Monthly Archives: June 2001

On vacation till July 5.

On vacation till July 5.

On vacation till July 5.

The website/tool I added for others to post comments about any weblog entry quit functioning a week or so ago and its creator recommended finding somthing else. I’m now trying something called Quick Topic, and have set up a multiple … Continue reading →

Newsblog: The May/June issue of Utne Reader has an interesting piece about quality of life. The introduction to it is titled Reimagining the Good Life: There’s more to life than the pursuit of private splendor and the meat of the … Continue reading →

At my Inner Circle meeting yesterday, Norm reminded me of something I said four years ago when I first met him at one of the first meetings of the Twin Cities’ Fast Company of Friends that we organized. He asked … Continue reading →

NewsBlog: Higher Power bust A woman who fell victim to a freak accident was saved from serious injury by her padded, liquid-curved bra. “When I got up to put my clothes on, I almost didn’t wear the bra. But a … Continue reading →

We’ve decided to bump our son’s gift of a cruise on the Rhine River till next summer instead of going at the end of August. It’s just too risky, not knowing how bad Robbie’s tinnitus will be. It really could … Continue reading →

A guy here in Northfield who reads my Joe to Gos wrote back about my Memorial Day weblog entry and invited me and another guy to watch one or more war movies at his house. Last night, we watched Gallipoli. … Continue reading →

NewsBlog: There’s a new book out titled “Quarterlife Crisis: Navigating the Personal and Professional Challenges of Life in Your Twenties” by Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner. Here’s an excerpt. I wonder if any of my three twenty-something sons find it … Continue reading →

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Anonymous I tend to operate from a mindset that makes me think people will remember me for … Continue reading →

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. -John Ruskin Initially, it seems weird or arrogant to think that working on Real Joe makes me a better man. … Continue reading →

The past couple of days I’ve walked to a spot in the Carleton Upper Arb where there’s a circle of large boulders in a grove of oak trees. Looking at an Arb map, I think it’s the site of the … Continue reading →

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known. – Confucius In the June issue of O magazine, Oprah interviews boxer Muhammad Ali, who’s now 59 and stricken with Parkinson’s disease. It’s … Continue reading →