I am getting a kick out of watching the current ruckus over health care reform. Who is right; who is wrong? First, doesn’t that depend on one’s definition of ‘right’? If we are referring to ‘right’ from a Buddha’s Eight Fold Path point of view, then those who rant and rave on either side are certainly not Right. The rantings we see are merely emotions at play (at war actually). When emotions are at play, all discernment and impartiality go out the window. All that remains are our emotion driven biases, i.e., our needs and fears. We rarely retain even enough clarity to recognize what is happening to us.…Continue reading ‘Who is Right?’
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As you may know, when we play music on the mall, we play for charity. I was never warm to the idea, mainly ’cause I like money. However, now, the fun of playing on the mall is watching the people go by and giving stink eyes to the folks who just put in a dime (for charity to boot) or dump their penny purses into our charity bag. So, yeah, not by watching the money go in.
Anyway, recently, Mama’s been having a month+ long migraine and thus, playing bass with a booming banjo, high pitched mandolin and a foghorn for vocals wasn’t exactly the cup of tea the doctor ordered. So, being out of …Continue reading ‘Table for Four’
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009. 6:22PM was an action-packed minute. I’ll get to my side of the storyâ€â€and there’s video tooâ€â€but to set the scene, here are some pictures, all taken between 6:33 and 6:54. (And, just to get it out of the way, nobody was hurt.)
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You’re gaining credibility… but in the opposite direction.
—A frustrated Kyle, addressing Mama who had him walk from his computer to hers to help her find a computer file… which was right in front of her.
[Humor Alert: it's supposed to look like I'm banging my head against the wall!]
The challenge of helping the technologically challenged...
Notice the Blog Board behind Janette! - Kyle
In early July, our whole family was treated to a visit by the wonderful O’Brien family. We first connected after we were on Trading Spouses. They too were on the show (a different episode). They emailed us and we stayed in contact. This was our first time meeting. We connected so well. It is so …Continue reading ‘Poker Night with the O’Briens’
Last year, Luke took an improv course at cabrillo college to, you know, meet babes. Anyway, he enjoyed that and so did his fellow students. So much so, that during the summer, they held improv “training” at our house. It was a little odd hearing all the loud screams, elephant imitations, and thumps emanating from downstairs. The neighbors didn’t …Continue reading ‘The Scene of the Rubber Ducky’
Yesterday the mail guy handed us a bulging Priority Mail box from Houston, Texas…
What could it be?
Anything unusual about this picture?
For as long as I can remember, there have been two super-tall palm trees near the cliff overlooking Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz. Well, a few months ago one of the ‘palm tops’ vanished. That right there is a 100% genuine, unedited picture. Yet, it looks kinda fake, eh? In fact, it would be so trivial to remove one of the palm tops in photoshop; I mean, dead-easy. It almost looks “photoshopped” when seen with the naked eye, it’s cut so cleanly. Reminds me of a certain comic:
Just took this picture from our roof. No danger for us down here near the coast, but seeing that cloud is a bit spooky. And this is literally only a fourth of the amount of smoke that was there three hours ago. Hoping our neighbor’s house in Bonny Doon isn’t taken by the fire.
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