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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Style


Oh, indeed, Mr. Carson. In. Deed.

Monday, January 07, 2013

Unexpected

After two weeks off, I returned to work this morning. Sleepy and unmotivated, I muscled through a few last-minute preparations for an afternoon presentation.  At lunch, I fought the urge to curl up for a nap and then reluctantly headed to the training site.

It was a small group, and I wasn't sure what to expect, so I kept my expectations low. An hour and a half later, I turned to my co-presenter and proclaimed, "I want to work here. These guys are awesome!"

It was true. The group with which I had so reluctantly--almost begrudgingly--begun the new year's training rounds was one of the best audiences to date. As we finished up for the afternoon, a few participants stopped to thank us for the training. One gave us prayer bracelets that she made as a token of appreciation, and I couldn't help but feel ashamed for my earlier inner negativity. These ladies and gentlemen had taught the teacher, and they turned my foul attitude into enthusiasm and hope.


Thursday, January 03, 2013

Carded

I took my kid to get his first library card this morning. The entire outing was quite adorable.
 
For some reason, I was reminded of the episode in "Happy Days" when Arthur Fonzarelli took out his own library card. By the way, that episode did not result in a 500% increase in library card registrations, but it was influential enough that I still remember it 35 years later.
 
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