Thanks, Mudcat moderator for fixing the title. I appreciate it.

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Somewhat off-topic:

Gargoyle, thanks for your suggestion. I'd love to teach for the summer {and fall, and winter, and spring}...But unfortunately, I'm not doing that at this time. Who knows what will happen in the future?

But as to spending time starting threads and posting comments on Mudcat, here's what I think :

"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
The United Negro College Fund used the slogan "Your Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" for years. Because the slogan is used to solicit support for Historically Black Colleges or encourage a college education for African-Americans, many of us may fail to see the significance of the slogan in our daily lives.

Think for a minute, when was the last time you did something to stimulate or grow your mind. More often than not, we perform routine activities which do not require new knowledge nor engage our thought processes. Unfortunately, many of us will dream and will never go beyond dreaming. Few will enlarge their thinking....

Another way we waste our minds is not feeding it with new ideas. Example: failing to read a variety of books or conducting research on a familiar topic or hobby. You will be amazed at what you can learn by staying current on your hobby. We expect our doctors to stay up-to-date. The mind must be stimulated and trained to grow..."

Copyright © 2007 Badd Girl Training, Inc

http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dorothy-Duncan-2183/self-improvement-16398.php


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Don't start me to lyin as to why it's called "Badd Girl Training".

:o)

But my point is that I spend time thinking about these topics not only because I wanna, and I can, but because it's something that I enjoy doing.

I'd love it if people here were interested in the threads I start and would join these discussion since that adds to the learning and the enjoyable experience. But if not, so be it.

Maybe some folks who aren't posting or lurking on Mudcat now will find this thread at some point in time. Perhaps they will add their comments to this thread, and/or find some resources mentioned in it of interest or helpful to them in some way.

If so {to paraphrase one of my favorite church songs} "then my posting will not be in vain".

But if nobody else but me finds this thread or threads such as this one that I start to be of interest to them, then that's life. I'm learning from it. I'm taking pleasure in the information that I find {and when I find wonderful video clips such as the one I posted above that's an extra added bonus}. And as long as I don't abuse Max's forum by starting multiple threads at one time, then I think I'm cool and the gang {as the Hip-Hoppers probably don't say but as I say}.