Clear that desk!

I totally agree with this work flow concept shared on 43 folders. Without this habit, my work life would be chaos.

"A practice of clearing your workspace and your inbox every night does more than foster a clean desk; it demands that you evaluate your progress, review your immediate landscape, and then always find some kind of formal caesura to your work. The day must end at some point."

Now, if only I could be as good about that at home.

Word of the Day

lionize \LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:
To treat or regard as an object of great interest or importance.

"There is good reason to be wary, and to pay some attention to that man behind the curtain -- or, if anyone tries to sell you one, to be cautious about lionizing "some pig" -- however terrific, radiant, and humble -- in a poke."
--Marjorie B. Garber, Symptoms of Culture

Word of the Day

suffuse \suh-FYOOZ\, transitive verb:
To spread through or over in the manner of fluid or light; to flush.

Have you ever felt happiness suffuse all the cells in your body and a smile light up your face?
--Sarabjit Singh, "Queen of the Hills," India Currents, November 30, 1996

Like an angel or an earthquake, it isn't there and then it is; it doesn't steal over us and suffuse us with a festive spirit like the gradual effects of alcohol or good deeds.
--Barbara Peters Smith, "Gladness descends on her home," Sarasota Herald Tribune, December 27, 2003

Quotation for Wednesday, May 25, 2005:

"There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one."

That Hideous Strength

Quotation for Monday, May 23, 2005:

"We have failed to practice ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people."

Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)

Goodbye, Cody

I will miss you, my sweet, handsome boy. :(

First car

1980 Mustang Coupe

I don't have a picture of me with it. You'll just have to take my word for it.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

For Mother's Day, my son took me to see "Hitchhiker's Guide..." Lots of fun, especially since I loved the book. One caution: if you haven't read the book, you just might not enjoy the movie as much.
I recommend reading the book first!

Yes...weird is spelled weird

weird (wîrd)
adj. weird·er, weird·est

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural.
2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.

I know it may seem weird to some of you, but this is the correct spelling. I'm amazed at how many people are mistaken on that one. Just remember...weird is spelled weird. There.
Thank you.

Heaven's Little Angels

I'm so very, very proud of my beautiful, wonderful, amazing choir! They were incredibly fabulous last night in their concert. I just can't say enough about how great they are.

Did I mention I'm proud?

Word of the Day

intransigent \in-TRAN-suh-juhnt; -zuh-\, adjective:
Refusing to compromise; uncompromising.

He was intransigent at times, and almost playfully yielding at others.
--"The Decline and Fall of a Sure Thing," New York Times, September 10, 1989

Sometimes I was intransigent, and proud of it. At other times I seemed to myself to be nearly devoid of any character at all, timid, uncertain, without will.
--Edward W. Said, Out of Place: A Memoir

The dispute brewed through the summer as Nehru remained intransigent and U.S. officials confronted an unbending legal mandate.
--George Perkovich, India's Nuclear Bomb