Saturday, April 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
April 2009...Wakatobi Indonesia...
...a once in a lifetime trip for Goofy and I...can you believe it? Neither can we (yet)...imagine....
we hope to be staying in one of the beach bungalows there on the left...
we hope to be staying in one of the beach bungalows there on the left...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Wah....
I suppose if you read the blog entry below, you should disregard...it's babbling brought on by cold medication I believe...
LOL
Although...
...I am hungry....
Magic has a cold
Wah.
Goofy and I spent a great weekend in Oregon visiting Uncle and Auntie.
The best times were when we just sat around drinking coffee and talking (which I think was a surprise for them, as they thought we'd need entertaining I believe :) The visit, as usual, was much too short, but we'll see them again soon.
Magic came home with a "hed code" tho...big baby. Magic is being a big baby, as that is the general course of events when one gets a "code"...LOL.
So, since Magic is the primary (read only) blogger here, the reports may be sporadic for a few days...or whiney....
I realize that there is really no such thing as "the common cold" as the rotten little virus that is responsible tends to mutate with every poor soul it infects - thereby making spreading so much more effective, and cure so impossible - but geez...what a miserable way to spend my time.
My mood matches the weather, at least...cold, grey and drippy. lol
I have WAY too much to do this week to be sick, but apparently it's not up to me. Thank goodness for cold medication...better living through chemicals...that's my motto! Talk about being in the wrong business...cold medicines just mitigate the symptoms, but give 'em to me anyway...I don't wanna be livin' without them. :) Misery loves company, so I must not be miserable...I wanna be left alone - except for when I am hungry, but that's a different thing. Come to think of it, I believe I turn into a cat when I am sick...I want what I want when I want it, but I don't want to see you unless I need you - and always on my terms...anyone with a cat knows this routine...lol...I think I need a nap...
and so it goes....
M&G
Goofy and I spent a great weekend in Oregon visiting Uncle and Auntie.
The best times were when we just sat around drinking coffee and talking (which I think was a surprise for them, as they thought we'd need entertaining I believe :) The visit, as usual, was much too short, but we'll see them again soon.
Magic came home with a "hed code" tho...big baby. Magic is being a big baby, as that is the general course of events when one gets a "code"...LOL.
So, since Magic is the primary (read only) blogger here, the reports may be sporadic for a few days...or whiney....
I realize that there is really no such thing as "the common cold" as the rotten little virus that is responsible tends to mutate with every poor soul it infects - thereby making spreading so much more effective, and cure so impossible - but geez...what a miserable way to spend my time.
My mood matches the weather, at least...cold, grey and drippy. lol
I have WAY too much to do this week to be sick, but apparently it's not up to me. Thank goodness for cold medication...better living through chemicals...that's my motto! Talk about being in the wrong business...cold medicines just mitigate the symptoms, but give 'em to me anyway...I don't wanna be livin' without them. :) Misery loves company, so I must not be miserable...I wanna be left alone - except for when I am hungry, but that's a different thing. Come to think of it, I believe I turn into a cat when I am sick...I want what I want when I want it, but I don't want to see you unless I need you - and always on my terms...anyone with a cat knows this routine...lol...I think I need a nap...
and so it goes....
M&G
Thursday, April 3, 2008
New Blog Site Added to Surfin' Safaris...
I found this site today in my wanderings through cyberspace as the carpet guys were installing the new carpet (OOOOOOOH, another post idea...woohoo).
Ya gotta love the simple truths...go take a look.
M&G
For No Particular Reason...
I am posting this picture of kitteh...
Heh...lol
Last night Goofy and I had dinner with friends downtown (at the usual spot...lol).
It was like a visit to the karma/well-being station...and no $4 a gallon to harsh things up! :)
Amazing how restorative it can be to spend an evening with dear friends just catching up and enjoying the company. Better than a spa.
Too often there is too little time to visit with friends...to reconnect on that human level with people the have places in our lives. What's up with that? What is going on in this world of ours where we forego actual human face-time in favor of...
...what?
Work? That's generally the excuse we use...we are too busy with our lives, to the point of life passing us by.
I've learned (and relearned on occasion) that so many things are not worthy of the importance that we assign them. There truly are very few things that are as important as our personal, human relationships. We'll tell ourselves that we need to make a living, need to clean the house or mow the lawn or any one of a thousand things that are part of our busy, 21st century lives. But in all seriousness, people are all that really matter when it comes down to it.
If you doubt that, spend an evening catching up with "your" people. I am sure that seretonin levels go up. Self-image and a general sense of well-being and connections tend to rise when you see yourself in the eyes of your friends.
Often these people are our "real" family...not of blood, but of choice - which is much more powerful and meaningful I think.
So, my wish for all of you is to take a little time out for yourself...find your friends and spend time with them - TV, the lawn, the dinner dishes can all wait..get yourself to the station and fill up on that priceless commodity of friendship that even our government can't regulate or inflate beyond the average person's ability to obtain. (sorry, couldn't resist one jab :)
And...to my friends who are my family...thanks for the refill, I can't wait to see you again soon!
M&G
Heh...lol
Last night Goofy and I had dinner with friends downtown (at the usual spot...lol).
It was like a visit to the karma/well-being station...and no $4 a gallon to harsh things up! :)
Amazing how restorative it can be to spend an evening with dear friends just catching up and enjoying the company. Better than a spa.
Too often there is too little time to visit with friends...to reconnect on that human level with people the have places in our lives. What's up with that? What is going on in this world of ours where we forego actual human face-time in favor of...
...what?
Work? That's generally the excuse we use...we are too busy with our lives, to the point of life passing us by.
I've learned (and relearned on occasion) that so many things are not worthy of the importance that we assign them. There truly are very few things that are as important as our personal, human relationships. We'll tell ourselves that we need to make a living, need to clean the house or mow the lawn or any one of a thousand things that are part of our busy, 21st century lives. But in all seriousness, people are all that really matter when it comes down to it.
If you doubt that, spend an evening catching up with "your" people. I am sure that seretonin levels go up. Self-image and a general sense of well-being and connections tend to rise when you see yourself in the eyes of your friends.
Often these people are our "real" family...not of blood, but of choice - which is much more powerful and meaningful I think.
So, my wish for all of you is to take a little time out for yourself...find your friends and spend time with them - TV, the lawn, the dinner dishes can all wait..get yourself to the station and fill up on that priceless commodity of friendship that even our government can't regulate or inflate beyond the average person's ability to obtain. (sorry, couldn't resist one jab :)
And...to my friends who are my family...thanks for the refill, I can't wait to see you again soon!
M&G
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
It's Magic's Birthday Month!
Bwahahahahaha
Birthday month invoked, accepted and duly noted (by Goofy) today at 6:15am!
It's Magic's birthday month
It's Magic's birthday month
It's Magic's birthday month
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Happy April Y'all!
M&G
Birthday month invoked, accepted and duly noted (by Goofy) today at 6:15am!
It's Magic's birthday month
It's Magic's birthday month
It's Magic's birthday month
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Happy April Y'all!
M&G
Friday, March 28, 2008
On A Lovely Spring Day in the Great Northwest...
I'm trying something new. I wanted to show you what's happening here, and a picture just doesn't to enough...
...still working on the details, but if everyone likes it a lot, I may post some more (and better...lol) video blogs.
Comment and be heard! But remember...mean people suck! LOL.
Version 1.2 :P
...still working on the details, but if everyone likes it a lot, I may post some more (and better...lol) video blogs.
Comment and be heard! But remember...mean people suck! LOL.
Version 1.2 :P
What's FAIR? Definition and random ramblings
Have you ever wondered (or observed) that nasty people seem to get ahead more often than nice people?
I've been thinking about this a lot (for some reason) the last few days. Maybe it's because it's that time of year again when my birthday month is about to begin.
I know...you are saying to yourself..."birthday MONTH? What the heck?
LOL
If you are, then you don't know me well (yet). Don't knock birthday month until you've tried it. It's a pretty awesome and yet sublimely simple concept.
During your birthday month, any time you disagree with the general consensus, or need to have a "tie breaker", you declare your birthday month status, and...case closed...you get it your way.
At first, others may think this unfair - however, it's probably one of the more fair things in life. Everyone has a birthday (regardless of race, sex, age, religious affiliation...), and so everyone can participate. There are no real "rules" about birthday month...basically, if you have a preference that others do not share, you invoke birthday month privileges, and the disagreement is immediately resolved.
Wanna watch a TV show that others don't? Birthday month! Watch what you want.
Wanna go to a restaurant? Birthday month! There you go!
The cool thing about this is, most people will comply because their turn is coming eventually too. :) The folks that don't abide by "birthday month" are in peril of not having anyone give them their way during their birthday month...so you see...there is reason to joyfully accept this premise.
Generally, we wait until the month is "invoked" by the birthday person...sometimes waiting for them to realize it's their own birthday month can be quite entertaining in itself.
(GOOFY, are you "listening"? bwahahaha!)
This "rule" is entirely up to the players however...as with any other "rules" you all choose to apply. What works for one, works for all, so being selfish here can have unexpected consequences...a word of warning...be careful what you wish for. LOL
I've been digressing, though.
I've been seeing many examples of folks getting their way - getting ahead - by being nasty, nasty people. They treat those around them badly...they display no morals, or ethics, or any particularly laudable behavior at all. And for some darn reason, no one seems to call them on it.
People below them are afraid, I imagine. They've seen what happens to those that dared to disagree or stand up.
People on equal footing are apathetic, afraid themselves or actually approve of the career strategy.
These are also, often, the folks that think to themselves "well they do those things to others, but they'd never do that to me".
Well...good luck with that.
These are also generally the people that sit back and watch things going on, knowing it's not right, but can't bring themselves to say anything (because deep down, they know that being visible is akin to asking to be a target).
I think that these "colleagues" are the worst in the scheme of things. They have the ability to speak up as an equal, but they don't. Cowards I guess...but still culpable in the long run.
People "above" them often have no clue. Sometimes they do, though, and approve of the ends justifying the means. Maintaining ignorance, or the appearance of ignorance is key in this role. If they really don't know, it's generally because of the perceived power of the nasty person scares all into silence (they really don't have as much power as most people think that they do - hence their terrorist reign over their imaginary "empire").
So...where am I going with all of this rambling? I don't know...lol
I guess I've been exposed to this behavior in my career. OK, I know I have. And I was one of the folks that couldn't look away from the hypocrisy. For better (or worse, really), I took a stand and spoke up when things were wrong. Immoral, unethical, inhuman (spelled intentionally that way).
It's known by those that know me...don't ask for my opinion if you don't want an honest answer. lol I don't expect or require you to agree with my opinion, but you'll get the real thing...that's just how I am.
And, I seem to have an over-developed sense of "right" and "wrong" as well.
So, as a comic once said...
I had the right to remain silent...but I didn't have the ability to. :)
(to be continued)
;)
M&G
I've been thinking about this a lot (for some reason) the last few days. Maybe it's because it's that time of year again when my birthday month is about to begin.
I know...you are saying to yourself..."birthday MONTH? What the heck?
LOL
If you are, then you don't know me well (yet). Don't knock birthday month until you've tried it. It's a pretty awesome and yet sublimely simple concept.
During your birthday month, any time you disagree with the general consensus, or need to have a "tie breaker", you declare your birthday month status, and...case closed...you get it your way.
At first, others may think this unfair - however, it's probably one of the more fair things in life. Everyone has a birthday (regardless of race, sex, age, religious affiliation...), and so everyone can participate. There are no real "rules" about birthday month...basically, if you have a preference that others do not share, you invoke birthday month privileges, and the disagreement is immediately resolved.
Wanna watch a TV show that others don't? Birthday month! Watch what you want.
Wanna go to a restaurant? Birthday month! There you go!
The cool thing about this is, most people will comply because their turn is coming eventually too. :) The folks that don't abide by "birthday month" are in peril of not having anyone give them their way during their birthday month...so you see...there is reason to joyfully accept this premise.
Generally, we wait until the month is "invoked" by the birthday person...sometimes waiting for them to realize it's their own birthday month can be quite entertaining in itself.
(GOOFY, are you "listening"? bwahahaha!)
This "rule" is entirely up to the players however...as with any other "rules" you all choose to apply. What works for one, works for all, so being selfish here can have unexpected consequences...a word of warning...be careful what you wish for. LOL
I've been digressing, though.
I've been seeing many examples of folks getting their way - getting ahead - by being nasty, nasty people. They treat those around them badly...they display no morals, or ethics, or any particularly laudable behavior at all. And for some darn reason, no one seems to call them on it.
People below them are afraid, I imagine. They've seen what happens to those that dared to disagree or stand up.
People on equal footing are apathetic, afraid themselves or actually approve of the career strategy.
These are also, often, the folks that think to themselves "well they do those things to others, but they'd never do that to me".
Well...good luck with that.
These are also generally the people that sit back and watch things going on, knowing it's not right, but can't bring themselves to say anything (because deep down, they know that being visible is akin to asking to be a target).
I think that these "colleagues" are the worst in the scheme of things. They have the ability to speak up as an equal, but they don't. Cowards I guess...but still culpable in the long run.
People "above" them often have no clue. Sometimes they do, though, and approve of the ends justifying the means. Maintaining ignorance, or the appearance of ignorance is key in this role. If they really don't know, it's generally because of the perceived power of the nasty person scares all into silence (they really don't have as much power as most people think that they do - hence their terrorist reign over their imaginary "empire").
So...where am I going with all of this rambling? I don't know...lol
I guess I've been exposed to this behavior in my career. OK, I know I have. And I was one of the folks that couldn't look away from the hypocrisy. For better (or worse, really), I took a stand and spoke up when things were wrong. Immoral, unethical, inhuman (spelled intentionally that way).
It's known by those that know me...don't ask for my opinion if you don't want an honest answer. lol I don't expect or require you to agree with my opinion, but you'll get the real thing...that's just how I am.
And, I seem to have an over-developed sense of "right" and "wrong" as well.
So, as a comic once said...
I had the right to remain silent...but I didn't have the ability to. :)
(to be continued)
;)
M&G
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