Thoughts, Philosophy, Life and Love
There are many people out there feeling the pinch from the current economic woes that are abound… but it takes on a different feel and favor (pun intended) when it strikes particularly close to home. On 31 Dec, 2007, Central California Steak and Hogie, here in Bakersfield, closed it’s doors citing a poor summer due … Read more
When was the last time you wrote a letter? No… not an email. Not typing a letter in a word processor and printing it out. I mean really WRITE a letter. I think that it is a dying art, these days. Something that many of us see as some anachronistic part of a past that … Read more
In the infamous words of Kosh, on Babylon 5… “And so it begins…” Another year. Another chance of success, disappointment, money, loss, etc… We all go into every new year with high hopes for how the year will play out and what we will and well not do throughout that year. Unfortunately there are many … Read more
Hello… I hope that your Christmas, Channukah or Kwaanza was enjoyable. I wanted to share some changes that I am going to be working on in the coming year. Do to the lack of popularity or contribution, I am eliminating the “Guest Writer” program. I just do not see a future in it. I do … Read more
I am not sure where I first heard that term, Chasing the Spark, but I have always liked it. It can have so many meaning that can cover everything from the philosophical to the physical. The way that I like to use it, in the rare times you will actually hear me use it aloud, … Read more
I have just watched a program called “Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama” and all I can say is that you must watch this program. I have, for the last nine years now, studied Buddhism. Not for the sake of becoming a Buddhist, but because of all the religions and beliefs that I have encountered … Read more
I was speaking to a fellow employee last week and the topic of travel came up. We talked about the cruises that my wife and I had been on and the issue of how travel has changed over the last ten years. She then said something that kind of got to me. She said that … Read more
Hello all… and Happy Thanksgiving Day. I would say that this has to be my favorite holiday of all of them, followed closely by Halloween. I know, Halloween is not really a “holiday” per se, but I have always thought that it should be. Thanksgiving is, for me, a time to express myself through the … Read more
If you read this Blog enough, you know that I am not a big fan of most things TV related. I will watch Discovery, History, Sci Fi (More on this later) and some of the other channels out there that I list as the few salvations to the art. This being said, sometimes there is … Read more
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