Sunday, March 13, 2011

Missing Piece

Is it just me? Can you help me answer one of the age-old questions this morning? Why? The final nail that I pound into a piece of wood always splits it. The last remaining screw, into my sheetrock project, always misses its mark and creates an ugly hole. There's always one last piece to the puzzle that's not there at the end. When I'm in a rush, the parking spot is elusive. Sometimes the more I plan and fine tune a project, the less fulfillment is achieved. Why is it that, a lot of times, planning on the fly procures the most satisfaction? What exactly is the allure of the missing piece? Why is it, that on my search for the that most important object I need, I find everything else I've been looking for recently? Is it just me?

19 comments:

  1. Hey, I'm right here.
    Not missing....;-)

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  2. Same here! THe hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
    V

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  3. It's not just you, it's a fact of life!

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  4. Yep it is just a thing called 'LIFE'.
    Regarding your question--why twin lagoon---there are two small ponds that open up to the larger waters of Penn Cove so the owners called it just that--TL. MB

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  5. I think that's the way it always is when you plan. At least thats when I have found. Nice shot.

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  6. No, I have been there many times...

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  7. No, it's not just you. One of my psych profs in graduate school often quoted a well-known writer who insisted, rightly, I think, that what is most personal is almost always most universal.

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  8. I think there is a law about that - named after a guy called Murphy - it seems to haunt me too!

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  9. Ah, the existential Birdman.

    It IS just you.

    haha.

    Just kidding.

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  10. Yes, the bread lands jelly-side down 95% of the time... Hope that your week ahead is the other 5%!

    Bises,
    Genie

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  11. No it is not just you. It happens to all of us, I would venture to say. Have the photos line up perfect -- the words tumble out just how you wanted them -- go to publish -- Oh, just fix one photo -- and bang your post is zapped with problems. That is what happens many times in my life -- barbara

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  12. Birdman, I am so sorry to inform you that it IS just you. The previous commenters are just being nice.

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  13. These are all corollaries of the oft quoted Murphy's Law, of which there are many. For a nice collection of the same see:
    http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~vkoval/vk_files/funny/Murphy.pdf

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  14. No, we're all there splitting the wood with you! Nice image to match your words.

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  15. ah, the missing piece. it is the thing that gets us out of bed in the morning, it is the point of every quest.

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  16. Murphy's Law. It's been happening to us too. Otherwise impossible to explain.

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