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[Dec. 12th, 2011|11:54 pm] |
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I crave stimulation. |
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| Oversimplification |
[Jun. 29th, 2011|11:37 pm] |
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As I grow older and the career progresses, I long for a house on the water more and more. The wife would gladly sacrifice waterfront for home size. Am I crazy or just flat out wrong? I'm curious to hear if you think waterfront is worth, or perhaps, only worth it to the few silly enough to pay it's outlandish prices. |
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[Apr. 18th, 2011|09:13 pm] |
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.”
-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.
- John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
Such quotes have always seemed the most interesting to me. While all can hit the facebook "like" button for many topics, both of these quotes let you ponder what is truly good and bad. Quotes like these are the ones I wish I could have a good conversation with local friends about, but I don't feel as if I have any local friends that would like to discuss such topics. And at age 31 I don't know how I meet such people. Hmph. |
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[Dec. 12th, 2010|12:23 am] |
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I am back in Michigan for the weekend.
I started to write a post about family strife but decided I'd enjoy reading my vampire novel better. Another keystone light will make it better. |
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| Self Imposed Isolation |
[Nov. 20th, 2010|08:22 pm] |
The wife is gone for a girl's weekend. Normally I'd call this a reason for an equally debaucherous boy's weekend but I'm just happy to have some time to myself.
Last week my father had a health scare. It was my first scare dealing with the mortality of my parents. He called last Friday afternoon crying. My dad doesn't cry. I hopped on a plane three hours later to come home for the weekend. Luckily everything is ok now but I feel like this marked a turning poing in my life. The parental tables are turned and it's time for me to start watching out for them.
Work has been crazy and will continue to be the same over the next couple of years. I'm pleased with my overall career progression, and am looking forward to the transition from underqualified yet capable go-getter to a somewhat qualified go-getter. At this point I'm just happy to have some authority to make things happen. This makes for less of the bureaucratic hurdles, and in turn, less frustration.
Tomorrow I'll end my isolation by shooting skeet with the bro-in-law. The smell of gun powder and clay shrapnel is something I've been looking forward to all day. |
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