The blog Also features reflections, sermons, essays, book reviews and
other bits about life.
The blog Also features reflections, sermons, essays, book reviews and
other bits about life.
2018-04-08 10:25 Ok, we've discussed photos and a few
other bits about online dating, and today we're going to talk about usernames, cos some of y ’ all really must Researchers from Queen Mary University of London sorted through previous studies on attraction to develop tips on the best online dating profiles.
Ok, we've discussed photos and a few
other bits about online dating, and today we're going to talk about usernames, cos some of y ’ all really must have been passing the peace pipe when you created yours.
There is a blog by a Portuguese lady who lives in England called Saidos da Concha, which features a bit of sewing (with some tutorials) and
other bits about life, cooking and living in the British countryside which I find really beautiful but perhaps not really what you are looking for.
Rituals also communicate values, are a way to bond with others, and help perpetuate and encourage socially agreed upon ways of behaving.1 In other words, following a ritual tells
others a bit about you and helps to perpetuate the ritual and its script.
Not exact matches
The more that people push themselves to think
about all the possibilities that could happen, and particularly to visualize and think a little
bit on possibilities that might contradict with each
other, the more they become attuned to understanding what's really likely and what's less likely.
When you say it that bluntly, it cheapens the underlying truth, so let me attempt to be a
bit more genteel: We work so that we might tend to the many
other things we care
about in life (the vast majority of which cost money).
Still, Heinze says she was a
bit anxious
about putting in an offer and closing on the property because
other than her educational costs, this was the most she's ever spent.
«They're all talking
about the bounce, so right now everybody in this room has to like me at least a little
bit,» Trump told the CEOs of Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google's parent company, and
other tech titans.
Sometimes the allure of a new position, a step up in title or pay, or just a really cool career - opportunity blinds us a
bit to
other things
about the company that we might not like as much.
Armed with information
about what causes names to go in one in one ear and out the
others, can we figure out any ways to remember this all important
bit of information
about new acquaintances?
About 20 percent of all extra-pair copulations ended with the dominant male rushing the couple, trying to
bite them and showing
other acts of aggression.
In
other words, Uber allegedly cares quite a
bit about keeping its own data secure from prying eyes; its users» data, not so much.
So if your employees are located in different offices, one of the biggest challenges will be finding ways for your employees to stay in touch and learn a
bit about each
other.
Perhaps there is nothing to worry
about, and folks can focus on
other technologies, like the 64 -
bit speed, new case and different colors of the new iPhone.
We'll also need to make a few
other assumptions, so let me tell you a
bit more
about a fictitious business so we can build a foundation.
«After seeing how much success we could bring
other people and after learning a little
bit more
about the backend of the restaurant industry, we realised we could pull it off ourselves,» he writes.
«By making this shift they clearly prioritized one over the
other, and are potentially a
bit nervous
about the current (really negative) narrative
about the negative impact of social media on society.»
When I think
about investing vs debt, I tend to think
about the Roth a
bit differently than
other platforms only because elapsed time is not something you can make up (both in the sense that you can not make up for lost investment time AND the fact that $ 5,500 today is worth less than that $ 5,500 was worth one year ago).
You have to dig a
bit to find the financial data you need for an informed choice, and unless you are able to research and find info
about earnings, EPS, P / E ratios, growth, and
other key data, you'll be in the dark.
I'm crunching on
other stuff so this will be brief, but I've been reading a fair
bit of commentary
about how Trump's fiscal plans — infrastructure investment and tax cuts — won't help the economy; «they'll be recessionary, they'll deliver higher inflation and interest rates, they'll force the Fed to move from brake - tapping to brake - slamming.»
I am not a big fan of schadenfreude — that is, the act of getting joy from the suffering of
others — but you can feel a little
bit better
about your own financial problems when you realize that few people are free of money stress.
It's a
bit tangential, but this also reminded me of a segment in an NYT piece the
other day
about ongoing weakness in the European economy:
This is when people poured thousands of dollars to start their companies, such as Laundromats, store fronts etc; But if you really look at this scenario, maybe
about the 5 % who did make it past the first five years, 3 of them were struggling just to pay rent and stay alive, 1 was doing a little
bit better than the
others, and the
other 1 was doing exceptional.
Uber has been more
about duplicating whatever they do in
other parts of the world, and adapting a little
bit.»
Besides earnings, the
other variable to consider is valuation and here, too, I am feeling a
bit better
about the potential upside for equities than just a few months ago.
A few
other things
about inflation that are a
bit odd are the importance of the goods and services that are included in the calculation basket (the UK's CPI measure of inflation conspicuously omits housing costs for example).
My friends and I were complete newbies
about ropes and rappelling and every
other bit of jargon and technique that goes with climbing.
They printed a massive amount of Swiss Franc which they've converted to
other currencies which they bought equities and they've done so well so the paper profit 55 billion last year equal to eight percent of their GDPall through the creation of money in order to keep the Swiss Franc weak, which they've managed to weaken against the Euro last year also by
about 10 percent even though the Swiss itself held against the dollar was a little
bit stronger..
I got in my car, which had a full tank of gas, and having filled my tires earlier in the week at a gas station (where I bought some gum), I drove to the mall, bought some toys, clothes, music, and
other gifts, had a cup of coffee, stopped at the food court for a
bite to eat, then drove home, checked my answering machine, which had a message from the dentist
about a checkup, which reminded me I should probably schedule a haircut in a week or two.
It breaks down to living expenses on 1 check and debt on
other with a little
bit left over for my 401k, which has
about 15k or so in it after the hit i took from being laid off and losing the unvested employer match in the middle of our economic implosion a couple years ago.
I know having shared this with
other men, I am not alone in this and the kind of issue I am talking
about it every
bit as in need of attention as
other forms of sexism that we have been discussing if equality is the aim.
I guess I am going to close with this and it goes a
bit with the part I wrote
about the churches across from each
other.
In the ideal case, once a single human acquires a
bit of knowledge
about the world, he or she can transmit it to all
other humans via language, so nobody else has to independently make that same discovery.
You might have been a
bit young at 16 to begin thinking
about service, but do you think that you'd just stop helping
others if you lost your faith tomorrow, or if you never got faith in the first place?
About 59 years later, Darwin published his theory and
other than a
bit of a rough start, scientists (
other than those half dozen) have not looked back.
Because I'll see this little group of people on Thursday night for our Bible study, and that is where we'll talk
about the real stuff, show up, be disappointed and forgive, love each
other a
bit more every week.
We talked a
bit about how I became a writer, discouragement, finding your voice, blogging, the difference between blogging and book writing, why I decided to write Jesus Feminist, my process as a writer, and the best (and worst) parts of writing among
other things.
I feel a
bit like Rodney King... but couldn't we have at least started off this year by wishing each
other a Happy New Year instead of charging in here and making disparaging remarks
about the host and this guests?
I am not sure it was a wisdom like Solomon which I asked, but now I understand a little
bit about His way through my life and
others life..
Becoming a parent has not only caused me to think a
bit deeper
about the meaning of this term but to also consider
other areas where I am a steward.
I'm glad to see you are honest
about it ROCKWOOD, but I think this comment — «The Muslim influx is a
bit more difficult for me to accept, but I often pray that I have the ability to accept them as much as I accept
other religions, or concpets of relgions such as Atheism, and Agnosticism..»
Debbie, yes, I think we all suffer from point of jealousy
about the
others... which just goes to show, there's a
bit of younger brother in all of us... or maybe it's older brother!
I have learned quite a
bit about publishing books over the last 10 years or so, and wanted to make some of my experience available to
others so that they also could get their books published.
What many folks seem to encourage jovially are rival bickering between young blooded humanists who banter
about incessantly never judging their owned amorous infidelities and always trivializing the bitterness of
others» written and even oral wordage... «I am what I am Sam» are the earmarks of standalone infidels who dare not seek the fidelities of devotional humanisms flavored austerities emanating with frugal discourse above the plainness of written and / or spoken dysenteries... «
Bite the bullet» antagonists on both young sides might never find frugally endorsed concessions nor open their doors ever so gently...
To commit one's time and energies, and his best interpretations and arguments, to decision in which
others share must inevitably be an anxiety - inducing business unless one has a
bit of a psychological free - swing
about him.
For me, and I hope many
others, the last word in Ancient Greece on this topic was given by Epicurus and his talk
about a mixture of chance and necessity, and the
bits of free «swerve» in the movements of atoms.
Of course modern conservative «Christians» can square Rand with Christianity — they've already ditched all the incompatible
bits, especially all the crap that dirty hippie said
about loving
others.
There is only the empty discovery that each level of achievement leaves one in touch with
others who can boast
about a
bit more than you can.