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 [...]

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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 deep? Professed [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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another layer

Came across just one explanation of my Myers-Briggs personality reading… ;p – 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 unharmed, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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, this [...]

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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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