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:: Thursday, April 15, 2004 ::

ideas


God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.


Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.


The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. -- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology, “Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas”

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls. -- Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Reverie

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition obligates each man in some way to change his life, even if it is only his inner life. They demand to be stood for. They dictate where a man must concentrate his vision. They determine his moral and intellectual priorities. They provide him with allies and make him enemies. In short, ideas impose an interest in their ultimate fate which goes far beyond the realm of the merely reasonable. -- Midge Decter, The Liberated Woman and Other Americans

What a busy couple of weeks. We finished year-end close at work. I spent most of the Easter holiday weekend unpacking, cleaning up. doing laundry, and catching up on schoolwork. Easter Sunday I spent with my family.

The Rebellion Dogs were to meet at my place last night, but only Disco Dan could make it. We went for coffee at Crossroads Market which was very, very nice. Such a beautiful day yesterday. It was the first time in a while that I had just sat back and relaxed. I was able to talk to Dan about something that had been on my mind. Amazing how this program works.

Tuesday I finished my taxes, and I filed them electronically last night. Dagnabit, but I owe money again this year. Never again. My next project is going to be finishing putting everything on Quicken. Perhaps I can get that done this summer since there don't seem to be any classes offered at school that pertain to my certificate program. I also want to work on applying some of what I've learned in class to different theories roaming around in my head like defining the relationship between retail establishments or sales and residential and/or working populations.

Tonight I go to dinner with my old roommate Stephanie. I'm looking forward to seeing her again.

That's all for now. Hope to write more often and regularly now.

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