I'm really beginning to dig this guy.

The problem with email.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~"

"A man is a god in ruins.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~"

Nothing like a day away from the gym to recharge the batteries.
Felt great today. Got there early did my thing. Was done by 11:30
I watched the ladies step class while I did my run on the track. I have no desire to ever take a step class.
I also noticed that I sweat a lot less when I run on the track as oppose to the treadmill.
Must be the breeze.
Would love to get my paws on one of these for working out. FS-1 Pro Speedometer + Heart Rate Monitor + NetLink
Ran into an old friend today, had a smoke. Not sure why. should have exercised more self control.
dum dum dum.

Exercise
10min walk
20min run
15 min bike
weights
20min swim

Diet
Breakfast
oatmeal
Lunch
V8X2
Dinner
Pasta
Snack
the last of the little chocolate bars. and apples

Capitalism strikes again.

I took this snip-it from a comment made to Joi Ito's blog on "A global democracy"
Gotta figure out how this trackback thingy works.

"oh, and a minor point to bring up... we're actually "bombing democracy into them," (welcome or not) not "bombing them into democracy." you see, oppressed people come in many shapes and sizes, and they don't fit the standard bolt pattern on our aircraft..." ----Comment from roj on November 14, 2003 04:38 PM ----

Some stuff happend today yesterday which got me thinking about friendship.
I came across these quotes.
Enjoy.

"I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

"Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson,

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."
- by John Leonard

"When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance."
- Anatole Broyard

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them"
Unknown

"The best antiques are old friends."
Unknown

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us."
- Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher

"A true friend stabs you in the front."
- Oscar Wilde

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
- Saint Jerome

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend."
- Stone Temple Pilots

"I'll keep it short and sweet. family. religion. friendship. these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. "
Mongomery Burns

This is a reply I posted to another Blogger.

When I was a kid in grade one my teacher had to put a refrigerator box around my desk because I was such a pain in the ass. By grade 7 I had gotten the strap 5 times (grappling with teacher, being late lots, punching girl in mouth, smoking, pulling string on girls halter top) I did not perform well in high school until grade 12.
Started smoking in grade 6, started smoking pot and drinking in grade 8. Stole stuff, sniffed glue, never made curfew. I did not have a dad. Let alone a dad who cares.
I now am a father of 2, I have a 7 year old boy and a 4 year old daughter.
My son is a very tenacious boy, I have to constantly tell him to do this and don't do that. He has had 4 notes from the teacher so far this year. The latest for chasing kids around with scissors trying to cut there hair.
I often wonder if I am too hard on him, if my words fall on deaf ears. Then every once in a while I hear or see something that reaffirms my commitment to him.
An example - I spoke to his teacher about his behavior re one of the notes. During the discussion she told me "your son never lies" I can not describe in words how proud of him I was. The truth/honesty is something I stress a lot with him. (did I say a lot!)
I know (pray) he will not chase people around with scissors all his life, he will grow out of it. I also know adults that can lie through there teeth, who are of poor character and can not be trusted.
What’s the point your asking.
As the old saying goes "boys will be boys" they will break things, they will not listen, they will disobey, they will be 7. But boys grow up to be men and fathers get old and die.
My son will make mistakes throughout his life, hopefully more when he's young than when he's old. But because of something a primary school teacher said to me I know that my son will become a man of his word, an honest man.
Fight you battles but make sure you win your wars. I’m sure your son will remember you for it, forever.