As my grandmother used to say...." It struck me that other than the coffeemaker and being able to "jump" in the shower, things were a lot like grandma's day. Oh, and the alarm clock. Grandma got up with the chickens.
Surprise, surprise we have to make choices and balance our lives. Should this startle people who are all about choice. If you choose to be a biglaw lawyer you might have already learned that and if you didn't it's time you did. And what does living in the richest country on Earth have to do with it?
Ah, finally, positive progress. People do have choices. There is no legitimate reason why we should be exclusively motivated by material, physical, and ego gratification. It seems that the "progressive" and "liberal" reactive movements are being confronted by a diversity of reality. There may be hope for our society and humanity yet. Evolutionary dysfunction is not inevitable.
Actually, you can have it all, but you must plan for it with reason and patience. There is no instant gratification without consequences.
You can't have it all, where would you put it? - Stephen Wright. Seriously money is overrated. If you have enough money to be secure, the rest is just a question of what you enjoy and what you find challenging and fun. Working 20 hours a day while allowing others to enjoy raising your kids is not my idea of a good time.
It struck me that the story was not so different from grandma's day, especially with small children. Substitute a few activities and you've got grandma's day. Except grandma didn't have an electronic coffeemaker, or the opportunity to jump in the shower. Oh, and an alarm clock. Grandma rose with the chickens. Hell, even I did when we were still on the farm.
So what is this story about? That one is supposed to have this life with less stress? More money ( nannies, etc.) could help that--if one wanted it that way.
The writer's grandmother said, "You can do anything for three months." For a lot of people, that means doing everything for three months and then doing it all over again...and again...and again....
I think this story was a whine. It might have been cathartic, but still a whine.
8:15am: TRAFFIC 6:30pm: TRAFFIC with a side of screaming kids who are starving
This is one of my pet peeves. Traffic consumes up to an hour of my time each workday day. Yet, I pay taxes, a lot of them. Why is it the government can not take care of the people who WORK?
Maybe Inga can help us to understand, why the people who produce the stuff she wants redistributed aren't taken care of?
I think this story was a whine. It might have been cathartic, but still a whine.
Yes, you are right! We should all work our buts off so Obama can give his buddies oodles of money for "Green Energy"! And then they can all go bankrupt!
This idea that we should smile and enjoy the parasites is ridiculous.
I hope I never forget the oral history story by the man who remembered, as a young boy, watching his father leave for work each morning--having to walk eight miles each way. His father was his hero.
Dante, what would you whine about next if traffic congestion were being relieved by more roads? Taxes?
One solution proposed--and being advocated by the gov't, since you ask--is to approve more telework. That would require a shift in perception about how employees need to be supervised.
If I personally attacked you by using the word "whine," I'm sorry.
If I personally attacked you by using the word "whine," I'm sorry.
It felt like a repetition of the people who won telling everyone else to grin and bear it. I don't like the argument. To the extent it wasn't a personal attack, I apologize for calling you an unoriginal bitch.
Out here in CA, it appears the answer is to build trolleys, High Speed Rail Trains, and left hand HOV overpass lanes, all at great expense, and none which provide little to no traffic relief.
Here is my solution. My solution is to allow companies to bid for maintaining a regions infrastructure, and a certain amount of dollars is provided. The contracts are opened up for rebidding every number of years.
The only metrics for evaluation are the rate at which roads flow, and how well they are maintained.
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Mmmmmm....you omitted that Pacino was the Devil in that movie.
Of course he thought people should "move on" after doing something bad and not let remorse hold them back from enjoying themselves and sinning more.
...it shouldn't be so damned hard - in the richest country on Earth - to have a big time job and be a loving parent.
Who are these people?
Good for her.
There's more important things out there than money and ego.
Cultivating one's garden, f'rinstance.
Really that is a large part of Christianity.
Forgiveness.
Ask for forgiveness from God and the guilt goes way. Forgive others and the hate goes away.
And that's a big difference from us and the Muslims.
The writer said,
As my grandmother used to say...." It struck me that other than the coffeemaker and being able to "jump" in the shower, things were a lot like grandma's day. Oh, and the alarm clock. Grandma got up with the chickens.
When will women learn what men have always known?
(and yes -- knowing and accepting that is very liberating)
What is that, MadisonMan? That you really don't like us for our personalities?
Surprise, surprise we have to make choices and balance our lives. Should this startle people who are all about choice.
If you choose to be a biglaw lawyer you might have already learned that and if you didn't it's time you did. And what does living in the richest country on Earth have to do with it?
Cedarford beat me to it.
The post seems to advise that one can't have it all, so do both poorly and don't feel bad about it. Probably bad advice.
Pacino played Satan, we should be taking advice from him?
Pacino's character's name was John Milton, which was pretty funny.
Ah, finally, positive progress. People do have choices. There is no legitimate reason why we should be exclusively motivated by material, physical, and ego gratification. It seems that the "progressive" and "liberal" reactive movements are being confronted by a diversity of reality. There may be hope for our society and humanity yet. Evolutionary dysfunction is not inevitable.
Actually, you can have it all, but you must plan for it with reason and patience. There is no instant gratification without consequences.
You can't have it all, where would you put it?
- Stephen Wright.
Seriously money is overrated. If you have enough money to be secure, the rest is just a question of what you enjoy and what you find challenging and fun. Working 20 hours a day while allowing others to enjoy raising your kids is not my idea of a good time.
Above the Law is a gawd awful blog, and this from a lawyer. I think it tries to be Volokh conspiracy, but comes off like TMZ, without as much class.
Well women shoulld understand that men already know it :P
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Dang! marcus patel. Link didn't work. Answer still shrouded in mystery.
The writer said,
"As my grandmother used to say...."
It struck me that the story was not so different from grandma's day, especially with small children. Substitute a few activities and you've got grandma's day. Except grandma didn't have an electronic coffeemaker, or the opportunity to jump in the shower. Oh, and an alarm clock. Grandma rose with the chickens. Hell, even I did when we were still on the farm.
So what is this story about? That one is supposed to have this life with less stress? More money (
nannies, etc.) could help that--if one wanted it that way.
The writer's grandmother said, "You can do anything for three months." For a lot of people, that means doing everything for three months and then doing it all over again...and again...and again....
I think this story was a whine. It might have been cathartic, but still a whine.
8:15am: TRAFFIC
6:30pm: TRAFFIC with a side of screaming kids who are starving
This is one of my pet peeves. Traffic consumes up to an hour of my time each workday day. Yet, I pay taxes, a lot of them. Why is it the government can not take care of the people who WORK?
Maybe Inga can help us to understand, why the people who produce the stuff she wants redistributed aren't taken care of?
Why wait, Dante? What's YOUR solution?
"Maybe Inga can help us to understand, why the people who produce the stuff she wants redistributed aren't taken care of?"
You are taken care of. You're the milk cow. You get milked, don't you?
And if you just stop producing and join the other side, well, we just gained another loyal voter!
I'm not asking for a solution. Read what I'm asking for. I'm asking for an explanation.
I think this story was a whine. It might have been cathartic, but still a whine.
Yes, you are right! We should all work our buts off so Obama can give his buddies oodles of money for "Green Energy"! And then they can all go bankrupt!
This idea that we should smile and enjoy the parasites is ridiculous.
I hope I never forget the oral history story by the man who remembered, as a young boy, watching his father leave for work each morning--having to walk eight miles each way. His father was his hero.
Dante, what would you whine about next if traffic congestion were being relieved by more roads? Taxes?
"This idea that we should smile and enjoy the parasites is ridiculous."
That's YOUR idea, Dante--not mine.
Leslyn, do you know the difference between stating facts and whining?
I should be more careful. I used my own experience rather than take the time to figure out the total time wasted in traffic.
Here you go: Gridlock forced us to spend an additional 4.8 billion hours in traffic in 2009, wasting an additional 3.9 billion gallons of fuel. All told we blew $115 billion in traffic last year when you consider things like wasted fuel, lost work time and shipping delays.
Where are the greens saying to decongest the roads?
And where are the greens saying "No more Immigration to America, we have a huge Carbon foot print?"
See, that's whining to you. You are an unoriginal bitch.
One solution proposed--and being advocated by the gov't, since you ask--is to approve more telework. That would require a shift in perception about how employees need to be supervised.
If I personally attacked you by using the word "whine," I'm sorry.
"With malice toward none."
If I personally attacked you by using the word "whine," I'm sorry.
It felt like a repetition of the people who won telling everyone else to grin and bear it. I don't like the argument. To the extent it wasn't a personal attack, I apologize for calling you an unoriginal bitch.
Out here in CA, it appears the answer is to build trolleys, High Speed Rail Trains, and left hand HOV overpass lanes, all at great expense, and none which provide little to no traffic relief.
Here is my solution. My solution is to allow companies to bid for maintaining a regions infrastructure, and a certain amount of dollars is provided. The contracts are opened up for rebidding every number of years.
The only metrics for evaluation are the rate at which roads flow, and how well they are maintained.
That's my solution.
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