Rule No. 7: Others Are Merely Mirrors of You

Once again, this course, “When to Lay the Weapons Down” was written for attorneys and the lessons were loosely based around Rules for Being Human. OTHERS ARE MERELY MIRRORS OF YOU You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. It’s a curious thing, have […]

What do you do at 2:00 a.m.?

Yesterday, I posted the 2014 Super Bowl Budweiser commercial with a puppy, a Clydesdale and a man and woman, which reminded me of the movie Baby Boom and that caught another post. All of which resulted in a nice evening, a kind of cheerful, laugh-filled night. It got me to thinking of another Budweiser commercial […]

Rule No. 6: “There” Is No Better Than “Here”

“THERE” IS NO BETTER THAN ”HERE” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here”. INTERVIEW  WITH  YOURSELF  – WHO  ARE  YOU? The following exercise is to clarify to yourself why you are where you are and where you intend to be.  It will […]

The Sunshine Award

Recently, two of my blogger buds gifted me with the Sunshine Award. Curiously, they come from different directions, one from the U.S. and one from Down Under, and the pictures of the Award differ, as do the Rules. Tremble. Neither one could explain what the Sunshine Award was for. They thought it may have something […]

Education – How valuable is a college degree? Part 4, The Conclusion

Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here; and Part 3 is here. My nephew and I began at the same time. He chose the University of Washington for his Bachelor degree. At the end, it cost him $40,000 and four years. I began in March 2006 and was done by November 2006, while working […]

A Little Touch of Hilarity …

This happened to an Englishman in France who was totally drunk. The French policeman stops his car and asks the gentleman if he has been drinking. With great difficulty, the Englishman admits that he has been drinking all day, that his daughter got married in the morning to a French man, and that he drank […]