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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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The Girl with Golden Eyes in General
Title song by Sixx A.M. which is Nikki Sixx’s other band and deals with his heroin addiction. I was leaving class tonight thinking about eyes. I wasn’t thinking about golden eyes, but rather ...
Exit Music (Background Noise) in Background Noise
I have a new book on PB: Background Noise. I will occasionally post things from my old OD diary. Exit Music for a Film - 4/27/2008 In San Diego, as a member of the battle group staff of the Con...
My Shangri La in General
Four days in a row with at least three hours on the phone. Tonight was almost four. We’ve been through the X-files. The same strange juxtapositions that always seem to happen when you are gett...
Wintersong in General
I don’t know which is the more melancholy holiday song - Sarah’s Wintersong or Dan Fogelburg’s Another Auld Lang Syne. At a few seconds before midnight I hit send on the phone. A sleepy woman ...
Well here we are. New Years Eve. It seems to keep happening even though I would have assumed I’d be long dead by now. In my twenties I couldn’t even conceive of being in my fifties. Let alone ...
Marinara complete. Meat sauce made. Lasagna layered. Oven is in pre-heat. I cheated and bought garlic bread instead of making it this year. My garlic seemed to sprout overnight. I have to r...
“The sun is slowly fading in the western sky. Sometimes it takes forever the day to end. Sometimes it takes a lifetime, sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again.” Back to rain. Again. Thi...
Back in Black in General
”On rencontre sa destinée souvent par des chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter” (Destiny is often met in the paths we take to avoid it.) -Jean de La Fontaine The date on Wednesday didn’t happen. T...
The incessant rain and cold sucks the motivation right out of my soul. It will start ducking below freezing soon. I am avoiding writing my entry for the weekly discussion board, complete with r...
At 645am it was misting down freezing rain. The temperature outside was in the low 20s. The weather people on channel 8 said it was going to be rain along the coast. Since I am 2 miles from th...
A Real Fine Place to Start in General
Oh my. Sara Evans is one of a handful of female vocalists whose voice can drive me straight into some Freudian ID-ish primal zone. Sarah McLachlan is another - she can hit certain notes that a...
Flora-Bama in General
The Eagle and the Hawk in General
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. -Viktor E. Frankl Freedom lies in being bold. ...
Louder Than Ever in General
Heard that song on the radio, And it got my gears turnin’ Like a real life time machine.... -Daughtry, “Louder Than Ever” I’ve been somewhat remiss in my endeavor to write more frequently. Fall ...
Cradle of Love in General
Cradle of Love It appears we have had a second “Indian Summer” this fall. I base that statement on a claim by one of the local TV stations that an Indian Summer here is any three days where the...
Are you the plane That shapes the board Part of a history Smoothed and worn Oh the windy weather Dry spells, brushfire -Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Rings” Isn’t it strange, how truth can change? I m...
Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven’t hear...
The Lovely Bones in General
Well, it’s been damn near a month since I felt like writing. I’ve popped in from time to time, but the more prolific writers are intimidating when it comes to keeping up reading and noting. I k...
Posted on Facebook by Dad in General
From 22 Years ago. My folks have access to photos I don’t remember.
August 6th in General
Alana knows exactly how she looks in this picture. One of the prettiest pictures I have ever seen. Alana Blanchard is my favorite surfer girl. Thunder-stormy in these parts. But cool. It i...
I guess I should start taking back some of my harsh words about facebook. I have been reconnecting with some shipmates I probably would have never reconnected with. And picture I don't remember...
I was born in 1962. I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Hit the road in the 80s. A continual complaint me and my friends have is that the girls back in the day were nowhere nearly as gorgeous as the...
American Pie in General
American Pie http://youtu.be/ih7N9_VUU4U I was watching an episode of Cold Case last night when the phone rang. I shot the shit with Glen for a while before he suggested we go to Seadog's. Co...
TBT Posted on Friday - B-58 in General
Throwback Thursday (on Friday because I didn't post it) B-58 "Snoopy" From what I am told it is only one of five B-58s in existence. Made its way to Hollywood in "Failsafe." What is with the...
