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July 12, 2004
Ronin Thought of the Day
By my jet-lagged mind, I got into work at 5:45am (and woke up a little past 3am) and am in the middle of catching up (hey, my daily Dilbert calendar says July 2nd; I'll have to fix that). Still, a samurai must adapt to all conditions, so here is your daily wisdom, this one from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai: No matter what it is, there is nothing that cannot be done. If one manifests the determination, he can move heaven and earth as he pleases. But because man is pluckless, he cannot set his mind to it. Moving heaven and earth without putting forth effort is simply a matter of concentration. So have lots of pluck, but don't go and moving heaven and earth a lot because I'll get confused if they're not where I expect them.
39 Responses To "Ronin Thought of the Day"
pluck? hehe err first? 5:45 is kinda late to be dragging into work. slacker. #2 - Posted by: sarahk on July 12, 2004 09:24 AMI just woke up. But I'm still on vacation. I think I'll go back to bed now. Ahhhhhhh. #3 - Posted by: jonag on July 12, 2004 10:06 AMFarenheit 911 has passed $80 million. Adjust that for inflation, jackasses. #4 - Posted by: Jim E. on July 12, 2004 10:11 AMThat means 10 million Americans have seen the movie. Only 283,718,696 to go! #5 - Posted by: jonag on July 12, 2004 10:21 AMWell, that or 1 million have each seen it 10 times. #6 - Posted by: Jason on July 12, 2004 10:27 AMThat's probably a little closer to the truth (anything is closer to the truth than Michael Moore). #7 - Posted by: jonag on July 12, 2004 10:34 AMGo see Spiderman - it's more entertaining and probably more factual as well. #8 - Posted by: Paleo on July 12, 2004 10:50 AMI know what you mean, Frank. I got drunk one time and moved Heaven and Earth, and when I sobered up I had no idea where I'd left them. Took me damn near a week and like a thousand phone calls to finally track 'em down. #9 - Posted by: AWG on July 12, 2004 11:27 AMAny guy who has the strength of will not to read ahead on his Dilbert Calendar is to be admired and emulated. Kudos, Frank #10 - Posted by: Jim on July 12, 2004 12:02 PMI don't know. I had a fat uncle once and he would sit on the couch. That was a lot of uncle concentrated in one spot and yet nothing moved. When we did finally move him, it took a lot of effort. #11 - Posted by: LibertyBob on July 12, 2004 12:09 PMjonag: for someone on vacation, your pretty sharp today. You may want to check with your doctor, work may not be agreeing with you:) #12 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 12, 2004 12:13 PMI very oftem move heaven and earth with respect to me. #13 - Posted by: Walter E. Wallis, P.E. on July 12, 2004 12:34 PMThis brings to mind the motivational signs of public school yesteryear: "Hardwork + Determination = Success" #14 - Posted by: Rob on July 12, 2004 12:41 PMNow school posters just say, "Don't do drugs", "Stay in school", or something about trying really hard not to get pregnant. Nobody cares if they succeed or not. Stupid hippies. #15 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 12, 2004 12:49 PMWolf, You know abstinence-promoting *hippies* who go around promoting the slogan: "Don't do drugs"? Wolfie apparently doesn't know what hippies are. Dumbass. #16 - Posted by: Jim E. on July 12, 2004 01:14 PMJim-sorry about your penis! #17 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 12, 2004 01:34 PM?????? #18 - Posted by: Jim E. on July 12, 2004 01:47 PMAh, I see. Wolf's concern for my penis means I'm a muckadoo. I apologize for not understanding how Wolf's homoerotic preoccupation somehow reflected poorly on me. Who knew? And who knew that hippies were/are anti-drug? Perhaps the helpful sarahk can translate that Wolfie post for me too. Dumbasses. #20 - Posted by: Jim E. on July 12, 2004 02:12 PMMaybe Jim E. should try to dislodge said penis from own rectum...maybe then he wouldn't be in such a bad mood...dumbass. #21 - Posted by: krautstink on July 12, 2004 04:17 PMI had gathered that Wolf's Dawn was passing commentary upon those who make token efforts toward addressing problems such as drug abuse and teen pregnancy, but have no expectation that their efforts will have an appreciable effect on the occurance of those behaviors. In other words, the type of person who hands out condoms and gives students extensive information on the effects of various drugs because "they're going to try it anyway and you can't do anything to stop them". And for what it's worth, I'm sorry about your penis, too. #22 - Posted by: AWG on July 12, 2004 04:28 PMYeah, that's about what I gathered from Wolf too AWG (Angry White Guy?) and because that's the reality of how indeed things are today with public schools, Jim has only raised an illogical argument about the truth without offering any type of solution. Jim you are a hippie mukadoo %) #23 - Posted by: Rob on July 12, 2004 04:51 PMWow. There's now three dudes (I'm assuming you're guys) who find it relevant to comment on my penis. (krautstink apparently thinks I have an enormous schlong. Thanks, krautstink!) They apparently think that's funny or worth commenting on, but I'm not sure why. Moore's movie clearing $80 million in only three weeks -- now THAT's definitely worth commenting on. And it's funny, too. Figures that three dudes obsessed with penis would belong to the bigoted gay-bashing political party. Is there anything sadder than a self-hating homosexual? Learn to accept it; stop hating yourselves. I think you guys need to focus not on my penis, but more on figuring out how Bush can win the election despite finally admitting today that no WMDs have been found. Good luck on trying to not think about my tool. And leave it to a bleeding-heart-head-in-the-sand-every-woman-wants-me-and-every-guy-does-too liberal to: Frank, thanks for the inspirational words. Jim E, why the heck would you disappear for days and then choose to be a loser by posting in the commments of a non-controversial post? Save it for someone who cares. #26 - Posted by: Trucido on July 12, 2004 06:53 PMbtw krautstink, THAT was funny. (Frank, you're still the king of humor around here. And by around here I mean everywhere.) #27 - Posted by: Trucido on July 12, 2004 06:54 PMNo wonder giving birth to three children was so hard! I don't have a vagina! Thanks for clearing that up for me, asshat. I just wish my OB/GYN had given me a C-Section. #28 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 12, 2004 07:30 PMAWG and Rob: Thanks for taking the time to explain my post. I keep forgetting muckadoos are among us. #29 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 12, 2004 07:47 PMWell, krautstink has confirmed s/he's an anti-gay bigot. There's really nothing funny about that. Or surprising. Wolf's Dawn, trucido, I can't wait for big Frank's full-blown documentary. Oh, I guess it got downgraded. At first he wondered how to obtain the copyright to Return of the Jedi and now he's reduced to web page animation. Yawn. Er, I mean: I can't wait!! #30 - Posted by: Jim E. on July 12, 2004 08:25 PMAnd another thing: Farenheit 911 has made more money in three weekends than Jackass has made, well, ever. (sigh)jim, while hippy may not be the 100% correct term as far as not doing drugs is concerned. i think what wolf is getting at is that, anymore, helping students "feel good about themselves" is more important than instilling in them any sense of personal responsibility. And perhaps your lack of non-hippy education is what makes you cling so firmly to the literal interpretation of what you read. #32 - Posted by: maggie katzen on July 12, 2004 09:03 PMJim E: Also, I'd like to let you know that I'm flattered that you've deigned to include me in your fantasy life, but I don't swing that way. Better luck next time, sport! And another thing: Pink Floyd's The Wall makes more sense in three minutes (any three, take your pick) than Michael Moore has, well, ever. #33 - Posted by: AWG on July 12, 2004 11:09 PMThough you may have a point about F-911. It's almost giving Mean Girls ($84,255,348 total gross so far) a run for its money. And who knows? It might even do as well as The Addams Family ($113,502,426 total gross) by the time it's finished. Gee, I suppose I should be shaking in my boots at this point. Remind me to do that when I'm done snickering mercilessly. #34 - Posted by: AWG on July 13, 2004 12:05 AMOkay, so I'm on my way home from a day at the beautiful Oregon Coast today and as I got into Portland, I pulled into the next lane and this guy comes riding up on my bumper honking and flipping me the bird and I could see his lips moving as he spoke words not fit to print. I hadn't seen him there so I was in the wrong, but he did have control of his car so it shouldn't have been such a big deal. Anyway, he went on and on honking and gesturing (which actually made me really upset because I've lived in Phoenix for 9 years and the men there are cowboys who know how to treat a lady) so I turned around and looked at him at mouthed the words "I'm sorry" very clearly. He calmed down after that because even a jerk like him realized there's not much to do after a person apologizes. Anyway, a short time later he passed me and on his bumper was a sticker that said "Anybody but Bush". And then it all made sense. Jim E., were you in Portland today? #35 - Posted by: jonag on July 13, 2004 01:56 AMI think you got the biggoted gay basher part backwards, deusche bag. You're in WAAAAY over your head. If you were so PC and pro-fag, you never would have started this whole homo drive in the first place. You were the one, were you not, who ASSumed that Wolf Dawn was a guy making a comment about your penis. It would take a deaf, blind and dumb judge not to see that you have some issues regarding your sexuallity. It's okay, don't be embarrassed. I'm simply speaking to you in a language that your dumb ass can comprehend, dumbass. Wow #37 - Posted by: Wolf's Dawn on July 13, 2004 12:15 PM'Nuff said %) #38 - Posted by: Rob on July 14, 2004 08:06 PMBoys! Post a comment
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