After three teen suicides in a neighbouring school, I had a chat about the topic with my teen tonight. It turns out that parental suicides are just as common, and it’s one of her greatest fears. We made an “I won’t do it if you don’t” pact.
After three teen suicides in a neighbouring school, I had a chat about the topic with my teen tonight. It turns out that parental suicides are just as common, and it’s one of her greatest fears. We made an “I won’t do it if you don’t” pact.
It’s a simple pattern: SF Giants will win 1, 3 & 5.
Teenage daughter: “The people on microblog may be nice, but they are so boring. It’s like twitter for old people. No, wait: twitter for boring old people.” She may have ruined this for me.
My biggest pain with watching the Giants vs Dodgers is the Monday Night Football ads on ESPN.
If I had a dollar for every time I mistake the Drafts icon for Word on my Mac, I could buy lunch for free.
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.”
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity
My little girl is having her first job interview right now. McDonald’s, where else?
Set a new blood pressure high score today: 190/110 - I suspect my place of employment is finally having an impact on my health…
Climb out of your head. Climb into your heart.
A lawn bowling victory over Tiger Woods is meaningless. You are not a great just because you beat Roger Federer in Ping Pong. Beating a middle-aged MMA star in boxing is no different.
Honest question: If you are an anti vaxxer or an “informed careful “, what are your resources? Your GP, YouTube, your Church, your children? I’m really interested. Please name your sources, whatever or whoever it is.
Dear App Developers, Just because I live in a specific country (i.e. Australia), does not mean that I’m in any way interested in content from that country. Please stop geo-punishing me with sub-par content.
If you let go a little, you have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you have complete peace. — AJAHN CHAH
Thanks for wearing the mask. Only thing I could think is that you may have worn it a little too long.
With a price tag of $57 for a kilogram, the Honey Coated Nuts I bought earlier tonight may not become a household staple.
Last night at 02:45, when I double checked that the door to the patio was locked, my Border Collie excitedly ran up me to with her favourite ball. It was such a beautifully innocent gesture that I almost cried. I wish I could approach life this way.
“It’s okay to like what you like. It’s okay to like things for literally no other reason than because you like them and not because they are cool or clever or popular.
One more unsuccessful job application came back today saying that “there are a few candidates who are less experienced that they prefer to interview first.” It’s all about the money, I suppose. Or maybe it’s just me.
It is a sad fact that so many things that make you feel better in the short term make you feel worse in the long run. You distract yourself when the most important thing is to know yourself.
“WORRY IS A small, sweet word that sounds like you could keep an eye on it. Yet worry about the future – the next ten minutes, the next ten years – is the chief obstacle I have to being able to live in and appreciate the present moment.” -Matt Haig. “Notes on a Nervous Planet.”
“Have no fear of perfection - you’ll never reach it” - Salvador Dali.
“A beautiful stage undoubtedly; an empty stage unfortunately.” Sports in the era COVID and its multiple variants.
Greetings, Boomer-age employers: Please do not request something at ten-to-five on Friday and expect completion at 8AM Monday if your company does not work on weekends. ‘Freelance’ does not mean that the person will work on weekends if your company does not.