tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post112241524436766783..comments2023-04-08T05:20:52.887-04:00Comments on ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars: How to learn from your mistakescoyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-1122515688310203492005-07-27T21:54:00.000-04:002005-07-27T21:54:00.000-04:00I know, let's really piss each other off, and make...I know, let's really piss each other off, and make lists pointing out each other's mistakes, so we can <I> help </I> each other.<BR/>It could be a game, seeing how long we stay friends.Conch Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261764790552635523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-1122486502430965142005-07-27T13:48:00.000-04:002005-07-27T13:48:00.000-04:00G'day, eh? Today's topic is Canadian content on th...G'day, eh? Today's topic is Canadian content on the ESI blog. If they were lookin' to boost the levels, they coulda come to us instead o' that Red Green guy.<BR/><BR/>Doug: Yeah, it's not like we were doin' anything else.<BR/><BR/>Bob: Speak for yerself, hoser! I been workin'.<BR/><BR/>Doug: Collectin' a different kind of beer from every province is not a job.<BR/><BR/>Bob: I'm kinda like the 5M and M, a graduate student. In the school of hard knocks.<BR/><BR/>Doug: Speakin' of mistakes, if it wasn't fer you we'd still have a record deal.<BR/><BR/>Bob: Don't worry, eh? Ludacris is gonna return my calls.<BR/><BR/>Doug: I hear he likes back bacon. <BR/><BR/>Bob: Well, that's all, eh? See ya round the BH.<BR/><BR/>Doug: Do they serve beer?<BR/><BR/>Bob: Coo - loo - koo - loo - koo - loo - koo - hoo!<BR/><BR/>Doug: Coo - loo - koo - loo - koo - loo - koo - hoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-1122486176816495862005-07-27T13:42:00.000-04:002005-07-27T13:42:00.000-04:00If women don't find you handsome, they should at l...If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. Problem with the 5M is, she seems to find this M fella handsome, but not too handy. Sometimes my wife thinks I'm neither. But, hey, we're still married. So maybe deep in the 5M's mind, M isn't really a mistake. Like that ceiling fan I installed upside-down. Seems in spite of all the gripin' about M she'd rather be with him than anyone else. Thing is, in their relationship she's a giver, he's a taker. Like the muskrat down by the swimmin' hole that took a chunk out of my hand last week. But maybe she's OK with that. Even if no amount of duct tape is gonna change things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-1122477166262531532005-07-27T11:12:00.000-04:002005-07-27T11:12:00.000-04:00Well, now, Siren, I'd say ye put some words in my ...Well, now, Siren, I'd say ye put some words in my mouth that I wouldn't have said meself, but ye've raised some fine points.<BR/><BR/>For example, I'm not saying her relationship troubles are beyond figuring out, but that they are not readily apparent (even to wise sages such as ourselves) and need proper investigation to understand.<BR/><BR/>If it's true that she is only attracted to Peter Pans, a solution that she not get involved with anyone who gives off a whiff of PP Cologne would condemn her to a life on her own. <BR/><BR/>I suppose she could join that asexual support group as one of the members whose bent doesn't allow them to exercise their sexuality, but that doesn't seem like an answer I'd ask her to accept.4th Dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078187712957062528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-1122438938448556362005-07-27T00:35:00.000-04:002005-07-27T00:35:00.000-04:00Dwarf, with due respect to Mr. Scott Berkun, (if t...Dwarf, with due respect to Mr. Scott Berkun, (if that's his real name) it's an interesting theory 'n all. But I see little practical distinction between involved and complex mistakes. In either case, what's important is not to understand the <I>what</I>, so much as the <I>how</I>. (<I>Why</I> is usually the least important question to ask, in dealing with a mistake... I digress.)<BR/><BR/>Point is, 'acknowledging what you're doing wrong' and 'collecting more information' are really hairsplitting labels for the same process of gaining self-awareness.<BR/><BR/>In both, you must reach a revelation of some sort before you are equipped to deal with a problem. In both, there's a danger of getting mired endlessly in the process of acknowledging/gathering, and thereby <I>avoiding</I> dealing with the actual problem. In both, you <I>eventually need to act</I>, otherwise yer life is stuck. Bad. Period.<BR/><BR/>It may be that our mistakes make us interesting, but the ways that we deal with 'em are where the real evolution (or devolution) happens.<BR/><BR/>Favourite Mistakes, Agatha, are another matter entirely, for another thread...coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.com