2011/12/11
by J. Randal
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Procrastination sometimes comes in handy. That calorie-laden dessert? Oh, I’ll eat a piece of it. Later. If we keep putting off those temptations that lure us, to our harm, as effectively as we do the duties we ought to get to promptly, for our good, we’ll do a fine job of avoiding them.
2011/03/28
by J. Randal
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Maybe some attitude tuning is needed. If I were an employer, this is a question I’d ask candidates for employment. Continue reading
2011/03/04
by J. Randal
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Seven unavoidable principles or truths for life that we ignore at our peril. Don’t be deceived by their pithy nature. Continue reading
2010/12/21
by J. Randal
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On the way back from lunch, I misstepped on an uneven sidewalk (that’s a redundancy in Brazil) and took a spill headlong. My right knee took the worst of it, with bruises and bloody scrapes. My blessing was that my … Continue reading
2010/12/15
by J. Randal
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But a year runs fast, and always runs different; Start and finish are never the same. From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by Burton Raffel, lines 498-499. And I might add, At the end the start and middle … Continue reading
2010/09/30
by J. Randal
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Just do it. In spite of being a commercial slogan, it isn’t a bad thought to follow. When we want something bad enough, we’ll go after it and get it. So here’s a hat-tip to a quote from Jim Rohn, … Continue reading
2010/09/27
by J. Randal
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If you were released from a prison on a Monday, how would that Monday be for you? If you got a promotion and a raise on a Monday, how would that Monday feel to you? If you bagged a 10-point … Continue reading
2010/09/24
by J. Randal
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The plants under the carport looked good when we got back. (See the larger view by clicking on the picture.) The poinsettia is filling out nicely, my aloe vera is coming along, the hanging plant, whose name I forget, is … Continue reading
2010/08/30
by J. Randal
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I’m a fan of chocolate malts, in spite of a lactose intolerance. I have an average of one malt a year or less. After 3 1/2 weeks in the US, traveling in seven states (two more, at least, to go), … Continue reading
2010/07/05
by J. Randal
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How to Banish Bad Habits and Control Temptations – Grat Tucker’s posterous. Interesting research item highlighted by this brother. Makes one remember some Bible verses, does it not?