APRIL FOOLS DAY / YAD SLOOF LIRPA

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.-- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. -- François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.-- William Blake

A fool must now and then be right by chance.-- Cowper

It is better to be a fool than to be dead.-- Stevenson

Looking foolish does the spirit good.-- John Updike

APRIL FOOLS DAY / YAD SLOOF LIRPA

quotes about work...

"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." --Robert Frost

"Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love." --David McCullough

”The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." --George Eliot

"The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.” --Ted W. Engstrom

”The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” --Brian Tracy

my flight memory

My Final Assignment

I can't believe how difficult it is to express my thoughts in writing. I figured this would be the easiest to do, after all, I've only been journaling since I was 12. Knowing that these last 5 journals will account for a major part of my grade in this course, is stressful enough. I am supposed to check into Niagara Falls tomorrow evening, but before that I have to go visiting. I think I am going to take a pass on all of it. I need to have this in by midnight tomorrow. I don't think I could bb it as an attachment either. So, its midnight now, I'm listening to Kitaro and only have one journal completed. I am not even satisfied by that one. I have been putting this off for weeks. I should just write what I feel, and if I can't make sense of it, oh well, I guess I don't really understand the course, right?

online dating

So I have taken that step into the online dating world. I made a half-a**ed attempt a few years ago and again last year. What I have noticed is that it is very hard to 'trust' anyone these days. It will be almost 10 years since I first started communicating with dear Andreas, and we are still friends. There were a few years in between when I really felt I loved him and wanted to be with him. I had went so far as to research everything I needed to know about marrying him. When it came to it - we both realised too much time had passed, my job had become more stressful and I was not a happy camper all the time. I hadn't felt so much in love since I was with MA. My love is deep, enduring, and I really want to be in it for life. I've seen so many people get married, divorce, date, break up - and I just don't want to go through that. So now fast forward to these past few weeks, I've been out to a few of the bars, met some really nice guys, but no one I'd want to date. People say I am attractive, I'm fun to be around, I have a way of looking at the positive side of things, and I make them laugh. So where are all the guys at? (no need to comment here). I just have so much happening right now that perhaps it isn't the right time, but if not now, when?

President Lincoln and Kennedy

I came across this website on a recent Google search on the Kennedy curse. The following is just a piece of some of the information on the website.

Lincoln & Kennedy - The Coincidences

President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. Kennedy died in tragic circumstances.

Curiously, both the Presidents were elected exactly one hundred years apart (1860 and 1960).

Further how does one explain that :

• Both the Presidents were assassinated on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.
• Each wife had lost a son while living at the White House.
• Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy was killed in a Lincoln convertible manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
• The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was John, the first name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.
• John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln's assassin) was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later.
• Both the assassins were Southerners who held extremist views. Both the assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
• Both the Presidents were deeply involved in civil rights for Black people.
• Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled to a barn. Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theatre.
• Both President's were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
• Both the Presidents were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were Southern Democrats and former Senators.
• Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly a hundred years later.
• LINCOLN and KENNEDY, each has seven letters. The names of both the assassins are of 15 letters each.
• Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson, the Presidents who succeeded the assassinated Presidents have 13 letters each in their names

whatever happened to integrity

Over the past year, I have spent (as a part of my job) reconcilling claims and reviewing project files. These files are then sent to another office where they are reviewed and sent for payment. I feel I have done a fairly accurate job and expect the same of the office receiving them. Obviously this is not the case. What I did encounter was a person who spent more time on MSN, Facebook and MySpace during work hours and did a half ass job. Its unfortunate too, I really liked them and respected them. As this person has now left the department, left to go shack up with someone outside the city, good for them, I was pleased they were following their heart. There is a new person who has been filing in and trying to make sense of ALL the work that was not completed or was totally wrong. The expenditures made by that person, is enough to make me sick. The wastefulness of money that could have went elsewhere to benefit the hungry - instead was used to buy things I can't mention here (but online social sites on a co. credit card should give you an idea of what other crap was purchased), and it goes on. I don't understand how this person can live with themself for what they have done.They are now claiming to be a motivational speaker and life coach. Kudo's to them, but I don't think they should be allowed to look after any financial matters - as they definitely lack the integrity. Aside from that I admire there courage, it is truely remarkable. I just don't admire their work ethics and these poor decisions has ultimately cost this department a lot of money.