Category Archives: Random Musings

Random thoughts, from a random mind – mine. I’m fairly confident my viewpoint differs from that of the majority.

Very Inspiring Blog Award.

Posted on March 17, 2013 by C.G.Ayling

A wonderful person I know only as Ursula nominated my blog for this award – more on her below. The Rules. 1. Display the logo on your blog. 2. Link back to the person who nominated you. 3. State 7 … Continue reading →

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Follow Friday, 02-22-13.

Posted on February 22, 2013 by C.G.Ayling

If you’re like me, you have enormous difficulty finding tweeters worth following. Rest easy, for a moment, for every one of them listed on this page is not only real, but they’ve shown themselves to be.  To me, they’re all … Continue reading →

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Karma’s Cost.

Posted on January 26, 2013 by C.G.Ayling

I logged into Twitter this morning, full of good cheer – only to discover my account had been suspended for “Sending multiple unsolicited @messages”. Yesterday, I participated in what I believe to be a worthy tradition. The #FF, which I … Continue reading →

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Marriage, a word’s meaning.

Posted on December 10, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

Marriage, a wonderful word ~ a worthy institution ~ a question, of meaning… Although I never thought anyone had the right to tell another who they can or can’t love,  long did I hold the belief that the word marriage … Continue reading →

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Julia, my gem.

Posted on October 22, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

This morning, my wife decided to drive me to work.  With her usual thoughtfulness she went out a few minutes early, unlocked the car and turned it on to warm up.  After admonishing my boy to brush his teeth I … Continue reading →

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Morning Musings.

Posted on October 17, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

Our son had a two hour delay this morning.  Julia, my 13 year old daughter, expressed her delight, “Great, with Gareth not going to school, I get to ride in the front.” Puzzled by this lapse in judgment from a … Continue reading →

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Three versions of truth.

Posted on October 17, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

As I climbed into the front seat of the car for the ride to school, my daughter Julia nudged me and said “I wanted to sit in the front.” Ignoring her, I climbed in and responded “You might want to, … Continue reading →

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Fried Green Tomatoes.

Posted on October 13, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

This morning my wife dragged me upstairs, enslaved me, then forced me to clean up my tools - which had mysteriously begun accumulating in the kitchen. After my release from this barbaric and prolonged internment, (it must have taken nearly five … Continue reading →

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Inner Conflicts.

Posted on October 11, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

I believe we’re almost universally filled with these strange little inner conflicts, perhaps they even aid in defining human nature.  Today, I’m considering how we value our individuality, while actively trying to fit in. Our upbringing might well seed this particular … Continue reading →

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You heard what?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

Language is crucial to modern man, without which we probably would never have developed further than extended family units.  However, effective communication is much more than mere words arranged into an understandable order.  Indeed, my suspicion is that during primitive man’s … Continue reading →

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Love vs. Hate

Posted on September 11, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

In humanity, the theme of opposing forces appears often.  Is this because we’re drawn to conflict?  Or perhaps because we hold Newton’s third law, “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”, to hold greater truth than its … Continue reading →

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Appropriate Language.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

My middle daughter has a cat named “Kaiya”, we have a female dog named “Bacon”.  After an initially, shall we say …frosty, relationship they are now the best of friends. Anyway, my youngest daughter took Bacon for a walk.  On … Continue reading →

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Perceptions, of Time.

Posted on May 21, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

Time is something which fascinates me.  You see I don’t believe time actually exists.  Yes, we have mechanisms to measure this “thing” very precisely.  Almost everything we do is somehow tied to time.  Yet there is nothing we can do … Continue reading →

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Back home!

Posted on May 4, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

I just returned home, after a long, stress filled week away from home. Anyway, sitting in the garage with my two younger kids and my wife {she retires to the garage to smoke – a horrific habit, but at least … Continue reading →

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Bird-Brained?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by C.G.Ayling

Ever been called a “bird brain”?  Well, though the person using the phrase might have intended it as an insult let us look at it from a different perspective. Birds do indeed have rather small brains.  Yet into those minuscule … Continue reading →

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