Four Days and One Day

Pretty much four solid days of processing dreams as my brain spins in a dozen different directions at once. One day of work until I start two weeks worth of vacation. I am definitely looking forward to it. I woke at the crack of dawn this morning (about 4:30 am) in part because my monkey mind was doing a mad jig. Coffee and a relaxed morning have helped to bring it under control.
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Last Nights Dream Subject

I laid in a pair of processing dreams last night. First I dreamed of endangered species, which related directly to a book I was reading (a thriller called "Fever Dreams"). Then, I dreamed of work and the convulsions caused by the latest reorganization. Neither dream was particularly engaging or memorable.

Yesterday was a very good day. Breakfast with friends, a few errands, a trip to the Los Altos Art and Wine Festival, a movie (Predators - amusing but pointless), reading and then a wonderful wrap up visit with T.R..

For all it's twists and turns life is a pretty amazing thing.
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Intelligence Squared

Have a little spare time in your day and want to listen to some truly intelligence discussions? This is the link to the NPR series of podcasts called “Intelligence Squared”. Thought provoking and enjoyable stuff!

On Lost Thoughts

Did you ever lose a thought?

You know, you are walking down the hallway, something pops into your mind, you nurture it, you examine it, you spin it around and then you turn the corner think another thought and poof the original thought, whatever it was is gone?  All it leaves behind is scattered little fragments that like a much abused jigsaw puzzle just don’t seem to fit.

I had that experience a short while ago and oddly enough just sitting down and writing about the process of losing the thought – brought the thought back. The thought was that I needed to go on line and look at some classic writing references on paragraph structure and essay writing.

 

Six Lessons

I read this today and kind of stripped it down and paraphrased it because I thought it was excellent advice.  The original article is here. I’ve trimmed a few out because they were retirement specific and what caught my eye was not the retirement aspect of it but the solid life advice of it.

 

http://www.fundadvice.com/articles/retirement/ten-retirement-lessons-from-the-smartest-people-i-know.html

 

1.  Happiness in life is not a direct function of how much money you have.

2.  Wealth comes from the choices people make, not the chances they take.

3.  Those who plan, prosper.

4.  The quality of your life is shaped by the quality of the people in your life.

5.  Active trumps lazy, every time.

6.  Don’t wait for “real life” to start.

 

I was especially struck by the delineation between chance and choice, which I whole heartedly agree with.

Worn

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Winter's Bone

Okay, over the weekend I saw the best movie I have seen yet this year.  When you have the chance, go see “Winter’s Bone”.  It is a stunning little drama with some outstanding performances and no missteps from a story-telling, film-making perspective. A year ago I came out of “The Hurt Locker” and said “this was the movie to beat in 2009”.  Well, “Winter’s Bone” is the movie to beat in 2010.  John Hawkes will be nominated for Best Actor – and unless someone comes out with a better performance before the end of the year, he’ll win it hands down.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/

 

 

 

Three Dreams

I dreamed I spilled a bowl of clam chowder in the hall closet. I followed that up with a dream that I was teaching a class in how to replace/repair in-line water pumps. Finally, I woke this morning for a third dream about printing on demand. An active night in the dream world!
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Dreams of Math and Chinese

Last night I dreamed I was
Teaching a chinese woman math
In exchange for language lessons

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Locked

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