Posts By: DR2
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of November 3, 2019
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of November 3, 2019
November 3, 2019
“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” – Picasso
November 4, 2019
“Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worth to better.” – Hooker
November 5, 2019
“You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, they club won’t be worth a dime.” – Ruth
November 6, 2019
“I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” – Willard
November 7, 2019
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – Maxwell
November 8, 2019
“Hire character. Train skill.” – Schutz
November 9, 2019
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Churchill
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Quotes Can Be Found At
So, Let's consider: 'Tis the Season – for Shysters
So, Let’s consider: ‘Tis the Season – for Shysters
Well, it’s that time of year again… Somewhere shortly after the last of the fireworks have gone out on the 4th of July and and frequently by July 5th, you’ll start seeing every store from Walmart to your local drug store starting to bring out their xmas schlock and reminding you how few days it is until “Christmas”. And they’ll be pounding that drum until the champagne starts flowing on New Year’s Eve. Forget that there’s 6 months of holidays yet to come and that the historical and Biblical records are overly clear that the overly marketed fat jolly elf of December 25th has nothing to do with the birth of the Christ Child, you’re going to be inundated with all kinds of crap that you just can’t live without buying for “The Season”…history and logic be damned.
Along with these shysters will come a more sinister group of shysters that just as predictably show up every year wanting your money. These are the shysters that have prey on the good hearted people wanting to help others. These are they shysters that tell you how much good your donation to their cause is going to do for the world. How blessed you will be once your fork over your cash to them and their cause celeb or foundation or whatever buzz word will get you to part with your money. And, of course, little to none of your cash will get to where it’s supposed to go.
Now, I’m not stupid enough to not fully understand that there’s an abundance of well meaning and credible organizations of good will towards mankind out there, but there’s just as many organizations that are more interested in their own good will than helping the homeless people down the street.
This season I would encourage you to be generous with your giving, but I would also encourage you to be vigilant with whom you give to. Giving to help others not only shouldn’t be just one day a year, it should also be to those methods and organizations that actually are interested in doing good for their fellow man versus lining their own pockets, and that do so throughout the year as well. Preferably ones with a good existing record of having done so in the past.
Remember, the homeless guy down the street needs as much to eat on September 30 as he does on December 25th.
This year, please be generous, but also, be smart about your giving…and remember that generosity is needed 365 days a year.
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 27, 2019
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
Enigma – adj. – puzzle, mystery, riddle
October 28, 2019
Adroit – n. – clever, skillful, dexterous
October 29, 2019
Coadjutor – n. – helper, assistant, co-operator
October 30, 2019
Dotage – n. – feeble old age, second childhood, senility
October 31, 2019
Forte – n. – strong point, speciliaty, what he excels in
November 1, 2019
Gamut – n. – scale, range, extent
November 2, 2019
Innocuous – n. harmless, mild, uninjurious
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Words Can Be Found At
This Week’s Thoughts Of The Day Can Be Found At
This Week’s Quotes Of The Day Can Be Found At
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of October 27, 2019
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
Everything has at least 2 sides.
October 28, 2019
Enjoy your successes while you’re alive.
October 29, 2019
Open yourself up to life’s infinite possibilities
October 30, 2019
Don’t be afraid of opposition.
October 31, 2019
Embrace the unknown.
November 1, 2019
A wise life is worth living.
November 2, 2019
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Thoughts Can Be Found At
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of October 27, 2019
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Twain
October 28, 2019
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Gates
October 29, 2019
“Loyal customers, they don’t just come back, they don’t simply recommend you, they insist that their friends do business with you.” – Bell
October 30, 2019
“Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” – Benson
October 31, 2019
“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” – Nightingale
November 1, 2019
“Authenticity is the alignment of the head, mouth, heart, and feet – thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing – consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.” – Secretan
November 2, 2019
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Coelho
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Quotes Can Be Found At
So, Let's consider: Why does it take 30 minutes to get your prescription ready?
So, Let’s consider: Why does it take 30 minutes to get your prescription ready?
OK, so lucky me picks up the broncho bug du jour this weekend. In between coughing my head off today I wandered into the doc in a box down the street. I figured they’d give me a shot and write me a script for some eye of newt and I’d be on my way. Why they want to give me a shot in my butt for a problem in my head and chest is something I didn’t really understand, but then, I really wasn’t well enough to get into a long debate on the subject.
Alas, they called in one med and gave me a hard copy script for the cough syrup since it contains some good stuff…and off to my local Walmart across the street I go.
Upon presenting my paperwork I’m told it’s going to be 30 minutes before my script is ready. Why it take 30 minutes to count out a few pills and pour up a potion every time I visit there I’ll never really understand. However, putting my MBA to use it’s clear to me that they want to me meander around the store, and hopefully in my sick stupified state I’ll find some other items they have for sale that I just gotta buy. Sorry, you got the wrong guy for this marketing scheme.
I’m a normal guy. I don’t like shopping. I really hate it more when they move stuff in a store in order to encourage me to meander through many additional aisles to not only reorient myself as to where what I want is, but in the hopes I’ll find something I don’t need and buy it. Generally pisses me off more than anything. If it takes me longer to find what I want and hit the cash register line than it does to walk from my truck to the front door, I’m wasting time. And the topic of only one lane open at a Walmart is a topic for another time.
SO, I’m stuck at Walmart for 30 minutes while the chemist counts out the pills…what to do.
Using my calibrated eyeball, I estimated that the inner perimeter of the store is about 1/5th to 1/4th of a mile. So, if I walked 4 or so laps around the inside of the store I’d have walked my daily mile while waiting for my pills and potions. And since we’re talking Walmart, you never know what you’re going to see that’s not on sale…some of which I’m sure you’re going to regret seeing.
So, that’s what I do. When I have a script to pickup, I have my saw bones send the script to Walmart. I could use any of several smaller local chemists, but the inside diameter of their stores isn’t big enough for me to be able to enjoy my walk…and yes, I know I could do additional laps to make up for the length distance…but why? I’d only be seeing the same stuff I don’t want to buy more frequently.
By the way, grab a grocery cart to take with you and throw something in it so you look like an official shopper…and good luck dodging all those huge carts being filled with stuff for other patrons to come in and pickup that are just too damn lazy to do their own shopping…or maybe their lives are just so super packed with incredibly important stuff, like curing the common cold without having to wait 30 minutes for your pills to be counted…
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 20, 2019
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019
Pernicious – n. – harmful, destructive, noxious
October 21, 2019
Aborigine/Aboriginal – adj.- natives, first inhabitants
October 22, 2019
Cerebration – n. – thinking, using the brain
October 23, 2019
Maimed – adj. – disabled, mutilated, crippled
October 24, 2019
Obviate – n. – prevented, made unnecessary, avoided
October 25, 2019
Nexus – n. – blinded force, link, tie
October 26, 2019
Salient – n. – noticeable, outstanding, important
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Words Can Be Found At
This Week’s Thoughts Of The Day Can Be Found At
This Week’s Quotes Of The Day Can Be Found At
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of October 20, 2019
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019
The only thing permanent is change.
October 21, 2019
Children learn more when learning is fun.
October 22, 2019
The bizarre can appear cool if it is in fashion.
October 23, 2019
Make sure you leave some kind of positive mark with your life.
October 24, 2019
Eat your honey, but stop when you’re full.
October 25, 2019
Never deprive someone of hope.
October 26, 2019
Learn an art where you can cultivate beauty.
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Thoughts Can Be Found At
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of October 20, 2019
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019
“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; We hire smart people to tell us what to do.” – Jobs
October 21, 2019
“If you tell me, it’s an essay. If you show me, it’s a story.” – Greene
October 22, 2019
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – Wooden
October 23, 2019
“Empathy is the only human superpower – it can shrink distance, cut through social and power hierarchies, transend differences, and provoke political and social change.” – Thomas
October 24, 2019
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.” – Robbins
October 25, 2019
“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his hsare of the credit.” – Maxwell
October 26, 2019
“Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds. you can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.” – Anon
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Quotes Can Be Found At
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 13, 2019
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019
Paranoiac – n. – subject to delusions of hostility
October 14, 2019
Mundane – adj. – commonplace, practical, earthly
October 15, 2019
Aquiline – adj. – curved, hawk like
October 16, 2019
Contemporary – n. – those of the same age, his coevals
October 17, 2019
Ignominious – n. – shameful, dishonorable, despicable
October 18, 2019
Convivial – n. – sociable, jovial, companionable
October 19, 2019
Peccadillo – n. – triffling errors, faults, weaknesses
Like what you’re reading? Then, subscribe to the feed. It’s free and no spam.
Last Week’s Words Can Be Found At
This Week’s Thoughts Of The Day Can Be Found At
This Week’s Quotes Of The Day Can Be Found At
About Me
Don Rima
Don Rima is an Information Systems consultant with over 30 years experience in Information Systems. His roles of responsibility have included programming, systems management and IT department management. He's also a technical editor and writer, does regular product reviews, is a very good cook, gardener and avid reader and writer. His sports interest include: the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Orioles, Clemson Tigers and Chelsea Football teams. The articles on this site are written to be correct, informative, laconic, provoke progressive thought, informative and sometimes make you laugh. They're not designed to be the writing of just another politically correct drone.