Today I spent the morning doing my volunteer gig under the big top.* This was my second Sunday morning shift in a row. The four hours went pretty fast. Both Sundays, I’ve been in a spot in the main Terminal where a lot of just-checked-in passengers walk by.
When I’m out there I’m wearing the volunteer uniform: a [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Sunday morning under the big top
Posted in City, Denver, Travel on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Year of living ambiguously
Posted in Career, Law, Life and death, Retirement, Travel on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.”– Gilda Radner
A year ago I grabbed the modest retirement I’d earned by sticking to a job for 17 years and achieving the age of 55 years. (Well, over-achieving that [...]
Important decisions
Posted in Dogs on March 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This morning between the first cup of coffee and leaving the office to go to lunch, I made an Important Decision.
I decided on my next puppy. Put down the deposit. The breeder and I will firm up the shipping arrangements soon.
Within a week or two I should be hearing the patter of little paws around [...]
Worst case scenario
Posted in Business, Home, Movies, TV on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last night I thought I’d take my two currently checked-out Netflix DVDs from the living room to watch on the TV in the bedroom. And couldn’t find them.
Anywhere. Even after I went to bed, realized I was still worrying about where they could be, and got up to rummage around a couple more places. In [...]
I’d like to be like that when I grow up
Posted in Good things, Inspiration, Life and death on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From this morning’s newspaper, life advice from Trudy Strauss. She’s not rich or famous or on Youtube and I haven’t bothered to google her. The column (printed in full below the fold) told me all I need to know. Here’s the gist:
It’s all about being positive.
Attitude really is everything.
Stay active.
Make good friends.
Try to be tolerant [...]
Teacup tempest, continued
Posted in Current Events, Dogs, news on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The pink poodle plot has taken a new turn today.
Ex-employees of Cici’s owner’s beauty salon are dogging their old boss. They say she lied about only using food-based dyes on the pooch.
Whatever.
Bottom line for me is the quote from the story I posted earlier today: the Boulder Humane Society spokesperson – and the BHS issued the [...]
Another reason I should stay away from Boulder
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Dogs, news on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The fashion police. The color patrol. The aesthetic posses.
Crimes against fashion are now City ordinance violations. Yes: tickets can be issued and fines up to $1000 are possible.
I’m sure that some of my accessory choices are just all wrong. And a ticket would be too big a hit against my retirement income. I’d better not risk it.
I [...]
Dewey Donation System
Posted in Books, Cool Stuff, Good things, Libraries on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been busy offline the last couple of weeks. This morning I visited some favorite blogs for the first time in awhile. I felt a touch guilty heading over to Go Fug Yourself - after all, it’s pretty snarky and I’m trying out this Complaint Free World thing. Which doesn’t work if I get all snarky.
Silly [...]
I just can’t choose between these
Posted in Humor on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happily, I’m not suffering from any known dire medical conditions. Except of course for life itself. There’s no need to rush the decision.
This one?
‘What will your obituary say?’ at QuizGalaxy.com
Or this one?
‘What will your obituary say?’ at QuizGalaxy.com
A day. 21 days. 21 years.
Posted in Inspiration, Life and death on March 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Does it take 21 days to change a habit?
How do we tell our habits from our compulsions, and our compulsions from addictions?
One way to find out is to try to change our behavior - and see what happens.
This week I received the book and purple bracelet I’d ordered from A Complaint Free World. I’m wearing the bracelet. [...]
The TSA breeds
Posted in Current Events, Dogs, Humor, Travel on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think the US Transportation Security Administration is trying to reassure us regular peeps who fly commercial with this section of its website about its National Explosives Detection Canine Team. And it’s interesting.
But I find something unsettling about their breeding program logo. Unsuspecting yellow Lab being approached from behind by aggressive commercial jetliner.
Result: airplane that can sniff [...]
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