Alex Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh at the time of America’s birth, wrote a warning to America in 1787. He observed that the average age of the world’s greatest civilizations was about 200 years, during which they inevitably progressed through the following sequence:
from bondage to faith, from faith to [...]
Archive for November, 2007
from apathy to dependence
Posted in Quote on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Grumpy with a chance of rain
Posted in Blog, tagged sick on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Paul’s sick with a cold. He had a high fever yesterday and last night, but is still working on fixing emergency network problems. His phone and pager have been going all morning.
I’m feeling grumpy and very unmotivated. Im trying to guzzle another emergen-c and figure out what to do to get out of this [...]
Reflecting
Posted in Blog, Reflection, Tarot, tagged Eve, Holidays, Line, smoking on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Monday and Tuesday were busy days working. I’m still struggling with making time to relax and get everything done that I need to do outside of work. Kind of an oxymoron, I know.
After work on Tuesday I went down to Eve and Lina’s in Hollywood. They have a wonderful little place with a garden. It’s [...]