Yearly Archives: 2009

My homework? First, let me re-boot!

 

I feel a bit detached today…..having spent some time this morning with my Tibetan singing bowls and meditating to the sounds of Steven Halpern’s ‘Om Zone’ it feels like ‘there ain’t nothing to say that ain’t already been said.’ What a relief! And yet I’m pulled to my computer, scrambled thoughts or not!

This time it is about a news bit….’college students are using the ready-made answers from online to do their research and homework.‘

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Be yourself, but……..?

Wow, did I have a tough time doing my homework for today’s notes! And I know it’s late. Sorry!

Instead of saying, like we did years ago, that it was because of the dog, now I’m saying it was because of the mouse.

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Solve it? Nah, I’m trying to fix it!

It’s kind of an understatement to say that things in our financial backyard are really not in the best shape they could be. Watching the TV folks try to get all their perspectives sorted out, it is quite clear that we live in a fix-it world, don’t we? Actually, more accurately, we live in a ‘fix the symptoms’ or ‘make the symptoms go away’ world.

Maybe it could be stated simply….get us back to yesterday….please!

And do it now!

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Wait ’til I get it right!

 

Needed a recess in order to put more anti-spamming shields up for my site. Seems to be working effectively.

As much as I dislike being spammed, it is pretty amazing how fast the Universe discovered my site and began trying to dump garbage into it. We need to use the technology for good!  ‘Nuf said.

The other day, in conversation with a couple of friends, the whole concept of what they called ‘serendipity,’ came up. My friend Harold (my friends still choose to be anonymous) was telling us about beginning lessons on the trombone.

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