By the age of 27… Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. dropped out from his job at General Electric to become a full-time writer. Henry David Thoreau went off for two years to live alone in a cabin at Walden Pond. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Memphis millionaire Frederic W. Smith, whose father built [...]
Archive for October 2nd, 2006
Inspiration
October 2nd, 2006
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I’ve been knitting a lot lately. This morning, I was inspired to do more work on the scarf I started … last December. In my defense, I rarely knit over the summer. It just seems wrong to knit when it’s 30 degrees out. But, this morning I woke up Damn Cold, and wished I had [...]
The “No” feeling
October 2nd, 2006
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Maybe it’s just me being picky (or prickly!), but man I hate it when strangers call me “darling”, “honey”, “sweetie”, or any other such term of endearment. It just gives me the heebie jeebies. A lot of my customers are from the south, where apparently this sort of thing is standard… and there’s really no [...]
Email received…
October 2nd, 2006
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Client Update: We were able to view your credit report and recent application but still need for you to complete our finalization form. As of today we will be able to lock your refinance in at the rate we promised, but if our finaliztion form IS NOT completed within 24 hours then the rate will [...]