Category Archives: Miscellany
Too Fond of “It”?
“It is well that war is so terrible. Otherwise we would grow too fond of it.” That quotation is attributed to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He is said to have made the statement in response to his observation of the battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War. (Brief history lesson; the Union got its …
Twitter Reboot
I don’t fail at Twitter like I fail at message boards. (See my last post.) I have however recently concluded that I need to overhaul my Twitter experience a bit. Let me say right up front that I am simply never going to be able to do with Twitter what a lot of “success coaches” …
Why Do I Fail at Message Boards?
I fail at message boards. My password notebooks over the years have been filled with the sign-in information for dozens of them. Sports, introversion, writing, acting you name it. I have joined and perused message boards on just about all of my interests. (Even a few things in which I had only a passing interest.) …
Update This.
Updates, whether to information, hardware, software or procedures or important, I suppose. Especially when an overall improvement is made. But I’m the type of person that will trade some degree of efficiency for familiarity. I’m not a Luddite. I use technology. I’m not in most aspects conservative. I tend to be open to new ideas, …
Leave Me Alone…Sometimes.
Options. They are crucial to success and fulfillment in so many of life’s endeavors. While there is evidence that having too many options at any given time can actually lead to a bit of mental paralysis, making decision making more difficult, my guess is that most would rather deal with the difficulty of having too …
Ty Unglebower 