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Viva la Resolution

December 28, 2009

I’ve never liked New Year’s resolutions.  I’m not against the idea of resolutions themselves but most people that make New Year’s resolutions are just blowing smoke.  They’re counting on some mystical power of January 1 that just isn’t there folks.  They call it resolution but it’s usually self-pitying wishful thinking.  It lacks intent.
That said, I [...]

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Rituals Make it Real

December 7, 2009

When you hang a roll of toilet paper do you have the end come over the roll or under?  When you walk into the door do you have a big ceramic bowl that the whole family throws their keys in.  If you’re drinking a beer do you pick at the label to see if you [...]

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A Sense of Humors

October 8, 2009

Watch any film, TV show, or play with a cast of four or more characters, and you will likely encounter some elements of the classic “temperament theory.” The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.) was the first to propose this idea, and he believed that a person’s personality was based on the concentration of four [...]

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Active Rest

September 30, 2009

Active rest is a fitness term.  When most people work out they do a set of exercises then rest before doing another set.  For a good number of people that means more time is spent standing around resting than exercising.  When one of these people starts to work with a good trainer they are often [...]

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“‘Tis an unweeded garden…” (Hamlet I.ii.135)

September 29, 2009

I spent Saturday morning trimming bushes. The shrubs surrounding my house had grown pretty wild over the summer, and if people saw them in a forest, they would likely say the flora looked good. However, nestled among the neat front yards of my suburban neighborhood, the plants looked ragged and unkempt. So after two hours [...]

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