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Lessons in Perseverance and Patience
Youngest and I went deer hunting again. When we tried about 2 weeks ago, the hunt was not successful. However, a lot of good things came from it. Best of all, it just meant we had to go out to the...
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Fuck Your Trauma
Yes, fuck your trauma. My sympathy for your suffering, whether that suffering was real or imaginary, ended when you demanded I change my life to avoid bringing up your bad memories. You don’t seem to...
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Good and Kind
What good shall I do this day? As your day starts, do you ask yourself what good you shall do today? As your day ends, do you ask yourself, what good did you do today? And what is your answer? And if...
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10,000 hours
People often discuss the notion of how long and how much work it takes to master something. Malcolm Gladwell popularized the notion of “10,000 hours” of practice being needed to master something. I...
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It’s not over
It is not over until it is over. You cannot be disappointed if you don’t plan to stop until the fight is over. You never know how far you can go until you push beyond self imposed limits. An excellent...
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Which part do you disagree with?
Which part do you disagree with? The steps in the proof? Or the conclusion? If you agree with every step of the argument, but the conclusion leaves you angry or uncomfortable, it might be time to...
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This one weird trick to save you some money (I always wanted to use a...
Yesterday I went down an unexpected road, but I’m so glad I did. You should consider doing it too, as it won’t take you long but will probably save you a lot of money. Oldest has to be added to my...
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Breaking bread
If we can’t have at least, a conversation with them, sit down, break bread– about where we are going and how we are going to get there, there is no hope at all. – Anthony Bourdain Full article. And...
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How often do you inspect your equipment?
The title says it all: How often do you inspect your equipment? It doesn’t matter the context. If you have equipment you rely upon, it should get some sort of periodic inspection. When was the last...
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Don’t let “them” win
Did you ever think that getting angry, that causing us to lose our compassion and empathy, is exactly what they want? There are a lot of contexts and topics on which this applies, both current events...
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The Big Departure – more relevant
Jack Webb’s monologue in the 1967 Dragnet episode “The Big Departure” feels like it could have been made today. Actually not entirely true. Some of the generational references are things that today’s...
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chewy.com – props to you!
It’s important to share good customer service experiences. This one is about chewy.com Never heard of them before, but Google pointed me their way because they had good deals on dog food. The fact they...
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Catching up
I just spent an intensive 4-days in Kathy Jackson’s Cornered Cat Instructor Development Class. I’m tired, but enriched. I’ll have a write-up on it soon. This also serves as my training log for today....
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3 Tips for Success
The following might be about bodybuilding — but it really isn’t: About 6 years ago I interviewed John Meadows for an article I was writing. One of the questions was “If you could give some advice to...
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Urban Decay Vice Lipstick – now available for iPhone
For the past 6+ months I’ve been working on a new iPhone app. Now I can finally talk about it. It’s an app for Urban Decay Cosmetics (a division of L’Oreal), to help introduce and promote their new...
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How to make progress
We will make better progress if we start from where we agree and work with open minds and open hearts, than to start from where we disagree and drive the wedge even further. Filed under: crime,...
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10 Questions that need to (always) be asked
Ken White puts forth 10 questions: These are all questions that I think ought to be asked whenever we, as a society, decide whether to task and empower the government to do a thing. […] Even if I don’t...
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Peace… and bullies
I honestly do support peace, communication and compromise. But I do so not from a position of virtue singling or that these ideas are morally superior. It’s because I truly understand how much violence...
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Stop thinking about doing the thing, just do the thing
We never do anything well until we cease to think about the manner of doing it. – Hazlitt That came through the Maku mozo! list a few days ago. Ever notice how that happens in life? Doesn’t really...
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Trying to improve my sleep
Lately I’ve been struggling to sleep well. Why exactly? I’m not sure. Could be getting older. Could be life stress. Could be something I ate. It’s probably a little of each, but whatever the reason the...
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