Archive for the year 2009
On this Christmas Eve
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by Deb.
I’d like to share with you my favorite Christmas story:
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every [...]
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A Day That Will Live in Infamy
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Deb.
In honor of those who lost their lives sixty-eight years ago today, images from last year’s rehearsals for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington DC…as well as a portion of Franklin D Roosevelt’s speech to congress the day after the attack in 1941.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live [...]
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T-Rex had a Mini-Me
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
Tyrannosaurus rex — the most fearsome predator ever to trod the Earth — had a pint-size precursor, remarkably similar in appearance but no heavier than a human being, according to a new report from a team of scientists. The creature was what Austin Powers might call T. rex’s Mini-Me.
via Smuggled Dinosaur Fossil Scrambles Picture of [...]
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Making Friends
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
Greta, the Bouvier des Flanders, is nine years old. In May, we added Tommy, a two-year old tabby to our household. It took some time, and some posturing, but it’s obvious these two creatures have started becoming friends. This little (interrupted) nap together is just a sign that they aren’t just co-existing! [...]
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The Art of Meditation
Posted on 16. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
During the Lenten Season, I vowed to learn to meditate and when the end of the season rolled around, meditation was one of the things I decided to carryover into the rest of the year. Meditation is truly a gift that you can give yourself. As things tend to happen when they become too much [...]
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It Takes a Village
Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
These businesses know their customers, often on a first name basis. Their customer relationships, like every real relationship, encounter the occasional rough spot. Being small and human means making plenty of mistakes.
But when these businesses mess up, unlike AT&T or Microsoft, their customers often love them more.
via Finding Your Village of Customers | Copyblogger.
This entire [...]
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Never Forget.
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
(Pentagon Memorial. Photo is mine, taken September 2008)
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The Smell of Grease Paint
Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Deb.
School is back in session. Nothing like the smell of a freshly opened box of Crayola’s!
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Muse
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
I got a call from one of my closest girlfriends today.
“My muse is angry at me,” she said.
Then we began to discuss why she felt that way and, better yet, how to remedy it. For some writers, there is a ritual, routine, and rhythm associated to their writing. She is one of those writers. When [...]
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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
But all the while he was longing to dance, for a funny new tickly feeling ran through him, and he felt he would give anything in the world to be able to jump about like these rabbits did.
The strange rabbit stopped dancing, and came quite close. He came so close this time that his long [...]
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Magnetic Words: Two for One
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
I’m well aware that I missed writing about my word of the day yesterday. It wasn’t that I was ignoring it, I just chose to spend time with my daughter and as much time with The Boy as we could manage. I took the words of Scarlett O’Hara to heart, though, and thought [...]
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Loss of Mystique?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
“The first thing I did when I walked into the arena to work on the set I said, ‘It’s 2009 and there’s a million iPhones with a million opportunities to take a picture of our show and ruin Christmas.’
“I’m so over the Internet, Twitter is ridiculous and there’s too much info out there. Celebrities, movie [...]
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from 1968
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
I was going through my hard drive looking for a piece of an old story, and found this:
It’s me and my mom. Taking a walk on Hillcrest Street. Believe it or not, her hair style is the same.
Just thought it needed to see the light of day.
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Marijuana Is Gateway Drug for Two Debates
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
Marijuana, the country’s most widely used illicit drug, is typically not thought to destroy lives. Like alcohol, pot has been romanticized by writers and musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Bob Dylan, and it has been depicted as harmless or silly in movies like “Harold and Kumar.” And addiction experts agree, marijuana does not pose as [...]
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Thoughts on Journalists
Posted on 18. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
One of the best pieces I’ve read today is Susan Toepfer’s piece in the Wall Street Journal’s “Speakeasy” blog. My degree is in Broadcast Journalism and the foundation of that education is that the reporter should always stay neutral unless it is an opinion piece. I worked at ABC News while Peter Jennings was still [...]