Thursday, 17 May 2007

(last update: 2:45pm)

Too funny ...

(2:45pm) - URL: I just stumbled across this and have to share it. It's called "Cassingham's Laws." Besides the laws it provides links to everything Randy Cassingham does; I highly recommend subscribing to "This is True" and "The True Stella Awards:"

http://www.thisistrue.com/cassinghams_laws.html

Peace!

Tuesday, 15 May 2007

(last update: 3:40pm)

Long overdue update

(1:00am) - TEXT: repeat from last month: "I really, really like it here!"

Yeah, yeah, yeah ... but if I don't record it here, do you truly believe that's a true statement??? Well, of course it's true. Just like a tree falling in the forest *does* make a sound even if nobody's around to hear it....

I am happy, I'm in the NASCAR center of the world, I have my family around me, and I'm listening more closely to what God is trying to tell me spiritually. I am *not trying* to be something, or be someone, that somehow-some-way I think I should be.

Call it a mid-life crisis if you will: I am content to say it's a spiritual realignment to a Voice I've ignored the last 13 years. So there it is ....... and here I am :)

Name change ... "Unsympathetic Musings of a Magnificent Mind" is right out!

(1:15am) - TEXT: So I'm not certain of the sagacity of the source, but I was told "Ravings of a Lunatic Mind" is how 'UMMM' actually looks.

I thought that might be the case ... when I came up with 'UMMM' I gotta admit I was more proud of the acronym than the actual words. And now I'm told that evidently the juxtaposition of 'unsympathetic' with 'magnificent' was not the joke/pun I thought it would be. For the source I'm paraphrasing, it just didn't make any sense.

(I still like 'UMMM.' But 'AHR' is better; I came up with it two nights ago.)

Ya see - 'A Higher Resolution' is what I am going to make, at some point in the future. Whether it's the seminary, secular university, hourly restaurant/retail, or salaried professional job, it'll be a resolution to be a better person and be of better service to my fellow man.

More to come as what seems now to be a wild, hare-brained scheme becomes more solid and real.

Peace! Out. (for now....)


Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance

(3:30pm) - URL: Found this as the best-looking result from googling "Antidepressant support groups Charlotte" and checking out the first couple of pages. It's packed with good info:

http://www.dbsalliance.org/

As someone who takes Paxil (and knows it isn't just temporary!) I decided to find a support group for my depression here in Charlotte as another step toward getting settled here.


More on the new blog name

(3:40pm) - TEXT: Forgot to mention two vital points of information which helped lead me to choose 'A Higher Resolution' as the name.

1) I'm always changing the name - testing out various things and seeing what sticks. I eventually want to hit on something that evokes my personality and what I'm trying to accomplish here on this blog.

2) In light of my recent vow to make my life more God-centric and sanctified, 'AHR' is also a pun. Video cards on computers come in various resolutions, and the more pixels you pack into a display (the more info you make visible on a monitor screen), the 'higher the resolution.'

Hope that helps make 'AHR' easier to remember! It hopefully will better capture the essence of *me* and what I'm trying to do here with this blog: by writing down these posts, I bring a higher resolution to the meaning behind the normal, everyday stresses and trials of life!

And to correct something I wrote at 1:00am above: I didn't actually *ignore* God's voice for the 13 years I was in Atlanta. I just didn't listen very closely unless I was in Church, at Mass, or volunteering for St. Vincent de Paul ... :)

Peace! Out...