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Hazy hot and humid, oh joy.
Jul. 1st, 2013 06:41 amWe have established that I am not a Summer Person, right? If I wanted to live in a sauna I would have relocated south of DC? Right. Moving on.
Suggested new points of order, based on conversations over the weekend:
1. Before offering advice in response to a post or comment, first consider: is the speaker over the age of 25? Are they in possession of a functional, not to say trained mind? Might they probably have already considered possible solutions to their issue before mentioning it? If the answer is yes, rethink offering your advice.
(the above is negated if you are their mother, father, or agent)
2. If you see a problem forming in a social setting, cut it off at the knees (either by intervention or deflection) before it becomes an actual problem. Defusing a bomb should be more highly valued than trying to pick up the shrapnel after the fact.
3. Life's too short, grim, and otherwise often unpleasant not to take joy in the small, silly things. Don't let your "dignity" get in the way of laughter. Or, as the late, great Dr Major Sydney Freedman twice said, "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
In other news, Pandora goes back to the vet (hopefully this week) for X-rays. I really don't have the emotional bandwidth to talk about that further, right now.
This week is Canada Day (Happy Canada Day, Canadians!) and Independence Day. I'm hauling out of the city for the first time in years, and so will miss the NYC fireworks. The lure of ocean air will make up for that, though, I suspect.
And then up to the Boston area for a long weekend. I'm looking forward to that, too.
How are you spending your national holiday, if your nation-of-choice is celebrating one this week?
Suggested new points of order, based on conversations over the weekend:
1. Before offering advice in response to a post or comment, first consider: is the speaker over the age of 25? Are they in possession of a functional, not to say trained mind? Might they probably have already considered possible solutions to their issue before mentioning it? If the answer is yes, rethink offering your advice.
(the above is negated if you are their mother, father, or agent)
2. If you see a problem forming in a social setting, cut it off at the knees (either by intervention or deflection) before it becomes an actual problem. Defusing a bomb should be more highly valued than trying to pick up the shrapnel after the fact.
3. Life's too short, grim, and otherwise often unpleasant not to take joy in the small, silly things. Don't let your "dignity" get in the way of laughter. Or, as the late, great Dr Major Sydney Freedman twice said, "Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
In other news, Pandora goes back to the vet (hopefully this week) for X-rays. I really don't have the emotional bandwidth to talk about that further, right now.
This week is Canada Day (Happy Canada Day, Canadians!) and Independence Day. I'm hauling out of the city for the first time in years, and so will miss the NYC fireworks. The lure of ocean air will make up for that, though, I suspect.
And then up to the Boston area for a long weekend. I'm looking forward to that, too.
How are you spending your national holiday, if your nation-of-choice is celebrating one this week?
