Month: October 2005
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Serenity
I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.Dr. Paul O.
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Bush Bashing
An afternoon in the ParkSnortin? Coke On The MoonStrangers On A TrainThe Bush lava lampvia email from Kirk Nelson and Ed JirakWhy help never arrived in New Orleansvia email from Duane McDowellR-U-N-N-O-F-Tvia email from John TreworgyFailureNotes from the Field, Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld, 3 October 2005
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Change
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.Andy WarholWe all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.Harrison FordThe more things change, the more they remain… insane.Michael Fry and T. Lewis
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Good marital relations
Dear Husband:I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you for good. I’ve been a good woman to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for it. These last two weeks have been hell.Your boss called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was…
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Coping
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.Bertha CallowayLaughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on.Bob NewhartI think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.Christopher Reeve
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Twenty ways to say “No”
I am in the middle of several projectsI am not comfortable with thatI am not taking on any new responsibilitiesI am not the most qualified person for the jobI do not enjoy that kind of workI do not have any more room in my calendarI hate to split my attention among projectsI have another commitmentI…
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Impossible?
It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.Elizabeth Kolbert, “The Climate of Man,” New Yorker, May 9 2005