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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:19:57 -0800

In search of vege cuisine in Paris. Not here!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:19:00 -0800

In search of vege cuisine in Paris. Not here!

Single Fin Zen.

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:42:22 -0800

Single Fin Zen.

Poetry by Pablo Neruda 100 Love Sonnets IX

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:52:00 -0800

Poetry by Pablo Neruda 100 Love Sonnets IX

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain...

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:41:00 -0800

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25,...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:10:00 -0800

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Video that tells the ‘I am” story with cool images...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:13:00 -0800

Video that tells the ‘I am” story with cool images and music.

Spiritual Path

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:17:18 -0800

Someone asked me what I thought a spiritual path entailed:

1) be yourself

2) surround yourself with love (both people and nature)

3) understand your conditioning

4) be attentive to the subtle movements of your mind

5) find time to be alone and quiet

6) celebrate your existence

7) think about and remind yourself of death

8) bathe in humor and joy

9) travel/surf

10) touch

Random Thoughts

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:00:00 -0800

1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. ”Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this - ever.

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What did you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

20. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option

21. Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.

22. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

25. How many times is it appropriate to say ”What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

26. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

27. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:44:00 -0800

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

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Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:20:12 -0800

Great use of Space. Photo by my dear friend Melanie Einzig, more...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:16:14 -0800

Great use of Space. Photo by my dear friend Melanie Einzig, more of her work can be seen here www.witnessx.com

You Can Never Find Truth

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:39:00 -0800

In seeking there are several things involved: there is the seeker and the thing that he seeks after. When the seeker finds what he thinks is truth, is God, is enlightenment, he must be able to recognize it. He must recognize it, right? Recognition implies previous knowledge, otherwise you cannot recognize. I cannot recognize you if I had not met you yesterday. Therefore when I say this is truth, I have already known it and therefore it is not truth. So a man who is seeking truth lives a life of hypocrisy, because his truth is the projection of his memory, of his desire, of his intentions to find something other than “what is”, a formula. So seeking implies duality - the one who seeks and the thing sought after - and where there is duality there is conflict. There is wastage of energy. So you can never find it, you can never invite it.

- Krishnamurti

Crystal vs Plastic

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:34:08 -0800

I opened the cupboard and went to grab a glass, she stopped my hand and said, “oh, not that one, it is crystal.” I looked at her in amazement and she said that she was saving the crystal for a special occasion. Later that night we were drinking New Year’s Eve champagne out of plastic cups while the crystal sat safely in the darkness of dust and broken tears.

Life is too short to save the crystal, stop saving and start living!

All the Hemispheres

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:20:28 -0800

All the Hemispheres

Leave the familiar for a while.

Let your senses and bodies stretch out

Like a welcomed season

Onto the meadows and shores and hills.

Open up to the Roof.

Make a new water-mark on your excitement

And love.

Like a blooming night flower,

Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness

And giving

Upon our intimate assembly.

Change rooms in your mind for a day.

All the hemispheres in existence

Lie beside an equator

In your heart.

Greet Yourself

In your thousand other forms

As you mount the hidden tide and travel

Back home.

All the hemispheres in heaven

Are sitting around a fire

Chatting

While stitching themselves together

Into the Great Circle inside of

You.

~ Hafiz

Find Your Passion

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:07 -0800

Find Your Passion

Video

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:08:05 -0800

i am

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:39:00 -0800

sun shaped silhouettes of silence
seduced sensitivity
gently shaping my reality

tears of broken dreams
shattered by a softness of unfathomable understanding
impregnated peace

drips like honey from the fountain
of my own courage
to live in truth

mysterious
mystical
magical

the birds song tells the complete story

shuuuuuuu
just listen my friend

silence

the ground squirrels even know the secret
kept by a thousand dreams

mountain inspired
a journey that only the moon can whisper

sun shadows
my shadow

a blade of grass
dances to life’s song

are you listening
can you see

silence
is love’s catalyst
my voice will give it wings

heart roots
my roots

Freedom and Love

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:45:26 -0800

” Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.” J. Krishnamurti

Simple, effective, useful. (more info)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:44:00 -0800

Simple, effective, useful. (more info)