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American Airlines Flight Status Notifications
… I think are great.
It’s nice to be alerted when any unexpected changes occur in one’s itinerary while traveling.
However, when one receives FIVE notifications over an EIGHT hour period…
and, [...]

Wisdom & Knowledge
Lately, I’ve been thinking about…

wis·dom

n.

1. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
2. Common sense; good judgment: “It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things” (Henry [...]

Back to My Childhood ‘Hood III
At the end of my business trip to Mexico about a month ago, after I’d ventured back to my old neighborhood  ( Back to My Childhood ‘Hood & Back to My Childhood ‘Hood [...]

California II
Hmm. Too much text in the past few posts. Time for some more pictures! =P
But first, travel is exhausting. It already seems like ages ago that I was on my vacation. Anyway, miraculously, I made it home just after midnight even though [...]

Xanga II
Will these sequel posts never stop? I’ve still a few left on my unofficial upcoming ideas list in my head in addition to the countless other jumbled thoughts that will one day get translated into somewhat coherent words. =)
Anyway, back to this Xanga [...]

Discipline

dis·ci·pline

n.

1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control. 3.

a. Control obtained [...]

Fear

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which [...]

No one is perfect… that’s why pencils have erasers. – Author Unknown
Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some confidence. – Rosalynn Carter
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness.  We are surprised at [...]

Travel III
Oooh. It’s been over a week since I’ve posted. I think that’s a good thing. =)
In the midst of crazy work and travel, I finally find myself back in Southern California relaxing away a beautiful day with a bright blue sky outside, warm mid-70’s weather and no humidity. [...]

Travel II
Back in August 2005, I’d thought that I’d done quite a bit of Travel . And I recall people posting this rather interesting graphical illustration of countries and states visited . So I found it and (re)discovered the following: [...]