If everyone within the sound of my voice were to send mass emails to everyone on their mailing list AND link it to all their favorite sites, this baby could go viral.
One of my sort-of New Year's resolutions is to teach myself more "tiny talents," as I call them.
What am I talking about? For example, juggling can be a tiny talent and by that I mean that one doesn't have to be a circus performer; it's enough to be able to honestly answer "yes" if someone asks, "Can you juggle?"
So yes, I can juggle. Three bean bags and I can go long enough without dropping that I get bored of it all before that happens.
I taught myself from a how-to book but that sort of information is probably now on the internet for free. I put a timer on myself. It took me 20 minutes to learn the basics.
(1) “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
-- Lao Tzu
(2) What's to be gained from the idea of the tiny in tiny talents is we seldom have to travel a thousand miles. Some of something is better than all of nothing. Trite but true.
(3) "Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good." First time I heard that was from Pogo. That's good advice.
Thanks for the encouragement, Bat. On the plus side I'm making excellent progress on getting the house organized. Considering that the contents of the attic were disgorged into the living room (in anticipation of A/C), the years of accumulation in bedrooms and closets of kids' art and sporting awards, the million memento tee-shirts associated with said, photographs that must be sorted and scanned, and that I'm a major league procrastinator, I'm encouraged.
And this is funny: I came across a journal written on notebook paper from my last year of high school. It is amazing, I had completely forgotten about it, and it will be used as blog fodder :)
@deborah: I have around 10 such notebooks beginning around HS through graduate school which probably detail every angst-ridden decision I even made during that time. I've never looked back at them.
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Are they hot?
That's all well and good, until someone loses an eye.
Great animated GIF, Chip. I'm jealous.
Did Kerry spell potato, or just thrust his long tuber at the diplomat? So to speak.
This gif needs someone spinning plates on top of some sticks, and Ed Sullivan in the background.
And Charlie Callas explaining the whole thing.
Those aren't potatoes, by the way. They are pommes. Big difference.
Pommes de terror?
If everyone within the sound of my voice were to send mass emails to everyone on their mailing list AND link it to all their favorite sites, this baby could go viral.
I'm going to start with what's his name.
Suggestion: link the post, so people will read the answers, and know we're here, in the vast outer reaches of the blogosphere.
pommes de terre, actually. "Apples of the earth."
Pommes de terror! Lurch approves!
Deborah also took French.
Why yes I did, Nick, one semester...got a B, thank you very much.
Okay, I emailed the post to insty.
Now who's going to do what? Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?
Do you want to live forever?
Live forever in the ether? Why yes!
No matter how you slice it, those are still Freedom Fries!
Sent to Ace.
One of my sort-of New Year's resolutions is to teach myself more "tiny talents," as I call them.
What am I talking about? For example, juggling can be a tiny talent and by that I mean that one doesn't have to be a circus performer; it's enough to be able to honestly answer "yes" if someone asks, "Can you juggle?"
So yes, I can juggle. Three bean bags and I can go long enough without dropping that I get bored of it all before that happens.
I taught myself from a how-to book but that sort of information is probably now on the internet for free. I put a timer on myself. It took me 20 minutes to learn the basics.
Hey, deborah! How's that Pilates coming along?
The juggling would also be great for brain exercise...hand-eye coordination, etc.
I scrolled past my saved Pilates core exercise link yesterday. Does that count?
(1) “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
-- Lao Tzu
(2) What's to be gained from the idea of the tiny in tiny talents is we seldom have to travel a thousand miles. Some of something is better than all of nothing. Trite but true.
(3) "Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good." First time I heard that was from Pogo. That's good advice.
Thanks for the encouragement, Bat. On the plus side I'm making excellent progress on getting the house organized. Considering that the contents of the attic were disgorged into the living room (in anticipation of A/C), the years of accumulation in bedrooms and closets of kids' art and sporting awards, the million memento tee-shirts associated with said, photographs that must be sorted and scanned, and that I'm a major league procrastinator, I'm encouraged.
And this is funny: I came across a journal written on notebook paper from my last year of high school. It is amazing, I had completely forgotten about it, and it will be used as blog fodder :)
@deborah: I have around 10 such notebooks beginning around HS through graduate school which probably detail every angst-ridden decision I even made during that time. I've never looked back at them.
Kudos to you for putting yourself out there.
All I have is years of old Mad magazines.
lol chick, mine is pretty basic. Also have one from a few weeks of sixth grade that I did know about.
Haz, I used to have one copy of an uncle's 50's era Mad mag. I may still have it.
Bill Gaines was a genius. Too bad he never figured into Mad Men
I may still have it.
Well, don't throw it out!
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