Poetry & Yoda

On my continuing journey at my place of employment we had a continuation to the "New Employee Orientation" yesterday, a Diversity/Inclusion training day last week (still need to post about that in detail) and all next week I will be at "Rookie Camp" where one of the many things covered will be a book we were assigned to read called The Power of Ethical Management by Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale. One of the sections in the book, as an illustration of the "Mirror" technique of judging how a situation makes you feel to help in making an ethical decision has the original of the poem that the following was based on.

The Person Reflected
A found poem, by "SP's Real Name Here"
Based on The Man In The Glass by Dale Wimbrow

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you leader for a day,
Just go to a mirror and look in those eyes
And see what that YOU has to say.

For it isn't your relatives or partner or friend
Whose judgment upon which you must pass;
The person whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the YOU staring back from the glass.

Some people may think you are honorable and kind
And call you a wonderful gal or guy;
But the YOU in the glass says you're only passing time
If you can't look them straight in the eye.

The person to please, never mind all the rest,
For you're with your YOU clear to the end.
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the YOU in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life
And get pats on your back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you've cheated the YOU in the glass.

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There was homework assigned in preparation to discussing the book and ethics in general. Some of that was done today, some tonight, and the rest will be finished up before Friday... Took Halloween as my floating holiday!

Politics Alert!

Great YouTube video... You will laugh heartily while learning (possibly) new things about the skellies in Guv Palin's closet.

Enjoy!

Many thanks go to ciphergoth whom I found earlier today when I googled the term "Do, or not. There is no try." I approve this message.

I will be voting (at 6 am) on November 4th. Will you?

Evil Art Meme

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Conscientious, Fulfilled, and Spiritual

18 Renaissance, 14 Islamic, 5 Ukiyo-e, -23 Cubist, -27 Abstract and 12 Impressionist!

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. Beginning in Italy, and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century, its influence affected literature, philosophy, religion, art, politics, science, and all other aspects of intellectual inquiry. Renaissance artists looked at the human aspect of life in their art. They did not reject religion but tended to look at it in it's purest form to create visions they thought depicted the ideals of religion. Painters of this time had their own style and created works based on morality, religion, and human nature. Many of the paintings depicted what they believed to be the corrupt nature of man.

People that like Renaissance paintings like things that are more challenging. They tend to have a high emotional stability. They also tend to be more conscientious then average. They have a basic understanding of human nature and therefore are not easily surprised by anything that people may do. They enjoy life and enjoy living. They are very aware of their own mortality but do not dwell on the end but what they are doing in the present. They enjoy learning, but may tend to be a bit more closed minded to new ideas as they feel that the viewpoint they have has been well researched and considered. These people are more old fashioned and not quite as progressive. They enjoy the finer things in life like comfort, a good meal, and home life. They tend to be more spiritual or religious by nature. They are open to new aesthetic experiences.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test

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Part of the reason I chose the pictures I did was that, in a great majority of the cases, the two out of the three pictures were of crappy quality. None of the deeper aspects (like when you are standing in front of the painting or mosaic, etc.) comes through in the images. Really, a silly test. Am I old fashioned CoB?

Bandits, Warlords and Narcotics Traffickers - Oh My.

Watching a PBS who about what's going on in Afghanistan and it's all pointing toward the seemingly inevitable coming of a draft... All the footage, everything that they're saying, reminds me soooo much of footage and whatnot from Vietnam. Very. Scary.

*shudders*

How many on my f-list would be affected by that?

HALP!

I used to have the lolcat "icanhascheezburger" feed... the community here on LJ? Anybody know where it is or what the community name is? I can't find it! HALP!