So apparently using your television as a babysitter/parental replacement is not actually a good idea! Shocking, I know, but it appears as though those popular “Baby Einstein” videos and other similar educational shows actually do more harm than good. When I was…
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I saw a man washing his dog with a garden hose on Hamegenim Street last night. I wish I had gotten a picture, because he had put the dog in a shopping cart so that it would not run away….
I saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie last night. I really only enjoyed it for nostalgia’s sake, quite frankly. It was not as good as I’d hoped based on the trailer. I now realize how disconnected I truly am…
there are patterns in hallucination there are a dozen ways to look down upon a place you once knew I know those summer afternoons in a city, watch as the flowered sun dresses of the elite clatter by the shiny…
I am still reading Muhammad and the Course of Islam, but since it is such dense material I am taking my time. I finished Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Tipping Point and I just finished reading Blink, Gladwell’s more…
When there are no tangential people surrounding me, I lose my grip on the strange and random. Those conversations are close to my heart. I miss the artists and dreamers and odd little occurences sometimes. We would take in the…
(from Dictionary.com) honesty: 1. the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness. 2. truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness. 3. freedom from deceit or fraud. trust: 1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing;…
tipping over in streams flying down a million stairs I want to create the illusion of vastness in the little sideways pieces of buildings. I want to see the little ways that your words will take hold and stay in…
I was reading the latest issue of Discover magazine tonight, which had an article called “The God Experiments”. (Sorry, you have to be a subscriber to read the whole article.) They highlight different attempts at researching religion and religious experiences…
you drove the sleep from my eyes tireless I’ll roam now with the squeaking hinges of discomfort rattling in my brain. I am watching waiting in the way only a very late night or early morning can bring on, that,…
This article by Michael Rogers was brought to my attention a few days ago. It puts forth the idea that in the future the need to analyze and extrapolate a complex book will not be a skill that most people…
constantly, consistently cold, the tips of my fingers shaking I retreat to the sun outside for an hour, just to revive quite sure that this is not the best way to work under a flourescence that does nothing to warm…
Gluten-free bread + Kraft singles + sliced onion + toasting = DELICIOUS My current food obsession. Grilled cheese onion sandwiches, open face. Can you tell I’ve been lazy recently? 🙂 My sandwiches, however, don’t have any images burned onto them….
Answering questions is such a difficult thing sometimes. I have such an open face, you can read my soul in my eyes and smile most of the time. This is both good and bad. Sometimes we have to be just…
I like bird nests. My sister and I used to collect them as children, along with any eggshell pieces we would find discarded. I like birds, too. But when a bird interferes with my everyday life, I get a little…
I contemplate my upcoming hour of lunch with trepidation. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my freedom and food. But it seems like it takes more planning than I really want to deal with these days. Have I become more…
Anna Quindlen’s Newsweek article, The Face In The Crowd, talks about the facelessness of today’s communication experience. She notes that, “A face-to-face meeting often means the difference between understanding and estrangement.” How often do we send an email or a…
Once I tried to write a letter to you you of my past you haunt me still in unknowing words that I would do anything to be the one you speak to the only one you speak to even when…
I look at the calendar and realize that it has been 10 days since I posted. Work, a 102 degree fever, preparing for a friend’s wedding, spending time with those I have missed, and trying to organize my new lifestyle…
I’ll walk down to where I saw the beautiful things and lit up faces falling down in beautiful symmetry, pausing to reflect on exactly what brought this interaction here. Writing is my escape to worlds no one can follow, except…
Things can get repetitive in business…you hear the same terms, snazzy fads, and tired lingo over and over. In order to keep myself from going crazy while reading my finance, strategic orgs, and operations management texts, I decided to find…
http://denial.bahai.org Read this. Whether you’re a Baha’i or not…if you’ve ever had access to higher education, even if you didn’t take advantage of it…you’re luckier than the Baha’i youth in Iran. The government has used a very simple mechanism to…
Burnham Plaza Theatre 826 S. Wabash Street, Chicago, IL Status: Closed Screens: Multiplex (5 Screen) Architect: Robert C. Berlin The YMCA Hotel opened in 1915, located on Wabash Street in the South Loop, designed by architect Robert C. Berlin. Eleven…
I went to work this morning on my bike. I work in the Loop. Those of you who have had the blessing of driving/biking in this part of town know that it can get crazy, especially at rush hour. I…
I want to write now with words that escape my last breath before I sleep can I speak about the rain that came to wash away these doubts in rivers and bridges flooding over each place in the world. In…
It is 99 degrees F outside right now, and the neighbors opened up the fire hydrant on the corner…kids and adults are playing in the water. I wish I could get a picture of it…such typical hot summer day behavior….
The tunnels under the skyscrapers feel abandoned, misused, dirty and alone but somehow still mysterious. We don’t know what is behind those pillars, walls, fences, and doors, hiding away the basement of the city. Maid and bellboys from the big…
This article is about Internet connections being set up in rural areas to help connect remote villages to the rest of the world. I think that this is amazing. I know that the India is trying to get more technological…
These are the colors we chose for our dining room wall “mural”. It is all done now, but you’ll have to come over to our house to see the finished product. 😀 (Actually, I haven’t gotten around to taking a…
Wierd Diagnoses: Flap Wound: yes, this is what it sounds like. This particular person had it on their finger. ouch! Flat Feet: I am sorry to anyone who has flat feet, but every time I type this in I think…