many of us learn by trial and error
myself included
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“the problem with people is that they’re only human.”
— hobbes, from “Calvin & Hobbes,” on the limitations of humanity
– bill waterson
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image credit: gary larson, the far side
no one is happy when their internet goes out
but i am always amused
by the list
of my neighbors’ router names
that scroll by
when trying
to get mine up and running again.
last night’s winners were:
billclinternet
thelanisterssendtheirregards
routerihardlyknewher
some people are so clever
my goal was
to create a name i would remember
now if feel that i’m letting them all down a bit.
not giving back.
—
‘the internet is a great way to get on the net.’
-bob dole, former republican senator and presidential candidate
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image credit: google images
*Lauren’s father, Lawrence Graham, was a candy industry lobbyist, president of the National Confectioners Association and worked for the United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam. (seems like a pretty good spy cover to me)
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photo credit of smart baby with keys: google images
stumbled upon this old ad
for what may have seemed the perfect solution
to the age-old dilemma:
what to choose when caught between the seasons?
hot soup or cold drink?
why not just combine them?
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‘september showed up right on schedule, and lasted a whole month.’
-jenny wingfield, author
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image credit: campbell’s soup company, vintage ad, 1962
(not me, but similar to me yesterday, surrendering to life)
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my plan was to do a lot of nothing
but the universe wasn’t having it
with a surprise leak in my house
and a
‘microwave food explosion incident’
it wasn’t meant to be
but
onward
today is another day
so far, so good
as most of the world is not yet awake.
—
“there’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
*bill waterson
*William Boyd Watterson II is an American cartoonist who authored the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The strip was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson concluded Calvin and Hobbes with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium.
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image credit: cbs news
follow-up and resolution to yesterday’s post-
after a long spiral down the rabbit hole
in a journey to procure
a throw pillow and a rug
purely on a whim
that i didn’t really need
i went to sleep.
–
when i woke to a new day
i headed over to pick up my goods
determined to make it work
when i arrived at the store
shared why i was there
we, as a group
the only three employees and i
discovered that:
my pillow order had been cancelled and refunded
as they were never able to locate it in the store
next up:
they seemed genuinely stumped
when i showed them
the ‘your rug is ready for pickup’ e-mail
sent to me by their company
they each asked my name
looked at my confirmation
typed the order number in their computers
muttered some stuff
looked at each other quizically
and off they all went on the hunt
each in a different direction
when they returned
it was determined that
no one could find it
they discussed it again
one finally looked up and said-
‘oh, i remember finding it last night and putting in the pickup area!’
who knew?
i was not going to leave that store without my rug
so i actively began helping them find it
(do they only carry one of each item?)
they were all looking for a rolled up rug
but i found it folded on shelf instead
in –
‘the pickup area!’
so lucky i am a hobby detective
(even though i have a strong startle response)
with my refund for the pillow they never found
and the discount i battled with ai online to get
my rug ended up extremely well priced
making it even more of a treasure
last night
i laid on my new rug
without a new festive throw pillow nearby
proud of my crack detective work
exhausted and amused by the crazy process
tomorrow –
who knows what will happen
when i go to the post office and the movies?!!
—
“the only way out of a hole is to climb out.”
-cherly strayed, american author, wild
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image credit: psyschology today
land shark!
here i thought they were only legends
saw them knocking on doors
way back in the day on saturday night live
have never crossed paths with one
until now
hopefully just passing through.
‘there’s a cardinal rule that you don’t talk about sharks. if you don’t see it, it’s not there.’
-mark warkentin, all-american open-water swimmer/coach
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saturday. night live, 1975, nbc
not my house or cats, but i get them.
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when you are having
a private informal window of opportunity urgent under the radar ad hoc committee meeting
there is a quorum
someone opens the closed door and peers in
odds are incredibly high
this is the same person
who is the subject of the meeting.
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“you can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready. “
-bruno mars
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image credit: google images
