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| Blurb: | Who knows what is good, it is always what works |
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Flu Shots do help October 25, 2011 12:42 am I have had flu shots for past five years and so far no problems. We are so fortunate that we have these means to avoid the misery of a bad cold. Get it and help your loved ones, because you will not be a spreader of bad viruses and they will not need to nurse you.
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There are no comments"Deathly Hallows, Part 2" will be spectacular, Rowling is a genius! July 13, 2011 12:17 am Harry Potter(Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) will put a grand show for us in their final "Deathly Hallows, Part 2" movies. However, 130 minute run time is too short for the grand finale of a such an epic sereis of full length movies. I would have expected something like three hour long action packed movie as opposed to a withering end. But what is packed in the time aloocated is probalby a very entertaining move. Comments:
Declutter your life and keep only what is essential December 13, 2010 12:59 am Lloyd’s recent review on The Power of Less, a book about uncluttering one’s life, reminded me of an opinion piece I’d seen, following the tragic aftermath of the recent Australian bushfires. To date 210 people are confirmed dead, and 7,000 are homeless, with at least 1,800 homes destroyed. And in light of such devastation, the article, written by a university student, discussed what it was that we really valued. For as one bushfire survivor put it, after barely escaping with her life, yet losing her house and all her possessions. "It's just stuff."
Having moved house recently and personally boxed up everything acquired throughout my life, I came face-to-face with my own mountain of ‘stuff.’ It was daunting. How much of this was really important to me? What did I really, truly need? From the gathered mass, I confronted with a question, which I now pose to the Treehugger readership:
If faced with an impending cataclysmic event like a fire, hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, landslide, etc, that was going to wipe away your home, your accumulated possessions, what would you take with you, if you only had a handful of minutes to pack?
In the Australian bushfire catastrophe it seemed like the first things many folk thought of, after the people around them, was their pets and the family photo albums.
What's Important?
We work long hours and long years so we can afford ‘stuff.’ Stuff that uses up a world’s worth of materials, energy, land, water and creates enormous waste. But when the chips are down, and the brown whatsit is hitting the spinning thing, what is it that we really cling to as being important? It doesn’t appear to be the plasma television or coffee maker that spring to the frontal lobes. It is those things that connect us to one another. MasterCard had it right when it advertised that there are some things that money can’t buy. The ‘priceless’ in our lives.
And it is this that we gather to our bosom when loss is imminent. The irreplaceable. The photos of little Johnny or Janey playing in the packing box of the TV are worth so much more than the appliance itself.
It can be an enlightening exercise to list, say, only 10 things you would want with you, were you never to see your domicile again.
Your Money or Your Life
This sort of evaluating and prioritising is part and parcel of the book, Your Money or Your Life. A seminal publication, first published in 1992, but based on experiences road tested by Joe Dominguez as far back as 1969.
One of the exercises in the book is to “Go through every room of your house and inventory everything.” The authors say, don’t let embarrassment or guilt discourage you. Because as they point out, you simply come away with gratitude for the things you do own. A revelation, which may assuage that otherwise nagging need for yet more stuff. “So much dissatisfaction comes from focussing on what we don’t have that the simple exercise of acknowledging and valuing what we do have can transform our outlook.”
As the environmental educator Steve van Matre saw it, "The key to a good life is not having what you want, but wanting what you have."
Living with less (or not desiring more) can be the route to a simpler and happier life. And it sure makes it easier to decide what to take with you, when the carpet is suddenly pulled from beneath your life as you knew it.
More Thoughts on Stuff via TreeHugger
• The Story Of Stuff (video)
• Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things (book)
• Happy Kids Want Less Stuff
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There are no commentsThe Apprentice, 2010 September 18, 2010 02:09 am the new season started with a very fired up cast right from the get go. This is the first season with no honeymoon period.
Some cast members are so aggresive that my jaw dropped. I hope Mahsha leaves soon. She makes for horrible dynamics. Hopefully, there is a soul underneath all that.Comments:
There are no commentsThese clips crack me up even after watching over a dozen times. August 27, 2010 01:46 am Comments:
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I stopped at half time during super bowl in disgust and did some yard work to rake out my frustration. It should have been 49'ners.
added February 08, 2012 12:47 am San Francisco 49ners played the best Football game seen in a while. Hope they move forward and win the NEC championship.
added January 15, 2012 12:12 am Being challenged and being the best you can be is a worthy pursuit. The game merely challenges you to be so, victory for the sake of it is never gratifying.
added October 30, 2011 10:37 pm Give a game a chance, put your soul in to it and it will come alive. Add preparation and you become a player. Add determination and you have a winner.
added October 22, 2011 01:28 am When we turn a blind eye then not only we become blind but the goodness we desire also becomes blind. Let us have an even handed mid-east policy.
added September 20, 2011 01:20 am America has got talent, but I wish that the judges were American. Piers Morgan is a Brit and I find him so annoying.
added September 05, 2011 12:18 am Now, according to everyone in the news media, Pippa Middleton is the heavenly body!
added August 04, 2011 02:17 am We need to do more for those at the bottom of the food chain. Higher minimum pay to $12, more vacation time, ban all overtime..bingo economic crisis over!
added July 21, 2011 12:15 am Smart up but always be generous to those who have not!
added June 15, 2011 11:16 am Just too funny. Washington politicians have so much fun sending text messages. Weird turnons!?
added June 09, 2011 12:07 am We have a right to make a choice, that is called voting. Use your vote wisely and not just to express your displeasure.
added February 18, 2011 12:14 pm The entertainment and quality of the national anthem singer left a lot to be desired at the Super Bowl. The game was the best text book play game ever!!!
added February 08, 2011 01:13 am Why is the celebrity scene so badly down and out? I think it is just too many scandals to swallow in just one year.
added February 04, 2011 02:33 am Alabama Governor Robert Bentley apologized Wednesday for proclaiming that only Christians were his brothers and sister. But that is ok, because Jesus loves all.
added January 20, 2011 02:57 am Listen, faith or religion doesn't give one right to wave the religous symbol or book on other person's face. Grow up. Religion is aobut your behaviour. Got it!
added January 05, 2011 02:02 am Kelsey Grammer is getting in to his fourth marriage and this time with Kayte Walsh. The line between a tv show and real life becomes vague for good actors.
added December 30, 2010 06:50 pm We need to lock some green designers in a room and not let them out until they resolve the intolerable light given off by CFLs.
added October 18, 2010 12:25 am American Protestants and Catholics scored lowest in religious knowledge in a survey by Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
added September 28, 2010 08:19 am Waste not, want not! Too much government is never any good.
added September 06, 2010 12:43 pm I would like to see the Government employees' pay cut by the same rate as the private sector, makes sense.
added August 27, 2010 01:42 am We should stop focusing on the government for now, accept it and just carry on with our lives rather than getting so worked up about it. Remember we need them.
added August 21, 2010 11:40 am Pillates is a load of dog pile and did not work for me. Nothing comes close Yoga.
added July 14, 2010 01:04 am Victoria Principle is a real American hero for donating $200,000 for the gulf oil cleanup. Mind you, I wish it was a bit more. Let's hope it starts a trend.
added June 02, 2010 11:19 pm I have recently started working out my newly learned yoga routine. I feel kind of empowered, just knowing how to run through the routines.
added March 26, 2010 01:01 am Nothing can beat the French Fries from Carls Junior. I am guzzling them down with my two greasy hands right now.
added March 10, 2010 01:16 am Burger King is going to be offering Starbucks coffee, my favorite pick me up in the morning! Can't wait to try my first cup!
added February 17, 2010 02:28 am People in the public eye are people too, you know! They have desires and faults like everyone else. So do not treat them like god! Poor John Edward, just a man.
added January 28, 2010 01:44 am George Clooney looked really dashing in NY collecting his NY Film Critics Circle Award. Guy with real clean image and I am a big fan, after Tiger.
added January 13, 2010 01:10 am Did Tiger Woods make the 18th?
added December 25, 2009 01:37 am Who would have thought any of this as true about Tiger Woods? I do not care, as people shold leave his personal life alone and appreciate what an anthlete he is
added December 08, 2009 08:18 am Why would Jenna Bush want to join NBC? I think she would be happier at FOX.
added November 06, 2009 10:28 am It is a joke, right? Someone is kidding right? George P Bush, 43rd's nephew, wants to run for President, I read? Uh?
added October 27, 2009 12:37 am WOW Walmart is offering a $9 online hardcover books sparking a price war with Amazon..they are going rogue?
added October 16, 2009 01:18 pm I am becoming a health freak. Is there an illness called 'healthicitis'? I wish I know less and live the carefree life again, but there is no going back.
added October 05, 2009 03:16 pm I am getting in to the debate about solar energy issues. Companies getting in to it for greed than real desire to make a difference.
added September 29, 2009 11:06 pm |
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Review of: Fruits
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Category: Cooking Location: Anywhere Posted: September 29, 2009 Read Full Review |
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