Lunch Break Doodles

Dale Watson

Rest In Peace Mary Tyler Moore

LUNCH BREAK DOODLES by Brian K Raynor - November 2016

LUNCH BREAK DOODLES by Brian K. Raynor 10/13-10/28/16

QUOTE ME

"You can fight the tide or ride the wave." I came up with that line tonight while discussing a possible job transfer. I'm finding that viewing the currents of life as a mode of transportation instead of a hindrance makes acceptance of change much easier to handle.

To be Quite Frank,... I got nothing.

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
Ben Franklin
Hmm, Brilliant thoughts,...I got nothing at this moment. I suppose that means I should get out and do something. The hour may be too late for anything worth mentioning but tomorrow is another day!

"It's Better! Pure Coffee" by Brian K. Raynor

It's 26 degrees outside! How 'bout a little coffee to warm you up? I painted "It's Better! Pure Coffee" after seeing a picture like it in a book of Hatch posters that I bought in Nashville. I have always tried to keep the actual texture of my paintings smooth and posterlike. The other day I explained to someone that I have always tried to keep my artwork smooth because I'd only seen prints of paintings as a boy and for a long time I assumed the actual paintings were as smooth as a print.

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
-- Terry Pratchett

2008 In a Nutshell

The last day of the year. Nothing GREAT happened to me. I didn't travel to new destinations nor even to old destinations. I found out that some "friends" don't think too much of me and knowing that I realize I don't care too much for them.

"No man is an island but some are often a low lying peninsula." Brian K Raynor

I reached the highest weight of my life thus far. My brother in law had a heart attack and that whole situation is making me nuts. I got no pay raises nor promotions and I didn't win the lottery. I used up some vacation days 12/25-12/30. Slept wayyy too much and watched lotsa tv. It's 8pm and I just clocked out 15 minutes ago from work. In hindsight I'd rather have skipped 2008 all together.

Northerner in the South

"Let Go or Go Back" Brian K Raynor
2008

This guy from NYC is always referring to the way things are done on "the island" and how we just don't do things in the efficient manner they do up there. It's bad enough that he can respond to a "yes" or "no" question with a fifteen minute monolouge that usually is unrelated to the question and often doesn't even answer the question but then he brings the NORTH vs SOUTH aspect into it! Drives me nuts!
Today I responded with, "You need to Let Go or Go Back".
He was perplexed.
"What?"
"You're not on 'the Island' anymore so you need to let it go or go back up there!" If NYC was so great then why would he leave that "paradise" for lowly, old Charlotte? I feel that way about any part of this country or any other. I'm not going to move to NY or CA or or to Germany and blather on about how much better it is from where I came. If I moved to Hull, Beviers, Timbuktu or Slovinia I'd like it or lump or get the Heck outa there!

JUST SHUT UP

Never miss a good opportunity to just shut up! How long has it been since I've had my foot in my mouth? Or was embarrassed over my babbling after a social situation with friends, acquaintances or strangers? Not long enough but I think I'm doing better.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
Sometimes I play over in my head things I've said and I wish I could destroy the memory from anyone who heard it! But you can't do that. It's like looking through someone elses photo album and seeing a snapshot of yourself with a goofy haircut or a dumb look on your face and you can't take it out.