Archive for the 'A Wise Doo Once Said...' Category

Family Tensions

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

There is so much drama going on in my family right now I feel like I am going to explode! This has been going on since July and it won’t seem to either end or go away. Another ‘episode’ happened last night - this doesn’t surprise me since it’s so close to Christmas. My BIL [...]

Econo Diddy

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Are you an EcoGeek - well our dear wise Doo is an EcoGeek (among other things!). He sent us this incredible car that has been engineered by Loremo and the launch date is set for 2009. It gets 118 miles to the gallon AND it uses diesel fuel! You would think a car like this [...]

Tale of the Southern Fisherman

Monday, October 1st, 2007

We’ve got another great one from the wise and mighty Doo … enjoy!
Passage from the book Better Off by Eric Brende, page 166.
Then I told the tale of the southern fisherman:
“The rich man from the North came by one day and saw the southern fisherman sitting, just sitting by the water. This horrified [...]

Butterflies, Dreams & Buddhist Quotes

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Some much needed wisdom from Do …
"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
~ Chuang Tse

The New Baby Is A …

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

My sister, Kelley, is pregnant with her 4th child (yeah she’s nuts LOL). We just found out this week that it’s a girl. My name choice is Brie (her husband’s initials are BRE - AKA ‘A Wise Doo Once Said’ - so it’s fitting!). I’ll put up a poll once we have a few name [...]

This will never happen again

Monday, May 7th, 2007

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM / PM on the May 6th of this year, the time and date will be – 02:03:04 05/06/07
This will never happen again.
Chris’ birthday is 01/23. Some fun with numbers today!

Happy Friday And Some Wise Doo Words

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. - Bertrand Russell
Speaks well for religions. In the absence of something that actually makes sense, people will "believe" some far out stuff. Think of all the crazy cults for example..
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Endure

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes." - Buddha
I always knew those years of running cross country and long distance track would be useful.

Evil Yet Funny Catbert

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Our Doo is at it again … who doesn’t love making fun of human resource people

A Lonely Doo

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

"There are moments when one feels free from one’s own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is [...]