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  • Enjoy Every Sandwich

    Enjoy Every Sandwich

    Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

    Yesterday, I was so busy getting the house ready for appraisal that I ate a sandwich rather quickly and didn’t enjoy it.

    Thus negating, one of the Cardinal rules in life.

    And that was said by a semi hero to me, Warren Zevon. He battled cancer usually associated with asbestos. On a sidenote, it was the only time I ever got arrested for carrying an open beer at a Warren Zevon concert. I never really enjoyed that beer, but these words ring true..

    He said “enjoy every sandwich “

    He said it when he was on Letterman for the final time before his death. “Letterman asked Zevon how the diagnosis had shaped his life over the past several months. “You put more value in every minute,” he noted. “It’s more valuable now. You’re reminded to enjoy every sandwich.” https://ultimateclassicrock.com/warren-zevon-final-letterman/

  • Numbers

    Numbers

    What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?

    Many years ago, this American life had an episode where they composed music based on surveys of what people want to hear and don’t want to hear. in my opinion, it was one of the finest pieces of journalism I’ve ever heard.

    Not Want To Hear

    People surveyed, said they don’t want to hear songs about holidays, featuring rap, cowboy music, kids singing and other attributes.

    If you get a chance, go to the episode of listen the song they composed is hilarious. It’s a rapping cowboy thing about Labor Day with kids music in the background.

    Key Segments from Episode 88: Numbers

    • Prologue: A temp secretary’s experience.
    • Act One: Corporate Culture:D. Travers Scott and his boyfriend.
    • Act Two: Paint By Numbers:Artists Alex Melamid and Vitaly Komar survey people to determine what they want to see in paintings and hear in music, resulting in a “most wanted” painting and songs that include disliked elements like bagpipes and holiday lyrics.

    The song they composed with all the favorite attributes was horrendous.

    Statistics are like bikinis, but they show our eyes, but what they hide are important

  • Misadventures in Camping

    Misadventures in Camping

    Have you ever been camping?

    Living in Oregon and Washington camping is the way of life. It certainly isn’t something that came naturally to me as I remember the first time I went camping with my dad.

    New Smithville Pennsylvania

    Hi Dad was a reformed alcoholic but this first camping trip was before the reformation. We drove about 45 minutes and parked near a familiar stream where he used to go fishing with us. Our entire equipment consisted of three sleeping bags, a pack of chips and a six pack of Schmidt’s beer..

    My dad didn’t even prepare the camping body just threw the sleeping bags down on top of some footage and that’s where we slept. It wasn’t that cold, but it was damp.

    In the middle of the night, my fishing rod flew into the water, and I grabbed it before losing it. There’s a giant fish in the end of the line.. I still feel bad for that fish.

    I don’t think I slept all that much that night. I was not a nap taker, but I slept much of the following afternoon. My first encounter with camping was not a good one.

    However, by now I’m pretty good at it.

    Max looking for Bears

    Washington DC

    I believe I was a freshman in college. My brother and I and a friend went to the No Nukes rally in Washington DC. We went out to a bar the night before. I remember it was the Tune Inn on Capitol Hill. We ended up sleeping on the Capitol steps.. The Police woke us up at Dawn and I didn’t even ask them to. I didn’t realize camping had wake up calls..

    Somewhere along the line, I figured it out.

    Middle Of Nowhere
  • By Any Other Measure

    By Any Other Measure

    When do you feel most productive?

    That overwhelming feeling over the weekend that you need to get stuff done 

    Live To Work

    On the weekend, we get done tasks that prepare us for the following week, such as grocery shopping, laundry, and even house, cleaning and yardwork. That is our capitalistic system and somehow it is ingrained in us to feel guilty for not getting that all done.

    Work To Live

    On the weekend, I’d like to get some writing done some art work, exercise, and other endeavors to my choosing. I know I still haven’t answered the question. I’m still trying to figure it out.

    The Work Day

    My work days are pretty similar. I write programs 8 to 9 hours a day with occasional meetings. When I do the most work probably is in the early morning. When I do the best work, probably is at the end of the day -by then I have figured out what exactly needs done and how.

    Therefore

    I honestly have no most productive time. I am a momentum person. Once things start clicking I go with it. It is random and out of order. That’s probably how it always will be.

    Now Retired

    Now that I’m retired, I try not to measure production. But here we are in the middle of a giant move. So much of the above does hold true.