- 17:56 @ljc those are amazing photos! i miss the bean - used to live across the street. #
- 17:58 RT @ScanMyPhotos: Attending #CES2010 #intlCES? CNN.com tech reporter J Sutter is going to CES filing iReports! wants input ow.ly/Rlwm #
- 18:00 RT @abc7newsBayArea: Trucker strike is looming at Port of Oakland. Drivers mad about new rules to install filters. bit.ly/8T21lo #
- 18:04 RT @Stranahan: Banks Launch New Checking, Credit-Card Fees - WSJ.com ow.ly/S7wG #
- 18:33 @stales check out @cancer_babe - she's still fighting though. #
- 20:15 @stales try @chemo_babe - hope that works. #
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Or at least, that was my plan. I was going to blog or at least post a picture to my blog every day. Yeah, didn't happen. But today is a palindrome. And that makes me really happy. Happy enough not to worry about starting a bunch of sentences with conjunctions. Although, I like to blog like I'm just kinda talking and I start a lot of sentences with conjunctions when I am talking, so I've decided I'm not going to worry about it.
At the end of 2009, I found myself with a pile of frequent flyer miles that expire in March but saddled with so many blackout dates that it would be impossible to use them. Fortunately, I can use them on hotel rooms, so we opted to snag a gorgeous room at the Intercontinental down on the Boston waterfront for New Year's Eve.
- 12:22 RT @The_Pigeon: Hello 2010! Mo's plans for the year... ow.ly/RFmv #
- 12:23 RT @tencentwings: in case you missed it, go to google and click on "i'm feeling lucky" for a new years surprise! #
- 12:26 please welcome @chemo_babe to twitter! She's feisty!! #
- 12:51 RT @ScanMyPhotos: Google announced Android related press conference for Jan 5, same day expected Google Phone launch #CES2010 #intlCES #
- 13:05 congrats to @hardlynormal for being awarded person of the year for giving a face and voice to homeless in the US! bit.ly/63L9ge #
- 13:21 sad story RT @KPCC: Violence in Mexico hits close to home for El Monte school children: bit.ly/6MXsPa #
- 13:36 @rkref it's a little early to jump to that conclusion - his bills could be processed incorrectly. #
- 13:39 @TeresaKopec if it is a sham - insurance should deny all claims! #
- 13:55 have you welcomed @chemo_babe to twitter yet? She's giving an honest voice to cancer patients. #
- 14:24 RT @JamiGibbs: Protip: update the copyright year to 2010 on your site. (via @twe4ked) RT @andrewbleakley #
- 18:24 @BlondeByDesign wishing you the same! Thanks!! #
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only great challenges which ordinary people
rise to meet.
~William Friedrick Halsey Jr.
You watch New Years Rockin' Eve and the only person you recognize is Dick Clark.
- 20:09 the pineapple upside-down cake is in the oven! new tradition perhaps? #
- 22:25 @undomesticdiva Happy Birthday!! Hope it is a good one!! #
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- 13:23 @undomesticdiva the dmv reminds me of a bingo game where no one wins. #
- 13:25 RT @GiveLifeMeaning: RT @StopHunger: All @WholeFoods are collecting food. [A big THANKS!!] #
- 13:29 @bakespace there is a store devoted to hello kitty in Irvine. Not quite as much now, but in the day had all kinds of crazy hello kitty stuff #
- 13:30 @browniecow that reminds me - time to change the sheets! #
- 13:38 RT @hardlynormal: single mom w/ 2 kids living on $300 month has urgent need for fridge. South LA. used is fine. now she uses styrofoam & ice #
- 15:05 @AnnKingman worst case - add a topping! :) #
- 21:35 Jasper Fforde signing in Pasadena 1/11 - you need a ticket: bit.ly/4TDZco #
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Knowing Better Now
The Past in Light of the Present
From the Daily Om
When we look back at the past, knowing what we know now, we often find it difficult to understand how we made the mistakes we made. This is because once we learn new information, it is nearly impossible to reenter the headspace we were in before we learned that information. And so we look back at parents who spanked their kids, for example, and wonder how they could have thought that was a good idea. Similarly, our personal pasts are full of mistakes we can’t believe we made. We did things then that we would never do now, and this is precisely because we have information now that we didn’t have, or weren’t able to access, then.
From ideas about how to raise children to how to treat the environment, our collective human past sometimes reads like a document on what not to do. In many ways, this is exactly as it should be. We learn from living and having experiences. It is from these past actions that we garnered the information that guides us to live differently now. Just so, in our personal lives, we probably had to have a few unsuccessful relationships or jobs, learning about our negative tendencies through them, in order to gain the wisdom we have now.
In order to live more peacefully with the past, it helps to remember that once we know better, we tend to do better. Prior to knowing, we generally do our best, and while it’s true that from the perspective of the present, our best doesn’t always seem good enough, we can at least give our past selves the benefit of the doubt. We did our best with what knowledge we had. Beyond this, we serve the greater good most effectively by not dwelling on the past, instead reigning our energy and knowledge into our present actions. It is here, in this moment, that we create our reality and ourselves anew, with our current knowledge and information.
- 11:37 RT @MouseWait: The signs saying no more tickets being sold to Disneyland is up already - but APs & existing ticket holders can still get in #
- 21:06 @losangelista Happy Birthday! Have fun!!! #
- 00:16 @bakespace haven't seen wine, but have seen hello kitty tampons. #
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