Archive for May, 2008
For the past few months I’ve been doing a lot of research on web marketing and doing business online. Back in the day I remember thinking that the internet was going to be a very powerful economic force. Having a Navy career going on it wasn’t something that I would choose to focus [...]
May 18th, 2008 | Posted in web marketing | 2 Comments
Last night I took a visit to Jackson Wellsprings to take the waters. The Wellsprings as they’re known locally is sort of a funky place. It’s an RV park/tent campground with cabins and teepees. The patrons of this little place just north of Ashland are an interesting bunch of people. Many [...]
May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Life, Love | No Comments
Being a guy there’s something about things with engines and wheels (or wings) that just gets me going. The other night I pulled up to the Black Sheep Pub in Ashland and sitting out front was a gorgeous Lamborghini VT. The guy had picked out a great vanity license plate. It [...]
May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Being healthy is one of the essentials of Happiness. It’s important to always be active, to watch what we eat, to really take care of this temple called our body. Something I’m finding out through my yoga practice is how important it is to take care of our feet.
Our feet are made up [...]
May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Happiness | No Comments
Few things are more satisfying to me than cooking with my friends. I’ll admit that I’m a decent cook. It comes from my Grandmother who was a magnificent cook. Lately I’ve been getting into pastries. My favorite are Rustic Apple Tarts from a recipe in last autumn’s Cook’s Illustrated entertaining issue. [...]
May 13th, 2008 | Posted in Happiness, Uncategorized | No Comments
Once upon a time I read that there are three things that are important. Where you lived, where you worked, and your love. The premise was that if you were very lucky then you were very happy with all three, but most of would have only two of the three. Is this [...]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Happiness, Life, Love, Uncategorized | No Comments
What is love? How many people have asked that question? How many authors have immortalized themselves putting this question in poems, plays, movies, or novels. Does anyone care? My guess would be that most of us care. Especially if we’ve found love and lost it. It’ll drive us all [...]
May 7th, 2008 | Posted in Love | No Comments
Happiness is an attitude. It’s a gift of choice that we give to ourselves. How can you do this? How is this possible? First you must recognize that you are the only person in the world responsible for your own happiness. There is no other anywhere on this planet that [...]
May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Happiness | 2 Comments
Although it may still get a little cool at nighttime, spring time has clearly established it’s dominance over winter here in Ashland, Oregon. The sun shone brightly all weekend kissing faces and bare shoulders all over town. Students from Southern Oregon University held a Peace parade, the local Library hosted a May [...]
May 4th, 2008 | Posted in Happiness | 2 Comments
UK phycisist Brian Cox talks about the Large Hadron Collider on Ted. When I started watching this video my first thought was that this guy was somebody that Central Casting sent over to TED to read a script. It is unlikely that TED works this way so Brian Cox is obviously a very [...]
May 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Adventure | 2 Comments