films and ethics

Just watched “Training Day” yesterday for the second or third time – love that movie…
Looking forward to watching in the near future:
Tears of the Sun
Traffic
A River Runs Through It
Dracula
(outlier, haha) Mono Lisa Smile
Antwone Fisher
The Siege
Legends of the Fall
The Thin Red Line
Inside Man
The two noticeable themes in these movies? Denzel Washington and Anthony Hopkins. ;)
Anyway, with [...]

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the ugliness of pride

I have to write a quick biographical sketch for something work-related…and it’s up to my discretion…and as I was describing my degree within the sketch, I automatically included that I graduated from the University of Michigan with high distinction. Ugh. In reworking the piece, I removed that bit…but why does pride run so [...]

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reflection

Preparing for a work conference this morning…
Overall, there are times I can feel bogged down by the lists I have “to-do” but what trumps those lists from weighing me down is that I truly love, LOVE my job, and I am again reminded of that this morning. I’ll be spending a week with my [...]

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ramblings after a long day

la de da da.
I feel a bit off this week. Not quite sure what it is…it’s been a good week thus far. I think I’m just tired. I’ve been going nonstop, even through all my lunch breaks, for four solid days.
Tonight is my first true breather.
Sigh… :)
It’s nice to be home and [...]

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self-reflection on a cold february morn

Sometimes I wonder if I’m using my gifts to the best of my ability.
Today I randomly stumbled across this note I took in class one time when I was an undergraduate.
My professor worked for the New York Times for seven years, among a long list of other accomplishments in the writing field, including being on [...]

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another layer

Came across just one explanation of my Myers-Briggs personality reading… ;p
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Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
by Joe Butt
Profile: INFP
“I remember the first albatross I ever saw. … At intervals, it arched forth its vast archangel wings, as if to embrace some holy ark. Wondrous flutterings and throbbings shook it. Though bodily [...]

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outside the box

new
crazy
challenging
demanding
energizing
draining
chaotic
symphony
start
stop
learn all over again
churn out
quality
deadline
time stands still
creativity
formulaic
quality over quantity
content-driven
idealistic
practical reality
synthesize
here, there, everywhere
coffee
tea
a little bit
wing and a prayer
discipline
fingers to the keyboard
proof
edit
intuitively weave together
masterpiece or flop?
time will tell
and with a smile and a sigh
one more workday comes to a close.

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ask me

“For My Love”
-Bethany Dillon

Walk towards me
I want to hear
The heavens singing over you
When you breathe
And look at me
I want to be captured by you
Gaze into my eyes
And let me know you’d fight
Thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love
I want to hide
What’s deep in [...]

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“i” before “e”

After you’ve mastered the rules, you then are free to break them, but not until then, Christy.
My father reminded me of the above with a grin, a saying he often said.  He was the director of my education…and because of his commitment and dedication to making sure I was classically trained (reading, writing and arithmetic, thank [...]

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utterly inane: putting our middle school girls on the pill

I was enraged to hear this morning on the way to work that a middle school in Maine is giving out birth control pills and patches to their students. Albeit the parents must sign a permission slip in order for the students to receive the prescription drugs, and thus there is some parental involvement, [...]

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parenting 101

I stumbled across the following quote from my mother from years back:
“Next time you’re feeling down about yourself, just remember: YOUR little sperm won.”
- Mom
Priceless.

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