NEVER JET HOT

"Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success." -Brian Adams My cousin had some blacklight posters back in the 70's, one had a picture of Wiley Coyote sitting down to eat a nicely roasted bird, and the caption was "Beep, Beep, My Ass!!" As we all know, Wiley was the epitome of patience and persistence. Just for today, be the coyote. Now go peacefully and meditate upon this thought....

It really pays to look at the commentws on Amazon book ads. I was on Bookmooch, and was about to mooch: Your Attitude is Showing: A Primer on Human Relations [NetEffect Series] Until I read this review... If they are using this book to teach in college, it sounds kind of scary... 2.0 out of 5 stars Authors' attitudes are showing..., July 12, 2006 By Ben Franklin - See all my reviews The slant of this book is hard to ignore. It emphasizes the importance of "go along to get along" over almost all else. In the battle between individuals and big companies for who controls individual will, who owns the knowledge in an individual's head, and how much of an individual's life belongs to the organization, "Your Attitude is Showing" is a white flag for anyone with an independant mind. The authors' arguments for why a person should (must) set aside self and individuality for the good of the company and wishes of the management are flawed. It assumes that ...

Sometimes the quote thing at iGoogle pops up with a gem; "Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest." - Alexandre Dumas ...but what about rogue imbeciles?

Today's I-Google Confucius quote was; "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Wow, I wish I worked for Confucius! The "team leader" at my "real" job is not so wise, he would be much better suited to run a chain-gang. And NO SINGING. Anyway, our new Novelty Radio Station is taking that slow but steady growth path, although I am not sure Confucius would approve the tunes.

Aristotle says; Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. But, is he serious? I think these philosophers just liked to make up BS to impress the ladies. And that statement bears serious examination.

"Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat." -unknown author Sometimes maxims such as this are filled with meaning in the hours of darkness, but the test is whether they hold up to the cold light of day. This one does. I have thought of changing my name to "Unknown Author" and waiting for the money to start rolling in, but it probably doesn't work like that.