Earlier this week I saw my doctor. He suggested a prescription for Claritin (generic: loratidine). I'd tried it once before and wasn't overly impressed, but the doctor told me it was okay to take two tablets. He also told me that it would likely be cheaper if he wrote it as a prescription rather than me buying it OTC (over the counter ( Read more... )

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Most of us know that making assumptions often gets us in trouble. We try to be mindful about it and resist the error. The problem arises when a person makes an assumption and fails to realize he has done so. Why? Because unconscious assumptions become expectations. And expectations made on incorrect assumptions leads to disappointment ( Read more... )

Okay, I admit it - I do enjoy taking the ridiculous Facebook tests. Who Would You Be in a Past Life? What Kind of Insect Are You? Or the latest, What Philosophical School of Thought are You in? This latter test took me down a rabbit hole. I got Epicureanism. Hrm. I'd heard of Epicureanism, but that was the extent of it. Now, I had to ( Read more... )

We all know people who plod through the day, always dissatisfied, bitching about how life has screwed them over. Their angst and annoyance is palpable. But is life really so dire? In most first world nations, the answer is usually no. Objectively speaking, life does not really suck ( Read more... )

For the year I worked at AXA as a financial advisor, I worked 50-60 hours per week. And yet that only describes the hours that I was actively doing something; it doesn't count the hours I spent thinking about how to approach my job, my next move, the best strategy. Even in moments when I was ostensibly doing something else, my brain was busy ( Read more... )

Because there's just something about a happy tune with happy lyrics and happy dancing people.

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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
- Mark Twain


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I don't watch much TV - like almost none - so I didn't see the Grammy's. Fortunately, my mom was kind enough to forward the video of "Get Lucky," which was a really awesome performance. For those who haven't seen it:

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Now the cool thing is that when she was searching for the video she also found this version. I present The Red Army Choir:

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