Random thoughts and doings between Thanksgiving and Christmas

 "Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than his own soul." - Marcus Aurelius

Great 80's Music

 

 "Do the things external which fall upon you distract you?  Give yourself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around" - Marcus Aurelius

 

Microwave oven - replace or repair?

 "Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just" - Marcus Aurelius

 

Happy Thanksgiving

"Caretake this moment.  Immerse yourself in its particulars.  Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed.  Quit evasions.  Stop giving yourself to needless trouble.  It is time to really live; to fully inhabit the situation you happen to be in now." - Epictetus

(Warning: Philosophical and Grumpy Post)

Below: "Freedom from Want" by Norman Rockwell

Work Boots

 "Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things." - Epictetus

Happy Husky

 "We cease to be so angry once we cease to be so hopeful." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I have a dog that seems to enjoy the snow.  I wish the dog run was a bit larger, so she could get some speed up and exercise as much as she should.  She's still a puppy and likes to bite and chew quite a bit, but she is very smart, and getting better at following directions.  She is really a sweetheart and although she looks like a big bad scary wolf, she's easily frightened.  But mostly she's a happy playful girl.

 

That Seventies Top 40 sound

 Once again on the way to work, the old memory stick delivered.  It must have been in a Seventies Pop music mood this morning.  I can't say I like all of these songs equally.  The Sanford & Townsend and the ZZ Top ones are probably my favorites of this bunch.  The ZZ top song, being blues instead of pop, didn't get a lot of airplay back in the day.  Still it was cool going down memory lane.

Oh yeah, and just before I pulled in the gate at work, this little gem from the early 2000's popped up.  Funny story: When I lived in Ridgecrest, I became acquainted with a guy I knew as "Tex", who it turns out is the father of Blink-182's bass player/singer, Mark Hoppus.  If I'd known that, I'd have attempted a meet-up, or at least tried to get an autographed album!

The Bicycles: Centurion Le Mans and Masi Gran Corsa

 "Be your own master, and look at things as a man, as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal creature" - Marcus Aurelius

Homemade Voigt Pipes: Update 2

 "Never let the future disturb you.  You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." - Marcus Aurelius

Refurbishing the Mac Cat chainsaw and a couple of minor projects

 Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.  Everything we see is perspective, not the truth" - Marcus Aurelius