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The Bear’s Left Eye….

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What happened to the Bear’s left eye?

Kingsley happened to the Bear’s left eye.

A few years ago Kingsley wanted attention and I was ignoring him. He had been fed, walked and should have been napping. Instead he was pacing, whining and getting into stuff he shouldn’t. Basically driving me crazy. I tried to put him down for a nap (there are an alarming number of similarities between owning a basset and having a three year old) but he just kept getting up. So I ignored him, hoping he would realize he was tired and settle down. Next thing I knew he barked and when I looked up he had poor old Bear pinned, then he looked right at me and ripped the Bear’s eye out. That got my attention. The whole episode ended with Kingsley sulking in his kennel, with me clutching the Bear asking if he was okay (I do know he’s not real, really I do). Kingsley spent the next hour giving me the evil basset eye from his kennel.

We made up later that afternoon but now the Bear likes to keep an eye on him.

 

Why “Quipidity”….

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I’ve been asked to expand on “QUIPIDITY”. What truly led me to it was the other 500 domain names I thought of were already taken. Really, whatever idea you have somebody else has probably had it as well.

So I thought  on a good day I can be witty and throw out the odd good “Quip” so I crossed it with “Stupidity” because well, we’ve all been there and stupidity is rampant. Really I’m just the mean girl in the corner who wants to comment on the lack of thinking that happens around us.

Also you should know that I have a dog, who I love and I imagine I will talk about him quite a bit here. He is a basset who drools, slobbers and sulks. He can be a total dick (I should have named him Richard) but I love the way he snores and chases bunnies in his sleep, also the way he looks at me and drags his food bowl around when I’m late feeding him. I actually have joint custody of him and miss him when he isn’t here. I get him every second weekend. He is also responsible for the Bear losing an eye (see above where I said he could be a dick).  He can also be sympathetic and there is nothing like a basset nap on a cold, snowy afternoon. This is Kingsley napping.

More welcome chat….

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So I’m not sure exactly what will happen here but I need a hobby or something to do other then organizing soup cans, looking up old 80′s tunes and seeing what exciting things other people are doing on Facebook. So maybe this will keep me out of trouble and maybe I (and possibly you) will learn something. Even if its that I’m not a very interesting person and need a life. Having a lot of time to think and look things up I have a head full of useless information.

I’m sure somewhere and in a different context it would be useful but in my job it is not. Nobody ever wants to know who the editor of Vanity Fair is (Graydon Carter) or when Star Wars opened (May 25, 1977) or what the first video on MTV was (“Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles). Personally I think that if my company worked stuff like that into meetings and web articles on a regular basis people would be more interested and engaged.

I would find it more interesting than say ….. the recent article on “How to deal with difficult emotions…. our own and others’. This was interesting and surprisingly entertaining but I’m sure not in the way communications people meant. I had many conversations with others and they had some very good idea’s on how to deal with difficult emotions (and people) but oddly none of them were in the article.

I chose “Quipidity” because the domain name was not taken and since there are so many other blogs out there that I’m sure are much more useful and informative than mine I figure I can treat this as my journal (on serious days) and my diary (on petty, lazy days) since probably three people (Hey Girls! Dinner soon?) will read this.

If you are not one of the three and feel like offering insight, advice, comments or suggestions I would love to hear from you. If you need insight, advice or suggestions just ask. With my busy life I may not be able to help but “The Bear” will probably be able to help you out. He’s old, wise, retired and has a lot of time on his hands so he has time to think and research.

Here is “The Bear”

See he just looks smart and sympathetic he can be reached at:

bear dot advice at quipidity dot com

Welcome to my blog….

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So a few months ago I found myself at another work meeting, ready to stick a pencil in my eye, listening to management once again go on about goals and vision and seeing where they want the company to go. I decided to tune him out and think about where I wanted to go.

I didn’t have goals and that’s how I had ended up where I am. It’s not bad, it pays the bills, I’ve been with the company a long time but if I had goals what would I have done? (Totally drawing a blank)

Oh well, woulda, coulda, shoulda is a waste of time and better to look forward than look back and all that.

Then I tuned back in and now he was going on about what we can do as individuals to add value to the company how we should strive for excellence or some such nonsense and while wondering why the company was pushing the kool aid so hard I thought “blog”.

It was a word that had been popping into my head more and more, perhaps it’s time had come (what with the company pushing goals so hard).

Okay a blog wasn’t going to add value to the company and I’m not sure I’m striving for excellence so much as looking for a way to fill my time that doesn’t include taking courses for a career I don’t want.

After the last round of accounting courses I vowed NO MORE and so far have successfully dodged taking anymore work courses.

So I had a goal, now I needed to figure out the who, what, why, when.

Who: Me, writing, once upon a time I had wanted to be an author. I was going to write an immensely successful bestseller and live on easy street. As it turns out I am too scattered, unfocused and lack the discipline required to write a novel. Also my Mother always told me that I never finish anything, so lets say I’m just living up to expectations.

What: Subject, theme, what was my blog going to be about? Well going back to being scattered and unfocused the best I could come up with was ……. whatever. The plan is to write about whatever I feel like on any given day, to share whatever I feel like, to give opinions and hand out unsolicited advice and perhaps be witty while doing it.

Why: I always have it on my list to write. Everyday. I never do. So this will give me the space to write everyday. Do not expect brilliance, look for “slightly amusing occasionally” and you might not be disappointed.

When: Now

Welcome to “Quipidity”