fighting the lack of good ideas
This month we hit 60% on our funding target! We have a ways to go, but we have our referral fee, and one flight covered ~ish. Thanks again to everyone who has helped, who would like to, and to those who are just keeping us in their thoughts and prayers. Our main adoption blog.
The 50th Law The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you….
Law 10 You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead….
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I’ve now read [almost] all of Robert Greene’s books (just pending is The 50th Law, which I’ll have reviewed in a couple weeks). Thanks to my local library, I have not had to spend gobs o’ cash in the process (though at least one of his books I think is most definitely worth the expenditure)….
After some time of not reading fiction, I saw Mira Grant’s Feed recently in a store, checked my local library, and reserved a copy. Now I need to read Deadline and Blackout. Grant’s writing, while typically female in style (first person dialog – both inner and outer, and the main character is a girl), does…
Law 9 Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word….
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I got taken out (along with several other people) recently to Char Steakhouse in Raritan NJ. The food was nice, and the service was decent – but for $50+ per person, it should be AMAZING. And it wasn’t. There was nothing wrong with the food, and indeed the sides were several steps above a Logan’s or…