If you are already making ends meet, what is the point of working so much overtime? Where's the joy? Who benefits and how? The answers are likely shallow when it comes to "Type A workoholics". Strive to accumulate more stuff. Pay it off, insure it, polish it, fix it, store it. Never dispose of it. Can it bring anything but mind-numbing, time consuming attachment to meaningless things? Try buying…
It took about 15 months, but I can honestly say the makeover is done. I have successfully disposed of every reminder of my previously superficial, dramatic, more-of-everything-based existence. The metaphor of the rising Phoenix is appropiate, if too easy to use, but the timing of it is perfect. As the end of September signals, The Valley of the Sun has risen from the deadly heat of summer just as I have risen from the toxic misery of materialistic living. …
Fox News just broke in that OJ has been released on bail: "BREAKING NEWS ...ATTORNEY: SIMPSON WILL RETURN TO HOME IN FLORIDA" ...this is un@#$%^&*believeable. the coverage could not be thicker if it were the assasination of George Bush. this is insane...choppers, reporters on all 4 sides of the building. national anchors. local anchors. ex-judges, prosecuters and defense attorneys."experts" old and new picking up…
Some great quotes/citations I have encountered.... "I do not have an excess of anything. Some would say I have too little. Yet each day I try to get rid of something else. I will not indulge." -Siji Tzu Rules for Living "We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in…
Let's add The New England Patriots, and specifically their coach Bill Belichick, to the rapidly expanding list of cheaters/criminals in major sports. By the end of the week we should know the punishment they will receive for videotaping the New York Jets' defensive coaching staff sending in their signals during last week's game. Checking the scorecard we show.... NFL Quarterback Michael Vick plea bargains to felony charges related to dog-fighting.…
The inspiration for this entry came after a gallon of blood, likely meant for a major organ, rushed to my head while I was bent over picking up uncooked macaroni off the kitchen floor. Bad form for sure, but I was not interested in style points after the contents of the Easy-Mac package rained across the linoleum. Thankfully the cheese, still in powder form, was safely in its vault. I say vault because it likely was as…
I think it was Beavis that said, "Movies are cool". So for the helluvit I made a my own top 100 list in no particular order.... (and no I do not have too much time on my hands)... 1. Hotel Rwanda 2. Yesterday 3. Sometimes in April 4. Geldof in Africa 5. Last King of Scotland 6. Blood Diamond 7. The Constant Gardener 8.…
It's Labor Day and I'm reluctantly putting away the matching white belt and shoes until Easter. After a long drought we finally have another 3 day weekend. The last one was Memorial Day, way back in May. (Remember, the Fourth of July was on a Wednesday this year!) But in my opinion the labor theme is getting kind of old anyway. If you know anything about Arizona, then you gotta love the irony of a "Right to…