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Lessons learned about life; pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned through pain, failure and honest reflection
At several moments on my drive in were several moments I wished I could photograph. Gorgeous ice formations upon trees, some highlighted by light from the rising sun. Bare branches with frost have this delightful quality, especially with cold sunlight glinting upon it. Hoarfrost, as it’s otherwise known.
Since I wasn’t able (either due to time, driver safety, or other reason) to grab a shot, I grabbed this one off the interwebs. Bon appetite!
Just stumbled upon this piece. I really like the Swedish House Mafia’s piece, and this cover of it simply brings chills. I’ll be exploring Shweta Subram’s work next.
As an antidote for the sentimentality of the next few days, I offer you these images.
Bon appetite!
This is mildly disturbing. A kiss before the slaughter? I guess that’s biblical…
I expect this really is Sebastian the Crab from Little Mermaid, but I still love it:
My personal favorite so far:
And I’ll leave you with this artistic joy:
I just met someone who’s never, ever, experienced Hee Haw, that iconic country TV show. Now, this isn’t someone who was raised in a Soviet gulag, or is under 21. I find such a situation a stunning breech of American culture.
So, without further ado, below you’ll find what I feel to represent the core of Hee Haw’s je ne sais quoi. So, enjoy your cultural lesson du jour, mes amis.
I work hard to make sure all my tasks have been captured, either in my calendar or my to-do list. Everything. Now, I’ve had several folks give me a hard time about that, basically accusing me of a lack of creativity, or paranoia. They seem to view this as a sign of being rigid, inflexible and unable to adjust. All those give me a good chuckle. No, the reason I capture everything that needs to get done (in an electronic tool…this is important): it makes me agile. I KNOW everything that needs to be done, thus, it’s easy to re-prioritize and address whatever comes up, whether another opportunity, or the need to respond some crisis or another.
It’s my way of both honoring my commitments and yet maintaining an ability to respond. Nothing craps on a sense of accomplishment like missing a key deadline in the midst of “responding”.
Having my life solidly organized, and in an easy to access tool helps me to live in the moment. I’m not trying to retain all those tasks, their deadlines and who I’m doing them for. And that’s freeing. Amen!
My random web thought of the day: remembering the webring. For it’s time, a very powerful tool for finding related content. I spent many an hour perusing sites under a variety of topics: fantasy literature, science, science fiction, politics….the possibilities were extensive. Seems they still exist, but connecting to them a lot less critical. Seems few people drift through webrings now. Rather, they move through Google search results. I wonder, though, if webrings provide any SEO benefit? That would be my expectation, at least.
So, the point? Tastes change, behaviors follow, culture modulates and we both find ourselves reacting, as well as leading.
I’ve seen a large array of “build your business with social media” ideas. All based on the great canard of getting rich quick and easy. They’re all lies.
Someone just left me a voicemail, but either mumbled or the phone gods attacked and the number they left was indecipherable (no caller id on the thing, either). Pro-tip, folks: state your number 2x. Speak slowly, clearly; there are no points for finishing first.
Hopefully the chap will get tired of waiting and call me back. Sigh…
Just read another article about how some new device will be a “device x” killer. Over the years, the tech press has lauded PC killers, Office killers, Windows, and the ever present iPhone killers. Seems the underlying premise is that success requires the existing giant to fail. Seems that there’s never considered the ability to coexist, to develop a new space. Zero sum games, not adding value or creating something new.
