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Showing posts with label important. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
A Great Tip
To date, the most valuable lesson I have taken away from law school - and I'm not being facetious here - is the importance of giving your electronic files detailed names. I've been prone to saving documents under whatever suits my fancy (a recipe for disaster) and I've learned that even "accurate" file names fail over time. For instance, a .doc file entitled "Lisalettertodoctor" sounds swell, but give it a year or two and you'll see it and wonder "What doctor? About what? WTH?". Nowadays I go all out. My latest assignment? "Rule Synthesis Draft 1 Memo 1 LegalWriting Fall 2014" Pay attention Team Slap.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
An Important Quote
"Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying." - Merry Browne
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Amen
"The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did when he was twenty has wasted thirty years of his life." -Muhammad Ali
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Dying Order
I'm stealing the phrase "dying order" - which means getting things cleaned or organized enough so that you wouldn't be embarrassed if you dropped dead this moment and strangers walked in - from longtime AOL friend Jan Agar Combs
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Play-Dough Forts
A mixed day so far. Smiley got playdoh from Junie for his birhday, and yeah, he's too old for it, but it meant a lot to LK. I explained to him that life is all about meeting his obligations, and one of those obligations is to protect his sisters feelings in this situation and tip his cap to how much she loved him, so I sat down with the two of them and improved a game.
I had all four kids "help" me clean the upstairs hallway, and it quickly devolved into a pathetic rats nest of screaming, crying, whining, and laziness. I tossed out their TV and the stand, and busted apart and hauled away their communal chest of drawers. Not out of anger - it was due to go - but it certainly took away some stress. The hallway still looks like sh*t, but it's a start.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
My Thoughts
Why waste time being upset that someone you dislike dislikes you too? If the bugger's opinion was worth anything to begin with, you wouldn't dislike him in the first place.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
My Thoughts
Some people are only happy if they can complain about something that doesn't affect them.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Fantasy Football Update
Unless Victor Brown racks up 74.95 points tonight for my opponent, the Sad Sack Slapjacks have started the season 1-0. Booyah! (current score: 139.25 to 64.30)
{Fred resolves to try Google Translate to see if it speaks Football. }
Fred, I keep telling you that a basic knowledge of sports is social lubricant and necessary for happiness.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
A Sad but Honest Quote
The ugly truth was that these [psychiatric] patients weren't here to be cured. There were no cures for them. They had illnesses that had to be managed, by them and by those who treated them. They were like ships that would never find a shore. The most you could do was bring them supplies; the most they could do was get used to the rocking, the unpredictability, of the vast, impenetrable ocean below them," - Victor Lavalle, The Devil in Silver
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Doctor Who Quotes
Amy Pond: You do have a plan, don't you?
The Doctor: No, I have a thing. It's like a plan, but with more greatness.
Greatest Doctor Who quote Ever, although I admit it loses a bit of pizazz in print:
Amy: So you were right. . . We didn't make a difference at all.
The Doctor: I wouldn't say that. The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant - and we definitely added to his pile of good things.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Or - why not both?
".....do not prepare the road for your children. Prepare your children for the road."
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