Nothing beats an authority.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Help Dr Zaius Find a Republican
I can't find where they're hiding. At least the ones I asked don't fess up. But if you know where Dr Zaius can find them, tell him HERE.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday Morning
Remember the clear light,
the pure clear white light
which everything in the universe comes,
to which everything in the universe returns;
the original nature of your own mind.
The natural state of the universe unmanifest.
Let go into the clear light,
trust it,
merge with it.
It is your own true nature,
it is home.
- Tibetan Book of the Dead
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Proud to be an American!
Amenable mortality measures “deaths from certain causes before age 75 that are potentially preventable with timely and effective health care,” such as treatable cancers, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. According to the Commonwealth Fund, the United States ranked last in comparison to 19 industrialized countries with a rate of 109.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2002–03. In the leading countries, mortality rates per 100,000 people were 64.8 in France, 71.2 in Japan, and 71.3 in Australia.
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T G I F
Might be one of the last weekends to take that roadster to the track. Those of you in New England, New York, even Philly and D.C. watch out for Hurricane Danny this weekend. Get out and do some exercise. Pick them tomatoes! Start canning for the winter months and swim, hike, go boating, take the kids crabbing. Have a great weekend.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Now Here's a Good Idea . . .
"One of the most powerful forms of stimulus we could apply to our economy right now would be to lower the current Social Security retirement age from the current 65-67 to 55, and increase the benefits back to where they were in inflation-adjusted 1960s dollars by raising them between 10 to 20 percent (so people could actually live, albeit modestly, on Social Security).
The right-wing reaction to this, of course, will be to say that with fewer people working and more people drawing benefits, it would bankrupt Social Security and destroy the economy. But history shows the exact reverse.
Instead, it would eliminate the problem of unemployment in the United States. All those Boomers retiring would make room in the labor market for all the recent high-school and college graduates who are now finding it so hard to find a job".
-Thom Hartmann
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Third Kennedy Brother Dies
Ted Kennedy1932-2009
"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the Kennedy family said in a statement. "He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it."
ABC
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cloud Surfing
image by Mick Petroff~These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems for aircraft even on windless days.
Known as Morning Glory clouds, they appear every fall over Burketown, Queensland, Australia, a remote town with fewer than 200 residents. A small number of pilots and tourists travel there each year in hopes of "cloud surfing" with the mysterious phenomenon.
QUIT SMOKING!
DEEP BREATHING PERHAPS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT TECHNIQUE
Every time you want a cigarette, do the following. Do it three times. Inhale the deepest lung-full of air you can, and then, very slowly, exhale. Purse your lips so that the air must come out slowly.As you exhale, close your eyes, and let your chin gradually sink over onto your chest. Visualize all the tension leaving your body, slowly draining out of your fingers and toes, just flowing on out. This is a variation of an ancient yoga technique from India, and is VERY centering and relaxing. If you practice this, you'll be able to use it for any future stressful situation you find yourself in. And it will be your greatest weapon during the strong cravings sure to assault you over the first few days. This deep breathing technique will be a vital help to you. Reread this point now, and as you do, try it for the first time. Inhale and exhale three times. See for yourself!
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Don't Count on Superman . . .
This Health Care Reform even has him hitting the bottle. Hey, is that Johnny Walker Red?Breathtaking . . .
This was to be my back to work, happy Monday morning photo. But few people parachute to work and this isn't the kind of thrill you'd get involved in first thing in the morning. Probably not a Monday morning. It's an exciting way to start the week.
Dance Dance Dance
You don't have to get dressed up, you don't even have to know the moves. Just exercise your ticker by jumping all around. Take long walks, get on that treadmill, or start the week having a good workout at the gym. Or just Dance Dance Dance.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sunday Morning
Rendezvous
Let's meet in Santa Fe
where we can stroll holding hands
along the acequina madre
then sip espresso at the bookstore on Garcia Street.
~
Let's meet in Santa Fe
and bask like lizards
on the rocks at Bandelier
or explore the secrets
of remote creek beds.
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Let's meet in Santa Fe
to share our stories and let
the whisper of cottonwood leaves
fill the silences between.
~
Let's meet in Santa Fe
and eat posole with our eggs and laugh, and love,
and turn the calendar to the wall
for a few brief days.
--Ted McMahon
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