Who knows nothing base, | |
Fears nothing known. | |
— Owen Meredith | |
From his poem: “A Great Man“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Sometimes I’m Confused |
2021 | You Need Me On That Wall |
Counting Bees And Chasing Clouds | |
2020 | Precious Life |
2019 | Nothing Is Too Difficult For Me |
Patterns Of Caring | |
2018 | And May Never Be |
2017 | Don’t Forget |
2016 | I Was A Percentage Man |
2015 | It Waits Patiently |
2014 | Unknown |
2013 | Explaining Love? |
2012 | Echoes of 1% |
2011 | Salaam, Egypt!! |
Where Do You Learn? | |
Archive for January, 2014
Unknown
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Great Man, My Journal, On Greatness, Owen Meredith, Philosophy, Quotes on January 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Big C, Little B (II)
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, tagged Answered Prayers, Cancer, Faith, Family and Friends, throat glands on January 30, 2014| 4 Comments »
Roughly two years ago, my brother was diagnosed with cancer on his tongue. They operated on his tongue and removed a good chunk and they had a good look around inside his throat glands. They hoped they got it all, but a few weeks ago another lump started to appear. | ||
Today they had their second go at him. They removed the lump and the immediate biopsy was negative for cancer! (Yea!!) | ||
They’ve kept him over-night for observation and for his dialysis. He usually goes Tues / Thurs / Sat, but with the procedure today, he got pushed back a day. | ||
Anyway, we’re all relieved and praying for a speedy recovery. | ||
God is great and God’s blessings are many! | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Where God Has Not
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, My Journal, Poetry, Quotes, tagged Burns And Byron, Faith, In Men Whom Men Condemn As Ill, Joaquin Miller, My Journal, Philosophy, Poems, Poetry, Quotes, Songs Of The Sierras on January 30, 2014| 2 Comments »
In men whom men condemn as ill | ||
I find so much of goodness still. | ||
In men whom men pronounce divine | ||
I find so much of sin and blot | ||
I do not dare to draw a line | ||
Between the two, where God has not. | ||
— Joaquin Miller | ||
A poem honoring Burns and Byron in his book: “Songs of the Sierras“ | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Heathen, n.
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Humor, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Ambrose Bierce, Faith, Humor, My Journal, Quotes, The Devil's Dictionary on January 29, 2014| 4 Comments »
A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel. | |
— Ambrose Bierce | |
From his book: “The Devil’s Dictionary“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Murmuring Note |
2021 | Satisfied If Not Fulfilled |
You Don’t Know | |
Urban Ballroom | |
2020 | R.I.P. Kobe |
2019 | Looks A Lot Like #45 |
2018 | Trying To Stay Young |
2017 | Seems Reasonable To Me |
2016 | We Can Get Through This Together (In Time) |
2015 | How Long Is A Piece Of String? |
2014 | Heathen, n. |
2013 | Wisdom’s Folly |
2012 | When The Student Is Ready |
Disconnected Leadership | |
2011 | The Complex Richness Of Life |
Gravitation, n.
Posted in Humor, My Journal, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Ambrose Bierce, Gravitation, Humor, My Journal, Quotes, Science, The Devil's Dictionary on January 28, 2014| 2 Comments »
The tendency of all bodies to approach one another with a strength proportioned to the quantity of matter they contain – the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and edifying illustration of how science, having made A proof of B, makes B the proof of A. | |
— Ambrose Bierce | |
From his book: “The Devil’s Dictionary“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Happy Realization |
2021 | Is Science Cumulative? |
We’re Aging With Time | |
2020 | Where #45 Is Leading The Republican Party |
2019 | Your Own Blog Posts |
The Man With A Code | |
2018 | Choose Goodness |
2017 | Developing Translations |
2016 | Think Like A Hero |
2015 | Reductionism |
2014 | Gravitation, n. |
2013 | Ups And Downs |
2012 | Nerd Heard – And Good-Bye |
Your Continuum | |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 2) |
Wearing Down?
Posted in Health, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Alvin Toffler, Commander Ransom J. Arthur, Future Shock, Health, My Journal, On The Health Effects Of Change, Quotes on January 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
For the first time, we have an index of change. If you’ve had many changes in your life within a short time, this places a great challenge on your body… An enormous number of changes within a short period might overwhelm its coping mechanisms. | |
It is clear that there is a connection between the body’s defenses and the demands for change that society imposes. We are in a continuous dynamic equilibrium… Various ‘noxious’ elements, both internal and external, are always present, always seeking to explode into disease. For example, certain viruses live in the body and cause disease only when the defenses of the body wear down. There may well be generalized body defense systems that prove inadequate to cope with the flood of demands for change that come pulsing through the nervous and endocrine systems. | |
— Commander Ransom J. Arthur | |
Former head of the U.S. Navy Medical Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at San Diego | |
(quoted by: Alvin Toffler in his book: “Future Shock“) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Are You Confused? |
2021 | Working On The Ordinary |
Smoothed My Jagged Edges | |
2020 | Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45 |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
Next Rung
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Ladders, My Journal, On Perseverance, Philosophy, Quotes, Rungs, Steps, Thomas Huxley on January 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. | |
— Thomas Huxley | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | An Experiment Without A Control Group |
2021 | Seeking Center |
Your Love Is Near | |
2020 | You Mean I’m STILL In School? |
2019 | Finishing Work |
2018 | Diversity |
2017 | Timely Planning |
2016 | Just Too Easy To Know Fewer And Fewer |
2015 | A Fine Balance |
2014 | Next Rung |
2013 | Super Bowl Prep |
Romantics | |
A Goal For Zen? | |
2012 | Mutant Powers Of Obsession |
2011 | Federal Stars |
Mud Pie | |
Eyes Off
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Leadership, My Journal, On Obstacles, Philosophy, Quotes on January 25, 2014| 3 Comments »
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. | |
— President Abraham Lincoln | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | The Fight Continues… |
2021 | Short, Swift, Haste |
Another Friend’s Passing | |
2020 | Can We At Least Set The Bar Higher Than An Incompetent Liar In The Oval Office? |
2019 | Uncertain Times |
And Government Shutdowns, Too | |
2018 | Satisfied |
2017 | In The Mind |
2016 | Dreaming |
2015 | The Best Medicine Is Also Contagious |
2014 | Eyes Off |
2013 | The More Things Change… |
2012 | The Delicate Moment Of Giving |
2011 | Ready, Shoot, Aim!! |
Less Difficult
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged George Eliot, Mary Anne Evans, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes on January 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? | |
— Mary Anne Evans | |
(pen name: George Eliot) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | By Any Other Name (Or Description) |
2021 | Democracy, Pandemic, Economy And Climate Change |
Heaven Is… | |
2020 | Hoping For #46 In January 2021 |
2019 | Interesting, But Not Fascinating |
But Try To Eat The Low-Hanging First | |
2018 | Me, Too |
2017 | Apt Enough? |
2016 | Now Or Ever |
21, Pause, Restart | |
2015 | I Am Shocked, Sir, Shocked… |
Lucy & FSND-2 | |
2014 | Less Difficult |
2013 | The Spirit Of Liberty |
2012 | The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness |
2011 | A Problem Of Scale |
Fred Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | |
2010 | Another Book, Another Jog… |
Inequality Of Sacrifice
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Bush Administration, Leadership, Military Men, Mission Accomplished, Politics, Quotes, War In Afghanistan, War In Iraq, Ward Just on January 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Beyond that, the civilian leadership did not rally the country round the war; it insisted on both guns and butter, a short-term, short-sighted formulation that created awful psychological dilemmas, among both those who served and those who did not. Among them was the inequality of sacrifice. It was a bankrupt policy, fundamentally immoral and essentially divisive. | |
— Ward Just | |
From his book: “Military Men“ | |
[If you close your eyes, you can still picture President Bush standing in front of a sign saying “Mission Accomplished” or (shortly after 9-11) hearing him advise Americans to show the terrorists they can’t win by going out to the nearest mall and doing some shopping. | |
For the first time in American history the country went to war and refused to pay for it. In fact, the Bush Administration carried the cost of the war (and other national security costs) “off books” so it would not be “considered” part of the national budget. We have now been engaged in Afghanistan for over a decade and are only recently out of Iraq. We have tens of thousands of unemployed and injured veterans, and, on television, we see private charities asking for funds to assist the injured vets and their families. | |
What we should be doing is raising the taxes on the “one-percent” to fully pay for the on-going war effort, the retraining of veterans who have chosen to return to civilian life, and for those injured vets and their families, full pay for their recovery and support. No family should be out of pocket one-red-cent to be housed near a veteran recovering from a war-related injury. | |
But what do I know? I’m just a liberal Democrat… | |
Actually, Mr. Ward’s book was written back in the early 1970’s and this quote is describing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War, not our recent conflicts in the middle-East and Asia. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | And Even Fewer Regrets |
2021 | Today Counts |
I Hope You’ll Understand | |
2020 | Maybe #IncompetentDonald Really Is A Great Manager |
2019 | Your Only Choice |
2018 | A Good Definition |
2017 | Getting It Done |
2016 | Getting To Know Me |
2015 | Why I Pay Taxes |
2014 | Inequality Of Sacrifice |
2013 | I Never Saw A Moor |
2012 | Fill In The Blank |
Not For Naught | |
Cliff Notes To Life? | |
2011 | Conference Games Sunday |
Gaps
Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged All In A Day's Work, Harris Collingwood, Harvard Business Review, HBR, Julia Kirby, Leadership, Quotes on January 22, 2014| 2 Comments »
The fact is, all primate groups create — cannot exist without — leaders. If there isn’t one, there’s a period of immense tension and uncertainty, and work doesn’t get done. Decisions about the wider set of environmental influences don’t get made. All of the group’s energy is spent on internal jockeying for dominance. | |
From the article: “All In A Day’s Work“ | |
Moderated by: Harris Collingwood and Julia Kirby | |
Originally published in: Harvard Business Review, December 2001 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Enduring Success |
2021 | Dealing With Trumpism, Racism and Fascism In America |
Just Wondering | |
2020 | And So Must Good Government |
2019 | Are You Done Watching? |
2018 | Spineless Capitulation By The Democrats |
Woe Is Me… | |
2017 | Sincerely Yours |
2016 | Only Good To Say |
2015 | A Series Of Temporary Conditions |
2014 | Gaps |
2013 | Duty |
2012 | Cost Not Price |
Superheroes | |
2011 | The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!” |
Desire For The Sea
Posted in Leadership, Quotes, tagged Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Leadership, Motivation, Quotes on January 21, 2014| 5 Comments »
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to go to the forest to gather wood, saw it, and nail the planks together. Instead, teach them the desire for the sea. | |
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | End The Filibuster |
2021 | Be Creative, Question Assumptions |
By No Means | |
2020 | I’ll Eat To That (Gemütlichkeit) |
To The Front | |
2019 | #ContinueToResist |
Except Willful Ignorance And Prideful Stupidity | |
2018 | More Executive Time For #DumbDonald |
2017 | Watched The Inauguration |
Two Geniuses | |
2016 | Come Dance And Laugh With Me |
2015 | Looks Good To Me |
2014 | Desire For The Sea |
2013 | The Fierce Urgency Of NOW |
Happy Inauguration Day! | |
2012 | One Path |
Sorrow And Joy | |
The Seven Year View | |
2011 | Emergent Practicality |
Lend Your Hand
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Ethics of the Fathers, Herman Wouk, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK Day, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Rabbi Tarfon, This Is My God on January 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The work is not yours to finish; but neither are you free to take no part in it. | |
— Rabbi Tarfon | |
From: “Ethics of the Fathers“ | |
As quoted in: “This Is My God“ | |
Written by: Herman Wouk |
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[The path to equality in America has not been completed. There is still much work to do until all are able to share in the philosophy that all Americans are equal under the law. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Biden Starts His Second Year |
2021 | DIY: Outdoor Gym Modifications (2) |
Inauguration Day 2021 | |
(Hopefully) Good-Bye To The Trump Dark Ages | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — kmab] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
The Crux
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, On The Control Of Knowledge, Politics, Quotes on January 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow’s worldwide struggle for power in every human institution. | |
— Alvin Toffler | |
From his book: “Future Shock“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Pass A Voting Rights Act For Democracy’s Sake |
2021 | Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling |
Good-Bye #45 | |
2020 | The Burden Of Faith |
On To Superbowl LIV (54)!! | |
2019 | Are Your Dogs Barking? |
Dangerous Waistcoats | |
2018 | And 40+ Years Later? |
2017 | He Is Alone |
2016 | Compensation |
2015 | Charlie Redux |
2014 | The Crux |
2013 | Erosion And Rechannelling |
Alliance, n. | |
2012 | How Many Thought… (One I Know Of) |
Choices And Decisions | |
2011 | Speed Spoils |
Simply Intended | |
2010 | A Second 4 Hour Jog |
Two Thoughts
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Niccolò Machiavelli, On Flattery, On Honesty, On Truth, On Wanting To Be Alone, Oscar Levant, Quotes, The Prince on January 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you. | |
― Niccolò Machiavelli | |
From: “The Prince“ | |
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome. | |
― Oscar Levant | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Do It |
2021 | The Honor Is To Serve… |
I Don’t Know That I Will | |
Only So Long | |
2020 | Each Meaning |
2019 | The Deep End |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening? | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |