As my two blogs continue their slow but nearly unstoppable journey toward the 100 visitor milestone (that’s a combined total which I expect to reach this decade) I read the astronomically successful stories of other bloggers as reported in The New York Times. The stories give me a reason to pause and reflect. One of [...]
Archive for March, 2008
What price fame?
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, In the News, tagged blogs, fame on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s Iraq, and we’re not done with Vietnam
Posted in Books, Blogs & Films, Inspiration, tagged homeless, Iraq, Lohaus, veterans on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In January I wrote a post about homeless veterans. Dan Lohaus must have been Googling the topic because he sent me an email asking me to purchase a copy of his DVD, When I Came Home. I did buy it, and I have been dragging my feet about watching it. Stories about homeless veterans do [...]
Brain scientist gets downright cosmic
Posted in In the News, Inspiration, tagged brain, consciousness, Jill Bolte Taylor, nirvana on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s 18 minute video posted on The New York Times web site is exciting! Actually, I prefer the cliche term mindblowing. I’ve been reading yoga, and psychology, and yoga psychology books for decades, and along comes this lady who explains the mystery of nirvana more clearly in 18 minutes than any of [...]
How Hillary would rule
Posted in In the News, tagged Clinton, elections, politics on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not so hard to know what a presidential candidate would do in the White House. We can watch that person campaign, and from that we gain a lot of insights. As Yogi Berra said, “you can observe a lot just by watching.” The Washington Post today described Hillary Clinton’s campaign committee as a place of “warring [...]
