(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8   9  10 and 11) Let's talk about juggling.  Juggling is the sort of thing that is learned in stages:  one object at a time.   First you learn to handl...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8   9  and 10) I posted number 10, "Use your imagination," just yesterday, and really, I think if you haven't read it first, you should go read it, and maybe give yourself ...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7   8  and 9) Begin with the thought experiment I alluded to in post #9 about motivation.  Imagine a person who is not you, but who is like you in many ways:  the same age and gender, the sa...

h/t purcell . Raving Theist has a post on the arrest of abortion clinic owner Belkis Gonzalez, owner of the clinic where a baby born at 23 weeks was sealed in a biological waste bag and left to suffocate after a failed abortion. Reaction among pro-choicers is a little varied. First off, a pro-choice...

The movie is coming out tomorrow. It'll be huge. A lot of people I know are excited. I am not one of them. I find the original author, Alan Moore, (even though he has distanced himself from the movie) to be unlikable. He has on occasion re imagined the works of others to create his own works and wor...

A little more than three months after reaching goal, I'm still developing and strengthening skills I need to maintain my weight.  Lately, though not at every meal, I've been concentrating on sitting down, eating slowly, and trying to really taste every bite I put in my mouth.   T...

I had a fun time saturday night scrappin' and watching my current favorite movie with a couple of friends.  I only completed these two cards, but the point was more to spend time being creative and spending it with friends.  I used my Copic markers for the second time and it was stil...

Do you think maybe it's backwards to try to think "hmm, what can I give up for Lent?  Something that I like, something that's a sacrifice, hmm..." Do you think maybe it might be better to think first "What particular virtue do I want to develop, or what bad habit or vice...

(Parts  1   2   3   4  5   6    7  and 8) Before you make a plan (and more on those details later), you need some good reasons to keep you going.  Why make it a priority to get regular exercise at all? Obviously, there are lots of reasons (...

1 March 2009   Sam (formerly called Totem) is still available for adoption        I have a couple of big announcements for you die-hard readers, still hanging in there after I've been home almost two years.  First, Hamid, my friend and interpreter from A...