The Art of Choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html I can hardly add anything to this video, as it is one of the most masterful, thoughtful, thorough, and provocative presentations on Choice I’ve ever seen.I can only say how relieved I am, how recognized I feel, about the increasing paralyzation that occurs when I have... [Read more...]
Ode to Redheads-Tom Robbins
How are we to explain the power these daughters of ancient Henna have over us bemused sons of Eros? Red hair is a woman’s game. The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blonds who’ve spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who’ve been composted. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man... [Read more...]
Magik-Peter Murphy
Today looks like a perfectly ordinary day, but for me, it’s pure magic. Tonight I see the man who changed my life, over 17 years ago.Hopefully, this letter I sent to him a few years ago on his website will encapsulate the feelings he’s stirred in me, over time~~ “This is a moment in my life I have waited for…at 17, I received... [Read more...]
That ol ball and chain
So I was talking with my niece last week over dinner, and said something out loud that didn’t really strike me until it was already outta my mouth. It’s often that way with me-I think it, I say it, THEN I absorb the full implication of it. Yikes, right? Still, its proven insightful at times. Anyway, I said something along the lines of ‘Money... [Read more...]
Your Honor
The last month or so I’ve noticed an odd thing. I’ve been singled out by a smattering of various friends who feel like telling me about the positive impact I’ve made on their life. It’s as if they suddenly woke up with a strong sense of Complimetaryisis and called me up to waft fabulous, heartfelt, sincere, tear-inducing sweet... [Read more...]
