Personal Quote #148

"I always feel that the best years of my life are the current ones."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Everything is peachy keen.

Personal Quote #147

"Upon first contact, it's impossible to know whether someone will turn out to be friend or foe."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

I created these images with AI technology.

Personal Quote #146

"The travel option formerly known as steerage is now refered to as Eco Light."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

British Airways A380 plane at YVR.

 

Personal Quote #145

"I find the size of new electronic gadgets is now inversely proportional to the size of their plugs."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

I bought a power cord with 2-inch spacing between the grounding prongs. 

Personal Quote #144

"If you were planning to take up travel during your retirement years, allow me to provide you with some bad news.  I have never met a person who began roaming the world in their 60s.  

Seniors that travel extensively are those who started doing so early on."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Day 48 - We're taking a break at the house between Negombo and Nugegoda.

Personal Quote #143

"Perhaps, one type of contentment is going through the weekly flyers and seeing  absolutely nothing of interest."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

  

Personal Quote #142

"This has been a weird summer. I've spent more on coffee than beer."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Killing the planet, one k-cup at a time.

Personal Quote #141

"One-size-fits-all solutions seldom fit anything well."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

A pretty-much unusable, universal sliding door handle for the balcony.

Personal Quote #140

"Live your life to its fullest."

That sage bit of advice easily falls on deaf ears. I mean, it is a clichè which can be said and repeated although the idea little pondered.

I wondered if I could find a similar phrase stating the idea in a more noticeable, if a bit crasser, way. I think I may have succeeded.

"Stop doing the same old shit."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Day 23 - This Sri Lankan woodpecker spends his days literally banging his head against coconut trees.

Personal Quote #139

"If you were told you have just a year to live, what would you do?

You should probably get going on that right away for you may have less."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

The date of your final sunset cannot be planned. Stop living as though you have all the time in the world.

Personal Quote #138

"There's no one's life I'd rather have than my own."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

It does seem like we were so recently visiting Montreal! We'll soon be back there at the end of next week's cruise which starts in Boston, MA.

Personal Quote #137

"I think I may be my biggest fan."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

There's only an on/off switch for this room's ceiling fan and consequently no adjustment in speed.

Personal Quote #136

"I so much enjoy being in a large city over some little village. I'd also pick jungle over a desert anyday. This makes Kuala Lumpur seem as though we were made for each other."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

If everybody left for a hundred years, the jungle would take back this city.

Personal Quote #135

"A whole lot of life boils down to plain, old luck. Of course, what ones does with that luck can make or break the situation."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Day 32 - We saw this tub seller twice in different locations when out in the boiling, noonday sun. I am left wondering tonight whether he was able to sell any of his wares today.

Personal Quote #134

"Scroll way up in this thread to see my views."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Sometimes I hear the stuff I say, or read things I write, and I stop. I realize my college-aged self wouldn't have a clue. Perhaps I should start capturing some of these.

Personal Quote #133

"If life has taught me anything, it's not to sweat the small stuff. The hard part is knowing what the small stuff is."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

This is Siem Reap, Cambodia, my present location.
Day 115 - You know how Facebook has the habit of burping up things that happened in your past? Three years ago today, I typed the statements above. The idea still seems valid enough ...

Personal Quote #132

"If you saw how others have to live, you'd probably piss and moan a whole lot less."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Personal Quote #131

"Our most valuable possession isn't an object; rather, it is having the free time to do as we wish side by side."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Personal Quote #130

"There are always a few good reasons for returning home. For me, one of them is the beer."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )

Personal Quote #129

"Yellow's not really my favourite colour, for clothes or the air."

Dennis Sylvester Hurd (1959- )