I have been swamped for the last few days, and that is a good sign. We are developing new consulting clients and I am finding new outlets for my latest line of custom wood products. I am also trying to make sense out of our 2003 business expenses.<\/p>\n
So, at the end of a busy day, I try to unwind by browsing through some of the blogs I haven’t visited in a while. This too often leads me from one blog to another until I find myself bleary-eyed looking at a quote like the following:<\/p>\n
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.<\/p>\n
—Sverre Slotte <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I spend the next hour looking for background material on Sverre Slotte and can find nothing to explain what his grandfather had been doing. <\/p>\n
I finally tear myself away from the computer, slog off to bed, and lie there running various scenarious through my mind until unconsciousness claims me.<\/p>\n
Does anyone have a clue what
this<\/strike> his quote is about?<\/p>\nLet me know. Then we can take up the interesting history of, “Maybe the horse will sing.<\/a>” which has been attributed to Herodotus. <\/p>\n
That wonderful tale of unflappable optimism gained new life during an encounter <\/a>between Microsoft TV guys and the Liberate folks who were attending the iTV Conference in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
Someday, I’ll have to stop myself from collecting internet flotsam.
\nBut not just yet…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have been swamped for the last few days, and that is a good sign. We are developing new consulting clients and I am finding new outlets for my latest line of custom wood products. I am also trying to … Continue reading