A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.
NBC's Ann Curry promoting 26 Acts of Kindness in memory of Newtown::
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...-kindness?lite
Who's gonna start the 2013 Random Thoughts thread in a couple weeks?
I got my first paying gig for my baked goods.Delivery on Christmas Eve.
BTW, can we get a Easter Bunny smilie for Easter? Or just for me to sporadically use.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr.
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
Somebody at work gave me homemade peanut brittle for Christmas today. I haven't tasted it yet but I hope it's as good as it looks. I love peanut brittle but have had very mixed results with the homemade stuff I've had over the years.
"Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." - 1980 Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
I just did a survey from a student in Italy - I love the differences in terms fof doing a planning survey here and there -
one of the answers to a question about merchants (no lie) was -
I thought wow, I am hitting that for the asnwer just for its risque poignancy - can I put that in my design review code?adopt a warm design able to stimulate emotions
then one of the questions/answers was this:
I didn't know we said "white collar worker" anymore4. Occupation
(To tick off only a box)
Occupation (To tick off only a box)
Student
Housewife
White-collar worker
Blue-collar worker
Manager
Professionals
Teacher
Retired
Unemployed
anyway, it woke me up this morning
this is what I get for running a city and town planning group on LinkedIn that has become a bastion for international planners...
Ripping about 10 books on tape into my iPhone for the holiday week.
When compassion exceeds logic for too long, chaos will ensue. - Unknown
Is Jerry Garcia a faux pas? I have a Tommy Bahama Christmas tie that has santa on the beach with a umbrella drink. I was told I couldn't wear at work. I questioned why as I wondered if it was because of santa but I found out it was because of the drink.
So now I wear it to church.
Today is Christmas lunch!![]()
When compassion exceeds logic for too long, chaos will ensue. - Unknown
Why did my "what the hell am I getting my wife for Xmas" thread get closed??
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
So if you were going to be judged for a recipe for a group of worker what would you make?
Last year I made bacon wrapped smokies in a jack daniels bbq glaze.... I need something unique, but enjoyable by the masses....
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
Them and me.My stupid IT people keep refusing to unblock LinkedIn at work! How laaaaaame is that? LinkedIn? Really? Oh, yeah. That's where I'm wasting time trolling the deep professional waters looking for accidental pron or something, IT. Keep me out of it....
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"...I would never try to tick Hink off. He kinda intimidates me. He's quite butch, you know." - Maister
My Christmas tie is a Jerry Garcis tie. I wore it at our BOC mtg Monday night.
The departmental Christmas social is today, but no tie
"Whatever beer I'm drinking, is better than the one I'm not." DMLW