tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73279312615671072102024-02-19T01:52:07.879-05:00The Jaded MageMiddle aged sage, a novice of sorts, a word smith for sure...Witch, warrior, woman, lady, lover, liar, Mother, Maiden, Crone, child, sister, friend and Goddess ExtraordinaireThe Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-36100635803260289732020-12-25T18:07:00.001-05:002020-12-25T18:07:29.036-05:00Merry Christmas š I watched A Christmas Carol today. I think its one of my favorite Christmas movies. Other than Die Hard (yes its a Christmas movie) It has been re made 1000 times but my most favorite and closest to the book version is the 1951 version. I love this movie because of the story. Ebenezer is a rough, no nonsense, overly serious and mean financier who basically takes out The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-20452647682127318542020-06-03T10:31:00.000-04:002020-06-03T10:31:39.071-04:00I Cant Breathe
Children playing in a park
Twilight skies and moonlight mist
Tough little guy never had a chance
I canāt breathe
Suffocating, always hating
Things arenāt the way they are supposed to be.
Waiting, waiting, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Feared by many, loved by some
Heās getting away, does he have a gun?
I canāt breathe
Lucy, Lucy against the law
Canāt fight 5 cops, you have The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-22987107041875296712020-04-21T12:31:00.000-04:002020-04-21T12:42:56.590-04:00Slaves to the establishment
Today I panicked and I cried. Its been 1 month and I am still waiting to get unemployment. Never mind the supplemental 600 from the government, I really don't care about that, I just want what is due to me now, what I have worked for and paid into my entire life. I have NO cash flow at all right now, which is the 1st time in over 25 years.
This is the #1 reason people are getting irritated The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-43975920389883881952020-04-16T15:21:00.000-04:002020-04-16T15:21:42.233-04:00Reflections on a Month of Lock-down
Next week will be one month of this "stay at home" order for the pandemic. Wednesday to be exact. While I'm not opposed to staying at home, I am opposed to losing a job, being bored, worrying as to when this will all end, if I'm going to get sick because sometimes I have no choice but to go out and last but not least, dealing with the shitty system that is unemployment insurance.
The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-72650768427179535032020-04-04T11:44:00.001-04:002020-04-04T11:47:27.881-04:00Notes on surviving a pandemic
A few observations and tips on surviving a global pandemic.
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Be prepared BEFORE the shit hits the fan!
Don't watch the news 24/7, it will drive you mad.
Don't get your information off of Facebook, it will drive you mad.
Don't hoard, everyone is in the same boat as you.
Take what you need and leave the rest for The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-46233957469211255372020-03-31T14:05:00.000-04:002020-03-31T14:05:38.748-04:00The Last Day of March 2020
Its the last day of March 2020.
I'm sure these days and months will go down in the history books. They say that history is written by the victor. But with this virus, I don't think anyone will win.
I don't mind staying inside for the most part. Its been raining a lot lately, maybe its God crying for us. Or maybe its mother nature trying to drown the The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-40382714270704263072020-03-27T15:08:00.001-04:002020-03-29T10:55:27.732-04:00Covid-19 Day 7
Today is day 7 of "flattening the curve" and "Social distancing" for me anyway. For others, it started about a week before I did.
It's really not that bad staying away from people. Maybe I'm more skilled at it than some people, truth is, people annoy me and so I stay away from them for the most part anyway. In the last 7 days, I have been out in public 2 times. I have The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-71064571122725709912020-03-23T11:20:00.000-04:002020-03-23T11:20:09.255-04:00Covid-19 The best & The worst - Part 1
So here I am, day one of self quarantining. As of Friday, I lost my job. NY, NJ, and PA are all basically closed to all non-essential businesses and the future is looking very sketchy. This is probably going to be a very long post.
I am cautiously worried about this whole situation. Maybe I watch & read too many apocalyptical shows and books. But this is The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999999240.1601421 -74.8552967 40.2571521 -74.693939699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-85992851349201595202020-01-24T10:07:00.000-05:002020-01-24T10:07:54.990-05:00The Choices We Make
Sometimes we make bad choices. That's just a part of life. Sometimes we make spot on choices which elevate our self esteem. Sometimes we don't really think through how the consequences of our choices or actions will effect those around out. Most times we have to live with the choices we make and other times the choices we make turn out to be the best decisions of our The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-50462666128991256922019-12-30T16:20:00.002-05:002019-12-30T16:20:24.684-05:00Memorial for an Old Friend
Today, Dec 30, 2019 we said goodbye to an old friend. He was one of my 4 beloved companion pets, Fred Astaire aka Fat Freddy.
We met during the winter of 2010. He was a feral cat living with a colony on the dead end street I lived on in Matawan NJ. He was so friendly that Tom and I thought he was someones pet or maybe even dumped there. But he didn't The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601421 -74.855296699999968 40.2571521 -74.693939699999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-31142632620551570312019-12-27T10:00:00.000-05:002019-12-27T10:00:05.776-05:00Follow the leader
Great leaders don't set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference. Its never about the role its always about the goal.
Being a leader isn't just a title, as a matter of fact, its not a title at all. Because you were granted with title of manager, vp or even president doesnt automatically make you a leader. Becoming a leader is much more complicated than that, The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601421 -74.855296699999968 40.2571521 -74.693939699999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-52366166440952244742019-09-04T10:00:00.000-04:002019-09-04T10:00:07.280-04:00Expectations People can really irritate you when they don't live up to your expectations. Whether or not you realise it, the expectations we have of others maybe irrational or unrealistic. We expect people to behave in a specific way in certain situations, when they don't we usually become annoyed.
Sometimes it's ourselves being unreasonable, sometimes, it's the other person being The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601436 -74.855295199999958 40.2571506 -74.693941199999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-70029710479100408272019-08-29T10:00:00.000-04:002019-08-29T10:00:14.386-04:00Know When It's Time To LeaveDuring my career, I have seen people who are truly unhappy with where they are in the work they are doing. Unfortunately they stay in "dead end" and "get nowhere" jobs way past the time they should have been onto the next step in their careers. While many people have their reasons, whether it be their own shortcomings, like they just don't have the confidence in themselves or The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601436 -74.855295199999958 40.2571506 -74.693941199999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-85043682795468479132019-08-27T10:00:00.000-04:002019-08-27T10:00:11.114-04:00Struggles of Life
One day a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable nothing ever worked out for her and she didn't know how she would survive. She was tired of fighting and struggling and the world being so unfair to her all the time. It always seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601436 -74.855295199999958 40.2571506 -74.693941199999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-10704013379993815742019-07-09T10:00:00.000-04:002019-07-09T10:00:00.761-04:00Crisis at Our Doorstep While on vacation over the last week, I was able to watch more TV and specifically News, than I have in a while. One of the stories I heard a number of times is the humanitarian crisis we are having at the mexican/american border. While I was relaxing for the week there were many people detained at the border, a man and his 18 month old child died by drowning, and 1000's of The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601436 -74.855295199999958 40.2571506 -74.693941199999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-19642923061165864012019-05-24T10:00:00.000-04:002019-05-24T10:00:01.862-04:00Election Results
All the votes are in and I did not win the primary so I will not be on the ballot in November. I wanted to thank everyone that came out to support me yesterday. It was a very long day and I met a lot of great Morrisville residences.
I would like to give a special thanks to Mike Yager for all of your help throughout this whole process. I would also like to thank Jane Berger The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-73072345789943668122019-05-15T10:00:00.000-04:002019-05-15T10:00:05.273-04:00The Power of Doing Nothing...
An old crocodile was floating at the riverās edge when a younger crocodile swam up next to him,
āIāve heard from many that youāre the fiercest hunter in all of the river bottoms. Please, teach me your ways.ā
Awoken from a nice long afternoon nap, the old crocodile glanced at the young crocodile with one of his reptilian eyes, said nothing and then fell back asleep atop the water.
The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-15829622216875783862019-04-11T10:00:00.000-04:002019-04-11T10:00:04.208-04:00A Talk About Grants
A grant is defined as " a sum of money given by the government or other organization for a particular purpose."
Grants can come from many different sources, they can be federal, state or even county generated. Some grants are even granted through private individuals or businesses (think scholarships and research grants). Grants are applied for and the The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-21453182539090372082019-04-08T13:00:00.000-04:002019-04-08T15:20:22.382-04:00Cornerstone TimelineYou may have heard about the Cornerstone Reports, this is a timeline of the events around those reports along with related news articles.
2011 - Talk and Rumors of possibly dismantling the MPD starts to circulate. Infighting & law suites plague police department.
July 2012 - Because of the infighting & law suites the solicitor and insurance company recommend an investigationThe Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-54896620471398195512019-04-02T10:00:00.000-04:002019-04-02T10:16:09.843-04:00All about MeWhile I do not have a political background and I do not make the claim that I am a seasoned politician. I can say that I am a concerned citizen and big fan of the TRUTH and financial responsibility with my tax money.
One of the things that I truly hate about politics is that no one tells you what they have actually accomplished during their time in office. I will switch the channel The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-51655491772363543172019-03-30T10:00:00.000-04:002019-03-30T10:00:02.663-04:00Lend Me Your Ear
Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues,
Recently, I announced that I would be running for a seat in Morrisvilleās Borough Council.
I have decided to run because I believe that I have a lot to offer the town I live in, not only
with the career skills that I have built my entire life, but also because of the unique life
experiences that have brought me to where I am now.
We talk a lot The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-1215848631136973712019-03-28T15:00:00.000-04:002019-03-29T11:40:23.813-04:00Recent EventsI know that it's been awhile since I've posted. š While I still seem to have a great viewership, to whoever comes to read what I have written, I thank you & I hope that you find some humor and levity in my musings.
Over the last year or so, I have taken on a number of endeavors, I became a grandparent to a beautiful baby girl and have been working like a mad woman on my career. The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-32222158896818846152018-07-27T10:00:00.000-04:002018-07-27T10:00:07.252-04:00Tale of Two WolvesThe Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-11484717272992264522018-07-25T10:00:00.000-04:002018-07-25T10:00:15.035-04:00Tyranny The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327931261567107210.post-28033941082787014332018-05-23T10:00:00.000-04:002018-05-23T10:42:36.034-04:00The Perils of Personal Responsibility
I was in my 30's when I realized that no one, but myself, is responsible for where I was the very second that I had that epiphany. I didn't really like where I was at the time. My mother always told me that "you are where you want to be" but at that point in my life I didn't really understand what she meant. I do now and those words couldn't be more true. The truth is,The Jaded Magehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02238827155993678315noreply@blogger.comMorrisville, PA 19067, USA40.2086471 -74.77461819999996440.1601406 -74.855299199999962 40.2571536 -74.693937199999965