Be Careful What You Write, No Matter How Inane, It Might Be Permanent

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
Publilius Syrus (c.42BC)
Writer

My manager at work has subscribed to a little monthly motivational handout called Bits & Pieces. The above quote came from the July 2005 issue he handed out today, it was the second bit, or piece if you will, in the magazine, right there on page 1.

My question is why was this particular piece of “wisdom” saved? Did someone other than Mr. Syrus hear him say those words and instantly think, “Ooooh, I’d better save that, it sounds like it will be inspirational in about 2,047 years?” Well, here’s hoping that the July 4052 issue of Bits & Pieces includes this:

Be careful what you write, no matter how inane, it might be permanent.
Brian the Red (c.2005AD)
Blogger

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Update

Even though I tried to be obtuse enough in Sunday’s post – there was big doings elsewhere that I can’t talk about for fear of jinxing it (hint: American League East.) – the baseball gods saw right through me. The FRS lost last night and the damn Yankees won…

That is what I get for blogging early. Late last night a trip to the grocery store was required and because of the rainy weather in the area that meant down to the store up while inside and down for the ride home. The ride home was slightly damp too because it started sprinkling half way back, but not hard enough to scare us.

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Soooey

I grew up in Connecticut, but ever since I joined the Navy at 18, I have not been back north to live (except for that 2 year mistake in NJ.) I have lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina for a total of over 30 years. The last 16 have been here in Aiken, SC. While I don’t consider myself a Yankee anymore, I am still far from being a southern country boy and every once in a while I’m really reminded of that fact.

Here at ASCO the Activities Committee is forever raffling off one thing or another. They sell tickets for a dollar and all the money goes into a kitty to fund donations to worthy causes and a family fun day. The raffles are usually theme related to a holiday, like for Mother’s Day it was a basket with fluffy stuff & a gift certificate to a day spa. For Father’s Day, the prize was a combination smoker & grill.

Well, for fourth of July, they are raffling of a hog. A 50lb dressed, ready to cook, pig. Soooey.

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Commercial

For the reopening of my CafePress store I commissioned a professionally done commercial for airing during the baseball all-star game on Fox July 12th. I had it made in Brazil to take advantage of the lower production costs, but that might have been a mistake. The problem is not the quality, that is fantastic, but I think they misunderstood the product I have for sale. See for yourself, Life of Brian Stuff Commercial (1.8Meg video) and let me know, use it or not.

Either way, please buy my stuff.

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Mr. Fletcher’s Ride – June

Mr. Fletcher's Ride - JuneLooking southwest at the corner of Mr. Fletcher’s Ride and an unnamed path about 1/2 mile in from our usual entry point into Hitchcock Woods. The last couple of months this image has been pretty static and I’m sure it will be that way for the next couple of months too.