8.29.2005

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent. ~Baltasar Gracian

8.18.2005

It is hard work to make daily work schedules for people. It is not like they are inanimate and won't complain and grow tired.

Can anybody recommend an electronic drawlots app that can be downloaded from the Net for free?

Figured it would be better to just cast decision-making to the "powers that be" than screw up one's brain for the perfect lineup.

Wonder if they'd make a study on the effects on brain power this job gives. Read two news stories this past week, one in Japan, on the wonders cooking on a regular basis can do for the grey cells.

Oh. Just realized. I haven't orchestrated a meal since I moved into my new apartment last December.

8.12.2005

A woman in Louisville died in a fire trying to save her cat. How awful!

Would you do the same for your pet?

Err. How do you reorient this thing? Our hosts a few weekends ago had this huge mansion of a house set beside a cliff overlooking a gorg...