Not that it really matters to me that you, as a reader of Omnium-Gatherum-Millerum, learn some things about me, personally, (although you surely have if you have read many of my commentaries), but it might be self-informative for you do such an exercise yourself to more clearly identify your own values. I disclose the following (and put on my protective armor when you read of what I do not like); so please be tolerant.
These are a few things I like:
Early mornings out-of-doors
The sounds of water running over
rocks in a stream and hearing birds in trees
Being married
Seeing my children being happy
My Church and church involvement;
funerals and hearing good things about people
The sight of mountains and long
vistas. Climbing mountains
The smells of perfume, freshly cut
wood, freshly cut grass and divots, riverbottoms
Reading good novels and non-fiction
Campfires
Learning new things, going new
places, the thrill of discovery
Taking university classes
Proper use of the English language
Proper use of the English language
Leather, finished wood, cashmere, Levis 501's
Studying the scriptures and gaining
new theological insights
Giving talks, preaching sermons,
teaching interested, attentive people
Romantic time with my wife
Time, anytime, with my wife
B.M.W.s, Morgans, and Triumph and
Austin Healy automobiles
Hitting a great drive or solid iron
shot in golf. Playing golf.
Religious authors: C.S. Lewis,
George McDonald, Hugh Nibley, Brigham Young
Joseph Smith, Jr.,
Bruce R. McConkie, Rodney Turner
The feeling of being fit, being
strong
Seeing physically fit people doing
athletic activities
Israel,
the Rocky Mountains, tropical beaches, the
English countryside
A windy road in a sports car with
the top down. New roads and country
places
The feeling of being alone on a trout
stream and of a trout hitting a dry fly
Vanilla ice cream, cherry and apple pies,
fresh pumpkin pies, popcorn
plain food, fruits
and vegetables
Breakfasts
of oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins or Shredded Wheat and Grapenuts
Labrador retrievers
Storms
Helping people who are trying to
help themselves
Finishing projects in a reasonable
time
Music, ballads, Anne Murray, Yanni,
John Denver, harps, 50’s Black singing groups, music from 1955-1963
Going to bed early; getting up
early
Running, lifting weights, taking
walks in the country or on the beach
People
being rude or inconsiderate of others
Smog
Witnessing
adversarial or contentious human interactions on television, in politics
Cold water
swimming, cold showers, wearing wet clothes
People
interrupting others, being interrupted myself
Being sick,
especially being nauseaous, air or seasick
Being around women who
talk too much
The LGBT
movement
Rap music, loud
or jarring music, hard rock music
Baggy
clothes
Vulgar or
crude language or behavior
Comedians
People
wasting food, resources, or being ecologically shortsighted
People on
cell phones in my presence
Stuffy or
over-hot rooms or houses
Wind in my
face when I am running
Waiting for
people or lack of punctuality or being late myself
Fat, greasy
food
Dirty or
untidy houses
Sitcoms,
canned laughter, most modern television programming
Gossip
Being
around people who have been drinking alcohol; being around smokers
Braggarts, cocky showoffs, loud
people; those who use “me, mine, I” a lot in their speech
Hearing
people talk about money or getting rich, or what they have or are going to buy
Fixing cars
Violent,
loud movies and movie previews--violence in general
Little
yappy dogs
Dealing
with money
1 comment:
I like to see some personal stuff on here. Nice post. What about men who talk too much? Why just limit it to women?
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