Showing posts with label Loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loss. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Social Tip #193 - The More You No

The motto for the NY state lottery is "Hey, you never know." But I always know, after the lottery has been drawn and I'm a big loser. That's something I've known the whole time.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Social Tip #189 - Take One To Know Won

In high school my choir awarded me with the "Most Improved Singer" award. It was the only thing I had ever won. I won the same award again the following year. The triumph was not that I had improved so much, but that I had so much to improve. Winning feels like losing.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Social Tip #145 - Exude Proper Breeding

I saw a sign posted for a lost black and white kitten that answered to the name “Panda.” Why would someone name one animal after another animal? Yeah, it kind of looked like a panda, but it still looked more like a cat. They should have named him Cat.