Monday, October 31, 2011

Dave Barry - Moderism



15 Things That It Took Me 50 Years To Learn
 By Dave Barry

1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings”.

3. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.

6. You should not confuse your career with your life.

7. No matter what happens......somebody will find a way
to take it too seriously.

8. When trouble arises & things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution & is willing to take command. Very often that person is crazy.

9. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

10. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

11. Never lick a steak knife.

12. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.

13. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

15. Your friends love you anyway.



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Bill Evans - Days of Wine and Roses


Simple Living



  1. Accurate Self Knowledge
  2. Purging the Unnecessary
  3. The Willingness to Say “No”
  4. A Focus on Conscious Consumption
  5. Cultivating Patience
  6. Mindfulness
  7. A Desire for Less

Simple Living



  1. Accurate Self Knowledge
  2. Purging the Unnecessary
  3. The Willingness to Say “No”
  4. A Focus on Conscious Consumption
  5. Cultivating Patience
  6. Mindfulness
  7. A Desire for Less

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Beginner's Mind

Sit down before facts like a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion.  Follow humbly whatever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
- T.H. Huxley