The Motivator

Have you ever felt like the wave of pop culture was cresting above your head and then just tearing by, leaving you adrift in the flotsam and jetsam of buzz words and washed up 15 minute phemonema you vaguely recognize? Have you promised yourself that you will get in the game and seize the moment--that you will learn something fresh and new and just hope that it turns out to be iconic instead of laughably ephemeral? Will you dig deep and find the time, the energy, the hand-eye coordination?




Well. The gauntlet has been thrown down.

Hello, Flickr...

I confess I actually use Photobucket, for no particular reason. I suppose I like the name. If I owned a comedy club, I would call it the Chuckle Bucket. Probably no one would come. I would still think it was funny. I digress.

Anyhoodle, I am at least mildly familiar with something similar to Flickr. And here's the picture that caught my eye.




Awww. Talk about high voter turn out. This voter turned out of his grave. Ha ha ha. Okay, I'm done. Thank you, Collins Garden, for the great selection of mummy photos. They were really freakin' cute.

Blog luv

Before I had a tiny helper who loves to type (what he lacks in accuracy he makes up for in speed) and play with yarn, I used to read a lot of knitting blogs. I'm just now starting to read them again (they all publish books now, too)--I am a great fan of The Yarn Harlot in particular. Mason-Dixon Knitting is another great one. BUT ENOUGH WITH THE FIBER AND FIBER BOOK BLOGS.

Judge a Book By Its Cover is a total hoot. I have often looked at the covers of books and thought, "What the...?"

Seems I'm not the only one.

7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners

I think the easiest of the 7.5 Habits is Goal Setting. Goal Setting is awesomely easy! And fun! It is that crucial follow through that trips me up. Maybe I am splitting some hairs or whatnot with choosing "Goals" as the Easy (BUT MAYBE NOT) Habit, but really, reasonable goal setting is kind of a skill of its own. It has to mean something, after all--goals have to be within the realm of the possible but still a challenge, and so on. But it's easy to dream big, so to just dream up goals--well, that's no sweat.



The Hard Habit is probably Seeing Problems as Challenges. I generally have enough going on that when something else goes wrong, I fall into the "OH GOD, WHAT NOW?? @#$^*&%!!" response category. Now, if said problem/challenge involves a hobby, or something I've chosen to do out of interest or love, I try to remember the words of noted Knitting Goddess Elizabeth Zimmerman, who said that when faced with frogging your work you should think, and I paraphrase, "The chance to do more of my favorite hobby! Yay!" But we all know that histrionics are theraputic. I once had to tell a friend to quit trying to solve my problem and just let me complain. It's when I go all quiet that you really need to worry.

That's all for now. Hi Dianna! And Assorted Members of 23 Things Team! Are you actually reading the blogs?