tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57840112024-03-04T23:38:33.240-08:00Stormwind: Personal Tangents<br> We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails.(Bertha Calloway [?])Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1097125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-91325929621324673082020-03-11T12:41:00.000-07:002020-03-11T12:41:55.952-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 866I thought I might try again to resume posting.
Unconscious Mutterings is an easy way to start.
Week 866
3 days, 9 hours, 24 minutes ago
I say ... and you think ... ?
Wash :: Dry, also Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Finish :: everything seems like a work in progress
Veneer :: Public faces
Symptom :: of a darker, more pervasive problem
March :: onward ALSOStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-80234749135864716672012-01-27T10:28:00.000-08:002012-01-27T10:28:29.609-08:00Unconscious Mutterings week 469"I say ... and you think ... ?"
Rivals :: political
Automatically :: not always a good thing
Bathroom :: floor
Jerk :: chicken
Preference :: choice
Parenting :: joyful, consequential
Helmet :: bicycle
Wave :: sound, light
Judo :: never tried
Flat tire :: always happens when you're in a hurry
Weekly word list at Unconscious Mutterings Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-9967912386234468252011-12-20T19:50:00.000-08:002011-12-20T20:54:10.816-08:00Opposites This --- makes me angry! (see video on lower left of the page)
My thoughts are with the "Million Woman" march in Egypt. May you prevail.
This ---gives me hope for humanity.
I like the idea of anonymous generosity.Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-63968298388252714232011-10-28T14:35:00.000-07:002011-10-28T14:35:44.813-07:00Occupy?
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood. Kevin Bacon
I don't think I understand the Occupy Wall Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-14463131585670263182011-05-16T18:00:00.000-07:002011-05-16T18:00:02.288-07:00Unconscious Mutterings week 433I say ... and you think ... ?Code ::source, binary, html, secret, cryptography
Brothers :: in arms, fraternal
Immigration :: thorny
Heavy :: "he ain't"
Bracket :: aside
Murder :: mystery
Neighbor :: one quiet newer Mercedes driving retired PD, one noisier old sports car driving young non suit
Collar :: white, blue, in between
Onslaught :: work
Eyebrows :: one raised Weekly word listStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-40848241822513306752011-04-17T14:30:00.000-07:002011-04-17T14:34:27.892-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 429I say ... and you think ... ?Director ::decision maker
Operation :: plan
30 minutes :: drive
Bald :: eagle
Calls :: made or that need to be
Distant :: relation
Lightweight :: jacket
Difficult :: challenge
Half dozen :: or more
Boss :: have oneWeekly word list found at Unconscious MutteringsStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-52656094568251966302011-04-12T18:45:00.000-07:002011-04-12T18:45:00.931-07:00Have you been kind today?Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
~Annie Lennox
I stumbled on to this quote and it resonated strongly. If more people participated in the simple act of practicing kindness, even in small doses, it could change the world. I will work on my tiny little corner of world, what will you do in yours?Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-58290550132120985792011-04-10T11:40:00.000-07:002011-04-10T11:40:00.737-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 428I say ... and you think ... ?
Analytical :: thought, logical process
Production :: post
Softball :: team
Uniform :: service
Intangible :: not touchable, not concrete
Grill :: food, Bobby Flay
Second base :: Baseball; though the secondary thought is the high school meaning ;-)
Citizen :: country, mine
Celery :: organic
Opera :: glasses
Weekly word list can be found at Unconscious Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-35366150477330456922011-04-04T19:30:00.000-07:002011-04-04T19:30:00.384-07:00Taking noticeWhen I came out from a meeting a few weeks ago, these cheery little blossoms caught my eye. I've been trying to take my camera with me where ever I go, but I haven't had much time to stop and take pictures.
Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-45631611516333209912011-04-03T13:50:00.000-07:002011-04-03T13:50:00.561-07:00Unconscious Mutterings week 427 I say and you thinkLimited :: edition
Zombie :: Voodoo
Energy :: Qi    (it appears some interesting research  is going on at NIH
Proof :: valid evidence
Hassle :: reduction of
Peep :: sound
Jogger :: hard on the knees
Hunt :: The Wild
Career :: path
Plants :: healing
Weekly word list at Unconscious MutteringsStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-78404423199363238682011-04-01T23:45:00.000-07:002011-04-02T00:18:28.094-07:00week's endUnder certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ~Mark Twain Humor and laughter are essential to easing stress and tension, though in a difficult moment, I have also been overheard forgetting to use my work mouth.
Hopefully I made a tiny bit of difference in a few places this week. Now I have a couple of days to involve myself in things completely unrelated to Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-77837377081318241402011-03-31T23:34:00.000-07:002011-04-01T00:00:43.145-07:00Work isWork is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. ~Kahlil Gibran
I really meant to meet my goal of a post almost every day. But I got lost in the work for a few days this week. After Monday, I've been trying to locate a new home for everyone Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-41365665415684481252011-03-28T21:59:00.000-07:002011-03-28T21:59:47.977-07:00Monday, Monday...“When the music changes, so does the dance” ~unknown
I drove out of the garage this morning, got about 6 garage doors away (yeah, I'm a bit slow when I first leave home in the mornings), and realized it felt like I had a flat tire (I did). So I called AAA (30 minute wait), my boss, then checked my voice mail at work. Out of 10 voice mail messages (not too bad for a long weekend), there were two Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-59385422181832454522011-03-27T16:20:00.000-07:002011-03-27T16:20:00.798-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 426The power was out for several hours last night for the first time in a very long time (apparently a large tree fell in the park and took out lines and a transformer). It was very strange to be confronted with how much I take for granted about the availability of electricity and what a huge part it plays in my life. It isn't that I didn't know; it's that I seldom think about it.
Anyway-- itStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-40234906857637055992011-03-24T20:30:00.000-07:002011-03-24T20:30:01.863-07:00If you know yourself"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War and other Laws of Power (Mobi; Translated from the Chinese by Lionel Giles; Kindle version)
I have Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-39601491314295053462011-03-22T19:00:00.000-07:002011-03-22T19:00:00.053-07:00Monday afternoon storm
Strange clouds, rainbows, and a few minutes after these were taken, there was hail-- very unusual Southern California weather.Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-62647215682727819282011-03-21T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-21T06:00:19.122-07:00rainThis was the view out the window on Sunday. I keep telling myself that we need the rain.
Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-42470424823740529552011-03-20T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-20T08:00:01.865-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 425I say ... and you think ... ? Jacob :: Black
Green :: eyes
Cupcake :: Wars
Acts :: of treason
Thunderous :: sound
President :: Obama
Anxiety :: provoking
Matter :: antimatter
Diner :: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Absence :: does not necessarily make the heart grow fonder Weekly word list at: Unconscious MutteringsStormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-39788498078384810832011-03-18T21:39:00.000-07:002011-03-18T21:39:00.202-07:00The way to state the problem"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." ~Bertrand Russell hmmmmmm..... that sounds true for just about every problem (thinker or no), doesn't it? If you find the right way to define a problem, the solution is easier to craft or at least begin to see the basic design of the solution. Isn't that the same concept?Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-34286398804153799072011-03-17T13:00:00.000-07:002011-03-17T13:00:00.814-07:00Quake/ Plate ActivityI find the earth's movement around the world to be very interesting. I know there are always hundreds of quakes every day. But it certainly looks as if we are in a very active period.
USGS Recent Earthquakes - world wide
Do you have an emergency kit/bag/backpack? I have mine stocked and under my bed. I also have one in my car (and each family member has one). We have a few other supplies Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-84706471044324775432011-03-17T08:00:00.000-07:002011-03-17T08:00:10.769-07:00St. Patrick's DayMay your blessings outnumberThe shamrocks that grow,And may trouble avoid youWherever you go.~Irish BlessingI did a little research, as I am not at all familiar with the history of St. Patrick. I found an article entitled "Who Was St. Patrick" and also St. Patrick's day facts on history.com. I wonder if St. Patrick's Day isn't a bigger holiday here than it is in Ireland?Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-11843324936608130892011-03-16T20:00:00.000-07:002011-03-16T20:00:03.504-07:00surfingJust meandering around link to link to link (while avoiding any attempt to look at the work I brought home from the office): Herbs'n Oils: recipes and uses for various combinations Musing By Moonlight: eclectic and interesting writing An Origami a Day : With instructions and quite an archive too.From Roses to Rainbows; which was interesting enough to peruse a while; life and quotes and thoughts Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-73086136193189620332011-03-15T19:34:00.000-07:002011-03-15T19:34:00.228-07:00A Sunny DayMood lifting sunshine.Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-81906070178942284972011-03-14T20:00:00.000-07:002011-03-14T20:15:19.309-07:00Mondays are."Mondays are the potholes in the road of life." ~attributed to Tom Wilson by quotation site Think Exist.comMonday's are difficult (all those voice mail messages and emergencies waiting from the weekend; all those emails to be answered containing "action items"). I spend most Monday's picking up all the pieces left from the weekend. Monday's after a time change are more difficult (sleep deprived,Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5784011.post-66058271939639584412011-03-13T13:50:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:50:41.418-07:00Unconscious Mutterings Week 424I say and you think...Judge :: Dredd; weird that that is the first thing that comes to mind as I don't recall liking the movie. Safe :: spaceBoulevard :: Jackson Browne 27 :: 3 cubedNext :: 10.org Ma’am :: yes? ; reminds me of cowboy manners (in the movies), which reminds me of Paula Cole's "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone" Desktop :: wallpaper Club :: Med; never beenViolet ::Ultra- Enamel ::Stormwindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15895215465755478248noreply@blogger.com2