What have you done today
- BigDrawMan
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Re: What have you done today
i was going to see some gallery types to show them my new stuff
but the gallery dame I saw before wanted them all
so i will make more
i am in a period of intense creativity
i will sleep for days when it ends
i have also sanded my fingertips down to nublits
i am also proud i sent in my juror questionnaire thingy only one month late
i have been called for the 7th time
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but the gallery dame I saw before wanted them all
so i will make more
i am in a period of intense creativity
i will sleep for days when it ends
i have also sanded my fingertips down to nublits
i am also proud i sent in my juror questionnaire thingy only one month late
i have been called for the 7th time
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Re: What have you done today
They must know you're a man of wisdom and discernment.BigDrawMan wrote:i am also proud i sent in my juror questionnaire thingy only one month late
i have been called for the 7th time
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- peacock2121
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Re: What have you done today
I am very interested in why I am not jumping all over the idea of taking on doing something that makes me feel proud every day.
I love feeling proud and yet the idea of saying I will be doing something every day that will have that affect on me seems way too daunting.
Like I am small or something.
I am still engaging in the conversation.
I love feeling proud and yet the idea of saying I will be doing something every day that will have that affect on me seems way too daunting.
Like I am small or something.
I am still engaging in the conversation.
- christie1111
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Re: What have you done today
How about starting small, like putting your change everyday into a jar and then at an interval, send it to a charity you would be proud of, like one to end childhood hunger in America? Or something like that.peacock2121 wrote:I am very interested in why I am not jumping all over the idea of taking on doing something that makes me feel proud every day.
I love feeling proud and yet the idea of saying I will be doing something every day that will have that affect on me seems way too daunting.
Like I am small or something.
I am still engaging in the conversation.
"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"
- SportsFan68
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I haven't thrown either computer out the window.
This is the fifth time I've had to reboot today, so it's a near thing.
This is the fifth time I've had to reboot today, so it's a near thing.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
- peacock2121
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I have kept my cool and not yelled at anyone from the insurance company while trying to get an authorization number for my breast MRI.SportsFan68 wrote:I haven't thrown either computer out the window.
This is the fifth time I've had to reboot today, so it's a near thing.
I really am proud of that.
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I would be too!peacock2121 wrote:I have kept my cool and not yelled at anyone from the insurance company while trying to get an authorization number for my breast MRI.SportsFan68 wrote:I haven't thrown either computer out the window.
This is the fifth time I've had to reboot today, so it's a near thing.
I really am proud of that.
I haven't yelled at anybody since the election and some minor bureaucrat patronized me in an effort to make me do what he wanted. Very bad idea.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
- peacock2121
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No one patronizes sports.SportsFan68 wrote:I would be too!peacock2121 wrote:I have kept my cool and not yelled at anyone from the insurance company while trying to get an authorization number for my breast MRI.SportsFan68 wrote:I haven't thrown either computer out the window.
This is the fifth time I've had to reboot today, so it's a near thing.
I really am proud of that.
I haven't yelled at anybody since the election and some minor bureaucrat patronized me in an effort to make me do what he wanted. Very bad idea.
I am sure that is a rule somewhere.
- ulysses5019
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Re: What have you done today
peacock2121 wrote:No one patronizes sports.SportsFan68 wrote:I would be too!peacock2121 wrote: I have kept my cool and not yelled at anyone from the insurance company while trying to get an authorization number for my breast MRI.
I really am proud of that.
I haven't yelled at anybody since the election and some minor bureaucrat patronized me in an effort to make me do what he wanted. Very bad idea.
I am sure that is a rule somewhere.
And no one puts pea in the corner, unless she looks cute.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
- peacock2121
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No one puts her in the corner.ulysses5019 wrote:peacock2121 wrote:No one patronizes sports.SportsFan68 wrote: I would be too!
I haven't yelled at anybody since the election and some minor bureaucrat patronized me in an effort to make me do what he wanted. Very bad idea.
I am sure that is a rule somewhere.
And no one puts pea in the corner, unless she looks cute.
She might go there on her own and look cute.
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I didn't post on a public message board about anything I've done of which I was proud, because that would be too much like bragging.
Oh...wait...

Oh...wait...
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- tlynn78
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Re: What have you done today
I still haven't killed anyone.
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- peacock2121
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Hooray for that!!!!tlynn78 wrote:I still haven't killed anyone.
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Re: What have you done today
Pea, it is OK not to make it happen every day. There is something about rarity and uniqueness that makes a thing special. But christie's suggestion is a way to close a day with commitment to a future project, if you like.
Also, for anyone who is concerned about pride being a vice, I wrote a 15-page paper once about how appropriate pride is a virtue. It is what makes us want to do good things again. Paul was warning us about vanity rather than appropriate pride.
If anyone with a pet is looking for something to feel good about, I've discovered that my vet clinic (and I assume most others) has an ongoing bill for rescue animals. My animal hospital took in nine puppies from a puppy mill a few weeks back, and they are still paying off the food/examination bills. So when my bill for the Dubster was $689 last week (yikes), I had them put the odd $11 into the puppy mill fund. Like that. Also, they always need newspapers and towels, so we can set those aside to take to them whenever there's time.
Also, for anyone who is concerned about pride being a vice, I wrote a 15-page paper once about how appropriate pride is a virtue. It is what makes us want to do good things again. Paul was warning us about vanity rather than appropriate pride.
If anyone with a pet is looking for something to feel good about, I've discovered that my vet clinic (and I assume most others) has an ongoing bill for rescue animals. My animal hospital took in nine puppies from a puppy mill a few weeks back, and they are still paying off the food/examination bills. So when my bill for the Dubster was $689 last week (yikes), I had them put the odd $11 into the puppy mill fund. Like that. Also, they always need newspapers and towels, so we can set those aside to take to them whenever there's time.
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Now I'm hearing the conversation from "City Slickers"...peacock2121 wrote:Hooray for that!!!!tlynn78 wrote:I still haven't killed anyone.
t.
"Hi, Curly. Killed anyone today?"
"Day ain't over yet."
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
- ulysses5019
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tlynn78 wrote:I still haven't killed anyone.
t.
You mean they haven't found the bodies yet.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
- peacock2121
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Pride, for me, comes from doing something or being someone that is a stretch for me, not something that is 'natural' or 'no big deal'. I want to be someone who acts and becomes someone beyond who I am now. I want to be that every day.Ritterskoop wrote:Pea, it is OK not to make it happen every day. There is something about rarity and uniqueness that makes a thing special. But christie's suggestion is a way to close a day with commitment to a future project, if you like.
Also, for anyone who is concerned about pride being a vice, I wrote a 15-page paper once about how appropriate pride is a virtue. It is what makes us want to do good things again. Paul was warning us about vanity rather than appropriate pride.
If anyone with a pet is looking for something to feel good about, I've discovered that my vet clinic (and I assume most others) has an ongoing bill for rescue animals. My animal hospital took in nine puppies from a puppy mill a few weeks back, and they are still paying off the food/examination bills. So when my bill for the Dubster was $689 last week (yikes), I had them put the odd $11 into the puppy mill fund. Like that. Also, they always need newspapers and towels, so we can set those aside to take to them whenever there's time.
Given all of that - I still am not taking it on - it's a confronting thing for me. I also say I am someone who loves doing things that confront her - so - another wtf? as to why I have not taken on doing something every day to make me feel proud.
Giving to charity will not make me feel proud. It is a 'no big deal' thing for me. I know for some, given their circumstances, it is a stretch and would make them (or could make them) feel proud.
I know speaking with the insurance people knowing that they are my partner in getting my health concerns addressed was a stretch for me. They were that, interestingly enough.
Also - just having the question in front of me is revealing.
- tlynn78
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"Hi, Curly. Killed anyone today?"
"Day ain't over yet."
amen.
those don't count.You mean they haven't found the bodies yet.
t.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
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tlynn78 wrote:"Hi, Curly. Killed anyone today?"
"Day ain't over yet."
amen.
those don't count.You mean they haven't found the bodies yet.
t.
Statute of Limitations? Or was the dissolving acid that good?
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
- silvercamaro
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I never kill anybody who doesn't need killing.
Now generating the White Hot Glare of Righteousness on behalf of BBs everywhere.
- tlynn78
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There is no statute of limitations for murder, at least not in any state I've lived in. I'm just saying if there's no corpus, you can't prove a thang. Besides, I think my preferred method of dispatching someone would be more subtle. Like boring them to death.Statute of Limitations? Or was the dissolving acid that good?
t.
When reality requires approval, control replaces truth.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
- ulysses5019
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I thought I was feeling a bit weak......tlynn78 wrote:There is no statute of limitations for murder, at least not in any state I've lived in. I'm just saying if there's no corpus, you can't prove a thang. Besides, I think my preferred method of dispatching someone would be more subtle. Like boring them to death.Statute of Limitations? Or was the dissolving acid that good?
t.
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I thought I was feeling a bit weak......
Bite me.
(with apologies to Pea)
t.
When reality requires approval, control replaces truth.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
- peacock2121
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You have on-going permission to use the phrase.tlynn78 wrote:I thought I was feeling a bit weak......
Bite me.
(with apologies to Pea)
t.
- tlynn78
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You have on-going permission to use the phrase.
kewl!
I didn't think you'd have a problem with it, especially in this circumstance.
t.
When reality requires approval, control replaces truth.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire