Today I was sitting in the monthly full-time staff meeting the organization I work for holds, and I felt particularly antsy. I was sitting next to my birthday twin, Mike (of the Guad squad), which added to the squirelly-ness I was feeling. Anyway, when I get antsy....I doodle, scribble, otherwise write random things down (even if I don't need to) just to have something to keep my mind occupied. Usually because whoever is speaking really isn't holding my interest, but I am fighting valiantly to look like I give a darn. It's a habit I picked up in college, primarily graduate school. =)
The result of this incessant writing? A seriously scribbled all over meeting agenda. Mike even commented on the volumes of notes I took. My favorite scribble was "DEATH BY COMMITTEE!" surrounded by little dashes. I wrote that one down when it was suggested we form a committee to plan the youth basketball finals. Seriously? It seems like the person who plans the finals has done just fine (FOR YEARS mind you) without the aid of a committee. Maybe I'm just not much of a fan of committees being in place for everything.
Although, DEATH BY COMMITTEE! would be a pretty awesome band name. That's something I could be a fan of.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
inside my crack den
OK, so the subject is a little bit...um....questionable. I am writing from the QC Library people. What were you thinking? Steven equates books with my version of crack. I am addicted, I get irritable when I can't read for long stretches of time, and I feel a little...well...endorphin release when I read and/or finish a book. Does that make me some sort of criminal? I think not.
I just found it interesting that from now on this is where I'll be blogging from, friends of mine out there in the blogosphere. Steven and I cancelled our home Internet service in the interest of saving money since we can get on the Interweb for free at our local library. Other cost saving changes we've made recently - getting rid of a home phone line and our satellite TV subscription. While this may seem kind of crazy to many of you out there reading this blog, I assure you we are perfectly sane (well...aside from addictions like reading). We're also trying to sell our gas guzzling Nissan Armada, aptly nicknamed "The Beast." Although we are far from destitute (the Lord has blessed us beyond anything we could imagine), we are just trying to be good stewards of the resources we have to manage.
How can you simplify your life?
I just found it interesting that from now on this is where I'll be blogging from, friends of mine out there in the blogosphere. Steven and I cancelled our home Internet service in the interest of saving money since we can get on the Interweb for free at our local library. Other cost saving changes we've made recently - getting rid of a home phone line and our satellite TV subscription. While this may seem kind of crazy to many of you out there reading this blog, I assure you we are perfectly sane (well...aside from addictions like reading). We're also trying to sell our gas guzzling Nissan Armada, aptly nicknamed "The Beast." Although we are far from destitute (the Lord has blessed us beyond anything we could imagine), we are just trying to be good stewards of the resources we have to manage.
How can you simplify your life?
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
resolution
res⋅o⋅lu⋅tion [rez-uh-loo-shuhn]
–noun
1. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
2. a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
3. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
5. the act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.
6. the resulting state.
7. Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths. Compare resolving power.
8. a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
9. Music.
a. the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
b. the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
10. reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
11. Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
12. the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.
These definitions were taken from dictionary.com. I thought it was fitting given the beginning of a new year is when most people come up with "resolutions." I think we can all figure out which definition of the word they mean, but I found it interesting that it could be applied so many different ways. I think I like all of them.
What's your resolution?
–noun
1. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
2. a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
3. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
5. the act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.
6. the resulting state.
7. Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths. Compare resolving power.
8. a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
9. Music.
a. the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
b. the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
10. reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
11. Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
12. the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.
These definitions were taken from dictionary.com. I thought it was fitting given the beginning of a new year is when most people come up with "resolutions." I think we can all figure out which definition of the word they mean, but I found it interesting that it could be applied so many different ways. I think I like all of them.
What's your resolution?
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