QOTD « The Stashbuckler

Deep thoughts for the day.

13 May 2008 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in Deep Thoughts, Funny, QOTD

From my favorite AWAD:

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

-James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (1894-1961)

And from the illustrious Huffington Post:

And The Biggest Procrastinators Are…usually the most sophisticated, sensitive, creative and intelligent people.

Nailed you, did I? Well, I assume you’re in the sophisticated, creative and intelligent category. (I’m guessing that there are only a very few thick dullards who cruise this site.) That probably means you have large numbers of things stuck in your mind, in your briefcase, and on your desk about which things are not moving forward quite as consistently as they could be.

Major reason: the precise next physical visible activity (next action) has probably not been decided on the to-do’s. The bright people usually have some sort of reminders about their projects and things to do on lists, in piles, or lying around, so they won’t forget to think about their commitments. Bully. But every time they catch the briefest glimpse of any of them, they instantly race forward in their mind, rapidly and intelligently creating images of all the possible pieces that have to fit together and all the things that might have to be involved in getting them to happen and all the possible negative consequences if any one of them slips (and all the things that they might be forgetting in all this!) Whew. Freaked themselves right out. I’d quit, too.

Busy busy… here’s a quote.

02 Nov 2007 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in QOTD

“The marvelous thing about the theory of relativity is that the math is simple and each logical step is simple. You can follow each logical step, but eventually you find you have been led to conclusions that are totally preposterous, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole.”

-Alan Lightman, Adjunct Professor of Humanities, Creative Writing, and Physics at MIT and author of Einstein’s Dreams

Dreary

15 Oct 2007 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD, QOTD

Dreary

1. Dismal; bleak.
2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.
3. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.
4. Arousing no interest or curiosity: boring, drear, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.

Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Today is a little dark and dreary. Mostly it’s just gray and misty outside, but of course it is Monday and what could be darker? This is the kind of day that makes me want to go home, brew a nice cup of coffee or tea, and curl up on the couch with slippers, blankets, movies and some knitting. Sitting at my computer at work with my space heater on at my feet is a poor substitute. Which is not to say that I don’t love this weather – I adore it and am excited that winter is coming to the land of room temperature year round. I just wish I were anywhere but here.

It’s all about the stupid.

19 Sep 2007 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in QOTD

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

-P.J. O’Rourke

Dirty Jobs Quotables

07 Sep 2007 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in QOTD

Mike Rowe: “On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think I’m doing?”

Supervisor: “I don’t think suck is on that scale.”

Mike Rowe: “So you’re saying suck isn’t a number?”

Wise Words

14 Aug 2007 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in QOTD

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.