tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post4193364053167344134..comments2023-10-28T04:50:55.216-05:00Comments on Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: Meaningful intersections?Nancy Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-75698152900335072362008-01-30T22:35:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:35:00.000-06:00Indeed, boran2, indeed. And goodnight. :)Indeed, boran2, indeed. And goodnight. :)Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-54218476489625308982008-01-30T22:34:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:34:00.000-06:00K-State won. KU played well, but K-State played be...K-State won. KU played well, but K-State played better throughout the game and they were almost always ahead. It's hard to feel bad about it. They're so happy. They broke a 20-year losing streak. But the bad news is, they're GOOD. They could take the Big 12.<BR/><BR/>I'm off to bed, so I'll have to put up my travel post early. You guys have a good rest-of-the-week!Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-27839651870171755682008-01-30T22:22:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:22:00.000-06:00I got totally lost in LOST. What happened on the ...I got totally lost in LOST. What happened on the game, Beth?katiebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262129879015590898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-77247166186452213832008-01-30T21:25:00.000-06:002008-01-30T21:25:00.000-06:00WOW Nancy! Looks like it was a great game. They sh...WOW Nancy! Looks like it was a great game. They showed us the last minute of play - how exciting for KState... Lucky you, getting to watch all of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-11767852031776013682008-01-30T20:33:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:33:00.000-06:00That's an interesing story, Nancy. I can hear Rod...That's an interesing story, Nancy. I can hear Rod Serling right now. <I>Coincidence? Maybe not.</I><BR/><BR/>Our connections to each other never cease to amaze.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-81733964521150494102008-01-30T18:48:00.000-06:002008-01-30T18:48:00.000-06:00Have fun watching the game, Nancy. I'm going to t...Have fun watching the game, Nancy. I'm going to try to lose myself in Lost.<BR/><BR/>(<EM>waving</EM>) Hi! Andi & Rick & Olivia! & Maria & Far & Ghost & Beth & Kelly & Conda (<EM>O this is getting dangerous...I'm GOING to miss someone, but who?</EM>)<BR/><BR/>I haven't taken a tour of the Neighborhood in a long time. But, I'll do it tonight. Is anyone home?katiebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262129879015590898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-62247337040145165012008-01-30T16:51:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:51:00.000-06:00We had a couple of strategies for dealing with ice...We had a couple of strategies for dealing with ice… one was to just drive over the snow & let it pack down over the ice. After a couple of weeks, you'd have a layer cake about an inch thick. Pry it up in chunks & toss it off the driveway. I could sometimes get 4x6 foot chunks to come up at once.<BR/><BR/>My uncle had terminal cancer… it'll be 2 years around the end of March since he went. Don't forget to take time off shoveling to spend time with your relative.<BR/><BR/>Hey O, lookin' good today. Definitely pervable, too!<BR/><BR/>Kelly… only minus 15? Global warming must be catching up. Some of those winter mornings at MTU would start at -40 before the wind chill. Grab some breakfast, add another layer, and get goin', that was the deal. Well, they would cancel ski classes when the windchill got to -60, but that didn't happen too often.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-82060304964169108282008-01-30T16:41:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:41:00.000-06:00Have a safe trip tomorrow, Nancy! Enjoy the weeken...Have a safe trip tomorrow, Nancy! Enjoy the weekend. And pizza tonight and bb - I'm jealous. Sounds like a good game. I'll be watching UVa and Maryland, since I don't get ESPN full court. Yell extra loud for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-38509163953741793882008-01-30T16:38:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:38:00.000-06:00Okay, I'm 90% packed for my trip to the book festi...Okay, I'm 90% packed for my trip to the book festival in Lexington, Ky. tomorrow. Now I can go over to Sally's for pizza this evening and watch the KU-KState bball game with her. Beth, I wish you could get that one. It's a fierce rivalry--even if KU has won the last 20 gazillion games--and it's more so this time since KU is undefeated and Kstate has maybe the single best college bball player in the land. And it's at KState.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-48432464168865101092008-01-30T16:36:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:36:00.000-06:00OLIVIA: :) Has everybody checked out Parvum Opus ...<B>OLIVIA</B>: :) Has everybody checked out Parvum Opus today? Olivia's photo is beyond beautiful.<BR/><BR/><B>KELLY</B>, THAT IS TOO COLD! Move to Hawaii at once.<BR/><BR/>Ah,<B>CONDA</B>, I don't think I could ever do that--take care of somebody at home--for very long. Unless the only other option was setting them out of an ice flow, of course. Even I wouldn't do that. But I am sooo not constituted to be a nurse for longer tha a week. As you say, thank god there are decent options now, at least in some places.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-75002976516717379602008-01-30T16:31:00.000-06:002008-01-30T16:31:00.000-06:00Any LOST fans out there? Here's a cool ABC website...Any LOST fans out there? Here's a cool ABC website with extra stuff:<BR/><BR/>http://www.find815.com/site/index.php#Scene_1Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-46413704380870173752008-01-30T15:21:00.000-06:002008-01-30T15:21:00.000-06:00Very true, far--especially about the snowplow. Unf...Very true, far--especially about the snowplow. Unfortunately, the snow we've been getting is very wet and keeps freezing so there's black ice underneath it and it weighs a ton. Just trying to keep ahead of it. And failing!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-75977957323413279002008-01-30T13:51:00.000-06:002008-01-30T13:51:00.000-06:00Um, Conda… why shovel if you're going to have to d...Um, Conda… why shovel if you're going to have to do it again in a couple of hours?<BR/><BR/>That was our philosophy back in Michigan, anyway. A universal law, also, was that as soon as you finished, the plow would come by & bury the last 4 feet of your driveway again.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-57590967225836541952008-01-30T11:30:00.000-06:002008-01-30T11:30:00.000-06:00Hi all, Rick, Beth, far, Katiebird,and all, don't ...Hi all, Rick, Beth, far, Katiebird,and all, don't let me miss anybody.<BR/><BR/>I've been lurking because Boise is having a WINTER. So much so that the schools are closed today. My drive to teach class is 50 minutes instead of 15--so it's really cutting into my creative time!<BR/><BR/>But I just needed to mention that we have an elderly family member with terminal cancer and I'm quite grateful that services are so much more available and better these days. I went through taking care of my mother in her last illness 18 years ago, and things have changed, for the better!<BR/><BR/>Time to shovel snow, again. Before the next storm hits. Again.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-21605184664928769182008-01-30T11:09:00.000-06:002008-01-30T11:09:00.000-06:00Hi All,Green Tea this morning, Laura didn't leave ...Hi All,<BR/><BR/>Green Tea this morning, Laura didn't leave the package out, so I don't know what kind. I'm imagining this one because it has a cool name: Blink Bonnie <BR/><BR/>Per Tea Source: A medium-bodied lovely green tea, with sweet, floral, forest notes to the flavor.<BR/><BR/>Far, no mindmaps, I'm afraid. My process is very linear and mostly I hold it in my head.<BR/><BR/>-15 this morning with wind chill at -38. I kissed Laura goodbye as she went off to school and then pulled the blankets over my head for another hour.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-23459416723928954062008-01-30T10:03:00.000-06:002008-01-30T10:03:00.000-06:00Nancy -- I love what Rick said AND what you said. ...Nancy -- I love what Rick said AND what you said. <BR/><BR/><I>I love what RICK said, ". . . life is filled with intersections that we sometimes cruise through." Note to self: Remember to look both ways at all times.</I>oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401788202984343513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-6600068589158418052008-01-30T09:21:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:21:00.000-06:00Yay, decaf! :-) It's mine, all mine...There are cl...Yay, decaf! :-) It's mine, all mine...<BR/><BR/>There are clean sheets on the guest room bed, and wireless internet, and I'd even buy LEADED coffee (or tea for Kelly) - come on down to the warmer latitudes! I hate to be selfish and not share.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-15110628991426817622008-01-30T09:18:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:18:00.000-06:00Interview freelancers = head hunters and job shops...Interview freelancers = head hunters and job shops.<BR/><BR/>Shhhh. My protagonist just got an impromptu enema when a meteorite crashed through his house while he was on the toilet. Whater geyser's indeed!<BR/><BR/>Must write more.Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-86718463868134066252008-01-30T09:16:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:16:00.000-06:00BETH! I almost didn't see you there! It's that bli...<B>BETH!</B> I almost didn't see you there! It's that blinding Florida sunshine that did it--that, and my utterly consuming JEALOUSY of your warm weather. To make up for being such a petty b*tch, I've put on a pot of decaf, just for you.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-35754614087684603992008-01-30T09:10:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:10:00.000-06:00Hi,GHOST. I hate what Rick is going through, too. ...Hi,<B>GHOST</B>. I hate what Rick is going through, too. He needs a meaningful intersection! I love your idea of hiring a freelancer for interviews. :)Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-76630162833912952242008-01-30T09:08:00.000-06:002008-01-30T09:08:00.000-06:00MARIA, that's a very interesting connection about ...<B>MARIA</B>, that's a very interesting connection about volunteer work and meaningful intersections. I'm not sure what, if anything, it indicates, but it's food for thought. Something about our "will" and our "way."<BR/><BR/><B>FARFETCHED,</B> I don't think I've heard of mindmaps. I'm going to follow your link!Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-67762309133695297172008-01-30T08:57:00.000-06:002008-01-30T08:57:00.000-06:00"Your name is ANDI, and you are a thermometerholic..."Your name is <B>ANDI</B>, and you are a thermometerholic." <BR/><BR/>Hi, <B>KATIEBIRD</B>. Did you see the paper? 6,000 braver souls than I went to the event yesterday.<BR/><BR/>I think so, too, <B>OLIVIA</B>. I love what <B>RICK</B> said, ". . .life is filled with intersections that we sometimes cruise through." Note to self: Remember to look both ways at all times.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-19202337991081515592008-01-30T07:46:00.000-06:002008-01-30T07:46:00.000-06:00FAR...Most is deadfall, but I heat with wood so I ...FAR...Most is deadfall, but I heat with wood so I need 3-7 cords each winter. Most felled trees are opportunistic necessities either on my five acres or elsewhere. Termites have helped lean a giant oak (2-3 cords) a few degrees too many over the driveway. Two big pines have squishy earth beneath them and lean in the direction of the house--accidents waiting to happen in a stiff wind. Stuff like that.<BR/><BR/>Mind mapping. Hmmm. I have a lot of diagrams and spreadsheets to help me along the way, especially for timestamping...so very important in mysteries or time travel, but I use no formal programs. Tried one years ago, but it made the prose feel cramped.<BR/><BR/>More interviews on Freitag.<BR/><BR/>N e e d t o m a k e m o r e c o f f e e !Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-14515710670269783452008-01-30T07:44:00.000-06:002008-01-30T07:44:00.000-06:00I'll send her an email soon, and ask how things ar...<I> I'll send her an email soon, and ask how things are going. But it may be that we have already transacted our "business," on the day we were drawn together at the coffee shop.</I><BR/><BR/>This is so nice, Nancy. My interesecting "business" is usually conducted by overhearing other people's conversation. <BR/><BR/>Hang tough, Rick. Gawd, I hate what you're going through. <BR/><BR/>I think we shold be able to hire freelancers to go to job interviews for us.GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-89404168968331334052008-01-30T07:42:00.000-06:002008-01-30T07:42:00.000-06:00Morning, everyone. Sorry about the temp drops - th...Morning, everyone. Sorry about the temp drops - the Weather Gods must be very confused.<BR/><BR/>The coffee smells good! Too bad it's leaded. :-)<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the mail that circulates regularly, Nancy, about people coming into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime? I think it fits here. Glad you could help her.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the job stuff, Rick. Sending virtual hugs.<BR/><BR/>No mindmaps, far. I use a spreadsheet to track what happens in each chapter, what threads I introduce, what the conflict is, etc. But I don't outline, so don't map anything out ahead of time. Good luck with it...<BR/><BR/>Sending warm vibes today - we're having above avg temps, and I'm happy to share. Hang onto that shoe, Maria!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com