What Fires You Up?

11/23/2002

 

Good Morning! Today is the day Drew flies to the Big D! So, well-wishes and thoughts are welcomed most especially for this evening! Here are a few links for fun to brighten your day with laughter or good reads: The War with Iraq: Preview of Coming Attractions, via movie poster: http://ftp.die.net/mirror/humor/terror/gulf_wars_poster.jpg   The Revenge of the Blog conference at Yale Law School - great speakers from landmark and famous bloggers. This is sponsored by the Information Project and the Democracy for Civil Liberties in New Age, a blog from Yale Law School. The poster is fun and the speakers are wow! There is even a blog running with the current activities.   LawMeme   TECHtionary is a fascinating look at all sorts of new internet and computer technology - all pictured in online diagrams and animations. It is billed as being the first animated online dictionary/glossary and a "free form" learning system. It was originated by Thomas Cross for a children's storybook about the internet and data technology, telecommunications and other complex systems and evolved to this amazing site.
Have a great day, all!

BJ 11/23/2002 08:57:00 AM

11/21/2002

 

A larger image of the Mirror Project entry is here: http://resourcefull.antville.org/stories/213260/

BJ 11/21/2002 02:31:00 PM

 

These links are added to the following previous links as recommended, worth-a-look, and/or currently used frequently by cobalt:

heather heather A Blog for Oversharing  Librarian's Index to the Internet: Information You can Trust (a program of the Library of California)  Guide to Generating Tables  The Stained Apron (A Rant Site for Restaurant Staff About Customers)  Kitten Interactive Mouse Graphic  Hot Air (The Annals of Improbable Research)  Piero Manzoni : Art Minimal and Conceptual Only  Lego Death (A Museum of Horrors)  bellsnwhistles.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website With - Free!  Advanced HTML For Beginners 2000: A Webmaster's Website  Test of Scripts  Bryan Livingston's Online Graphics Generator  communimage (A digital quilt of photos from people all over the world - wow! Works in several languages and lots of options to zoom and view)  Gallery (Your Photos Online Gallery) This is a fascinating global gallery with many collections and features!  

Some Fired Up Friends know of the Mirror Project, a recommended blog site for months now. I entered my own image in the project and received an acceptance!

Re : BJ B ( Bright Idea Art Moment ) sent 2002-11-18 20:16:47 PST "Congratulations! Your photograph has been added to The Mirror Project. Please feel free to contact me (heather@jezebel.com) with any changes that you might like to make to your information. Keep taking pictures, baby! http://www.mirrorproject.com/mirror?id=11255 Heather"

  
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BJ 11/21/2002 09:26:00 AM

11/19/2002

 

Note for today's changes in this blog:
All archive weeks are now active on the archive index page.

A link back to the main page ("home") will be installed on the archive index page.
Those posting are recommended to use their abuzz nickname or a first name.

Hope you are appreciating some of these changes to make the blog easier to use! * * * * * * *cobalt* * * * * * *

BJ 11/19/2002 08:39:00 AM

11/18/2002

 

GOOD INTENTI0NS "Hell is paved with good intentions." Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Recently, I recalled a phrase I had heard as a child. It was simply the phrase "Hell is paved with good intentions" I took it at face value; believing that intending to do the right thing is worthless if you don't succeed. In later years, I probably have used the phrase on several occasions myself. As I drove along I played with the phrase in my mind. And, at some point asked myself the question "How on earth could that be true in any situation?" What a faulty logic to teach a child. In the thoughts that I've had of hell, I assumed that the road there was paved by bad intentions and evil deeds. As I see or feel the concept of good intentions, I envision an individual or group on individuals acting in a way that they believe will bring to others a sense of joy, relief and, excitement. Good intentions, by the virtue of the phrases content, are positive intentions. Thus, why would the road to hell be paved with ideas and thoughts that were intended to improve the quality of life for someone else, if even for a second or two? The world could provide us with a litany of good intentions that went astray. The compliment that once spoken was anything but good. Acts committed that had at the time of inception had been intended to assist or help but turned out to be exactly the wrong action. Looking into a bassinette and saying, "That's a beautiful girl", only to be told that it is a boy. The architectural strength and stability of the World Trade Center. They were all faulty in their inception but nonetheless all were good in their intention. In anticipation of the responses, "What about Hitler?" I would submit that there is a great deal separation between the pure "Good Intention" and those acts that are committed while wearing the facade of "Good Intentions". Those people who act in a manner designed to bring pleasure and wealth to themselves with little consideration of others. Good intentions are the loom upon which fabric of our society was founded and it continues to hold the material taut as our society grows and expands. Beyond the missed stitch here and there, this fabric still wraps us warmly and securely with the thought that our good intentions, in the end, will bring us joy and a sense of fulfillment. In the end, these thoughts and deeds will pave a road that will guide us to that higher-level of the eternal spirit, rest and peace.

Anonymous 11/18/2002 04:15:00 AM

11/17/2002

 

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BJ 11/17/2002 01:48:00 PM