There and Back Again

Pondering: My one regret in life is that I am not someone else. (Woody Allen)
…I looked like this.

Those were the days. Gone is the innocence, I think though I am still as hopeful. This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the many years of good health and reasons to smile.

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Pondering: Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. (Walt Whitman)
My sister told me today, that some folks in my office - she won’t name who - think that I am rude and abrupt. [...]

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Pondering: My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. (Diane Arbus)
I have grown an affinity for the following things, of late (in no particular order):

Mauna Loa chocolates
CBS’s Criminal Minds
Little Britain - USA
Anton Corbin’s movie, Control, which tells the tragic story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the English band Joy Division
Ian McEwan books
Minnesota [...]

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Pondering: We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. (Stephen Hawking)
I was browsing one day and chanced upon this one. If I were giving out awards for CD sleeves - this one gets [...]

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Pondering: It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. (Barack Obama)
Whether you voted for him or not or believe he can bring change or not; whether you are a Republican, Green Party or a doubting Democrat; whether you have good things to [...]

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Pondering: Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. (Wally Amos)
This beautiful, beautiful song from the new Keane album, Perfect Symmetry moves me so much, I can’t explain it. It brings tears to my eyes for many different reasons. I am posting the [...]

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Pondering: Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. (James M. Barrie)
For the last three weeks, I feel like I’ve been living off of a suitcase.  After awhile it gets a little boring and tiring.  I miss my bed, I miss my own bathroom, I miss my own car, I miss my [...]

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Pondering: Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college. (Kurt Vonnegut)
On my trip to Austin, TX last weekend to attend the 3-day Austin City Music Festival, I brought with me a copy of Ian [...]

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Pondering: When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. (Thomas Szasz)
My good friend and co-worker Dina and I went to lunch yesterday to talk about the upcoming performance evaluation of three of the seven managers she directly and I inidirectly manage. (Just noticed how [...]

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Pondering: I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. (Margaret Thatcher)
My 920 AM flight to San Francisco from Las Vegas has been grounded and won’t fly out until 1130 AM. Fuck, fuck, fuck! I am staying positive despite the delay but my patience is waning. To think [...]

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