Ganked from leian
"Fourteen Things That It Took Me Over 50 Years To Learn" by Dave Barry

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very ( Read more... )

"When we carve out a niche for ourselves in our imagined future, and decide that we won’t be happy until we achieve it, we can only feel threatened and anxious over anything that stands in our way."
-- Nido Qubein
Yikes. And double-yikes. Is this what I do? Is this a bad thing? And if it is, what's the better way to approach our future? Hmmm. How do ( Read more... )

"I feel like... I'm moving in slow motion. Like I’m moving in slow motion and everything around me is moving so fast and I just wanna go back... to when things were normal... when I wasn’t poor Izzie laying on the bathroom floor in her prom dress with her... her dead fiancé. But I am, so I can’t. And I’m.. just stuck. And there’s all this pressure ( Read more... )

While writing a long winded post on the forums, the following line came to me in summary. And then I realized this could apply to so many other things, and I liked how it sounded, so... I'm noting it down for myself. :-)
"Be disciplined, but be kind. And finally, have faith."

While browsing (yet again) for resources on writing and writers, I stumbled on this blog entry quoting someone quoting someone. Unfortunately, the original "entry" seems to be locked or missing. But anyway. I thought it rather interesting.

Father God, quiet my heart and clear my mind this morning, and help me focus on this story You’ve given me to ( Read more... )

Or rather, one quote:

"A winner doesn't have to actually win to be a winner--a winner tries to win, a loser accepts defeat."
-- Chubbuck, Ivan. From the Power of an Actor

Ah.. Hmm.

I am convinced Suzanne Beecher is a remarkable woman. If you're not familiar with who she is or her wonderful "Dear Reader" book clubs (formerly Chapter A Day), then I highly recommend you check out her out at http://www.dearreader.com/ . Below's an exerpt from her "Dear Reader" column a few days ago.

Printed without permission, but the bold was ( Read more... )

Taking the lead from
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