At this particular point in time, I've finished a grueling law exam which will be 50 percent of my total grade for the semester; I've read more than 600 pages on Latin American Economic Development; business law; and organizational behavior.
I've mastered (I think) exchange rate conversions and how to respectfully engage my co-workers and make them feel all warm and fuzzy.
Needless to say, I'm exhausted.
But you don't have time to stop and think about what you've done, because you've just got to move on. And I'm moving on to the bar ... Gin and tonic, anyone?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Show
Friday, Sept. 26, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will be playing in Oklahoma City.
They were displaced by Hurricane Ike. Their Sept. 26 show was supposed to be in Houston, but now they've changed venues and of course, cities.
I was first in line this morning to score three tickets!
Whoo-hoo!
Now, back to studying for my law exam!
They were displaced by Hurricane Ike. Their Sept. 26 show was supposed to be in Houston, but now they've changed venues and of course, cities.
I was first in line this morning to score three tickets!
Whoo-hoo!
Now, back to studying for my law exam!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Speaker Is ...
Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote those words in 1952. I always think it's stunning how timeless some things are. That is definitely timeless, in that any modern-day feminist philosopher or writer could have very easily written that today.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Who's the Speaker?
"For a long time, I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in the quarreling over feminism, now practically over, and perhaps we should say no more about it. It is still talked about, however, for the voluminous nonsense uttered during the last century seems to have done little to illuminate the problem. After all, is there a problem? And if so, what is it?"
Guess the speaker ... as I was struggling to finish writing an essay, "In the Company of Men," I put my pen down. Now that feminism is at the forefront with McCain's pick of Palin, I am reminded of something a very wise woman once told me, "Gender is an issue if you make it an issue."
Guess the speaker ... as I was struggling to finish writing an essay, "In the Company of Men," I put my pen down. Now that feminism is at the forefront with McCain's pick of Palin, I am reminded of something a very wise woman once told me, "Gender is an issue if you make it an issue."
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Mitch Hedberg Returns!
Deceased comedian Mitch Hedberg's friends got together and have released, "Do you believe in gosh?" which is now for sale on http://www.amazon.com/
Check out the news of the release of Hedberg's CD via the Bob and Tom web site
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/index.htm
This is perfect. Just when I thought Hedberg's comic genius was gone, we get one more round!
And if you haven't heard of Mitch Hedberg, you should check him out. I love his style of humor, although it's not for everyone, admittedly. Be warned, he's got a potty mouth.
Check out the news of the release of Hedberg's CD via the Bob and Tom web site
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/index.htm
This is perfect. Just when I thought Hedberg's comic genius was gone, we get one more round!
And if you haven't heard of Mitch Hedberg, you should check him out. I love his style of humor, although it's not for everyone, admittedly. Be warned, he's got a potty mouth.
Monday, September 8, 2008
More Stupidity
I should know better than to have high standards for Joe and Jane Q. Public and the idiot mainstream media that represents them. Or do they represent the idiot mainstream media? That's the philosophy question of the day.
So People magazine wants to know, "What do you think of Palin's glasses?"
Well, gee, I don't know. What do you think of Obama's big, glaring white teeth? Has anyone asked that? What do you think of McCain's white hair? What did anyone think of the birthmark on the head of Gorbachev?
Better yet, what does anyone think of the mole on McCain's ass? Oh, you didn't know he had a mole on his ass?
I almost had a heart attack last week when some writer for the Boston Globe decided that she was going to run a column criticizing Palin's up-do.
Maybe it's the women that are stupid. I see women pay upwards of $60 for up-dos like that for fancy occasions, like weddings and proms.
And maybe it's because the writer can't write an intelligent thing to save her life, so she just chooses to write about Palin's hair.
Yes, that's it.
So People magazine wants to know, "What do you think of Palin's glasses?"
Well, gee, I don't know. What do you think of Obama's big, glaring white teeth? Has anyone asked that? What do you think of McCain's white hair? What did anyone think of the birthmark on the head of Gorbachev?
Better yet, what does anyone think of the mole on McCain's ass? Oh, you didn't know he had a mole on his ass?
I almost had a heart attack last week when some writer for the Boston Globe decided that she was going to run a column criticizing Palin's up-do.
Maybe it's the women that are stupid. I see women pay upwards of $60 for up-dos like that for fancy occasions, like weddings and proms.
And maybe it's because the writer can't write an intelligent thing to save her life, so she just chooses to write about Palin's hair.
Yes, that's it.
Destiny's Child
I'm in "defending independent women" mode, celebrating those women who step beyond themselves to find their higher calling. I've believed in this all my life, that humans should have the ability to pursue their utmost potential, male or female, mother, father, or childless.
Of course, this has been motivated by what I've seen surrounding McCain's Palin pick, and by an e-mail that I received today from a friend about a woman here in Oklahoma who has decided that Palin's first calling is as a mother and that's what she should adhere to, not this silly vice presidency thing.
Have you ever heard it said that women are harder on other women than anyone else?
Madeline Albright said, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."
There's a reason that Albright said this.
I'm ashamed of a certain percentage of my gender.
Shame on any women for looking down on Palin. Shame. I celebrated Hillary's primary race. Even though she lost the race, she didn't lose for us women. She ran as far as she could; if life is a relay, she was able to pass the baton to Palin who can, quite frankly, finish the race.
And I will invoke God in my message, because I have a firm belief that God endows us with gifts that he wants us to use on this Earth. As I see women saying that Palin's place is at home with her children, I say no, it is not, and shame on you all. You wish you had the strength and the fortitude to do what Palin has done.
Palin has been endowed with the gift of might, of speech, and of circumstance. Those things don't happen on accident.
Stand and celebrate, for it is our moment in history.
Palin has liberated herself, she has let her strengths be her guiding light, and if the criticizing women out there were smart, then they would celebrate this special icon for our gender and stop trying to beat her down because they are themselves so insecure and unable.
With this, I share a very special poem that I keep in every one of my journals because I so firmly believe its message.
It is the poem, "Our deepest fear" by Marianne Williamson, and it is important because we are put on this earth to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And that is what Palin is doing; that also is what Obama is doing. But no one would ever, ever criticize Obama for running for president while having children at home.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Of course, this has been motivated by what I've seen surrounding McCain's Palin pick, and by an e-mail that I received today from a friend about a woman here in Oklahoma who has decided that Palin's first calling is as a mother and that's what she should adhere to, not this silly vice presidency thing.
Have you ever heard it said that women are harder on other women than anyone else?
Madeline Albright said, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."
There's a reason that Albright said this.
I'm ashamed of a certain percentage of my gender.
Shame on any women for looking down on Palin. Shame. I celebrated Hillary's primary race. Even though she lost the race, she didn't lose for us women. She ran as far as she could; if life is a relay, she was able to pass the baton to Palin who can, quite frankly, finish the race.
And I will invoke God in my message, because I have a firm belief that God endows us with gifts that he wants us to use on this Earth. As I see women saying that Palin's place is at home with her children, I say no, it is not, and shame on you all. You wish you had the strength and the fortitude to do what Palin has done.
Palin has been endowed with the gift of might, of speech, and of circumstance. Those things don't happen on accident.
Stand and celebrate, for it is our moment in history.
Palin has liberated herself, she has let her strengths be her guiding light, and if the criticizing women out there were smart, then they would celebrate this special icon for our gender and stop trying to beat her down because they are themselves so insecure and unable.
With this, I share a very special poem that I keep in every one of my journals because I so firmly believe its message.
It is the poem, "Our deepest fear" by Marianne Williamson, and it is important because we are put on this earth to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And that is what Palin is doing; that also is what Obama is doing. But no one would ever, ever criticize Obama for running for president while having children at home.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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