Miscellaneous Musings

I am relatively new to social media and part of me is still slightly ambivalent to its purpose…I mean, why do we need to share with complete strangers the constant mindless, or perhaps enthralling, thoughts, opinions and diatribes? Especially in this format where I still don’t see how a back-and-forth dialogue can occur. At any rate, I am attempting to participate in the social media spectrum…not sure for how long considering it feels like I am talking to a brick wall.

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Zed - I can't stop laughing!

I'm Canadian.  I work in the US.  I was reading 4-character codes to an American.  The codes ended in "Z".  Below is what he wrote.

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Unfortunately, I relate too well to Dilbert today.

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Used to happen to me…now I’m on wally’s philosophy.

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I do like coffee!

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“Shit is the tofu of cursing and can be molded to whichever condition the speaker desires. Hot as shit. Windy as shit. I myself was confounded as shit…”

David Sedaris - When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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The sexiest, saddest, funniest song ever.

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We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Max de Pree

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Without willing it I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware.

Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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Sign of Old Age

You know you are getting old when you completely forget it is your birthday until you check your email.

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Cooler Heads Must Prevail

During tough, stressful times between friends/family members sometimes emotions will run a muck. We need to dig deep to persevere and commit our emotions in a direction that will serve us best. Therefore, we shouldn't blow up and be overly reactive to a person’s over reaction…that leads to further decay...a downward spiral of negative emotions that will get all of us no where. When the dust settles you don’t want to see that several paths and bridges around you are left in ruins.

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Life Tsunami

Man!  Sometimes life just gets in the way...and it smacks you in the face with the unexpected gusto like a tsunami!  

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Part 3 - What is Your Life's Philosophy?

See Part 2 (http://tmblr.co/ZHhNyo1FalwHN) for some preamble on graphic below...

I don't know if it requires an explanation as it seems self-explanatory to me…but basically…the circle represents the continuum of life, the plus  sign indicate things (moments, people, situations, items, work, chores, play, etc., etc.) that we like, love, enjoy, are positive, good, etc., etc., versus the minus sign that indicate all the "things" that we don't like.  There is a neutral area where we neither like nor dislike and an unknown area where we all start out.  The dash lines allow for the movement between quadrants...all facets of our life can go back and forth between positive to negative and neutral.  Everything starts from the unknown and moves into 1 of the 3 areas.  Generally speaking there is no going back to the unknown once it is known.

What is your life's philosophy graphically speaking?

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To go along with this, they should have spelled the majority of his words incorrectly and definitely throw in a "your" for "you're".

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Things That Annoy Me - 1

...People that do not drive at least the speed limit!  Why does it feel like everybody I drive behind is just learning how to drive?  GO AT LEAST THE SPEED LIMIT PEOPLE!  My rule is speed limit + 5%...but NEVER LESS THAN THE SPEED LIMIT FOR AN UNCONGESTED ROAD!!!!

(Welcome to a brand new series that delves into the wonderful world of everyday-things that drive me nuts.  I have at least a dozen items ready to post…in fact, the supply of items that annoy me is seemingly endless!).  

How about you?

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Yesterday, I avoided reading of Maya Angelou’s death. I knew she wouldn’t live forever and I knew her age was advanced, but with everything happening in the world, with a whole generation of women and girls under attack on all sides…it seemed the worst possible time to lose her voice.

One of the...

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Wow.  I have been so engrossed in work that I didn’t realize this had happened.  I quickly checked tumblr a few times yesterday and wondered why there were Maya posts (just figured she said something in the news recently).  I appreciate your post here to talk about how you felt over the news of her passing and now I have a new book to listen to.  Thank you.

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Strange(r) Advice and Keeping an Open Mind

I was at the grocery store the other day picking out grapes in the fresh fruit section and a couple of ladies were next to me also picking out grapes.  The one lady says to her friend "have you ever frozen grapes before?" and her friends says "no...and eat them frozen?"...and the other lady says "yes...great treat."  I heard this and initially thought it was a bit crazy because I thought the grapes would be too hard to eat…but I tried freezing a small batch just to test it out...and the lady is right...it is a great treat! 

Try it...get small to medium size sweet grapes...freeze them and enjoy (and then let me know what you think).

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Part 2 - What is Your Life's Philosophy?

At first I was lost for words on what I feel is my "life's philosophy".  I wasn't sure that I exactly have a "life's philosophy"...which worried me a little because I'm likely about half-way through my life and I suppose I should have a "philosophy" or at least a few coherent thoughts on the matter.  I started to think about how I would describe "life" to a child and after a day or 2 I came up with "there are things that we like and things that we don't like...and that is life".  After a few more days of ruminating I envisioned the following graphic to represent "my life's philosophy"…

Explanation to follow…

What is your life's philosophy?

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Adventures in Border Crossing - 4

US Border: “Citizenship?”

Me: “Canadian”

US Border: “Purpose of your visit today?”

Me: “Work”

US Border: “What do you do?”

Me: “Engineer”

US Border: “What kind of engineer?  Mechanical, electrical, nuclear, physical?”

Me: [physical?  WTF is a physical engineer?!  Is that like a choo-choo engineer?] “civil”

US Border: “Civil?...so you make our roads better?”

Me: “uh...sewers”

US Border: “sewers...have you found any teenage mutant ninja turtles?”

Me: “uh...no...just alligators ”

US Border: “great...any food?”

Me: [is he even listening?  I just said alligators...in the sewers...in Michigan] “my lunch”

US Border: “any fruits or vegetables?”

Me: “no”

US Border: “are you sure?”

Me: [?!] “yes”

US Border: “ok...don't eat it all at once.  Have a nice day”

Me: [???!] “you too”

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Adventures in Border Crossing - 3

I had an existential crisis this morning...

US Border: “Citizenship?”

Me: “Canadian”

US Border: “Purpose of your visit today?”

Me: “Work”

US Border: “What do you do?”

Me: “Engineer”

US Border: “Anything to declare?”

Me: “My lunch”

US Border: “What do you design?”

Me: [(all synapsis firing at once...a million thoughts flood my brain instantly) what do I design?!  Absolutely nothing!  I don’t design things.  What do I tell him?  Hurry!  I'm not much of an "engineer" am I?  What are you doing?!?!?  Tell him!!! He's waiting for answer!  Shit...tell him about the shit…]  “I study sewers.”