TBD on Ning

July 2009 Blog Posts (195)

my giving tree

This is the story of Max the tree,a tree that is so wonderious and giving that I had to give it a name,but instead when I become upset I start to see thing differently.I had wish Max the tree was with me today to help me feel safe and secure for Max is a tree so old and wise and arms that reach from one horizen to another,to form a perfect circle to hide and protect one who seeks it.I wish I was a sturdy and strong as he for Max must be as old as time its self able to stand alone and strong… Continue

Added by clark kents not superman on July 7, 2009 at 11:12am — No Comments

Losing a friend

I just had the passing of two customers who were friends as well .On died a week or so before the other and with me not knowing about the one that just pass on mothers day weekend I had sent a card to her new address just for the hopes of cheering her up for she was in her late 80's.I returned home just the other day to find a small envelope waiting for me with her name on it,so I was at least happy that she had recived my card,but happiness turned to sorrow and a smile into a tear.She had just… Continue

Added by clark kents not superman on July 7, 2009 at 11:11am — 2 Comments

Not one moment

Not one day in anyone's life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem,no matter whether you are a letter carrier or a queen, a shoeshine boy or a movie star, a renowed philospher or a downs syndrome child.Because in every day of your life, there are opportunities to perform little kidnesses for others, both by concious acts of will and unconscious examples.Each smallest act of kindness even just words of hope when they are needed, the… Continue

Added by clark kents not superman on July 7, 2009 at 11:10am — No Comments

who am i

Hi there its been sometime since I sat a wrote one of my wonderful blogs.The reason I write them when I do is to help me think through my life and to see it in words instead of through actions.I was out shooting some rolls of film trying to remember why I love being out doors so much when I began to feel so alone.I was walking among the Lilacas,and cherry blossoms,the smell was a mixture of both sweet and strange.The wind was blowing as lightly as a whisper when I was returning to a time of my… Continue

Added by clark kents not superman on July 7, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

day with my father

it seems like i wasnt suppose to write my last blog in for i was booted out of my blog before i even got to finish it.I am here in Florida on a vacation which as suppose to be morw to reenergize myself before heading back to New York but it turned out to be a healing trip between my father and my self.I was told my father has become more meaner than a rattle snake but that was nothing new to me for as a child and the middle one at that i was the one who recived all the insults and want not.So i… Continue

Added by clark kents not superman on July 7, 2009 at 11:06am — 2 Comments

A challenge!

I just got today's hairy thought: Chat has, as all chats do, devolved into a dullard's grind of "how's the weather" and "hi" and "where do you live?", yada yada yada. No thought allowed zone.

Fine, but why not try to infiltrate neuronic activity into the zone? I commit myself to inserting a non-sequiter at least once a day into the chat. Something meaningless, trivial, pointless - another words, miles above whatever's going on in the chat zone.

I, as the arbiter of… Continue

Added by Alendar on July 7, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Insistent on being my friend

Yes, I have been here and said this before, on the old TBD I got soooooooooooooooo much flack when I posted on my profile/page that I did not want to befriend MARRIED or IN Relationship and here I would add the "It's Complicated" gents.

I did not post that here and once again I am getting more friend invites from married dudes than from single ones.

I don't know about you guys but when someone asks me to be there friend I do the following.

Go to their page and… Continue

Added by Grace Linda on July 6, 2009 at 1:42pm — 5 Comments

Who's On First?

In a book "The Moral Society: A Rational Alternative to Death," John David Garcia presents a revolutionary ethical theory much in the spirit of Spinoza. The author shows that through the ethical development of art, science and technology man can achieve far more than the advocates of supernatural Utopias ever imagined.

What is the "Game of Life?" According to the author it is a game in which we are the pieces as well as the players. It is a game in which the stakes are… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on July 6, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

Musings From a Recent Addition

So, I'm taking a day of R and R today, and I thought I'd try out this 'blog' stuff that all the hip kids go on about. I'm still relatively new to this TBD thing (7 weeks, I think...), and while the demise of the old site hit me a lot harder than I thought it would, I came to the new site with fervor. Being relatively new, I missed out on the birthing pains that a lot of the veterans went through, but frankly, I wouldn't have cared one iota if the new site would have been nothing more than… Continue

Added by BrainW on July 6, 2009 at 10:27am — 5 Comments

A Spoon Full of Kindness

We have experienced many changes in the times Each day bring new challenges and awareness that we need to bring forth kindness and wisdom into our thinking capacities. We as a nation have seen War's , Natural Disaster's and Disease's Poverty, plagues our people and there does not seem to be any end in sight. It's time to act and stand strong and allow the future generation's to see that we are not this selfless group of people that left behind a mess that is so destructive and ugly . Make… Continue

Added by Angel Austin on July 6, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

went fishing today

I went out fishing today and had a great time ...got a state park pass a fishing license and am all set ..had a great time with just me and the worms...lol ..sunscreen and now I will be heading out in the am to smell those smells and see the sun come up as my bobber ducks under the waters surface..gotcha!!! gotta love MI summers

Added by Redwine on July 5, 2009 at 6:53pm — 1 Comment

Coming over to this group from TBD

Hi - I was on the first Tee Bee Dee site. Recently, I got the Message of Doom - entitled
Message from RobinWolaner: A Message I Didn't Want to Send. I thought TBD was doing great! I am sorry that the group has to end there, but glad it is starting here. I will try to re-join the groups I was already in and do my profile too. I plan to be proactive about adding friends this time.

It's a lot more fun with friends!

Added by Elizabeth Sheppard on July 5, 2009 at 11:51am — No Comments

Add a link?

Anybody know how we can add a link here? I want to link to my WordPress blog rather than trying to keep one here and one there, too...any suggestions are most welcome!

TIA,
Mike

Added by Fractalac Non-linear on July 5, 2009 at 8:41am — 3 Comments

Are you a Shell Account?

Many TBDers have planted their flags here, like the Americans planted a flag or two on the moon. We marked the territory, so we consider the job done. Were not really there, but we went there once.

The Ning TBD seems in a frozen, in-between place. So many folks from old TBD seem to be here, they've planted their flags, but they're hollow accounts, place-holders for when or if their true love sinks beneath the waves.

I am a traitor to my TBD-land, I find it easier to move… Continue

Added by Alendar on July 4, 2009 at 10:19pm — 4 Comments

Do you moderate?

your comments, your profiles, your groups' membership?

I don't. It seems unamerican.

Added by Alendar on July 4, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

To Know

Have you ever noticed how in social networking, this new world, that you think you know somebody based on very little information, usually a brief post and an avatar. If the avatar is not their picture, you develop instantly a whole conception of them, vivid and detailed, whether you would like or dislike meeting them, etc. Then they post a picture of themselves, maybe a few years old, and your shocked: OMG, that is sooo not what I expected! They are white, they are gray or black or green, they… Continue

Added by Alendar on July 4, 2009 at 7:49pm — 2 Comments

MK's blog

quotes

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Added by Marykay S on July 4, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Celebrate the day and your freedoms

Today is a day of recognizing the freedoms we have. It is not a day for one political faction but a day for the people. For we have the greatest document that has ever been founded by man. It has propelled this country to greatness and levels no other country has ever seen since the dawn of time. So go out enjoy the freedoms you have and if you are not sure what you have read the Bill of rights they will tell you. Go celebrate and enjoy them. And when you do remember the oath keepers from the… Continue

Added by Tomas Dunn on July 4, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.,FOR WHEN YOU DO, YOU BECOME LIKE A GOD, LOOKING AT ITS UNIVERSE AND BEING… Continue

Added by SERENE on July 4, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

tj

just today

Happy holiday you flew away you tempted me I chose the low road stay unknown I gave away my wings I've seldom flown my weakest strength still unknown ,to you not to me I've known a long time .I won't gloat I hide my shine so little time that remains Its ok all is fair in love all is fair. Not lost interest not lost care.I walk naked among you,you cant see because I'm not really there I'm somewhere near here.Hiding secretly behind my fear.Seldom soon exposed my life my worries my… Continue

Added by terry2 on July 4, 2009 at 7:10am — 1 Comment