He speaketh not; and yet there lies
A conversation in his eyes.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Hanging of the Crane

"I have wandered all my life, and I have traveled; the difference between the two is this -- we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment ( Read more... )

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been participating in a Facebook challenge to list as my status one thing I am thankful for each day, leading up to Thanksgiving. Here is a review of my list (it's in reverse order, so to start with the Day 1, begin at the bottom)...

Thanksgiving Challenge (Nov 26): Today I am thankful I took advantage of ( Read more... )

“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in Peace. God is awake.”
-Victor Hugo

Back from the ASC conference. The presentation went well, my meeting with the guy at Rutgers went *really* well (yeah, there's more to that story, wink, but it can wait for another day), and I had a lot of fun. Now that I'm back to real life and responsibilities, I'm exhausted and trying to get back on track in quite a few different aspects of ( Read more... )

"If you think you’re under pressure, you’re probably not, because when you really are, you don’t even have time to think about it."
-Ron de Jonge

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt, it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
-Hal Boyle, "Help, Help! Another Day!", 1970 As time goes on, I find that I feel more like a river in these ways and it is doing wonders for putting the rest of my life in order. When those ( Read more... )

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There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"I don't want them to forget Babe Ruth. I just want them to remember me!"

-Hank Aaron