Last night I was playing around with tumblr for a while trying to decide if I wanted to change my blog over to their format. I don't think I do. While there are a few aspects of tumblr that I enjoy - the format is just not traditional enough for me. I may double post for a while until I make a complete decision. However, I did decide (been on the fence for a while now) to change my url.
When I first put this blog together, I had quite a few quotes that I found inspiring, but most of their variations in url form were taken at blogger in one way or another. So, I settled on the quote from Dr. W. Edwards Deming: "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." It was not ideal, but it got what I thought was my message through. It turns out though - having the word "Survival" in your blog when writing about ecological life changing and canning and self-sufficiency is a turn off for a lot of people. I'm not a survivalist, but I would consider myself on the road to "thrivialist," a word I first read from the very inspiring Kate at Living the Frugal Life.
I like that Deming's quote says - you don't have to change - you really don't - no one will make you. But if you don't, you and many around you may, in fact, perish. *Jon Stewart Shrug* Ya know? Its something I think is pretty true - we cannot keep taking our resources for granted. We cannot keep living a as if we have a spare planet in the back on which we can rely. However, I don't believe that standing on a soapbox will bring change. I don't believe that you can guilt someone in to change - it isn't productive. Deming's quote, tongue in cheek, elicits those images in my mind of green-purists who can out-eco anyone. I am not that person, nor do I ever wish to be.
While writing, I frequently have the TV on in the background because I need the noise (yeah, I use the TV as a talking lamp - but that's for another post). It's usually playing a TiVo'd episode (yeah, I have TiVo - yet another post) of Golden Girls, Frasier or Dharma & Greg. I enjoy quotes from all of these show - but two of my favorites are from Dharma & Greg.
1) "You can't fault a pig for having a shorter neck than a giraffe."
2) "Failure is the compost from which we grow success."
I've tried to find credit to these wise words - but the shows are the only thing that come up when I search. The first, while wise, does not translate well into a blog title but I think the second does. It seems particularly fitting for this blog. And so today, I made the change. I don't really have followers - so it seems to be relatively safe once I've sent out a few emails to friends and family who care to read occasionally.
When I first put this blog together, I had quite a few quotes that I found inspiring, but most of their variations in url form were taken at blogger in one way or another. So, I settled on the quote from Dr. W. Edwards Deming: "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory." It was not ideal, but it got what I thought was my message through. It turns out though - having the word "Survival" in your blog when writing about ecological life changing and canning and self-sufficiency is a turn off for a lot of people. I'm not a survivalist, but I would consider myself on the road to "thrivialist," a word I first read from the very inspiring Kate at Living the Frugal Life.
I like that Deming's quote says - you don't have to change - you really don't - no one will make you. But if you don't, you and many around you may, in fact, perish. *Jon Stewart Shrug* Ya know? Its something I think is pretty true - we cannot keep taking our resources for granted. We cannot keep living a as if we have a spare planet in the back on which we can rely. However, I don't believe that standing on a soapbox will bring change. I don't believe that you can guilt someone in to change - it isn't productive. Deming's quote, tongue in cheek, elicits those images in my mind of green-purists who can out-eco anyone. I am not that person, nor do I ever wish to be.
While writing, I frequently have the TV on in the background because I need the noise (yeah, I use the TV as a talking lamp - but that's for another post). It's usually playing a TiVo'd episode (yeah, I have TiVo - yet another post) of Golden Girls, Frasier or Dharma & Greg. I enjoy quotes from all of these show - but two of my favorites are from Dharma & Greg.
1) "You can't fault a pig for having a shorter neck than a giraffe."
2) "Failure is the compost from which we grow success."
I've tried to find credit to these wise words - but the shows are the only thing that come up when I search. The first, while wise, does not translate well into a blog title but I think the second does. It seems particularly fitting for this blog. And so today, I made the change. I don't really have followers - so it seems to be relatively safe once I've sent out a few emails to friends and family who care to read occasionally.
Love the new look and feel Dillon! And I LOVE Dharma and Greg! Great quotes :) And, I too have "guilty greens" like tvs and new phones and laptops etc.
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