"Murphy was an optimist!"
Of Grasshoppers December 2, 2009 5:35 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: 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, PoetryI 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, PhilosophyStudent: Self-doubt.
Master: No doubt.
Of Grasshoppers November 27, 2009 11:15 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: 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, PhilosophyStudent: What I want to do and need to do are not the same.
Master: Split your attention between each and accomplish neither.
Of Grasshoppers November 25, 2009 8:44 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: This is not the path I thought I was walking.
Master: Do you have a map?
Of Grasshoppers November 18, 2009 6:40 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: Is this what failure feels like?
Master: Have you quit?
Too stressed to type November 16, 2009 11:39 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, PoetryThy todoth list overfloweth. Nay, thine own muse shouts silence. Gagged. Hiding in thy shadows within the deepest recesses of mine own mind. Today’s stories shall be passed upon to giveth thy brain a necessary reprieve such as tomorrow’s adventures shall be retold with vigor! William eat thine own heart out with a spork!
add a commentOf Grasshoppers November 11, 2009 12:45 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: Can it suck more?
Master: Yes.
Of Being Dad – Do what you say November 10, 2009 7:45 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Doug's Mantras, Family, Of Being Dad, PhilosophyOne of my mantras is "Say what you are going to do then do what you say." A child never forgets. If you promise a child you will do something, do it! Our calendars says that the movie Up is released on DVD today. When we saw Up in the theaters, I promised Amy she and I would go see the 3-D version as a father/daughter date. Life got in the way. The movie came and went. And today, she reminded me that I failed to deliver on that promise. Not a good feeling.
add a commentOf Grasshoppers November 9, 2009 5:05 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: Life is weird. Hasn’t turned out at all as I expected.
Master: You had a plan?!
Of Grasshoppers November 9, 2009 3:12 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, PhilosophyStudent: All I can see is the problem.
Master: If you only look at the problem, you will never see the solution.
Coming or going? November 7, 2009 9:56 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Deep Thoughts, PhilosophySometimes, I feel like I’m done. Other times, I feel like I’ve just begun.
add a commentI’m an organ donor November 6, 2009 2:45 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Deep Thoughts, Humor, PhilosophyOn Oct 24, I turned 40. This week I renewed my driver’s license and for the first time checked the organ donor box.
The best iPhone app ever October 24, 2009 3:18 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Gadgets, Humor, TechnologyI’ve been debating getting an iPhone because I’d like to develop some applications for it. Plus I think it looks cool. I hesitate because of cost and I do a lot of texting on my phone by feel of the buttons without even looking at the phone. This new app has me thinking I need to forget the buttons and just get an iPhone!
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