Comments for glennferrell.com http://www.glennferrell.com/wp Just me. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Finding Magic by Glenn Ferrell http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/2011/12/24/finding-magic/#comment-34 Glenn Ferrell Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:23:32 +0000 http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/?p=310#comment-34 I mean OUTSIDE our homes. I know you find magic at home every day! LOL Hell, I do too, most of the time. But yes, there is a little Christmas magic, as I mentioned toward the end. Those Kmart layaway stories were amazing! But for the most part, it was the usual "show your love, buy this" crap again, though. Kids are still demanding this material item or that. It almost makes you WANT businesses to go bankrupt. :-) And too many folks are still just putting on a show. And whether people say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" doesn't matter so much to me as whether or not it's sincere. And in retail, I think either will be mostly just routine. :-) I mean OUTSIDE our homes. I know you find magic at home every day! LOL Hell, I do too, most of the time.

But yes, there is a little Christmas magic, as I mentioned toward the end. Those Kmart layaway stories were amazing! But for the most part, it was the usual “show your love, buy this” crap again, though. Kids are still demanding this material item or that. It almost makes you WANT businesses to go bankrupt. :-) And too many folks are still just putting on a show.

And whether people say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” doesn’t matter so much to me as whether or not it’s sincere. And in retail, I think either will be mostly just routine. :-)

]]> Comment on Finding Magic by carleen http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/2011/12/24/finding-magic/#comment-33 carleen Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:55:01 +0000 http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/?p=310#comment-33 beautiful as usual glenn..truly.. splendid moments of childhood memories, of which i have shared the same. some sweet, and some bittersweet. the bittersweet ones are rough to deal with, but if you can be a pollyanna you'll remember mostly the good. but i still do see the magic. it's still there. these past few weeks i've seen people going out of their way to be kind and nice to one another. and it seems that people are going back to saying 'merry christmas' instead of just 'happy holidays'. i know that might not be PC, but it's pleasant to hear again. i see the magic within in my own home, with my husband and son...as christmas approached, and as we spent the days together as they unfurled....and it was wonderful. so glenn, there is still magic there...and damn, i know in your heart that you know that..........merry christmas....... beautiful as usual glenn..truly..

splendid moments of childhood memories, of which i have shared the same. some sweet, and some bittersweet. the bittersweet ones are rough to deal with, but if you can be a pollyanna you’ll remember mostly the good.

but i still do see the magic. it’s still there. these past few weeks i’ve seen people going out of their way to be kind and nice to one another. and it seems that people are going back to saying ‘merry christmas’ instead of just ‘happy holidays’. i know that might not be PC, but it’s pleasant to hear again.

i see the magic within in my own home, with my husband and son…as christmas approached, and as we spent the days together as they unfurled….and it was wonderful. so glenn, there is still magic there…and damn, i know in your heart that you know that……….merry christmas…….

]]> Comment on До свидания, профессор. by carleen http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/2011/12/04/%d0%b4%d0%be-%d1%81%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%81%d0%be%d1%80/#comment-32 carleen Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:43:03 +0000 http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/?p=629#comment-32 glenn, this was a beautiful tribute to your professor and mentor...and one that seems so deserved for him. you've expressed to me how much this wonderful man has meant to you, and i can truly understand. the 'teachers' in our lives can sometimes be our best beacons. and it certainly seems that this man was one for you. you were very lucky to have known him...and for him to have known you, as well. the two of you shared your own fashion of 'emigration', and that is truly a bond which i can understand. the 'passages' we make in life can surely be difficult, but if we shy away from them, then we are passing up untold experiences. yes, you may close this chapter of your life now, but i know you'll never forget him, and what he instilled in you. after all, we are mostly made of the experiences and the people who we have had in our lives. thank you for sharing this. glenn, this was a beautiful tribute to your professor and mentor…and one that seems so deserved for him.
you’ve expressed to me how much this wonderful man has meant to you, and i can truly understand.

the ‘teachers’ in our lives can sometimes be our best beacons. and it certainly seems that this man was one for you. you were very lucky to have known him…and for him to have known you, as well.

the two of you shared your own fashion of ‘emigration’, and that is truly a bond which i can understand. the ‘passages’ we make in life can surely be difficult, but if we shy away from them, then we are passing up untold experiences.

yes, you may close this chapter of your life now, but i know you’ll never forget him, and what he instilled in you. after all, we are mostly made of the experiences and the people who we have had in our lives.

thank you for sharing this.

]]> Comment on Sticks and Stones… by tink http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/2011/04/14/sticks-and-stones/#comment-31 tink Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:07:07 +0000 http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/?p=447#comment-31 read this and really sympathised, my sister went through very similar experiences. I often try to adopt the 'other people cant make you feel bad' mantra, but sometimes its hard. thoughts :) read this and really sympathised, my sister went through very similar experiences. I often try to adopt the ‘other people cant make you feel bad’ mantra, but sometimes its hard. thoughts :)

]]> Comment on Let’s Try This Again. by Susanne! http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/2011/05/28/lets-try-this-again/#comment-14 Susanne! Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:17:17 +0000 http://www.glennferrell.com/wp/?p=520#comment-14 ...and just add the commute time using public transport to the mix! I like the picture (seems familiar for some reason). Have you seen this? http://damnyouautocorrect.com/ I think we need a little more autocorrecting in the world. …and just add the commute time using public transport to the mix!

I like the picture (seems familiar for some reason).

Have you seen this? http://damnyouautocorrect.com/ I think we need a little more autocorrecting in the world.

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