Check out the December issue of Scientific American for 20 Life Changing Ideas. I’ve been reading SA since I was a baby Chemistry geek in high school. Me and Gordon, and Gordon, and Shaunna actually SUBSCRIBED to SA. The ultimate Geekiness in the mid 60’s.
Skinny Bitchin’ is one superb little book. I found it in the remainders bin at Fry’s drugs in Mesa, Arizona last May. Here’s the Skinny (pun deliberate) on the book: Title: Skinny Bitchin’ Sub-title: A “Get Off Your Ass” Journal to Help You Change Your Life, Achieve Your Goals, and Rock Your World! Authors: Rory…
I first started using Poetry to ‘access my ‘felt intuition’. What the hell is Felt Intuition? you ask. I don’t know but it kinda looks/feels like this … it’s the emotions/feelings I have about stuff that are LOCKED inside me so fiercely that when you ask me, “what ya feeling Lyle?” I respond, “Don’t know!”…
Holidays are just a few weeks away! What ‘should be’ relaxing often creates MORE stress. Here are 8 Type-based Stress Busting secrets from Psychometrics.
My most favourite seller of books just announced it’s “Best of the Noughties” — the best books of the last decade. My best series is …. Ta da …. Gabaldon’s Outlander! After all not only is she THE BEST story teller it is her approach to writing that created the NAME I use to characterize…
All of us have ‘words that move us! (quotes) The loverly bitches over at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books are co-sponsoring a nifty little contest with Sony called Words That Move Me. Would you like to win a Sony Pocket Digital Reader? Then scoot on over here to SBTB and follow the instructions. Easy peasy! CAUTION:…
I thought I’d finally figured out a way to end the severe pain that’s been grinding me down for the last 40 days. I was wrong … again! The challenge is that I’m really not sure just what’s causing the pain. No question the exceedling damp, cold morning air triggers the pain. And, once the…
How far can I flex before I break? I’m not sure if it’s my allergies or the constant overwhelm or just being an ‘old fart’ but lately I’m feeling really pissy about being asked to flex and change. And, for some reason this morning I got thinking about Gumby. Gumby arrived as a regular ‘performer’…
His name was Justin. 23 and still drunk at 5 in the morning. For some reason he had latched onto Ralph. Ralph was my morning coffee buddy on the cruise. Ralph, who looked 60, but was 79 was a gregarious, affable, “Eyetalian”. Now retired and living in SoCal, Ralph and I had struck up a…
In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus asked those of his followers who were with him to “keep on the watch with me”. However, while he was praying they fell asleep. Waking them he said, “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” I don’t know about you, but sometimes my ‘flesh’ seems awfully weak….