Books Read in 2018

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Dick Henthorn
30 Dec 2018

The Grand Tour- Charli Robertson & Flatt Lonesome, Bluegrass On Broad 9 ...

Your Critics

Usually, your critics have no interest in helping you; they are simply trying to way you down.
(Joel Osteen, Become A Better You, p. 229)

Dick Henthorn
11 Jun 2018

Loved Ones

Melva's applique quilt

We are thankful for our loved ones, near and far, living and departed. 

We pray that You will continue to keeps us all in Your loving care.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 28 November)

Dick Henthorn

3 Jun 2019

Student Protests

Then came the student protests against the Vietnam War and the suggestion that America was not always right, our actions not always justified -- that a new generation would not pay any price or bear any burden that its elders might dictate.
(Barack Obama - The Audacity of Hope, p. 28)

Dick Henthorn
31 May 2018

Take Care!

Take care!
Be on guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
(Luke 12:15)
(Moravian Daily Texts, 26 November)

Dick Henthorn
29 May 2018

Flatt Lonesome - "You're The One" - Radio Bristol Sessions

Laptop Computer Problems

For a long time there was a problem with my Toshiba Satellite C655 laptop.

Once in a while the two screens would go black with a power loss.

Once, when it happened to me, I was watching streaming of the two-hour Wednesday night concert of Music City Roots from Nashville, TN. The computer shutdown during the jam at the end of the two hour show. This lead me to suspect that the computer was overheating. I purchased an external fan that I placed under the laptop. This didn't solve the problem.

Later, for some reason, I moved the power cord where it attached to the laptop on the right side. The screen went to black again. This lead me to think that there might be a break in the three or four inches of wire that was perpendicular to the laptop. I began to hope I might be able to fix the problem by replacing the part of the wire from the power supply to the computer.

I packed up the laptop and the power supply and cords and drove about 22 miles to Arundel Computers in Millersville, MD. Once at the store we started the computer using my power supply and cords. It didn't take more than a couple of minutes to make the computer screen go black. Next we tested with a "New" power supply and cords from the store. Once again moving the cord near where it was plugged into the side of the laptop caused the screen to go black.

At that point we knew that the short was inside of the computer, where the power cord plugged in.

The computer was in the shop for seven days. The repair was quite simple and quite expensive. Inside of the computer there was a short piece of wire. On one end was the socket where the power supply attached and on the other end was a four contact plug that I assume attaches to the motherboard. It was a very easy task to remove the cable from the computer and attach a new connection cable.

Cost for the part, $15.90. Cost for opening and closing the laptop and knowing how to remove and replace the piece of cable, $75.00.

Yesterday, 25 Apr 2018 I picked up the computer. I'm happy to report that this long-standing problem has been resolved and that the life of this computer has been extended.

Dick Henthorn
26 Apr 2018

Sober Judgment

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, 

but rather think of yourself with sober judgment ...

(Romans 12:3 (NIV))

Dick Henthorn

11 Apr 2018

Spring

Photo of art at Artomatic Show

There is no winter harsh enough to withhold the promise of spring.

(Karen Kaiser Clark, Time For Joy, 13 Jul)

Dick Henthorn

4 Apr 2018

Good Ideas

Most good ideas are simple.

(As Bill Sees It, p.87)

Dick Henthorn

3 Apr 2018

Easter Sunday - 2018

The Grotto - Emmitsburg, MD

You get what you think about, whether you want it or not!

So be careful what you think about.

(Dr. Wayne Dyer, Inspiration, p. 120)

Dick Henthorn

1 Apr 2018

Enjoy Your Life

Strawberry Festival - Kent Island, MD

... you might as well enjoy your life while God is in the process of changing things in the lives of people around you.
(probably Joel Osteen)

Dick Henthorn
31 Mar 2018

Who's At Fault

Washington, DC Cherry Blossoms

The more frightened you are, 

the more righteous you become, 

and the more others appear to be at fault.

(Gray Zukav and Linda Francis, Thoughts From The Heart of the Soul, p. 85)

Dick Henthorn

30 Mar 2018

Being Miserable

Words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

FDR Memorial Washington, DC

If you want to be miserable,

• think much about yourself, 
• about what you want, 
• what you like, 
• what respect people ought to pay you, and 
• what people think of you.

(Charles Kingsley in Flowers Along the Path by Esther Carls Dodgen, p. 192)

Dick Henthorn

29 March 2018

Looking Back

Lavender Iris in Our Backyard

When we look back, 

we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands 

were better than anything 

we could have planned.

(As Bill Sees It, p. 2)

Dick Henthorn

28 Mar 2018

Moderation

Melva's Yellow Iris in the Backyard

... moderation is usually a good idea for most aspects of life.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, 13 September)

Dick Henthorn

27 Mar 2018

Doing What's Right

Melva's Backyard Iris

You can't make your spouse or your boss or your neighbor do what's right.

(Joel Osteen, Become A Better You, p. 275)

Dick Henthorn

26 Mar 2018

Do Nothing

Pink Azalea in Our Backyard

(Dick's Cellphone Photo)

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

(Hippocrates, in The Art of the Possible by Alexandra Stoddard, p. 112)

Dick Henthorn

25 Mar 2018

Keeping the Past

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads.
It is considered unhealthy in America

• to remember mistakes, 
• neurotic to think about them, 
• psychotic to dwell on them.

(Lillian Hellman)

Dick Henthorn
24 Mar 2018

The Right Thing

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right thing.

(Steven R. Covey, First Things First, p. 44)

Dick Henthorn

23 Mar 2018

Limitations

When we accept our limitations and know that things will go wrong -- and we cannot always prevent it -- we are more able to cope with problems when they arise.
(Alexandra Stoddard, The Art of the Possible, p. 95)

Dick Henthorn
22 Mar 2018

Pay Attention

Pay attention to what you're feeding yourself.
Are you storing away more positive or more negative?
You cannot mentally brand everything as negative and expect to live a positive, happy life.
(Joel Osteen, Become A Better You, p. 226)

Dick Henthorn
21 Mar 2018

Life Stories

Each person's life stories are worth sharing, especially for the lessons learned.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 28 Sep)

Dick Henthorn
20 Mar 2018

Focus

When we aren't feeling well, it's much harder to think clearly, to relate in positive ways to others, to focus on contribution instead of survival.
Stephen R. Covey, First Things First, p. 47)

Dick Henthorn
19 Mar 2018
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Your Story

If you look at your story, there is probably a great deal you can use right now to move forward. When, however, you find yourself stuck on the details that break your heart, you are telling the story in the wrong way, for the wrong reasons.
(Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 8 January)

Dick Henthorn
18 Mar 2018

Awareness

... awareness is the first step toward change.

(Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 8 March)

Dick Henthorn

17 March 2018

Beware

Beware of words, beware of thoughts, beware of bad actions.

If you do this, you will walk the path of a wise man.

(Leo Tolstoy, Wise Thoughts for Every Day, 26 July)

Dick Henthorn

16 March 2018

Google Docs & Google Drive

Google Docs & Google Drive

Today I worked on a project trying to understand the relationship between Google Docs and Google Drive.

Here's the way I see it.

• Google Docs is an application where you can create and save documents.
• Google Drive is where files created in the various Google applications are stored.

Files stored in Google Drive count against your allocated "free" storage.

Creating folders in Google Drive can be a big help later on when you need to find a file. There are several ways to create folders and to move files into folders.

If you also use Google Sites you can create a special folder in Google Drive that will be accessible in Google Sites. That is to say, files stored in the special folder can be viewed via Google Sites in a Folder page that you create on Google Sites.

Dick Henthorn

15 Mar 2017

The President's Primary Problem

The President's Primary Problem

“The president's primary problem as a leader,” Peggy Noonan stingingly remarked,

is not that he is impetuous, brash or naive. It's not that he is inexperienced, crude, an outsider. It is that he is weak and sniveling. It is that he undermines himself almost daily by ignoring traditional norms and forms of American masculinity. He's not strong and self-controlled not cool and tough, not low-key and determined; he's whiny, weepy and self-pitying. He throws himself, sobbing on the body politic.

He's a drama queen.
(Quoted by David Frum, in Trumpocracy - The Corruption of the American Republic, p. 226-7)

Dick Henthorn
15 March 2018

Ambassador

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his county.

(Henry Wotton, 1568- 1639, written the album of Christopher Fleckmore in 1604)

Dick Henthorn

14 March 2018

Power

Power doesn't have to show off.
Power is

• confident, 
• self-assuring, 
• self-starting and self-stopping, 
• self-warming and self-justifying.

When you have it, you know it.
(Ralph Ellison)

Dick Henthorn
13 March 2018

Committee

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.

(David Coblitz)

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

(Barnett Cocks)

Dick Henthorn

12 March 2018

Bill of Rights

What we are seeing is a grant of permission from millions of people to the president of the United States to diminish, discredit, corrode, and ultimately subvert what the authors of the US Bill of Rights listed among the very first freedoms necessary to their great experiment in self-government.

(David Frum, Trumpocracy - The Corruption of the American Republic, p. 123)

Dick Henthorn
11 March 2018

Self-Knowledge

Self-knowledge is best learned, not by contemplation, but by action.
Strive to do your duty and you will soon discover of what stuff you are made.
(Johann Goethe in The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey, p. 33)

Dick Henthorn
10 March 2018

First They Came For

First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

(Martin Niemoeller)

(Reader's Digest - Treasure of Wit & Wisdom, p. 250)

Dick Henthorn

9 March 2018

Politics

Politics is not a bad profession. 

If you succeed there are many rewards,

if you disgrace yourself 

you can always write a book.

(Ronald Reagan)

(Reader's Digest - Treasury of Wit & Wisdom, p,. 236)

Dick Henthorn

8 March 2018

Victim Mentality

You can't have a victim mentality and expect to live in victory. You can't live in a perpetual pity party and then wonder why situations aren't improving in your life.
(Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now, p. 32)

Dick Henthorn
7 March 2018

Anybody Can Be President

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President.

I'm beginning to believe it.

(Clarence Darrow, 1857-1938: Irving Stone Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1941)

Dick Henthorn

6 March 2018

Emotional Awareness

Emotional awareness allows you to walk the earth awake instead of in a self-imposed trance.
(Gary Zukav and Linda Francis, Thoughts From the Heart of the Soul, p. 124)

Dick Henthorn
5 Mar 2018

Normal

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
Ellen Goodman

Dick Henthorn
4 Mar 2018

Complexity

Complexity

There is no complexity that could arise today that cannot find its solution in spiritual inspiration.

(Day by Day, 1 November)

Dick Henthorn

3 Mar 2018

Sharing

Sharing

When a suffering is shared, its weight is divided. And when a joy is shared, the delight is multiplied. We need each other.

(Sue Monk Kidd, First Light, p. 66)

Dick Henthorn

2 Mar 2018

Limitations

When you see yourself with limitations,
your life becomes full of limitations.

(Ruth Fishel, Time For Joy, 20 August)

Dick Henthorn

28 Feb 2018

Intimate Relationships

All intimate relationships require some degree of magic, 

because magic, 

not reason and will, 

accomplish what a soul needs.

(Thomas Moore, Soul Mates, p. 49)

Dick Henthorn

26 Feb 2018

It's Our Business

We are involved in a life that passes understanding 

and our highest business is our daily life.

(John Cage in The Art of the Possible by Alexandra Stoddard, p. 29)

Dick Henthorn

25 Feb 2018

The Game of Life

If life doesn't offer you a game worth playing, then invent a new one.

(Anthony D'Angelo, author, in Words That Matter by Oprah Winfrey, p. 15)

Dick Henthorn

24 Feb 2018

Other People

Life will always be lived with other people, 

and other people can be 

unreliable, unpredictable and easily distracted.

(Harold S. Kushner, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, p. 20)

Dick Henthorn

23 Feb 2018

Happiness

It is difficult to imagine the positive, wholesome changes that can happen in your life if you stop poisoning it with, wine, vodka, tobacco, and drugs.

The less you wish for, the happier you will be. This is an old truth, but not one accepted and understood by everybody.
(Leo Tolstoy, Wise Thoughts for Everyday, 8 June)

Dick Henthorn
22 Feb 2018

Ways the President and His Party Could Cripple the Government

Ways to Cripple the Government

• Fail to nominate people to fill key leadership positions
• Move career agency leaders into positions outside their skill set
• Appoint cabinet members who are unqualified or who hold views against the mission of the agency they will lead
• Shutdown or restrict access to agency websites
• Cut or eliminate budgets for agencies whose mission includes policing
• Fail to bring Bills to the floor of the House or Senate
• Force votes on Bills without allowing time to read and debate said Bills
• Say one thing, then do another (lie)
• Make promises you have no intention of fulfilling
• Place people in positions of responsibility who can't get security clearances

Dick Henthorn

20 Feb 2018

Foolproof

A common mistake that people make trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of fools.
Douglas Adams

Dick Henthorn
21 Jan 2018

The Most Dangerous Thing

The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.

(Andy Andrews, How Do You Kill 11 Million People? page 42)

Dick Henthorn
16 Jan 2018

Are They Lying?

Are They Lying?

You may remember the old joke: "How do you know if a politician is lying? If he's moving his lips." It's not that funny anymore is it? Obviously, there is no certain way to know at the moment something is said. But remember this: past performance serves to reveal future behavior. A person who has exhibited a pattern of lying is a liar. I know it sounds rough, but can you think of another way to put it? This is why character in our leadership is so important.

(Andy Andrews, How Do You Kill 11 Million People? page 64)

Dick Henthorn

14 Jan 2018

Microsoft One Drive

Microsoft OneDrive

I have a free account on Microsoft OneDrive. As part of my new year housekeeping I wanted to review how much storage they gave me. I had a 3x5 card with information about the account. I wanted to verify that I started with a 15Mb account and that they later added an additional  10Mb.

I couldn't find where I should click to view my storage. After stumbling around for ten or fifteen minutes I spotted the information. It's probably no surprise, to people who know me, that after I confirmed what was on the 3x5 card I still wasn't able to find my way back to the storage information to look at it a second time.

As I went through the relearning process I noticed that there was no bookmark to OneDrive visible on my computer.

I use a program called, igHome as my computer start page. At the top of the display there is a black toolbar where I can store twelve links. I was using eleven for links to: Gmail, Facebook; Box, etc. I copied the link to OneDrive and pasted it to the toolbar.

My new link takes me to the OneDrive sign-on screen.  After I enter my user name and password the link displays the first page of my OneDrive account. On the left sidebar, near the bottom of the page, is a line of text that displays how much storage I have and how much is in use.

I also noticed that there is a supposedly easy way to use OneDrive for backup. If I every knew how to do this I have forgotten. That's another possible new year project.

Dick Henthorn
7 Jan 2018

Books Read in 2017

• I read nine books in 2017. I posted them to my LibraryThing account.
• Today I learned there was a LibraryThing widget that I could use with my Google Blog. 
• Here's how that looks. 
• To learn more about a book and read my review, if there is one, click on a book image.

Dick Henthorn  1 Jan 2018