positive thoughts

November 10, 2009 at 2:40 pm (fun, thoughts) ()

Too many people I know need help finding a more positive out look. A friend of mine said this helped hime find his ” I am a leaf on the wind ” attitude.

An extra two points if you know what movie that quote is from

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the intenet does not isolate us

November 7, 2009 at 8:42 am (social networking) ()

I’ve know this forever. I speak/type with hundreds of people everyday on the internet. Here, facebook, my buffy board , and email. No one ever believes me when I say it has been positive for my social life. But now there is proof.With numbers. I wonder if anyone will believe me now?

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A tiny bit of guilt

November 2, 2009 at 7:54 pm (domestic life) ()

So we were chatting at the cafe and Friend P mentioned that his dog has gained some weight and needs to walk. C said we all could use more walking. I agreed. Then P said, “But you walk more than all of us”. Well, not lately. So guess who walked to and from the cafe this morning. Just a little guilt, and a feeling like I wasn’t living up to my reputation was all it took.

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Prince of Thieves

October 26, 2009 at 9:22 pm (book review) (, )

 

princeCompletely by accident I  read an  excellent book.  Most  of what I read  is frivolous, and purely  for  entertainment.  forgettable.  Recently I  read the beginnings of a vampire  series called The  Strain by  Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.  It was  interesting ,  but not great.  After I  finished to book,  I  went pokeing around on the internet and  found  that Chuck  Hogan had written other books, including  one  called  Prince  of  Thieves.  It  had great reviews, and looked  like a caper/wrong  side  of  the tracks novel , plus  some thing more.  It  didn’t  really look  like  my kind  of book.  It  looked very serious. But I put  it on hold.  When I  brought it  home, I wasn’t even sure  if I  was going to read it.  About a week ago , I  picked it  up.  Less than  one page in, I  was  hooked. The  book  takes  plae is a small part of Boston  – Charlestown.  The  first few paragraphs catch a rhythm  that is Boston.  This is the story  of Doug MacRay, thief and recovering alcoholic.  Bam, we are in the middle of a robbery with Doug and his buds.  And we meet Claire the  assistant bank  manager. And  a little  latter Frawley of  the FBI.  The story  meanders along like an old car on a pothole filled  city street. You know  there has to be an end, and only  fantasy will be pretty, but I wasn’t really  sure  how it had to end until we were at  the end. And the last chapter broke my heart.

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ahh, the public service life

October 21, 2009 at 1:02 pm (library) (, , )

No matter how long you have been in public service, and no matter how good you are, you will meet someone who you just can’t deal with . Or they can’t deal with you . Sometimes, well, the customer is right. Many times there is just a communication issue. Sometimes the customer is wrong. And sometimes They are just crazy. Today Mr. Crazy Man came in . He want Alice in Wonderland — but not form the children’s department, but from the teen section of the library. As I was checking the catalog, I did mention that there might also be an unabridged edition in the children’s section that would be the same — that is as far as I got. I was now ,wrong, pushy, opinionated , and incompetent.
Where was the manager? At the big Branch. Who’s the supervisor?  X at the big branch. Well who is the highest ranking person here? Well, actually – My co-worker S has the same rank as I do. And we are the highest ranking people here today. ( Rank — we aren’t the military). So while S tried to talk to him ( you are not the same as her . Yes, I am . No ,you are not). I found what he was looking for on the Adult shelves. I had to show him where I  found it ( look  I am a liar , too) . I had to try and prove this was the right version . And then He found a page with an ILLUSTRATION. ( did you know Lewis Carrol was an artist as well as an author? ). He eventually decided it was ok to take this copy.

S and I just had to laugh.

It turns out , they know him at the big branch. And yes he does the same thing there. ( he doesn’t like the way things are organized at that branch). And my boss did say – Well I think you are competent , very, very, very competent.

So I count this as a win .

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Happy Birthday Mom

October 20, 2009 at 2:29 pm (fun) ()

If only you had friended me on facebook.

Or I had remembered the date before I went to work

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