Monthly Archives: March 2001

My PC fried its power supply and maybe more over the weekend so I don’t have access to the application I use to update my website. I tried to manually update the site and screwed up the menus, so I’ll … Continue reading →

He is still my dad and his power is greater than that of the New York Times. – Garrison Keillor I hadn’t thought much about my dad lately till I read this week’s Time magazine essay by Keillor about his … Continue reading →

Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential. – Les Brown Success is not measured by the … Continue reading →

It’s been a PC weekend. After spending most of Saturday messing with my wife’s PC as I tried to upgrade her to Windows Me, I went down to my office on Sunday afternoon, only to discover that my PC was … Continue reading →

You may be capable of great things. But life consists of small things. – Deng Ming-Dao My wife Robbie thanked me last night for being ‘sweet’ during the day. This surprised me because I hadn’t really been conscious of doing … Continue reading →

I’m detemined to keep plugging away at this idea for a Real Joe radio “thing” so if one approach doesn’t work, I’ll try another. This week I discovered a web site called Transom which is described as “…an experiment in … Continue reading →

Everyone wants about the same things that we want, for about the same reasons. We differ only in the strategies we choose and the opportunities and talents we have available. – Timothy Miller More thoughts about this issue of compassion. … Continue reading →

Compassion is an intention, a deliberate inner activity that requires effort. – Timothy Miller I learned how to act compassionate as a kid, but it was always just that, an act. This week, I became more aware that I’ve got … Continue reading →

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. – Charles R. Swindoll I didn’t want to go to the family/staff gathering at my daughter’s school tonight. I had a million things to do, … Continue reading →

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of … Continue reading →