I’m going on a pilgrimage.  Be back soon.

Posted by Kristina in Musings at 11:21 PM Permalink

I have spent the past thirty minutes adding Lush products to my Amazon Wish List. 

The partnership of online giant Amazon with my favorite bath and beauty store demonstrates how technology can be manipulated in truly evil and dangerous ways.  I will be very poor if this keeps up.  But I’ll smell delicious.

Posted by Kristina in Musings at 03:18 PM Permalink

”Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”
~ Goethe

I’ve seen the last part of this quote before, but read it in it’s entirety on Mary Anne’s page.  It reminds me very much of The Alchemist.  I wonder of Coelho was inspired by Goethe?

Posted by Kristina in Musings at 02:03 PM Permalink

I have a new cell phone.  It has a ring tone called “Happy Cricket.” Just the name makes me smile.  I didn’t really want a new cell phone because now I have to learn how to use it with all it’s new-fangled bells and whistles, but the old one has been around for 4 years and is showing it’s age, so it was time.

I do like my “Happy Cricket” ring tone, though.  I also like being able to keep my old cell phone number, despite switching from NTelos to Verizon. 

I’m a happy cricket.

Posted by Kristina in Musings at 03:11 PM Permalink

I’ve only been blogging for ten months, but in that time I have learned a few things:

1.  If you mention the word sex in the description of your blog, you will have 1. 8 million daily readers.  You don’t even have to write about sex, you just need to use it as a tease to get people to read your blog.  Then you can talk about other things, like the best kind of car wax and whether Pilates is better than yoga.

2.  If you use the words ‘slut,’ ‘whore,’ or ‘mistress’ in your blog title, you will have so much traffic to your site you will require additional bandwidth in your second month of blogging.  You don’t even have to be a slut, whore or mistress, though if you are you will be guaranteed repeat visitors.

3.  If you are a man with a blog and you complain about your a) lousy marriage, b) lousy sex life and c) your lousy job, you will receive an average of 5 propositions and 1 marriage proposal per week.  This is regardless of what you look like or whether you have 7.5 children with three different women and a warrant out for your arrest.

4.  If you are blogging under a secret identity, other people will claim to know who you are.  If your secret identity blog becomes popular, other people will claim to be you.

5.  If you blog about sex, are a slut, whore or mistress, claim to have slept with someone famous or make a living as a hooker, you will be offered a book contract.  Writing ability not necessary.

Posted by Kristina in Musings at 05:03 PM Permalink