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The New Humanity
Once upon a time, mankind was primarily concerned with surviving and reproducing. And these were not simple tasks. Surviving meant eating, keeping warm, and having a roof over one’s head. Eating meant hunting or growing food and spending a good long time preparing it. Keeping warm meant making clothes and blankets, not to mention fire, from ( Read more... ) -
The Philosophy of Cutting Things
I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of cutting things out of your life that cause you stress since a friend explained this, their philosophy of life to me. This friend has actively and systematically cut everything out of their life that they found stressful to the point that it has altered the landscape of their daily existence. The ( Read more... ) -
Pandora's Box
I was about to start this blog entry by saying that this has been a tumultuous summer for my worldview and belief systems, but actually, now that I think about it, the massive changes in what I believe about the nature of people, life, and human interaction started to change back in the Spring … or maybe even before that. I’ve seen so much of the ( Read more... ) -
... Tails
Of course, then there's the other side of the coin. There's the side where I'm tired and pouty and can't help but feel just a little bit indignant at the world for playing hard to get. Since I'm feeling that way right now I thought I'd capture that and present it as the other side of the story ( Read more... ) -
Heads ...
Boy has this been a summer for epiphanies and life-altering realizations! I’ve been meaning to write about the joy and peace that I’ve stumbled into from that old cliché of living in the moment. I was a nay-sayer, but it really is remarkable how living in the moment and enjoying your situation NOW without stressing about the baggage of the past ( Read more... ) -
A Woman's Soundtrack
OK, so a couple weeks ago I was sitting around with my brother & Kristine & some others and Stewart made the comment that men have the ability to think about nothing, but women are ALWAYS thinking about something. Oh my gosh, that's so true! I totally envy the male mind it's ability to completely zone out. But as the rest of us with ovaries know ( Read more... ) -
Paradigm Shift Explained
So this is the story of the complete paradigm shift I had over the weekend. This is also the story of my song lyric, “And in the blink of an eye everything you ever knew can change”. And yes, this is also the story of Bill ( Read more... ) -
American History - As Told By Merry
Part One - Wait, this isn’t India ( Read more... ) -
The History of America - By Merry
So my lovely friend Anjali from India told me the other day that she knows nothing about American history. Furthermore, she told me she thinks History is boring. Noooooo! Don't break my heart! I LOVE History! I majored in it TWICE in college. My theory is that people who think History is boring have had it taught to them wrong ( Read more... ) -
The Joys of Modern Communications Technology
I love hearing people’s reactions to things like Twitter and Facebook. It’s like they either love them or hate them. And the people who hate them really can’t stand them. I get the giggles out of such vivid displays of emotion from people over technology. It’s not even technology that they have to participate in. But some people feel like they ( Read more... )