as children, our faces
are shadowed with doubt and parental disappointment,
as if to say to those looking years from now:
We persist. We persevere. We do this for you.

Dear Photograph of the week

 

October 16, 2011

I can’t read this for more than about a minute before my heart starts to break for my kids

Me and my kids are the 99 percent

Alan Grayson on Occupy Wall Street

 

Quotes of the week

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government” -Patrick Henry

Websites of the week

http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/

http://whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com

Dear Photograph of the week

http://dearphotograph.com/post/11453192911/dear-photograph-ebony-wouldve-loved-my-son-i

The culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor

http://silentmajority09.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/liberal-definition.gif

Poem of the Week

Problem

by George Bilgere

Jerry is at his usual table this morning
with his cup of coffee and his laptop,
working on his science fiction/fantasy novel.

In every café in America
men and women are hard at work
on their science fiction/fantasy novels.
Perhaps you are one of them. If so,
I salute you; it's a very competitive field.

Forty years, says Jerry, I sold life insurance.
Now I can do what I really want to do.

The planet where his story takes place
has three suns, and the problem he's working on
is how do the aliens there tell time.

I suggest having everyone wear three watches,
which Jerry doesn't think is funny.
This is a serious novel, he's taking it seriously,
and he's wants to get everything just right.

Forty years I sold life insurance, he says.
Now I can do what I really want to do.

October 8 2011

The culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address 

Quotes of the week

“I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.”
Edward Gibbon

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Will Durant

"I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble." John Wayne
US movie actor & director (1907 - 1979)

Websites of the week

My niece writes a great blog, she has been everywhere!

A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee

Not all who wander are lost.

Poem of the Week

Our Lives Pass Away

by David Budbill

Summer sunlight
glitters on the water.

Sweet colors of fall
drift down and land
on my new woodpile.

Winter is full of snow
and cold, but inside
the woodstove glows.

Then spring again
Our lives pass away.