Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Blogging New Ideas and Re-writes

Becoming a daily blogger was a big step for me. Several times a week is actually good enough, and during busy times, or when my muse goes into hiding, occasional blogging is OK too. One rule about blogging that I take very seriously is that if I commit to writing something every day I’m letting someone down if I don’t deliver on that promise. Actually, there is no vast audience clamoring to hear my thoughts, so the person I am letting down is really me… if my word is to be my bond then I have to show up at the appointed time even if nobody notices.

I am also a voracious reader of others’ blog posts, so I regularly curate topics of interest to me by tweeting links to these other sites. Since many of us follow the same line of thought, I am also very careful not to plagiarize another bloggers’ posts. Sometimes when I research a topic I stumble on words than can only be said the way someone else has written them, so I give credit and usually a link back to the source. Sometime I find that the best tactic is plagiarizing myself… and this week four of the five articles are previous postings that I edited and re-posted. Since my commitment to write daily (for now) is basically for me alone, I rest easy that I have not cheated myself by reprising an older article. Interesting… my muse seems to have changed her mind not only about content over time, but also about grammar, syntax, and font size.

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May 27 - Memorial Day (Reprise) - A paradox in the history of human thought is that peace is worth fighting for. The very irony of that last sentence is rarely discussed. Most religions of the world teach that killing another human being is wrong, but the number of wars fought over religion is astounding. Our laws prohibit killing and then we codify the degrees of taking someone’s life into neat categories like “manslaughter” or “murder.” – more –

 

 

May 28 - Everything I Need to Know I Learned as a Toddler – Take that, those of you who didn’t learn stuff until kindergarten! Every parent knows that kids are constantly learning… shapes, colors, body parts. The game “Where is your nose?” and “Where is Mommy’s nose?” is the pointing game that we play until just about every acceptable body part has been identified by name and touched by a somewhat uncertain index finger. – more –

 

 

May 29 - The Culture of Taylor, Today, and Tomorrow (Reprise) – Proposed: That Dr. Seuss’ children’s books be banned from further publication and sale. This is based on the fact that his ridiculous rhyming patterns have been challenged as grammatically incorrect, the improper use of syntax sets a bad example, characters created by him have the possibility of seriously traumatizing children… oh yes, and he is dead. – more –

 

 

May 30 - What Do You Want To Do When You Grow Up? (Reprise) - There is an old joke that most stand-up comedians have “borrowed” from time to time which goes something like this: “Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” The original is attributed to comic Paula Poundstone. I have heard it from other sources and even borrowed it myself on occasion. – more –