How do you count your friends? By the barrel load on Facebook or on your hand based on who would come and get you at the airport in a snowstorm or its equivalent.
Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category
Monday, December 21st, 2009
How do you count your friends?
- Glad I'm back on line so I could read this!
Thoughtful, thought provoking and uplifting. The recent economic downturn appears to have heightened the human sensitivity for others in need - no matter what their own situation. People are sharing even limited time and resources, helping, actually showing that they care. I've been at the receiving and giving end. Initially ...Read more >
- Shelly -- Im in!!! Read more >
- Reading your bio, I realize you are dynamite in action, so please forgive me if I digress from your current blog, and suggest something that you, above all others, may be able to pull off....Have the RAISON D'ETRE of Israel hanging in signs and banners above all the thoroughfares and streets of Jerusalem and the the entire country...'LOVE ...Read more >
Monday, December 14th, 2009
What have you bought for the holidays?
What have you bought for the holidays? More than last year? The same? Less? Did you bargain hunt? Negotiate? Wait out the best price? Pass up on what you really wanted to buy?
- Very good article. I was recently blogging on The Netflix Prize, which deals with the quality of the recommendation. However, conclusions are drawn primarily off of user ratings. People don't seem to bother rating on facebook, I know I don't. I wonder what correlations exist there...
- This reminds me of a call in Slate Magazine for President Obama to follow the lead of Presidents FDR and Lincoln to choose a 'brain trust'/'team of rivals' for his cabinet. It isn't enough to be the guy in the job, you need also to surround yourself with the right 'right-hand' men and women to provoke thought and engage ...
- This year I'm going with highly PERSONAL approach and in high SUPPORT of an arisan's life. There is nothing more meaningful than getting a hand- / self-made present, but who has the time for that?! The other way to go is to have your own vision/dream/teaser of a present made a reality by an artist. This year I've only commissioned ...
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Note to self
Note to self: Less is more.
OK, not all less is more – trust me, we all agree on that – no need to elaborate.
- Very good article. I was recently blogging on The Netflix Prize, which deals with the quality of the recommendation. However, conclusions are drawn primarily off of user ratings. People don't seem to bother rating on facebook, I know I don't. I wonder what correlations exist there.
- Today, right now for me, this was great Dr. Wright http://www.wrightplacetv.com
- In the immortal words of Mark Twain, "If I had more time I would have written you a shorter letter" Ironic how a rush to write and pontificate can cause a delay in the thoughtful articulation of the idea.
