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"Murphy was an optimist!"

Of Grasshoppers May 22, 2007 2:36 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy
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Student: Why doesn’t my wife listen to me?
Master: Hahah BwahH! haHAAhhhaa ba Hheee gasp hahhaa HOoo Woohoo HAHAHAHA hheheheehe Bwahahhaha HEHEEEE hheeee HHEEEE hhhee eeeeeeeeeee hahahaha eeeww oh oh OH hahaha HAHAHHAHAHA! AH! oh hehehHEHEHHEHE bwaahhaha!

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Calls a parent never likes May 22, 2007 8:15 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad, Tommy
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Tommy, "Our bus just got hit. I told the officer I didn’t do it."

The school bus experience has been horrid this year. There is no lack of irony in the year ending with a bus accident. Tommy’s description was that a trailer clipped the back corn of the bus and the bus didn’t even move much. His friend’s mother called and said, "the bus got side swiped!" The accident happened within walking distance of the school but they are making the children wait until another bus can come to move them from the accident scene to the school. Since it is a short bus of special needs students, that does make sense.

I had hoped we could arrange for Tommy to ride the regular bus home at least once this year. I think he is fully capable of handling the regular bus. Getting off the short bus would alleviate so much turmoil! And possibly introduce some.

Update: Tommy called, laughing, to declare, "we’re on tv!" Looks like WATE got the footage. Guess we will have to record the news tonight. The kids on the bus sounded way out of control.

Update 2: Some more details.

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10 simple ways to save yourself from messing up your life May 22, 2007 7:27 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Health, Mental, Of Interest, Philosophy
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Lifehack.org nailed it today!

  1. Stop taking so much notice of how you feel.
  2. Let go of worrying. It often makes things worse.
  3. Ease up on the internal life commentary.
  4. Take no notice of your inner critic.
  5. Give up on feeling guilty.
  6. Stop being concerned what the rest of the world says about you.
  7. Stop keeping score.
  8. Don’t be concerned that your life and career aren’t working out the way you planned.
  9. Don’t let others use you to avoid being responsible for their own decisions.
  10. Don’t worry about about your personality. You don’t really have one.

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Read the details to really appreciate each one. I know I am person guilty of 8 or 9 of them and just reading the article lifted some weight off my shoulders.

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