 My son gave me his old ipod shuffle. I was so grateful because the cd player on my little, old car finally gave out. I am not a big fan of the radio – except for college radio stations and there is a good one around here. I enjoy the variety of music they play. . . . → Read More: My Great Ipod Shuffle Adventure Everyone that I know dreads going to the Department of Motor Vehicles. It is no exaggeration to expect to spend anywhere from 1 – 4 hours standing in line. And as we are standing there, the MVN or Motor Vehicle Network advertises to us and promotes commercial crap. So the long lines are intentional as . . . → Read More: The Audacity of Advertisements Yes, it is an obligation. If you have a gift, you are charged with developing it and using it. Our ancestors had difficulties. For African American people, Native American and others…our ancestors had great difficulties – NO – tremendous difficulties. And, though many of us are still faced with challenges, they in no way compare . . . → Read More: An Obligation Sometimes our feet are like glue on the pavement. Ever have those dreams where you are moving in slow motion and there is something going on and you need to intercede or stop it but you can’t? Your movements are restricted; you’ve got weights on your arms and legs. I hate those kinds of dreams, . . . → Read More: Getting Unstuck I don’t believe in “Valentine’s Day.” It is just yet another holiday fabricated by corporations to keep their cash flow going. The “every kiss begins with Kay” bullshit commercials that run endlessly on TV? Diamonds are collected by human slaves (who happened to be Black) who range in ages from children to elders. I don’t . . . → Read More: Forget Valentine's Day There have been so many times in my life where I gave up music and singing. Whether it was because of my children, difficulties in my relationships, my own little “psychotic” thinking, being angry – or whatever — I would get rid of all of my music books and equipment, stifle the fire inside me . . . → Read More: Putting It All On Hold My teenage son had a very explosive conversation with me recently. He told all of the things that I did and I did not do and how I made him feel for most of his years. The biggest problem is that I would only hear – not listen. There is a big difference between . . . → Read More: Doing Instead of Being As soon as I got Zandy home, I fed her. I was amazed as I watched her wolf down her food in absolute seconds. It was like she was eating as if she was never going to be able to eat again. We were thinking okay – she’s probably been on the street for a . . . → Read More: Zandy is an Eating Machine I usually start talking my anti-holiday stuff about now, but this gentleman said is perfectly. I say “ditto!” The Case Against Buying Christmas Presents Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:46 AM PST Post written by Leo Babauta. I love Christmas. I love the snow-themed everything, even when I was living on tropical Guam, and Santa . . . → Read More: My Annual Anti-Holiday Shopping Rant I am an avid animal lover. I hate to see any of them suffer and it angers me that some people get pets and then don’t take proper care of them. We just adopted 12 week old Zandy. She’s a beautiful pit bull terrier. Of course, the cats are extremely annoyed as well as my . . . → Read More: Adopting Zandy |
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