Just where has all the patience gone in today's society? I'll tell you a few places you can find it . . .
1) Hanging with your friends having a beer.
2) Shopping in the store to your hearts content.
3) Getting your bills in the mail.
4) Watching a great movie.
5) Putting off doing something for others.
Here are a few places patience is needed but seldom had.
1) The check out line after you've shopped to your hearts content.
2) Traffic.
3) Waiting in line to buy tickets, order food, etc.
4) When your ability to move forward relies on someone else doing something.
5) A cell phone text response to your inquiry.
Patience is double sided - on the one hand, you get angry when you are the one waiting. On the other hand, you get angry when your doing all you can to accommodate a situation, but you get the blame for their impatience.
Can't win.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
New Years Resolution ??
Have a New Years Resolution? I do not. And here is why - In my book, there is no such thing as a New Years Resolution - I either do it, or I don't bother. Waiting until the clock strikes midnight on December 31 simply gives one an excuse to postpone what one does not really want to do. And then only to blow it off as the new year's fad that it is.
Resolutions require two bold moves that can happen at any point in the year - 1) the tenacity to START, and 2) the COMMITMENT to follow through.
Don't wait until next year! Make it a part of your life in the moment!
Resolutions require two bold moves that can happen at any point in the year - 1) the tenacity to START, and 2) the COMMITMENT to follow through.
Don't wait until next year! Make it a part of your life in the moment!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Prosperity?
With the recent Presidential election, the Republican Party is asking what went wrong with the results . . . that is to say, why didn't we win the election with Mitt Romney.
Listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity in the following day's (I don't usually listen, but got hooked for some reason) got me to thinking.
Rush's proposition is that "conservatism is the road to prosperity." With no data to back this, I offer this alternative reasoning why this is so. Conservatism is principly based with a religious background. If you are ultra-conservative, then you will hold the belief that the woman's place is in the home - ie: homemaker. Now as a homemaker, you do two things, 1) you are not looking for work which lowers the unemployment figures, and 2) you drive up the demand for men as the primary source of labor, which in turn, drives up pay scales.
Prosperity is in reach.
Now while responding to a caller on Sean's radio program who (I believe) was from Michigan, Sean made a statement that Ronmey was the best hope to promote the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism in America and that under a Romney administration, the auto industry would have come out of it's crash several years ago better and stronger than under the current state the auto industry is in via Obama's bailout. This by removing the unions and other laws that have a "strangle hold" on the auto industry in America. Now, what would happen if the unions and other laws were removed. 1) workers pay would be lowered as a stipulation for them to keep their jobs, 2) there would most likely be some layoffs, 3) a number of jobs would most likely be sent overseas, and 4) profits would rise. Now let's make an unreasonable assumption that all those laid off as a result of consolidation and offshoring were republicans. Let's see their reaction when they are told that their future lies in the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism. Go ahead, start a business. Now for those still working, their standard of living must decline unless they get a second job.
Prosperity is in reach?
Listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity in the following day's (I don't usually listen, but got hooked for some reason) got me to thinking.
Rush's proposition is that "conservatism is the road to prosperity." With no data to back this, I offer this alternative reasoning why this is so. Conservatism is principly based with a religious background. If you are ultra-conservative, then you will hold the belief that the woman's place is in the home - ie: homemaker. Now as a homemaker, you do two things, 1) you are not looking for work which lowers the unemployment figures, and 2) you drive up the demand for men as the primary source of labor, which in turn, drives up pay scales.
Prosperity is in reach.
Now while responding to a caller on Sean's radio program who (I believe) was from Michigan, Sean made a statement that Ronmey was the best hope to promote the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism in America and that under a Romney administration, the auto industry would have come out of it's crash several years ago better and stronger than under the current state the auto industry is in via Obama's bailout. This by removing the unions and other laws that have a "strangle hold" on the auto industry in America. Now, what would happen if the unions and other laws were removed. 1) workers pay would be lowered as a stipulation for them to keep their jobs, 2) there would most likely be some layoffs, 3) a number of jobs would most likely be sent overseas, and 4) profits would rise. Now let's make an unreasonable assumption that all those laid off as a result of consolidation and offshoring were republicans. Let's see their reaction when they are told that their future lies in the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism. Go ahead, start a business. Now for those still working, their standard of living must decline unless they get a second job.
Prosperity is in reach?
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Day light savings tips
So we switched over to daylight savings time recently. I got this flier in the mail from a realtor as a reminder to move the clocks forward. Here's what she had to say:
Daylight Savings Transition TIPS
A brisk walk or run will stimulate the serotonin release in the brain.
Another suggestion is to gain exposure to bright natural light for an hour or two to adjust your daily rhythm.
Eat earlier - Tricking the body to think it is later by eating dinner early (and avoiding caffeine and alcohol) may help to fall asleep sooner.
Get excited about buying or selling your home. Start by calling for a no obligation consultation.
I don't know that the last statement really relates to the time change.
Daylight Savings Transition TIPS
A brisk walk or run will stimulate the serotonin release in the brain.
Another suggestion is to gain exposure to bright natural light for an hour or two to adjust your daily rhythm.
Eat earlier - Tricking the body to think it is later by eating dinner early (and avoiding caffeine and alcohol) may help to fall asleep sooner.
Get excited about buying or selling your home. Start by calling for a no obligation consultation.
I don't know that the last statement really relates to the time change.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Riots
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You have to wonder what's wrong with our society when someone can say, "Of course we're going to riot," but not over the cover-up of pedophiliac rape.
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Perhaps that's why a "right to riot" has become a staple of campus cultrue across the country, particularly at big schools.
Students riot when administrators take away their beer. They riot when they lose games. They riot when they win games. They riot when the cops try to break up parties. Inconvenience itself has become outrageous.
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"A Misplaced Sense of Outrage", by Jonah Goldberg (Syndicated Columnist), Albuquerque Journal, Nov. 13, 2011, p.B2
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You have to wonder what's wrong with our society when someone can say, "Of course we're going to riot," but not over the cover-up of pedophiliac rape.
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Perhaps that's why a "right to riot" has become a staple of campus cultrue across the country, particularly at big schools.
Students riot when administrators take away their beer. They riot when they lose games. They riot when they win games. They riot when the cops try to break up parties. Inconvenience itself has become outrageous.
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"A Misplaced Sense of Outrage", by Jonah Goldberg (Syndicated Columnist), Albuquerque Journal, Nov. 13, 2011, p.B2
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Work It - No Thanks
Just saw commercial for a new comedy called Work It soon to be on ABC Television.
This is about two men who dress up as women to land office jobs.
I have NO desire to see this show. How does this pass for comedy.
This is about two men who dress up as women to land office jobs.
I have NO desire to see this show. How does this pass for comedy.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Cleaning the Garage
Think of cleaning your garage.
In the first hour, you take care of the big stuff. Later, there are smaller items, harder to reach items, and items you aren't sure what to do with. Should the old punching bag go in the attic or the back yard?
By the third hour of cleaning, you are scraping the gum off from behind the workbench. Your volume-per-hour of garage cleaning is nowhere close to what it was in the first hour, but you are just as busy.
(Dig Deeper for WIPP Success, Jody Knox, The Albuquerque Journal, October 30, 2011)
While the above quote is an analogy for where the New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is in dealing with the volume of nuclear waste, I think it is a perfect analogy for where I am at after having lived in my new home for one year . . .
I think I'm still in the first hour :)
In the first hour, you take care of the big stuff. Later, there are smaller items, harder to reach items, and items you aren't sure what to do with. Should the old punching bag go in the attic or the back yard?
By the third hour of cleaning, you are scraping the gum off from behind the workbench. Your volume-per-hour of garage cleaning is nowhere close to what it was in the first hour, but you are just as busy.
(Dig Deeper for WIPP Success, Jody Knox, The Albuquerque Journal, October 30, 2011)
While the above quote is an analogy for where the New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is in dealing with the volume of nuclear waste, I think it is a perfect analogy for where I am at after having lived in my new home for one year . . .
I think I'm still in the first hour :)
Monday, October 17, 2011
Ring Ring
Ring Ring
Me: Hello
Phone (male voice): Hello, I'm calling on behalf of so-n-so poling agency and am would like to ask if you have a few moments for a survey regarding the 2012 presidential race?
M: Sure
P: Do you currently approve or disapprove of President Obama's performance as president?
M: Approve
P: Somewhat approve or strongly approve?
M: Somewhat
P: I'm going to list a number of issues, please tell me which one is most important to you.
(The list includes creating jobs, maintaining our presence in Iraq / Afghanistan, reducing the deficit, etc.
M: Jobs
P: Please tell me if you have heard or know of the following?
M: OK
P: The Democratic Party
M: That's a dumb question - NEXT question please
P: (names some candidate for the Republican party)
M: Yes
P: (names another Red candidate)
M: No
P: The Republican Party
M: That's a dumb question - NEXT question please
P: (names another Red candidate)
M: No
(more of the same)
P: If the election were held today, are you more likely to vote for Obama or X (republican candidate)?
M: I do not have enough information about the Republican candidate to answer that question.
P: I'm going to make a number of statements. Please tell me if each will make you more likely or less likely to vote for president Obama. Indicate somewhat or strongly for each.
M: OK
P: (ten statements ensue in which they are all negative in stating something that Obama said or did and the consequence was less than desired) (example: The unemployment rate was 5.?? when Obama took office and is now 10.??. Does this make you less likely or more likely to vote for Obama?) (somewhere in there, I made a statement that the next question had better relate to a positive image of Obama. Didn't work.)
P: If the election were held today, are you more likely to vote for Obama or X (republican candidate)? (yes, the same question a second time - this after negatively beating on Obama)
M: I do not have enough information about the Republican candidate to answer that question.
(You know where this is going, more of the same. A few questions about the Tea Party movement and the affect of the Occupy Wall Street movement is having ensued.)
A few personalized statements from Mighty:
1) President Obama had nothing to do with the stock market crash. It dump due to the housing bust.
2) President Obama had nothing to do with the housing dump. It faltered because it became unsustainable with unqualified housing loans and over inflation of home prices due to investment types (both individuals and industry) looking to make a fast buck. You know, I'll buy the house, clean the bathroom mirror with Windex and that is sure to add $1000 to the homes value. Then sell sell SELL. This type of price management can only sustain itself for so long before the resources of the buyer are over stripped.
3) President Obama had nothing to do with the higher unemployment rate. See No. 1 and 2. Crash of Fannie Mae.
4) The federal deficit is fueled in large part to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wars started before Obama was president. To put a true bench mark on Obama's affect on the deficit, take away the cost of these wars.
For god's sake people, when you get a call of this nature, please try to see through the crap. Think for yourself. While I am not condoning Obama here, this call was clearly designed to put Obama in a negative light. EVERY candidate will have positives and negatives. Look to what you believe in. Practice compromise when selecting a candidate. Know that even your candidate will have outcomes that differ from paper to reality due to unforeseen circumstances and the weight of congress - i.e. the Democratic process.
There - Mighty has spoken!
Me: Hello
Phone (male voice): Hello, I'm calling on behalf of so-n-so poling agency and am would like to ask if you have a few moments for a survey regarding the 2012 presidential race?
M: Sure
P: Do you currently approve or disapprove of President Obama's performance as president?
M: Approve
P: Somewhat approve or strongly approve?
M: Somewhat
P: I'm going to list a number of issues, please tell me which one is most important to you.
(The list includes creating jobs, maintaining our presence in Iraq / Afghanistan, reducing the deficit, etc.
M: Jobs
P: Please tell me if you have heard or know of the following?
M: OK
P: The Democratic Party
M: That's a dumb question - NEXT question please
P: (names some candidate for the Republican party)
M: Yes
P: (names another Red candidate)
M: No
P: The Republican Party
M: That's a dumb question - NEXT question please
P: (names another Red candidate)
M: No
(more of the same)
P: If the election were held today, are you more likely to vote for Obama or X (republican candidate)?
M: I do not have enough information about the Republican candidate to answer that question.
P: I'm going to make a number of statements. Please tell me if each will make you more likely or less likely to vote for president Obama. Indicate somewhat or strongly for each.
M: OK
P: (ten statements ensue in which they are all negative in stating something that Obama said or did and the consequence was less than desired) (example: The unemployment rate was 5.?? when Obama took office and is now 10.??. Does this make you less likely or more likely to vote for Obama?) (somewhere in there, I made a statement that the next question had better relate to a positive image of Obama. Didn't work.)
P: If the election were held today, are you more likely to vote for Obama or X (republican candidate)? (yes, the same question a second time - this after negatively beating on Obama)
M: I do not have enough information about the Republican candidate to answer that question.
(You know where this is going, more of the same. A few questions about the Tea Party movement and the affect of the Occupy Wall Street movement is having ensued.)
A few personalized statements from Mighty:
1) President Obama had nothing to do with the stock market crash. It dump due to the housing bust.
2) President Obama had nothing to do with the housing dump. It faltered because it became unsustainable with unqualified housing loans and over inflation of home prices due to investment types (both individuals and industry) looking to make a fast buck. You know, I'll buy the house, clean the bathroom mirror with Windex and that is sure to add $1000 to the homes value. Then sell sell SELL. This type of price management can only sustain itself for so long before the resources of the buyer are over stripped.
3) President Obama had nothing to do with the higher unemployment rate. See No. 1 and 2. Crash of Fannie Mae.
4) The federal deficit is fueled in large part to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wars started before Obama was president. To put a true bench mark on Obama's affect on the deficit, take away the cost of these wars.
For god's sake people, when you get a call of this nature, please try to see through the crap. Think for yourself. While I am not condoning Obama here, this call was clearly designed to put Obama in a negative light. EVERY candidate will have positives and negatives. Look to what you believe in. Practice compromise when selecting a candidate. Know that even your candidate will have outcomes that differ from paper to reality due to unforeseen circumstances and the weight of congress - i.e. the Democratic process.
There - Mighty has spoken!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Speaker Clips
The problem with audio presentations that are edited to include a series of clips by speakers to argue a point pro or con towards a position is that most often, only clips that support said argument are shown. That is, you may only hear half of a complete sentence by the speaker.
What is missing is the complete narrative that will usually change the meaning of the spoken segment.
For example - The statement "I hate Jews . . . " as a short segment greatly changes meaning and perspective when the complete narrative is heard, "I hate Jews who do not treat their fellow brother according to the traditions of Jewish society and the teachings of the Torah."
What is missing is the complete narrative that will usually change the meaning of the spoken segment.
For example - The statement "I hate Jews . . . " as a short segment greatly changes meaning and perspective when the complete narrative is heard, "I hate Jews who do not treat their fellow brother according to the traditions of Jewish society and the teachings of the Torah."
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