decided to make this a separate entry as i didn’t want to distract or detract from it.
mindfulness stress reduction and healing
amazing video from the google ‘tech talk’ series. stick with it past the introduction and warm up and i think you’ll be pleasantly surprised and maybe even impressed
worth 1,000 words
heh. found on a flickr stream today. this is how i feel today. in a word: mischievous. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stammi/708365870/sizes/o/ called my daughter at what is (for her) o’dark thirty in the morning and as i was leaving her a voicemail got a text from her that read simply, “will call when i am up”. hah! i debate returning to the restaurant where some flirtation occurred to see if the fellow will be there again today, but in the end, decide not to… not only should i be saving that money, it feels just a wee bit like something i’m not. a […]
random thoughts, related
it takes two to create anything worth having in this world. wishful thinking is a sign that one would be two if it were possible. i think that must also be a sign that one is ready to create something worth having in this world. they seem related. when the best you can give someone is wishes, or words, what you’re trying to give them is not the best, and might as well be nothing at all. only an idealist, a child, or a fool will try when there is no hope of succeeding. that says a lot about idealists, […]
a little sorrowed talk
rented and watched lawrence of arabia. my first time seeing it. interesting movie about a human used for his virtues as well as his vices, and sent along home to live out life as best he might manage once he’d outlived his use. a desert flick, too. i found that rather amusing, considering. still, it killed four hours.
watching
my daughter is in new york this weekend, courtesy of a new beau. i strongly suspect she is a target of the trophy hunters. my personal advice to her will be to finish college and demand a significant dowry that is then protected by some manner of pre-nuptial agreement. in other news…
friend of a friend
over ocean friend of a friend he said, “this is how i see me.” it made me think about a view as unique as he seems