JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for October 04, 2022

I do like this better as it’s very clear that she’s trying to convince herslef she can do this on her own. but there’s no shame in getting help Marcy, especailly when you have 11 other giant step brothers and a best friend in law who can help you.

Sometimes. But sometimes there just isn’t enough time. If more people get involved then less time is needed.

Put that on my grave stone after I die trying to beat the train at a railroad crossing.

How big of a wedding is this going to be?

Apparently a matron of honor is the same thing as a maid of honor, the only difference is that the matron is a married woman.

Laozi (known as Lao Tzu): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi

As opposed to the Best Man. Dude, don’t forget to pick up the red Dixie cups.

Just backed out of going to a friend’s wedding because of money, which is also a created thing..

Speaking of time, I’m still mad at the Babylonians for using base-12 to mark artificial time units. (Wasn’t it them who did that?) I’m creating new clock faces in base-10 so that I can do international time and drop the a.m./p.m. thing. I need at least two other people to join the Base-10 Clock Adjustment organization so they’ll think it’s a movement. And all you have to do to join is to sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar. With feeling. (With thanks to Arlo for the conceptual framework.)

That’s deep, Marcy.

Ask to The Ching, Marcy.

Better Lao Tzu than Lao Che!

I find that when I race against time, time generally wins.

So Lao Tzu thought time was a social construct? And I suppose if Lao Tzu told you and your friends to play in the street you would?

I have a lot of issues with the idea that “I don’t have time” means “I don’t want to.” A lot of people take it the next step and think “I don’t want to” means “I don’t care about you enough to do it.” What it really means is that this particular thing is a lower priority than some other thing. No one has unlimited time, so everyone must make choices about how to use the time they have.

Marcy has a more than full time job and 4 kids to take care of. She doesn’t have a ton of unallocated time. Is taking on the matron of honor role going to take away from her job, her responsibilities at home, or her personal care (eating, sleeping, and showering)? Most likely both her family responsibilities and her personal care will suffer from the choice to cram one more thing in. Turning down Nicole would not be saying “I don’t want to,” and certainly wouldn’t be implying that Marcy doesn’t care about her. It would be acknowledging that her pre-existing commitments are going to suffer for it, and deciding which is more important.

…or at least there are other things taking up my time which I want to do more.

Well, you DON’T want to, Marcie.

Ah, yes, it is important to learn the art of graciously saying… “NOPE!”