Duke
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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Of Weather and Rain and Smells in General
We have had progressively soupy weather. I can't complain because the weather in Maine this summer has been fabulous. The local TV station news has been apoplectic about the potential for thund...
Throw Back Thursday in General
Throw Back Thursday - Summer 1986 - Edwards AFB California
Summer Tuesday in General
http://youtu.be/6-RFwFjaVAk They had to reach back to find this obscure ELO tune for American Hustle. Now it is being used in at least a couple of commercials. I became a fan of the Electric L...
www.youtube.com/embed/S9oAg0UzRAY (The instrumental part of the song will be familiar to "House MD" fans - as it is the theme.) It is always hard to encapsulate a trip in a few paragraphs. Mayb...
Feel the Silence in General
www.youtube.com/embed/LKRZ_cZIttM And you remain, A promise unfulfilled, I ask you for more, But you push me away... All the chores are done. The last decision is backpack or rolly suitcase...
The trip to visit my friend and his fiancé, then proceed on to Foxwoods is on. This will be the closest thing to a "Vacation" I've done in a while. I drive down to their house on Saturday. S...
Good To Be Me in General
http://youtu.be/06WM8oLH87M "Nobody blowin' up my phone I ain't buzzin' and I ain't stoned But I'm ridin', flyin' higher than the blue sky If you don't like me, brother, that's okay I ain't gon...
Summer Indeed in General
Well Mancub and family launched out of Maryland today. That officially cuts my last tie to a state I despise. They are heading for Texas, taking three or four days. Other than when we came eas...
Summer Vacation Begins in General
Long conversation with my advisor at school. I dropped the PM concentration so only have one class to go. We also talked for a while about writing and database administration. There is a Maste...
Poison Glen in General
http://youtu.be/qvFXA0CN-24 In 1992 I was flat on my back listening to this song on the upper rack in a two man stateroom on the USS Saratoga. Halfway down the catapult one stroke. As we cross...
In a Lifetime in General
http://youtu.be/94RIIdFvoHI Last night at midnight I flipped a quarter that has Maine on the back, and of course GW on the front. Maine won. Taking a pass on the Strat Management class this su...
It is a pretty day today. Warm and balmy, almost tropical. I am still waiting to decide if I am going to take the next class. Or just go manage a Burger King. Or write. Or... How do you get...
Sunday News Shows Venting in General
Time and again I regret watching the Sunday news shows. I feel my blood boil as ISIS rolls through Iraq taking everything in its path. All the blood, all the treasure, all the effort expended i...
Our Own Worst Enemy in General
Completely amazing rain coming down. Don't see Florida rain in Maine often. And it doesn't even fall mainly on the plain. Because there is no plain in Maine. Sorry to be a pain. I'm watching...
Underachieving much? in General
Whew. I was finishing up reading all of my classmates Term Papers and realized I was cold. The windows and doors downstairs have been open all day. I was working in shorts and a tank. And it ...
I'm bored. I read the term paper submissions of the other guys in my class. I am supposed to make comments. Nobody cares how the sausage is made. How it tastes coming off the grill is the onl...
Term Paper in General
I surprise myself sometimes. I went back and read my term paper submission. Somewhere out of the recesses of my mind technical writing comes back. Only active voice, absolute minimum of adject...
Finding Me in General
http://youtu.be/y8GOjjMnhAg Don't tell me / How to be / Cause I like some suffering / Don't ask me / What I need / I'm just fine / Here finding me / Me -Vertical Horizon, "Finding Me" I was up ...
The 13th Warrior in General
(Favorite quote from the movie:) "Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes w...
http://youtu.be/yCmsZUN4r_s I love me some Faith Hill. Oh hell, truth is I love tall gorgeous blondes. I was sleeping peacefully in my now air-conditioned bedroom when the phone rang at 8am. ...
http://youtu.be/1wVXgxLLgiA As of yesterday my daughter is a High School graduate. Beanie was in full beanie form, refused to take off her hoody before putting on the cap and gown. There wer...
Fit Bitting in General
Again the overnight was wonderful. Perfect temperature for sleeping. I wasn't sure what the weather a going to do, so I folded laundry and floormated the kitchen which was getting disgusting wh...
What Is, Is in General
Nice cool night last night. With all the windows open it was good for sleeping. Other than the occasional jackhole who thinks it is all right to roll through the neighborhood with a 15MPH speed...
Shangri-La in General
http://youtu.be/a5qk2c1OuRA I almost got into an YouTube argument with a guy in England who claimed it was Jeff Lynn who did the falsetto outro to this song. But it is the same voice at the int...
