Thursday, March 15, 2007

Unproductive and then Productive... all things change


I am not productive yet on the book, but I got out of bed in early afternoon and


Called the blood lab as I was told (I need blood tests before I can start lithium); I was told to come on in.


Posted a sign on the info kiosk saying that the park was still in danger (someone had written over my last sign with something like "WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PERSON THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR A POOL). Of course, this was just below two pieces of paper that had been posted pointing out the benefits of the pool and asking for supportive signature. I have magnanimously NOT torn down my opponents' postings.

Dropped old phofacoprisc and box of associated stuff at Goodwill; I felt sad. I hope it can be repaired, sold, and will continue to do yeoman service. It cost my employer around $1,200, which made me mad; leaving it made me sad.

Went to have my blood drawn; I was told that I had taken my medicines too recently and should come back later (I wish they had told me this over the phone)

Got two shopping carts of pet stuff at Wal-Mart and bought a coffeemaker (I broke the carafe of the one I had and could not find a new carafe that would replace the old carafe)

Dropped empty carbonators at UPS (for more info, go to www.soda-club.com)


Got drugs at drugstore

Dropped some at C's and some at Town Lake Animal Center

Exchanged a toner cartridge for $48

Agree to pick up C tomorrow at 8:30 so she can make her food-stamps interview at 9:00... and I can get my blood down

Talked with C about our problems as we drove around.


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I've actually been pretty calm recently. I enjoyed Maid To Order with Ally Sheedy even though it was silly.

"Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that do despitefully use you, and persecute you." ~ Jesus Christ"


Everything that lives is holy." ~ William Blake"


If humility is Christianity, you, O Jews, are the true Christians." ~ William Blake"


Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify oppression of free speech." ~ Louis Brandeis


Teachers "affect eternity; [they] can never tell where [their] influence stops." ~ Henry Brooks Adams


"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge..... Let us dare to read, think, speak and write." ~ John Adams


"To perceive is to suffer." ~ Aristotle


"We are ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God." ~ St. Augustine


"Marriage is not a good, but it is a good in comparison with fornication." ~ St. Augustine


"In a true society, there should be neither rich nor poor." ~ Francois-Noel Babeuf


"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something that people take." ~ James Baldwin


The goal of the A.C.L.U. is "a society with a minimum of compulsion, a maximum of individual freedom and of voluntary association, and the abolition of exploitation and poverty." ~ Roger Baldwin, founder of the A.C.L.U.


"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke


"No myth of miraculous creation is so marvelous as the fact of [human] evolution." ~ Robert Briffault"


It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them." ~ Cesare Bonesana


"If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold of her, and lie with her, and they be found; then the man shall give unto the damsel's family fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife." ~ The Bible, Deuteronomy 22, verses 28-29

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About Bill

Divorced, but in a committed relationship with Christina... and we're trying to figure out how she can move in with me. Living in a house named Doghouse with two dogs, Clyde and Luna, who are both Australian-shepherd mixes I got through Austin Aussie Rescue. Working freelance, but looking for a full-time job. I've worked for many mags: STEREO REVIEW, LEISURE TIME ELECTRONICS, CAR AUDIO AND ELECTRONICS, A/V INTERIORS, CAR STEREO REVIEW, MOBILE ELECTRONICS, and more.