Makin' It Work

• Embrace whatever life throws at you.
• Don't make it MORE than what it is.
• Use that sense of humor, and lose the attitude.
• Be clear, be concise, and then listen actively.
• Do your own job & keep yo' mouth shut while you're doing it.
• Whatever happened to Feng Shui?
• Saw a fourth grader reading "Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2" at school.
• I'm gonna check out Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" and Barbara Strauch's "The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain" at the Smyrna library this week.  Currently I'm reading "Generation A" by Douglas Coupland and Ha Jin's "A Good Fall".
• Daydream Default Mode is the official technical term for my current state of being (as heard on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross).
• These events are taking place this Saturday in downtown Atlanta:  Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park, FIRST Championships (Robotics Olympics) at the Georgia Dome, Braves baseball game at Turner Field, Hawks playoff basketball and Freaknik.
• I'm avoiding all the traffic downtown and go to Rev Coffee for RevFest '10.
• Long run today of 6 miles in 80 degree weather on the Silver Comet Trail. Along the way I smelled wisteria, BBQ grills, water in a creek, smoke from a fire, pungent perfume, freshly mowed grass, and automobile exhaust when the trail intersects the roads.
• My MP3 player has mostly Putumayo World Music among others, but for some reason when I put it on random play, Beck, Radiohead, Depeche Mode and Beastie Boys songs get played more frequently than anything else?  Especially Beck.