Kiva And Kickstarter Updates
Kiva.org I should begin by saying I am not a particularly charitable person – as most people might define “charitable.” Instead, I focus on finding specific people who might benefit from specific assets… Read More
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What Is The Best Relationship Advice Someone Gave Me Recently?
Do you struggle with relationships? Are you at ease in the company of others? Or do you often look to get away from social situations, preferring to not have to parry through potential… Read More
The Marvel Way
For those of us that have followed the history of Marvel Comics for a long time, Sean Howe’s new book tells more specifics about the general information we already knew. And unfortunately, a… Read More
Understanding Wealth – A Letter To My Father’s Grandchildren
This is a letter I wrote to my father’s grandchildren today: As you may know, my father left my mother and me when I was about 3. That’s when the physical separation occurred. Other kinds… Read More
People Who Are Consistently Kind Tend To Attract Kind & Giving People
Building off of yesterday’s post about considering the needs of the many rather than just the needs of a few or just one, and a post series that began with a post about a… Read More
The Many, The Few, And The One
“The needs of the many outweigh . . . the needs of the few . . . or the one” ~ Star Trek II. Building on ideas from yesterday’s post, when I encounter someone… Read More
You Get To Choose Your Instruments
And you get to choose how your instruments are played. If you want your life’s work to be an instrument of enduring love, you will likely receive enduring love in return. If you… Read More
What Can You Learn That Will Profit You? #3 – Why Pursue Education?
Sometimes it is important for certain things to be said publicly. Often it doesn’t matter who says them. It’s more important that someone says them. – - The importance of trying to educate yourself… Read More
The End Of The Innocence
Today, Lance Armstrong began the confessional stage of his life’s story, starting a new presentation of his public image. Tonight, by coincidence, I happened to watch Ron Howard’s 2008 film “Frost/Nixon.” It’s interesting how… Read More
Your Success May Not Depend On You As Much As It May Depend On The Crews You Choose
Your crew is not you. You are not your crew. You will probably be a member of different crews for different pursuits. Often, you will not lead the crew you are in. More… Read More
The Ones Whose Stories You Want To Tell To The World
The photographs above are of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in March 1865. John Wilkes Booth is in attendance, above Lincoln. Booth assassinated Lincoln in the next month, April 1865. Click on the images… Read More
A Common Missing Character Trait In Modern Protagonists
What is a characteristic missing in many modern protagonists? I am reading a fantasy novel currently. I am up to Chapter 65 in “The Name Of The Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss. It is well written… Read More
The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder
We cannot avoid watching thousands of commercials that suggest we would be happier by doing less and receiving more. Most days that message comes to us in thousands of images, songs, billboards, infomercials,… Read More
The Common Good
Of course, you’ve heard of the term “the common good” before. I have more often been a failure in my life than I have been a success. I have had trouble connecting… Read More
For Writers And Readers: Why Write?
When do you write something for public consideration? I often write shortly after I’ve realized or learned something personally, a new realization to me, something I perceive to be uncommonly known, yet uncommonly… Read More
What Can You Learn That Will Profit You? #2 – How Are You Doing?
Which is a better concern: a) How well have I created benefits for myself? or b) How well have I created benefits for my community? My father attended a homecoming reunion for his university a… Read More
Your Life Will Tend To Expand Or Contract In Proportion To Your Designs And Priorities
Do you wish your life’s story included a great romance as one of its storylines? Really? Then what great efforts did you do today toward maintaining, nurturing, or growing a great romance? What… Read More
What Can You Learn That Will Profit You? #1 – A Librarian More Than A Library
This post series is for people seeking wisdom. Atop this post is the original publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket by F. Cugat for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great… Read More
Loose Extensions And Connections
“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” ~ Dr. Manhattan in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons “Watchmen.” My first thought for a title for this post was “Loose Ends,” but that, like… Read More
The Name of the Wind – An Introduction And Partial Review
I am reading the fantasy fiction novel “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss. The book is over 700 pages long. I rarely read the fantasy genre. I like fantasy stories fine, I just… Read More
Sarah Polley, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman And Other Failed Loves
“I’d like to propose a toast to Harry and Sally. To Harry and Sally . . . If Marie or I had found either of them remotely attractive, we would not be here… Read More
Reflecting On US Voters’ Choices In The 2012 Elections
Nothing says “Voter Approval” more than anonymous drivers honking their horns while quickly driving by. I probably should not admit this, but whenever I see dudes in groups of two riding around on… Read More
Brie Lybrand YouTube Messages Her Father, Who She Claims Raped Her Regularly Between The Ages Of 4 And 13
Have you ever tried to understand the first hand feelings and experiences of someone who was raped? Would you be better off to understand the perspective of someone who was molested throughout their… Read More
