Word for the Day: Sunday, June 30, 2013

The Word for Today (Sunday) is Forgiveness.  And usually, forgiveness is welcome when it comes.  (The other side is less common, unless we're welcoming the wrong people...)

Weekly Theme, Week of 6/30 - 7/06/2013

The Theme for this Week is Welcome.  And being greeted cordially, when approaching an unknown location can be quite welcome.  (This one's pretty simple.  Let's see how it fits with the Daily Words).

Word for the Day: Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Word for Today (Saturday) is Authenticity.  Are you part of a Partnership?  (If you're married, I believe the answer would be "Yes").  Is the Partnership authentic?  (An example of a non-authentic marriage is if, say, the man marries, while still married to another woman).

In general, be authentic to yourself.  Thank you!

Word for the Day: Friday, June 28, 2013

The Word for Today (Friday) is Interpretation.  In a partnership, the members could be from different countries, and speak different languages.  This makes an interpreter a possible job that is needed.  Separate from this, if the partnership is a business that sells via the Internet, people that know these other languages could be needed.  So learn other languages, and you could get a good job.

Word for the Day: Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Word for Today (Thursday) is Socialization.  Members of partnerships tend to socialize with each other (and you probably don't want to know too much about the exceptions).  But widen your scope, whether this is a business partnership, or a marital one.  Making outside friends is always helpful.

Word for the Day: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Word for Today (Wednesday) is Concentration.  "You get what you concentrate on".  (I've heard that, or close to it many times).  Coupling this to our Theme, Partnerships work best if the partners concentrate on the well being of each other.  In addition, it helps if they concentrate on excelling in any products and/or services for their outside environment.

Word for the Day: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Word for Today (Tuesday) is Acceptability.  And partnerships make a difference, depending on how acceptable they are.  In addition, it makes a difference how well the partners get along with each other.

Word for the Day: Monday, June 24, 2013

The Word for Today (Monday) is Generosity.  Partnerships (our Theme) work better when individual partners are generous with each other.  But the Partnership itself needs to be generous with the world at large.  But today's Word stands by itself also, because acts of generosity (random or not) help the World go around.

Word for the Day: Sunday, June 23, 2013

The Word for Today (Sunday) is Sharing.  And yes, sharing with your partners sounds like a good idea.  But I see another angle to this:  The project that the partnership is based on needs to share its fruits with the outside world.  It works both ways.

Weekly Theme: Week of June 23-29, 2013

The Theme for this Week is Partnership.  What does it mean to be a partner.  Putting "define partnership" into Google included "An association of two or more people...".  OK  --  Associations can be small, but it did say "...two or more...".  Let's let this develop over this coming week.

Words for the Day: Saturday, June 22, 2013

The Words for Today (Saturday) are Overview and Perspective.  These are important for me, and also, my Community Responsibility.  As the "big picture view", and "executive summary", these are important for learning.  In other words, the forest that can then contain the trees.

Word for the Day: Friday, June 21, 2013

The Word for Today (Friday) is Reflection.  Unlike prior Words this week, this is an individual action, sort of like an extended review.  In life, however, we all perform the act of being mirrors for each other, which could be seen as a type of mentoring.

Word for the Day: Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Word for Today (Thursday) is Study.  And imagine how much easier it is, when you are studying something, if you are able to ask questions?  That's where guidance and mentoring come in.

Word for the Day: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Word for Today (Wednesday) is Absorption.  In science fiction, there is mention of taking a pill before going to sleep, and then having a speaker in your pillow give lectures, while you "sleep".  Also, when learning alternative languages, "immersion training" means that the language being learned is the only one spoken.  These language classes may even include an extended visit to a country, where the intended language is spoken.

Word for the Day: Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Word for Today (Tuesday) is Review.  There are many types of reviews.  For example, you can review your shopping list, before leaving a grocery store.  (Did you find the item?  Was it too expensive?  etc).  On the other end of the scale, you can perform a life review, either during a life crisis, or when you die (which can certainly be considered a crisis!)  And having a mentor for review can be quite helpful.  (Even for the shopping list where, for example, you can call your significant other, to see if you've missed any items).

Word for the Day: Monday, June 17, 2013

The Word for Today (Monday) is Experimentation.  Since this is tied to education (our Themes), it reminds me of my High School Chemistry class, where its teacher himself gave me (as well as any other students who asked) individual guidance, regarding experiments and tests.

Word for the Day: Sunday, June 16, 2013

The Word for Today (Sunday) is Recognition.  Can you recognize those who teach you, through your life?  In other words, know your mentors.

Weekly Themes, Week of June 16 - 22, 2013

The Themes for this Week are Guidance and Mentor.  Looking at the meanings, Guidance is what you are learning, and the Mentor is who is teaching you.  Not bad!

Word for the Day: Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Word for Today (Saturday) is Resolve.  Members of families make individual resolutions (and not necessarily only at the New Year).  However, there is a topic called "Family Resolutions", where the family acts as a unit, making plans for what they wish to accomplish.

Word for the Day: Friday, June 14, 2013

The Word for Today (Friday) is Courage.  In my opinion, it takes courage to effectively run a family.  And I equally state this for the Mother and Father.  But even more, it can take courage to be a child in a family also.  Think about that!

Word for the Day: Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Words for Today (Thursday) are Strength and Empowerment.  Coupling this with Domestication (our Theme) suggests alternative meanings for both Words.  Otherwise, we can get into topics such as bullying, where physical strength takes priority over, say, moral strength or strength of character.  Go for it!  :-)

Word for the Day: Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Word for Today (Wednesday) is Competence.  Competence in domestic situations?  Of course!  And not just in families, either:  I just got 2.5 million hits, googling incompetent day care.  (And, as I'm composing this, a day care fatality is on the news).  So be careful, folks!

Word for the Day: Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Word for Today (Tuesday) is Endurance.  Domestication?  Hard to endure?  Families?  Yes, mine was, when I was growing up.  :-O

Please note that one accepted form of endurance training is Yoga.

Word for the Day: Monday, June 10, 2013

The Word for Today (Monday) is Fertility.  Obviously, many "domestic households" rely on "be fruitful and multiply" to grow their family.  But look for other meanings of fertility, such as "a fertile imagination".

Word for the Day: Sunday, June 9, 2013

The Word for Today (Sunday) is Stability.  Coupling this with our Theme simply means a "stable living environment".  I see this as something to look for, especially if there are children involved.

Weekly Theme: Week of June 9 - 15, 2013

The Theme for this Week is Domestication.  When I looked on Google for insight, I got (from Wikipedia), "domestication theory".  In a nutshell, this means that we take new technology and then "tame" it for "everyday use".  Take smartphones, for example.  I now have, in my pocket, hardware (Samsung T-Mobile Sidekick), which runs the Linux Kernel, supporting Google Android.  In other words, I could (but don't) run software on this phone[1] that makes it into a full-featured Linux Server, such as would have been found in Universities, taking entire rooms, back in the 1980's!  But look at how "tame" smartphones are, these days.

I'm going to take this even one step farther.  My first computer job was in August, 1974, at Fireman's Fund Insurance in San Francisco, CA.  Their computer systems (IBM 360/370 technology) took up an entire floor of a building that took up a city block.  But guess what?  Running Hercules as an emulator[2], I can run MVS 3.8j, which was it's current operating system, up to the early 1980's.

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[1]  As one example, I found kWS, web server software, on Google's Android "Store".  If you made your phone into a "WiFi Hotspot", it has the capability to put a web page onto any device that connected.

[2] An Emulator allows one computer to run software, which "emulates" the hardware of another computer.

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Gee!  This is a bit more complex than most of the entries in this BLOG.  Don't expect that every day!  :-)

Best regards,

Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA

Word for the Day: Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Word for Today (Saturday) is Release.  This Word can be either a noun or a verb (for example, "Next week, we will release the next release of a [book | movie | tv series | etc.]".  But another meaning of the verb is to set something free, for example from confinement.  Food for thought...

Word for the Day: Friday, June 7, 2013

The Word for Today (Friday) is Aspiration.  A reminder that our Theme is Health.  Why?  Because Google provided me with a joke by, when I plugged Aspiration into Google, putting the first, suggested followup word: pneumonia, with the following as one of its primary links.  :-)

When I "forced" only "aspiration" into Google, it put first the following Wikipedia disambiguation page, where my preferred synonym (ambition) comes in last, after, among others, many more medical meanings.

Word for the Day: Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Word for Today (Thursday) is Contrast.  How much contrast is healthy?  I suggest that the answer is going to be different for different people.  Some like simplicity.  Others like adventure.  But definitely look for that "Contrast Knob", so that you can control it for yourself.

Word for the Day: Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Word for Today (Wednesday) is Adaptability.  Another word for this is flexibility, and both of these are important to Health (our Theme).  For example, if your food tastes are flexible, you can choose between food items, based on how healthy the food item is for a human body, rather than only basing choices on cost and taste.  Research is a good idea.

Words for the Day: Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The Words for Today (Tuesday) are Agility and Grace.  Both of these can lead to good health.  Please note that Graceful often means slow.  Especially when doing a Labyrinth Walk.

Word for the Day: Monday, June 3, 2013

The Word for Today (Monday) is Acceleration.  The way this ties in with our Theme is via a cautionary tale:  Excessive acceleration of motor vehicles can make them hard to control.  And when they make contact with other objects (including other motor vehicles), this can lead to unhealthy conditions for any life forms, that may be either inside one or more of these motor vehicles, or (worse), struck by one of them.  Note that this can also apply to two-wheeled vehicles without motors.  In other words, be careful!  :-)

Words for the Day: Sunday, June 2, 2013

The Words for Today (Sunday) are Patience and Tolerance.  And when you are healthy, both of these Words are easier to live by.

Let's look at what happens when things go wrong.  I'll use myself as an example, since I recently fell down a couple of stairs, and had to heal a skinned knee.   I was in immediate pain, which is hard to tolerate.  Also, I felt that ice on the knee would help lower the pain level.  So I was quite impatient, since I was a few miles from my apartment, where the ice was.

Meditation to the rescue!  :-)

This quickly helped, providing both a level of patience, as well as some tolerance, enough to get me on the right bus to get home, where ice, peroxide and Excedrin could be found.  Health returns!

Weekly Theme: Week of June 2-8, 2013

The Theme for this Week is Health.  How does it feel to be healthy?  Often, health provides the absence of feeling, because pain (or other "unusual" body sensations) deliver warnings, that something's not going well.  You might even consider pain to be a "distress signal" from the body.  So comfort (the Word from last Monday) can (but not always) mean you're healthy.

Word for the Day: Saturday, June 1, 2013

The Word for Today (Saturday) is Acknowledgement.  And it takes knowledge to acknowledge someone.  And it is a service to acknowledge those who have provided service to you.