Random Thoughts
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Homecoming
The best thing about this new job is that it's only 2 miles (and less than 10 minutes) from home. They have "core hours" at this place; everyone is expected to be around and accessible between 10 am and 4:30 pm. So I get in by 8 am and I can head out at 4:30.… Continue reading
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A Lilac Flower By Any Color
Our white lilac has a funny history. I think maybe it blooms so exuberantly each year because it's laughing at me 🙂 You see…. it was supposed to be purple. When I first went to the nursery, I wanted a purple lilac. The house I grew up in had both purple and white – a… Continue reading
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Tax Time
It's that time of year. The days are getting longer and warmer (although some localities still have snow on the ground!) Still, in many places, the trees are budding, the grass is greening, the birds are singing. All across America, papers are being collected, pencils are being sharpened, and from many homes you hear the… Continue reading
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You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania
My sister sent me this quiz; You Know You're From (or In) Pennsylvania If: You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey." You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Peeay). How many other states do that? You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if… Continue reading
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My Muse
Monday's prompt in Journal Inspirations: Muse: a source of inspiration; especially : a guiding genius What would you consider to be your muse? Why? Continue reading
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Chocolate Lovers Rejoice
I found this interesting tidbit in a Readers Digest Magazine article (February 2004) …Scientists at Cornell University and Seoul National University examined the cancer-fighting antioxidant content of hot cocoa, red wine, and tea, and found that cocoa had nearly double the antioxidants of red wine and four to five times more than tea. Instant cocoa… Continue reading
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Packaging Solutions
In wandering the web today looking for something else, I came across the rather interesting page from Berlin Packaging. Berlin Packaging is "the nation's premier supplier of rigid packaging – including glass, metal, and plastic containers, and closures". The page I discovered is their packaging solutions page, on which they give several examples, with full… Continue reading
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Constraints
Have you ever noticed how so many decisions and problem solutions are based on certain constraints… and yet, after you've made the decision, you often discover that some of what you thought were constraints on the problem weren't real? Continue reading
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Right Brain Left Brain
[ The following is only a summary of the complete essay. I couldn't quite decide where to post this entry, so I posted a summary here, with the full piece on my other weblog, commentary. ] "This theory of the structure and functions of the mind suggests that the two different sides of the brain… Continue reading
Slightly Off KIlter 