Monthly Archives: April 2001

Newsblog: A Father Feels the Weight of His Son’s Sins Timothy McVeigh’s father is quoted in an article in today’s NY Times as saying, “How can you forgive him for killing 168 people? You can’t. He’s my son, but he … Continue reading →

“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit.” – George Allen I laughed when I read this. Hey, I’m a guy of mediocre ability! It’s clearly true when it comes to radio, since … Continue reading →

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden We got word today from my daughter’s surgeon that her back fusion from last year’s Scoliosis surgery has indeed failed, so … Continue reading →

“This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson; “It is never the circumstances, but only our thoughts about circumstances, that create our state our mind.” … Continue reading →

Security is a kind of death. – Tennessee Williams It sometimes looks attractive, though. I’ve been out on a limb job/career-wise for about 20 months now. I’ve recently caught myself envying people with regular paychecks, a pile of medical benefits, … Continue reading →

“Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don’t be afraid to follow it.” – Joseph Campbell I’ve found it and I’m following it, Joe, but the fear remains. What mistaken ideas do I continue to entertain? That I’m entitled … Continue reading →

“The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” – John Maynard Keynes I started investing in stocks a little over a year ago. Like most people I know who got caught up in the tech frenzy, I’ve … Continue reading →

I guess I never thought of ‘mindfulness’ as ‘embodied prayer.’ Book identifies physical acts of prayer. It makes sense to me to think of the various religious and spiritual rituals that involve people’s bodies doing something (“…receiving Holy Communion, lighting … Continue reading →

Newsblog: God takes two missionaries, spares three? Peru’s military mistook Baptist missionaries for drug smugglers and shot down their plane, killing a mother and daughter. Evangelical group calls crash a ‘tragic error’. Some quotes from the organization’s leaders: “It’s an … Continue reading →

My daughter’s surgeon ordered a bone scan last week and the preliminary results don’t look good. She goes back for more X-rays on Monday, but it appears that the fusion from her Scoliosis surgery last year is failing. Like her … Continue reading →

It wasn’t a great week for my relationship with my wife. The little stresses seemed to take a toll: my misjudging our tax situation, me getting a cold, increasing worries about my daughter’s back fusion, me forsaking writing Joe to … Continue reading →

Car Talk’s web site has a listing of the top 5 chick cars and the top 5 guy cars. Problem: the Neon is #5 in the chick category (VW Beetle is #1) and I drive a Neon. My ego and … Continue reading →

I’m going to have to wait till the end of the weekend to catch up on the Joe to Gos. I’ve got notes on various topics I want to consider writing about, but since I have a lot going on … Continue reading →

Ninety percent of the work done in this country is done by people who don’t feel well. – Teddy Roosevelt I’d be in trouble if I was sick a lot. I got a teeny cold this week and my energy … Continue reading →

I struggled to keep my cool yesterday. My wife Robbie bought a new printer for her home office, so after dinner when she and my daughter went off to choir practice, I thought I’d install it all for her as … Continue reading →

Newsblog: “I am not tired of apologizing, but I am tired of crying. It kills me that nine people died because of an accident.” – Commander Scott Waddle Here’s a man to admire as he struggles with his whole career … Continue reading →

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Oppenheim; Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember. – Oscar Levant Are these contradictory quotes? It appears so. I’d like to … Continue reading →

Newsblog: Ted Turner says he was suicidal after marriage breakup (Strib/AP article about a piece titled “The Lost Tycoon” in this week’s New Yorker) I’d wager that Jane Fonda’s becoming a Christian is a teeny part of his marriage breakup, … Continue reading →

We know that people we love are both good and bad, but we expect strangers to be one or the other. – Russell Banks Elaine Sluti, the mother of the kidnapped girl who was released by fugitive Anthony Zappa, reportedly … Continue reading →

For the first time in the many years that I’ve been doing our taxes, I misjudged our tax situation and today I discovered that we owe about $5K. I had guessed that, with the loss from the business, plus all … Continue reading →

Taking a jab at the clergy who were praying for flood relief this week was an easy shot. Here’s a tougher one: Anne Sluti’s friends, school talk about her release A friend of the teen who was kidnapped and then … Continue reading →

God’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. – Mark Twain An article in the paper quoted a woman whose home was destroyed by the floods in 1997: “We’ve been through four years of hell, and part of me doesn’t … Continue reading →

It’s flood season in the Upper Midwest and once again, some clergy are leading their flocks in the praying of false prayers. Breckenridge residents gather at the river to pray “Shut up the waters of heaven, so that the rains … Continue reading →

And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln It is not length of life, but depth of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson There’s a life extension … Continue reading →

My mother moved out of her house after 54 years yesterday and into her new condo. My brother and I were there as the movers loaded up her stuff. We took some time to walk around the property and reminisce. … Continue reading →