"Murphy was an optimist!"
Of Grasshoppers January 31, 2010 5:42 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: I am overwhelmed.
Master: Perhaps you do too much at once.
Of Grasshoppers January 30, 2010 5:30 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: I was very happy until I was told I wasn’t.
Master: With great effort, we climb to heights from which it is so easy to be knocked down.
Of Grasshoppers January 20, 2010 6:23 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: Correcting the results of my poor judgments is ridiculously difficult.
Master: Much easier to use good judgment in the first place.
Of Grasshoppers January 12, 2010 9:11 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: Look. A bus.
Master: Get out of the street!
Of Grasshoppers December 31, 2009 7:49 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , 2commentsStudent: Take it back.
Master: Once a stone is tossed in the pond, only time calms the ripples.
Anxiety December 24, 2009 9:47 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Poetry , add a commentThis hand versus that
The good and the bad;
Trying to spread good
But feel only sad;
A harmless white lie
still tears at the soul;
Her ego judged me
When I did no wrong
Then I judged her
Same verse; same song.
Look in the mirror
It’s me that I see;
The image that is
Not the one I want it to be;
They write the rules
I write the rules
There are no rules
We; the fools.
I cannot live
Upon this pillar
So very tall;
Such that all can see
The stature
The nature
The me;
The higher it rises
The bigger it becomes
More of the pillar they see
And so much less of me;
As big as I wish to be
I’m shrinking
Vanishing
Becoming
To small to see.
Amy’s Christmas Present December 20, 2009 9:38 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Christmas, Daily Life, Family, Holiday, Humor , 2commentsAmy wants a puppy for Christmas but we already have two large German Shepherds so I’m getting her this instead:
Picture borrowed from Picture is Unrelated without permission.
Of Grasshoppers December 17, 2009 6:31 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: If I think of all the tasks I must do, I cannot move.
Master: Instead of thinking of all, do one task.
Doug’s Mantras December 14, 2009 8:34 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Doug's Mantras, Family, Of Being Dad, Philosophy , add a commentFile this under things I thought I’d never say.
add a commentClothing belongs in one of three places: on your body, the laundry, or folded up and put away.
Quote of the Day December 9, 2009 8:52 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Quote , add a commentI have an ever increasing respect for Matt Damon. To me, he seems less like an actor pretending to be a political activist and more like a political activist who happens to be an actor. He definitely has the mental capacities to back it up where other actors have just used their fame as a platform without the brains required to support their stance.
add a comment…change comes from the bottom up; always has, always will. “That goes for today, too. We can’t wait for Barack Obama to just fix things. We have to be in his ear. That’s our job as engaged citizens. –Matt Damon [Source, OpenNews.com]
Of Grasshoppers December 2, 2009 5:35 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: Spent the night trying to wake up.
Master: Exhausting way to sleep.
Poetry at 70 mph November 30, 2009 12:14 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Poetry , add a commentI tapped this out on my phone after cresting the hill south bound before the I-40/Pellissippi Parkway exchange. My normal glance at the peaks of the Smoky Mountains was obscured. The weather inspiring.
There are no mountains today. A cloud blankets the horizon. More so, it blankets us all. @djuggler
Theo Aukerman suggests this could become a Haiku.
With slight mods, could be a haiku: … @knoxcoder
So how’s this?
No mountains today
Cloud blankets the horizon
It blankets us all.
Hmm. I may have a thing or two to learn about meter versus moras ("on").
add a commentOne on is counted for a short syllable, an additional one for an elongated vowel, diphthong, or doubled consonant, and one for an “n” at the end of a syllable. Thus, the word “haibun”, though counted as two syllables in English, is counted as four on in Japanese (ha-i-bu-n). Source, Wikipedia, Haiku
Of Grasshoppers November 30, 2009 9:42 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: Self-doubt.
Master: No doubt.
Of Grasshoppers November 27, 2009 11:15 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: I have purpose again.
Master: You’ve always had purpose.
Of Grasshoppers November 27, 2009 12:27 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a commentStudent: What I want to do and need to do are not the same.
Master: Split your attention between each and accomplish neither.
