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C’mon Baby, You Know You Like It
“The slutty party girl is fun until she pukes on the floor and then she’s a pain in the ass.” House, Season 5, Episode “Lucky Thirteen” What’s interesting about this statement isn’t just the obvious inequality of how males use females; it’s not always a male-female issue. She’s great as long as she’s entertaining “me” [...]
Happy 2010! A Look Ahead and Behind
It’s a new decade! Twenty-Ten. Sounds futuristic. How do I feel about 2010? I have this visual of the original Star Trek crew at the bridge of the USS Enterprise: They’re staring into a black hole, knowing they have no choice but to draw on their strength and courage to propel them forward, a tinge [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Every Child Should Know Love
“…one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.” ~ Rosaleen Dickson Christmas Day has come and gone and I was left with one overwhelming impression. Regardless of parenting styles, personalities, qualifications or issues, [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Health, Anger and Hate
Linda Anger left a very timely quote on Terry Bean’s Facebook wall today. I’ve never had the opportunity to meet Linda, but I know I would like her. My biggest wish is that she conquers her cancer. My second wish is that money never be an issue for her again, especially when it comes to [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Feedback on Blogging / 1st Amendment
Today’s wish is for feedback and recommendations. I’m wondering how the first amendment can be legally threatened because of truthful inferences and personal feelings being written online? Has anyone had any experience with this? Of course, this is only a hypothetical question because I wouldn’t want to infer anything that might replicate reality…. If you’d [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Warmth
Brrrrrrr! It is VERY cold out. The temperatures have dropped unbelievably fast. As of this minute it’s 14 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill that makes it feel like -2. For my Canadian friends that is -10 Celsius with a wind chill of -18, but I’m sure you’re feeling it too! I was so very [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Serenity +
God, Grant me the serenity, To accept the things I cannot change; The courage, to change the things that I can; And the wisdom, to know the difference. ~ Reinhold Niebuhr For as long as I can remember, this prayer hung on a plate in my mother’s house. I read it daily and took it [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Answered Wishes
Although this series of posts is supposed to be based on what I am wishing FOR, I’ve had many wishes answered over the last several days… Day 4: I spent a wonderful afternoon in Columbus with a client team. They are such a joy to work with and I’m very excited to embark on their [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Wisdom
On Day 1 I said I was not going to make any wishes that involved regret without following the comment with a positive reference to the future. Last night I took one of my CyberCletch team members out for dinner to celebrate Christmas and to thank her for the work she has done this past [...]
31 Days of Wishes – Dashboard Warnings
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.” ~ Earl Nightingale I always fancied myself a “whittler” rather than a “wisher”. Life is busy, so if I wanted something I’d work towards it by fitting in mini-goals, as [...]