- Affirmations for a Happier Life
One of the easiest ways to feel better and cope better is by using positive affirmations.
These are statements in the present tense that affirm that you are worthwhile and capable. They do work wonders. Say each affirmation in three ways:
Consider first that you are talking to yourself;
I (your name) feel happy and well. - Alcoholic - The Word
Any language evolves like Topsy, it just grows and nobody controls it. Even in countries where there are academies whose task it is to keep the language pristine, the language does what the people who use it choose for it to do. This results in words and phrases called idioms. - BB-Gun Justice - A Case To Forget
March 8-9, 2004
The case: Plaintiff sues Defendant for negligence in that her 11 year old son shot neighbor plaintiff's 10 year old daughter with a BB gun. The BB lodged in the girl's neck. This happened three years ago and the decision was made not to remove the BB, that leaving it there would be harmless. - Bloomsday - Celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses in Dublin and Around the World
James Joyce is one of the most celebrated writers in history and for good reason. Though his Finnegans Wake is incomprehensible, it is not more so than a Beethoven Symphony. But we don’t ask a Beethoven Symphony to be easily understood because it isn’t written in words. - Charlie Rose - Why the Secrecy?
Charlie Rose was on his way to Syria in March of 2006 to interview the Syrian president when he felt a serious shortness of breath. He was rushed to a hospital in Paris where he underwent mitral-valve replacement and very nearly died. - Coyotes: How to Control Them
Coyotes: How to Control Them tells about the increase in coyote populations and what to do if they encroach on your property. The article describes how to prevent attacks and how to deal with removing them from your area. - Cry Over Spilled Caviar
Cry Over Spilled Caviar tells about the distress of a rich person worried about the poor and his spilled caviar. It concerns also the cats who share the penthouse and deals with important matters about class. - Dogs In The 'Hood - Yo! What It Is, What It Was and What It Should Be
When I was a kid, lo these many years ago, there were no leash laws. Dogs roamed freely and frequently got hit by cars, got into fights, created, through some mysterious process, new dogs to enhance, scare and delight the world. - Early or Late - You’re Both Neurotic
Early or Late-You’re Both Neurotic addresses the matter of being an early-bird or the tardy person and how our cultures deal with each. The early bird may get the worm but the tardy person gets the bird. - Elders and Youngsters - Activities Together
Elders and Youngsters-Activities Together is an article about ways to help seniors and children to interact in productive and satisfying ways. It includes games, activities and quiet time. - Equal Partners in Marriage?
Marriage is a partnership. Is yours an equal one? All partnerships exist because each party brings something to the other that is needed and desirable. No partnership is exactly equal because the issues are so complicated that it is impossible to figure out their relative values. But the degree of respect each partner gives to the other can be pretty close to equal with a little care and love. - Esperanto Translations: Twenty-one Stories, Poems and Songs from the English
When I retired I pondered how I wanted to spend my remaining years. I am an artist and a writer so there is always plenty to do, but I felt I needed to stimulate my brain in another way and I had heard that learning a new language was just the ticket. After considering a number of options I decided to learn Esperanto. - Esperanto: A Language For Everyone-How It Can Benefit You, How It Can Benefit The World
The Esperanto language was developed by Dr. L. L. Zamenhof in Europe over a hundred years ago. - Figs! - Where Are They?
I’ve had a hankering for fresh figs lately. What is surprising is that I have not thought about fresh figs for a long time. - Floppies-The Portables of the Past - YRU Still Using Floppies?
Floppy disks have been in use for decades and have served us well. They can hold 1.44 megabytes of information and are more or less infinitely re-writeable. - Gershwin, Ravel, Grofe; How Blue Can You Get?
George Gershwin was a songwriter of popular music, a talented pianist and entertainer and wished to be a great classical composer. He had some success in that field with his folk opera Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F. - Getting Even is Odd - Revenge is a Dish Best Served Not at All
I hear you; another bleeding-heart liberal trying to save vicious barbarians from the justice they deserve and everybody wants to see. Bleeding-heart is a term vicious barbarians apply to forward-looking, sympathetic people who would deprive them of their just desserts (sic). Call me progressive Ishmael. - Goys-Я-Us - How to Fit In
First you should get yourself a yarmulke already. This skull cap will indicate to your new in-laws that you respect their values and hat style preferences. Don’t wear it until you need it, just have it.
Next; get a haircut!
Increase your vocabulary; learn terms like gefilte fish, matzoh ball, knish, gevalt, shmendrick (you might be called one), schnorrer, shiksa, goyisha kop, Nate ‘n’ Al’s, The Borscht Belt, piroshki and more. - Grandfather Knows Best - How to Make the Most of Gramps
Andy Rooney is the quintessential grandpa. He is also a rich and famous journalist who makes his living sitting in front of a desk and telling his adoring fans that there is not as much coffee in coffee cans these days. He is not without his detractors. - Help Yourself Find Help
People often find themselves perplexed by problems which seem unsolvable. Using search engines such as Google, jux2 (searches Google, MSN and Yahoo and compares results) or others can be frustrating or rewarding. - How Do You Know That is a Horse?
As a teacher of elementary grades I was always trying to get the children to expand their thinking capabilities. I would ask impertinent questions such as, “How do you know that is a horse?”
The kids didn’t like it. “Anybody can see it is a horse; can’t you?” - Hypnosis: Authoritative or Indirect?
Most people react favorably to what might be called hypnosis commands; “You will find your eyes getting heavy and will begin to feel drowsy as I count down - I Flunked the Army - What Are YOU Gonna Do?
It’s true, oh it’s true! I flunked the army. Well, I didn’t get kicked out. I made sharpshooter, I got to be corporal in the days before tech ranks. - Improve Your Daily Life: 7 Easy Ways to Become Happie
1. Assertiveness One of the best ways to improve your daily life is to learn to be assertive. Assertiveness training classes should be available for you to attend in major cities. - It Was A Dork And Strummy Knight-A Story With Musical Jokes
It was a dork and strummy knight who came clopping clopping through the muck then. The knight was called Sir Gregorio Chant and his dork was Ostinato. - Mildcats - How to Save Cats, Improve your Life and Theirs
Arizona State University`s Mildcats program saves abandoned cats on campus and gets them ready for adoption by seeing to their health needs and neutering them and getting all the necessary shots. - Nam-Nam Chattering-A Story with References to Dracula, Nosferatu, Bethory, Usually in Anagrams
1. In the Chamber of The Duchesse. The Duchesse Frantouse mooned over her fate. Rapunzel had her Rumpelstiltskin - Nixon's Bigger Mistake - The 1960 Election Non-Recount
Nixon’s Bigger Mistake…What would the world be like today if Nixon had challenged the unbelievably close and suspect election results of 1960.
Wikipedia reports: - Parade Float-No Truck -You Can Make It Better
Parade Float-No truck suggests ways to make a successful float for a parade when you don't have access to a flatbed truck. The lack of a truck can lead to a more creative and exciting float. Maybe even a prize. - Planet Xanadar Perfecto-How to Make Yourself Glorious
Once upon a time there was a planet in a distant galaxy whose inhabitants all had perfectly proportioned bodies. Everyone was beautiful and had all the curves in the right places, but no one was happy because they longed to meet people who were different. So they sent to earth for men and women to bring back to their planet to marry. - Poems Times Six
Spitting out her beauty and disgust, --She jiggled ghosts and skeletons, --Emptied blood and I was there. --I cleaned up her mess, --I fed her dog and I made her bed. --I watered the garden by the pyramid --And it blossomed. - Quality Time - How to Neglect Your Child and Get Away with It
One of the most widespread terms in recent history is “Quality Time”. The speaker of this phrase is indicating that he plans to cram meaningful and memorable activities into the short period of time he is willing to allot to his child, spouse, parent, relative, friend or associate. Since he is unwilling to provide quantity, he will substitute intensity. - Rescue a Cockroach from Your Cat - Humanely
Your house cat, following her natural feline instinct, has spotted something moving which does not seem to have permission to trespass. - Senseless Talking: How to Stop Sounding Like a Ninny
Senseless Talking describes methods for improving your conversation skills and reducing the feelings that you have after everyone has gone that you made a fool of yourself. - Smokin' - How to Get Rich in Tobacco
The best way for tobacco companies to improve their revenues is to target teen-agers. This is not because teen-agers are easily addicted... - Substitute Teaching - Who Are You Today?
Substitute teaching! How would the world manage without the substitute teacher? School systems would perish, children would be ignorant, contract teachers would have to work all the time, principals would jump off tall buildings and parents would cry - Tennis Anyone? A Personality Test: Are you a Baseline Basher?
What does your tennis style tell you about your relationships? - The Cats are in the Convent and All's Well
Some thoughts about my decision to put my two cats in a convent. This includes both rationale and technique in case any readers have similar thoughts. - The Problem with Peccaries (Javelinas)
Peccaries, also called javelinas are becoming an urban problem because people feel sorry for them and feed them instead of letting them forage for themselves. The animals can hurt pets and babies. - Topkapi - Always on Sunday
Topkapi, the movie, is a heist film which takes place at the Topkapi Palace, now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey. - Trashed Apartment - How to Restore Order After Chaos
Trashed…describes how to organize the chaos in a trashed apartment in order to preserve the treasures and get rid of the trash. This entails scheduling, tools and equipment and the enlistment of friends and hired hands. - Turkey-Wattle Goozle - I've Got You Under My Chin
I woke up one morning and noticed something hanging under my chin. It was skin. It didn’t look right to me so I asked my mother about it. I was 9. Mom told me that it was just a goozle. I was not a bit relieved. I looked up goozle in the dictionary and I found this:
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