By JFinsel on 11/11/2009 11:11 AM
Today is a good day to ask yourself what you believe. Or, perhaps more appropriately, how strongly you believe what you believe.
We all have things we believe in. But what would you do for those beliefs?
It's one thing to talk about what you... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 11/10/2009 12:14 PM
(Sung to the tune of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) Well it was 40 years ago today,Jim Henson taught us all to play,And learn as we've been playing too,And it's guaranteed to raise a smile,So may I intorduce to you,The street you've known for all these... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 10/2/2009 8:38 PM
I sent Nae a list of life lessons someone had put together for their kids. And she responded:
Here are a few additions that i hope my children remember long into their lives: Some of these ideas aren't original or mine....but I have adopted them and... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 10/1/2009 7:13 AM
An Old Erma Bombeck column:
Someone asked me the other day if I had my life to live over would I change anything. My answer was no, but then I thought about it and changed my mind.
If I had my life to live over again I would have waxed less and... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 9/29/2009 8:04 AM
This morning I took the back roads in to work, to avoid the freeway traffic jam, and I encountered a train. Which, for some reason, brought a tune to mind written by the late John Denver. So, with apologies to Mr. Denver and to Peter, Paul and Mary, the trio... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 8/17/2009 2:00 PM
Saturday night I took advantage of being in the country and stepped outside with a blanket to head off a ways and stretch out under the stars. Even here there's too much light pollution to see the Milky Way but there were more stars visible than can be seen... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 7/27/2009 9:20 AM
Yesterday, Nae and I went to Cincinnati Opera's rendition of Bizet's Carmen, with Ruxandra Donose... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 7/10/2009 8:23 AM
I used to work in an office that had a pool table, one of those really expensive, championship caliber ones. Since it didn't cost me anything to use it, I would use it a lot as a break from my net time. And I come to some conclusions that I wrote back then.... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 6/23/2009 7:33 AM
This past weekend, Nae was complaining because there was a crow (though I believe it is actually a Raven) at the bird feeder. Then, in today's Word of the Day, I see:
The Word of the Day for June 23, 2009 is:corvine • \KOR-vyne\ • adjective : of or... Read More » |
By JFinsel on 5/11/2009 8:02 AM
I got Nae up early on Mother's Day and took her to First Watch for breakfast. I'd forgotten that they gave away small boxes of chocolates to mothers on Mother's Day so it was a bit crowded. But... Read More » |