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Sep.27.2012
We have a project at work focusing on creating and starting a new system. We're creative people so we call it, "Crawl, Walk, Run". It has an official project name, as well, but I can never remember it. Only execs refer to the 'official' title. The offical title bemuses the rest of us. As a matter...
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Sep.25.2012
Hello there my spiritual friend,
I would like to take this opportunity to point out a few things regarding the contemplative life:
The contemplative life has an apostolic aspect, it is an idea, which the hectic activity of modern life is unfamiliar. It is more appropriate to ask...
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Aug.30.2012
How GlobalNiche thinking applies to your life: a slideshow
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Jul.31.2012
“Alexander Cockburn no more” would sound like a terrible headline. The reality of it is as biting as his prose. To think that I just got to know about his death early today shook me up a little more. I crumble easily and almost did. The ‘almost’ worked because every word of his obit on...
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Jul.29.2012
I follow local and national politics. My interest there isn't a fascination with the political process and idolizing politicians; instead it's more in the vein of not being able to take your eyes off a car wreck or a bar fight.
One of the things being toyed with indirectly within the U.S.'s...
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Jul.29.2012
I follow local and national politics. My interest there isn't a fascination with the political process and idolizing politicians; instead it's more in the vein of not being able to take your eyes off a car wreck or a bar fight.
One of the things being toyed with indirectly within the U...
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Jul.25.2012
photo: The Salvation Army shield, from its Wikipedia page
I had a successful yard sale this past Saturday. I very impulsively decided to have one for many reasons psychological and emotional, but in the end it came down to needing more space in here. I'm fortunate to live in...
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May.29.2012
Cynthia Brian is the Teen Coach and Editor of Teen Scene
The sixth annual Moraga Community Faire took place at the Rheem Valley Shopping Center on May 12. With the sunny weather and welcoming atmosphere, families, adults, and teenagers of all ages flocked to...
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May.29.2012
What principle do you hold dearest? What sense of American identity matters most to you? If I put a question— say, What do you stand for?—what answer resounds with total conviction?
My friend and I were at lunch, discussing our usual topic: The Impasse, aka the gulf between what we know...
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May.16.2012
I don’t suppose there’s a writer who doesn’t get stuck from time to time, other than Joyce Carol Oates, maybe. Stuck as in blocked, as in not sure what comes next. Stuck as in you spend the whole friggin’ day staring at that blank page and nothing comes and your stomach’s all tied up in knots and...
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