I can’t narrow it down to a specific date but mid-April is close enough. It’s been one year since I went totally nuts. I climbed aboard a bipolar roller coaster that would have had Mic Foley begging to get off. I’ve managed to go the whole year without causing physical harm to anybody and I [...]
Archive for April, 2008
It’s Been A Year
Posted in life on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Job Blues
Posted in life, tagged Work on April 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I hate my job. There, I said it.
My problem is I want a job where when I help somebody it feels like I’ve made a difference. If you don’t get your newspaper in the morning and I have somebody bring a copy out to you I haven’t really helped you. I’ve simply gotten you a [...]
Edumacation
Posted in life, tagged College, Education, Work on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I need an edumacation. Until I get some college under my belt I believe I’m doomed to toil in the customer care industry or worse. The problems I face are: 1 – Time. Have to work and go to school. 2 – Money. School, it isn’t cheap. 3 – Not sure but there is bound [...]
Extinguishing The Flame
Posted in News, tagged Olympics, Protest, Tibet, Torch on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Olympic Flame was extinguished in Paris today and it was done more than once. The final leg of the Paris relay was canceled.
What caused this? Protesters. As you may know China isn’t known for it’s great human rights campaigns. A number of people in this world, including myself, find China’s actions in Tibet to [...]
Junkie Denial
Posted in life, tagged Addiction on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently some co-workers have quit smoking and I’m proud of them for that. Although I do laugh inside when I hear one of them say “I’m not addicted to anything now” and then goes to get her third coffee of the day.
One of them expressed something to me that made me stop what I was [...]
Living Proof
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, Dharma Punx, Meditation, Noah Levine on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found a series of five videos recently I would like to share with you. You’ll find all five of them in the continuation of this post. I discovered one of the five at Precious Metal the other day and tracked down the other four. The five videos are basically one video broken apart. It [...]
Stand Up Buddhists
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, Engaged Buddhism, Protest on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A single spotlight illuminates a microphone stand on the stage. From the behind the curtain steps a man in a saffron robe. He steps to the microphone and says “Three monks walk into a bar. Given the title “Stand up Buddhists” I just had to picture a monk at open mic night.
Matthew Weiner wrote has [...]
Taken For Granted
Posted in News, life on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How many things in our lives do we take for granted? Imagine for a week that you could not use your computer, your DVD player, your microwave or your cellphone. How would your week go? Well, you wouldn’t be reading this. This past week in Cuba the new president Castro has made it legal for [...]
