Posts from ‘April, 2008’

My wife and I are about to begin what I call the “great family sell-off”. Basically if it’s not something we need, or use, it will be on the sales block.

I recently wrote a piece about Dr. Randy Pausch. In it I detailed his last lecture, and that his goal behind it was to leave a legacy for his children.  Years ago, back when I was a much more prolific writer I began jotting down things that I felt would be important for my own [...]

I often find it hard to find time to do everything I need to do.  I am out of the house about 12 hours a day, and now with little league, there a generally two days a week it’s more like 16 or 19 hours.  Personal Time Management is something that each and every person [...]

Welcome to another edition of Way Back Wednesday!  Today we are all about Movie Trailers!  To be exact the period of 1977-1979.  That’s when the voice made the difference.  Do you remember the voice-over making or breaking you want to see the movie?
How about the idea that this was occurring right now in a Galaxy [...]

Weekends in my house are as busy if not more so than the work week. It seems I never get enough done. I am also in a “funk” over something that was a bit unexpected, and certainly unwelcome. More on that later. I recently upgraded to the latest and greatest [...]

I am not usually a 2x a day poster, but today I can’t get my thoughts off of something I saw on a news magazine show last night, on ABC’s Primetime.  It was about a Carnegie Mellon Professor Dr. Randy Pausch.  While my wife and I usually pass up these shows in the desire for [...]

 
I have come to the realization that BC (before children) my life was, well quiet.  I was a rather young divorcée with no kids.  I came home to wonder dog (wonder if she would ever move from her favorite carpet), and could close my eyes to hear the awesome sounds of silence.  Now when I [...]

  MSNBC has an interesting article about the newest way your Credit Card Banks are looking to take even more of your hard earned cash, by finding another way to raise your rate.  Most card issuers provide you the “nominal limit” on your credit accounts, but allow you to exceed that limit, by generally 10-20%.  [...]

It’s April 9, 2008.  Welcome to this weeks Way Back Wednesday!. 
Did anyone guess the year for last weeks edition?  If not here you go:

Thanks to those who participated.  Sticking with the whole 80’s theme, (ahh the times of my youth) I have included some now lesser remembered shows for this week.
Remember the wealthy PI?

Or the [...]

It always amazes me how innocence changes the view of the world.  Sometimes if you stop to think about it from a much more basic perspective, it can change your outlook.  Keep your life simple, and it will be much simpler.  Take for example the picture at the right.  The baby is not smiling because [...]