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Discount Tent

  • Posted on October 2, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Discount Tent by E. C. Baumann:
Mother nature summons a tempest
Ruffling flaps, will you survive her test?
But zipper’s broke and I get no rest
Looks like I didn’t choose the best nest
Could be worse, I dare to jest.
No, here comes the flood, will this shelter withstand
Or be inundated by rivers of rocks and sand?
Why oh why did I choose this brand?
This tent is just not meant to be on land
I’m going back to REI to see what they have on hand.

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Now is the Winter Of Our Discount Tent

photo by darkuncle

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Discontent by E. B. Browning:
Light human nature is too lightly tost
And ruffled without cause, complaining on -
Restless with rest, until, being overthrown,
It learneth to lie quiet….
Ay, shouldering weights of pain,
We anchor in deep waters, safe from shore,
And hear submissive o’er the stormy main
God’s chartered judgments walk for evermore.

P.S. Thank you Sally for the inspiration!

Life is impossible, dangerous, and it’ll make you smile!

  • Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:05 pm

Yesterday, a few of my Facebook friends had these things to say:

“Liz u are impossible girl” – WR
“I’m so glad you’re on, you make me smile everytime I see a post!” – DSK
“Such a diverse set of skills. Now you’re more dangerous then ever :) ” – EM

So naturally I turned around and posted today:
“Beware – I’m impossible, dangerous, and I’ll make you smile! :)

As I was musing about this later (i.e. smoking my own dope), I thought about how my favorite art car at Burning Man would also fit this description.

Then I thought about how life in general would also fit this description.

“Beware – Life is impossible, dangerous, and it’ll make you smile! :)

Friends and Strangers

  • Posted on August 15, 2011 at 1:40 am

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
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“… I sneak up behind people in my gorilla suit….
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Fear makes friends of people who would be strangers.” – John Maushammer

Humility

  • Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:38 pm

“Nothing wrong with a little heat.” – Daniel E. Pearson
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It ain't the heat, it's the humility

Sign at Illegal Pete's, 8/11/11


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Nothing wrong with a little humility.

The sign appeared to me right after the comment, so I figured maybe they belong together.

Update: an alternative ending:

“Nothing wrong with a little humidity.” – Melissa Spreckels Sebek

Possible Things

  • Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:45 pm

“I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before I look at my iPhone.”
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“Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”
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Yesterday, I discovered that one of those impossible things came true.

Reason

  • Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:29 pm

“Everything happens for a reason.”
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“There are some things that can’t be changed and there are some situations where an apology won’t be able to change a thing. The twist of fate can bring people together and ‘everything happens for a reason’ can tear them apart.” — Unknown
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“Sometimes nothing happens for a reason.” – X-Files, Agent Scully, All Things

1-2-3 Again

  • Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:53 pm

“In the matter of Physics, the first lesson should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment is in itself often more valuable than twenty formulae extracted from our minds” – Albert Einstein
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“Do it right the second time.” – my last post
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“Three’s a charm!” – a friend’s response to my last post – also, here

The Second Time

  • Posted on June 30, 2011 at 12:56 am

“Do it right the first time.” – a previous employer
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“The only way to learn is to fail! If you don’t fail and learn from it…You’re not pushing the envelope of life hard enough!” – a friend of a friend
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“Hurry up and make your first mistake, then you have work to do.” – an Engineering Professor
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“Do it right the second time.”

Liz Is Back!

  • Posted on June 28, 2011 at 4:59 pm

“The old Liz is back!” – Travis Gaarder
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I muse: It’s funny how the word “old” can be used to describe something younger. On the whole I agree with my friend’s statement but there are also some elements of “new and improved”…
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“Liz is back!”

Live and Learn

  • Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:31 pm

A couple of my Facebook friends shared related quotes today:

“You have the whole rest of your life to Live.” – Todd Rucci
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“…yeah, but you never know how long that is, so…?” – my thoughts
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“Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks Anne and Julie ;)