impatience | impatience

Jan.05.2013 Thou Shalt Not Run Out of Toilet Paper Sometimes, when thinking of my wife and myself, I'd name our tribe the pragmatists. That wasn't always our tribe but somewhere in the last fifteen to twenty years, we migrated to that tribe. The tribe has simple rules. Planning ahead is a big part of it. That results in...	Aug.23.2012 The Writing Day Yesterday's writing was devoted to editing a short story. It's grown to 9,000 words. I'm halfway through editing and revising it and I'm pleased with what I have so I'm not going to worry about the length at this point. Finish and submit it, right? While writing and editing, I was struck by...
Feb.12.2010 Bag of Tricks: Part 3 As you may know, 知恵 (chie: to know + wisdom) is “wisdom” or “intelligence.” And we’ve seen that 袋 (TAI, fukuro) can mean “bag.” Given that, what do you think the following represents? 知恵袋 (chiebukuro) wisdom (1st 2 kanji) + bag My cynical side takes over and imagines a wind bag who won’t shut...	Sep.26.2009 Hanging It All Out There This has happened before: I'm having bird feeder issues. In fact, it happens every time I put up a bird feeder and I manage to forget about it when the trauma is over. Or I will say in a flippant tone, "Oh, remember when we couldn't give away that birdseed?" Then I'd go back to...
Jan.09.2009 When Patience is Required Years ago, when I left my job as a rape crisis counselor, I was presented with a plaque. In beautiful calligraphy, my co-workers had listed the qualities they valued most about me: Dedicated Somethingerother. Compassionate Listener. Some Other Things. Patient. I showed the plaque to Mr. Henderson,...	Jun.08.2008 Impatience All my life, I've been waiting. I'm impatient. I want things to happen NOW. I don't want to wait for anything. People, if you are driving, get out of my way. I'm on my way to work, for god's sake. Agents, editors--you haven't read my novel? God dammit, get on the mark. Don't you know I'm...