sunday ponderings: Pondering About Hyperbole - 08/12/17 03:53 PM
Pondering About Hyperbole
 
Because it’s Sunday.  And because I can.
As I read...and as my mind is prone to do...I wander...
and then I wonder...
and during this process I begin to ponder
and today about hyperbole.   
 
This isn’t a political post.  
Not because it couldn’t be but because it isn’t the direction I am going.
 
Hyperbole.
I’ve seen it in this forum.  Discussions here and there.
As well as out and about.  You know, in the real world.  In everyday life.  
 
We know the subject shows up in real estate.  
In print.  In conversation.  
Casually and sometimes more formally.  
In discussing offer terms. Or properties.  Or … (30 comments)

sunday ponderings: Pondering on Randomness - 07/29/17 05:01 PM
Pondering on Randomness
 
Because It’s Sunday And Because I Can
 
Because it’s Sunday.  
I ponder.  
And then I digress.  
Because I can.
 
First things first:
A definition.  
This time courtesy of a simple Google search:
ran·dom·ness
ˈrandəmnəs/
Noun
The quality or state of lacking a pattern or principle of organization, unpredictability
 
“We accept randomness in our lives but we crave logic in art”
 
Informal
Oddness or eccentricity.
 
“We tease her for her complete randomness”
 
Hmm...lacking a principle of organization, unpredictability.  
Maybe even oddness. Or eccentricity.
Nah, I’m not buying that definition.
 
And then my mind wandered.  As I pondered.
How about organized randomness?  
Surely it must exist.  
Well, it does in my mind.  At least I think … (32 comments)

sunday ponderings: Pondering...On The Subject of Networking, Dodgeball and Stuff - 07/22/17 04:38 PM
Pondering...On The Subject of Networking, Dodgeball and Stuff
 
Because It’s Sunday And Because I Can
 
Because it’s Sunday.  I ponder.  And then I digress.  Because I can.
There’s a contest this month in the ActiveRain community about the power of networking.  So instead of yet another market report...I am going to focus on this contest...well, at least my take on it.   And maybe a diversion or two along the way.   
 
Because it’s Sunday.   And because I can.
 
First things first:
 
A definition from Merriam Webster:
 
Networking:  The exchange of information or services among individuals, groups or institutions; specifically:  the cultivation of productive relationships for employment or … (54 comments)

 
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